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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1949
Page
2
An independent Sidney Nebraska newspaper published at 11th Avenue and Malinois Street issues every Tuesday and Friday morning. It serves Cheyenne County and the City of Sidney with local notices and community information.
The Telegraph urges staying hopeful despite a harsh winter hurting farmers and livestock. It notes prices lower but argues inflation risks loom, bank deposits and savings remain strong, and Cheyenne County has a history of resilient wheat crops, urging adaptation rather than surrender.
David Lawrence argues against an excess profits tax noting it discourages business just as supply catches up with demand. He highlights full employment, high production capacity, and expansion needs to fund budgets. He warns of a slump if profits are hampered and stresses inflation shifts make dollar figures less meaningful.
The Lowe Down recounts being trapped aboard The City of Los Angeles during a Wyoming blizzard. The narrator describes. rationing, solitaire and gin rummy games, social observations, chatter with an industrial tycoon, and a shift to plane travel to escape the siege. Meeting notes mention neth Bergner Byron Livingston Police Chief Sol Willis and others. regular monthly meetings are planned.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Sprague were conducted last Tuesday from St Anthony s Church in Sterling. Born October 6 1879 in Sidney she was daughter of James J and Cecilia Kinney. She married John W Sprague in Sterling on September 19 1909. They lived on a West Plains ranch for 30 years later moving to Sterling. Surviving are her husband John a daughter Geraldine Ashbaugh of Padroni three sisters Teresa Brown Lucille McConville Winifred Megas and three grandchildren.
A regular meeting of the Sidney First Aid squad was held Wednesday night in the fire hall with instruction by Walter Cork. Members present were I. B. Downs, Harvey Vizina, Wendell Boyd, Ken.
Ernest M. Johnson of Chadron, new president of the Wye Braska council, released 1949 leadership names. Advancement chairman Donald Peterson Kimball and training chairman Harold Wooten Sidney named, with other chairmen across health safety, finance, organization extension, and camping. District chairs include Glenn Kepler Antelope district and Rae Jones Sidney, Cheyenne district, among others in Mitchell, Bayard, Laramie Peak, Scottsbluff, and Kimball districts.
A brief fragment from The Telegraph mentions typewriter carbon in letter or tal size and pencil carbon cut any size, indicating typographic or filing notes from an old newspaper page without clear events or names.
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