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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1930

Page

3

Advertising as cure for business slump urged by labor chief

Kansas City Star notes James J. Davis calls for broader use of newspaper advertising to restore public confidence and stabilize business after the stock market break. He proposes a massive national campaign beginning next May to urge Americans to buy, vacation, and maintain spending despite economic fears.

James J. Davis Secretary of Labor Davis

A Tall Tale of a Dry Agent and a Doctor

An unverified anecdote from the St. Louis area circulates about a prohibition agent visiting a physician during office hours. The agent offers for a whisky prescription only after an examination. The doctor conducts a full, humorous examination and finds nothing wrong, then demands fifty dollars.

Nebraska City News-Press St. Louis

Washington's Faith And Habits As Seen In History

Rupert Hughes argues that George Washington enjoyed good liquor danced attended theatre and supported cock fights while not a practicing Christian He may have viewed himself as a Deist or Unitarian, attending church but not taking Communion Mrs Washington did partake and the pastor criticized aristocrats who skipped the sacrament Washington ceased attending sacrament Sundays though he attended morning services regularly.

New York Herald-Tribune Rupert Hughes George Washington Washington Lincoln Voltaire

Two Sides in Advertising Perspective

A Scottsbluff Star-Herald analysis explains advertising serves advertiser aims to grow sales while aiding the public by showing where goods can be bought. It argues advertising links retailers to customers, bringing store showcases into offices and homes as a public service.

Scottsbluff Star-Herald Ois

Early Hatcher Chicks Bring Highest Prices as Quality Layers

Early hatched chicks yield higher egg value and profits than late hatchings. Experiments show $6.71 per bird in egg value for early hatchings versus $2.97 for late ones, with net proceeds of $5.09 vs $1.93. Emphasizes culling late maturers and maintaining high stock quality to boost farm profits.

Advertising proves beneficial to public and business alike

The piece argues that newspaper advertising saves shoppers time and benefits both buyers and merchants. It claims advertising serves the public and the merchant, with progressive merchants being the most extensive advertisers, creating a double attraction for customers. If ads didn’t aid buyers, they wouldn’t aid advertisers.

Mrs Redden and family visit Sterling area

South Sunol Mrs. Charles Redden and her young sons of Sterling are visiting relatives nearby. Frank Young was a Crook business visitor on Monday. Mary Louise Kendrick was on the sick list at the start of the week.

Charles Redden Little Sons of Sterling Frank Young Crook Mary Louise Kendrick

Local residents gather at George Bonser home for work and music

Albert Otties and wife and Ernest Bonser and wife and Mrs Redden and sons spent Monday afternoon at the George Bonser home. The men helped fix a well while the ladies enjoyed music. George McCracken called, and multiple neighbors shelled corn. Several residents traveled to Crook and Sunol for shopping and sales, with reports of a newborn Ronald Richard in Los Angeles and a family visit to Denver for business.

Albert Otties Ernest Bonser Mrs. Redden George Bonser Mr. Bonser George McCracken Richard Fraass Tom Howerter John McCumber Ed Binney Tom Kendrick F L. Chapman Denver Richard Gentry Ronald Richard Los Angeles S . James E. N Roth Lucas Studlar Herman Bluhm D E. Dickinson Sunc John Demers Fred Rocker Lodge Pole Eva Biiney Cronk. Co. O Carl Lind

Colonial Card Party at St Patrick's Auditorium

Colonial days return with a card party at St Patrick's auditorium on Tuesday night February 25 at 8 p.m. Special colonial features include a minuet danced by colonial ladies. Bring friends for refreshments and prizes. Admission 35 cents.

St. Patrick's Auditorium

Bake Sale by Altar Society Set for Saturday in Greenlees Store

The Altar Society will hold a bake sale on Saturday February 22 at Greenlees store starting at 2 o clock. Committee members include Mrs Will Francis Mrs Ray Wellner Mrs Robert Barlow and Mrs Louis Blaha.

Altar Society Greenlees Will Francis Ray Wellner Robert Barlow Louis Blaha

Public sale notice and drug ad listing multiple stores

For head or chest cord use O tas O ointment and for hay fever and sinus trouble. Sold by Western Drug store Sidney Drug Co Bassett s Pharmacy Sta va Drug store Gurley Frandsen Drug store Dalton Potter Drug Co Potter Handley Drug store Lodge Pole Don t forget R o L Rasmussen s public sale Monday February 24.

Western Drug Store Sidney Drug Co Bassett’s Pharmacy Stava Drug Store Gurley Frandsen Dalton Potter Drug Co Potter Handley Drug Store Lodge Pole R.ol Rasmussen

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