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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1921
Page
17
Washington reports a forthcoming decree allowing physicians to prescribe vinous liquors in varied quantities and potentially permit limited manufacture of beer and malt liquors dispensed by doctors. Prohibition officials urge careful use to prevent abuse, noting wine can aid convalescence and act as a tonic for the aged.
A massive blaze at the Furner garage on West Harrison street destroyed about 300 autos including min auto trucks and pleasure cars. Estimated losses exceed 300000 dollars as explosions rocked the scene and residents fled in night clothes seeking shelter nearby. A tank with nearly 100 gallons of gasoline exploded, heard a quarter mile away, as flames reached other gas tanks.
Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League says more than 250000 gallons of whisky and autos valued at about 1 million dollars are in government hands. The sundry civil appropriation bill to be considered by the Senate would set aside 200000 for guarding seized property. Seized liquor and cars are to be sold by the government per Wheeler's testimony.
The Steamer Klamath bound from San Francisco to Portland with passengers went aground at Fish Rock about ninety miles north of here. The Curacao was proceeding to assist the Klamath. no further details were provided.
In a Minden filing Nevada Attorney General Fowler argues the case targets the court record and its regularity, not Pickford or Moore. He says the state may seek to correct proceedings to ensure justice, citing improper service, defective affidavit, and state standing in the divorce action.
Harry Hampton Garver, who remarried after divorcing his first wife in December following the death of Miss Theodora Sanders at Fort Dearborn hotel, plans to leave Chicago temporarily. He wed Nan Headon, his secretary, while serving as foreign trade commissioner in Michigan City Indiana. Illinois views Garver's current marriage as illegitimate due to recent divorce by Mrs. Clara Irene Garver.
Dr A Ross Hill president of the University of Missouri submitted his resignation to the board of curators and asked for immediate acceptance. He resigns to lead foreign operations for the American Red Cross in Washington and overseas duties.
Nebraska farmers show strong livestock holdings with about a million more horses than a dozen years ago. War prices do not boost production. gains depend on forage crops and better farming methods. Farmers charged off 100 million dollars in farm animal invoices this January versus last year, 200 million below wartime peaks.
The White Holland turkey tops other breeds as a productive farm bird loving home and laying about sixty five eggs per season while wild turkeys average twenty four. Bronge shells a prolific layer but not as good. Keep turkeys at home each night or risk roaming and loss. enclose them and boil feed to ensure they stay.
A dairyman explains he buys farm machinery for the service it provides, not the machine itself. He compares equipment to a railroad ticket, arguing time, effort, wear, and efficiency justify higher initial costs for greater sustained service. He cites cups, feed tracks, steel stanchions, litter carriers, and other upgrades as investments in productivity.
A housewife offers a simple method to brighten silver: soak in sour milk all morning, wash with warm water and a teaspoon of ammonia, then rub with a chamois. The result is described as beautifully bright.
Preparing meals and clearing dishes occupies a housewife daily. Three meals every day, all year, require steady planning. The article argues that meal preparation should guide kitchen layout and routines to ease repeated hunger tasks.
The text discusses saving time in meals by organizing two main kitchen units. It emphasizes planning the food preparation and dishwashing areas separately. Grouping all necessary utensils at each station aids smarter kitchen setup and enhances homemaker efficiency.
On his seventy fourth birthday Thomas A. Edison urges sustained mental activity through reading observing and hobbies to occupy life after seventy He predicts growth in chemistry and milk without cows and notes unemployment is a mood and morals rise with purposeful effort He warns against overexertion in old age and emphasizes staying engaged to avoid immorality
Dr M E Rettizene dentist advertises Conklin's medium priced fountain pens at Rexali Store. Includes product line details and contact hints with era style branding.
Cheyenne county is crowned the top wheat producer in Nebraska with a last year output of 3,102,760 bushels. The county led in both winter and spring wheat harvested, with Lancaster as the nearest rival by more than 1,000,000 bushels. Wheat acreage rose to 164,937 acres, about eleven times the 1909 figure, while yield per acre remains high. State Journal.
Eastern Nebraska speak of the short grain country as a fading term as Cheyenne county leads the state in wheat with 3,102,760 bushels last year. The crop vastly outpaced Lancaster and Gage, prompting talk of a shifting agricultural landscape across the plains.
Red Willow Hitchcock Perkins Kimball and Chase counties appear in the list of grass counties raising over 1,000,000 bushels. Eleven years ago forty three other counties exceeded Cheyenne in wheat, but Cheyenne leads today and may hold the position unless another "short grass" county challenges it, per the World-Herald report.
Cheyenne County produced 3,102,700 bushels of wheat last year, first in both winter and spring wheat and ahead of the nearest county by over 1,000,000 bushels, according to final county reports by federal statistician A. E. Anderson. Gage County also exceeded 2,000,000 bushels, with twenty four other counties over 1,000,000, and Cheyenne surpassed 3,000,000 for a top rank by about half a million.
Clarence Mann and Roy Stowell, about 16 or 17, injured in a fall from a beet dump rail yesterday about 6 o clock. They wrestled on the structure, railing broke, both fell several feet. Stowell at Midwest hospital, Mann sent home. Both progressing today.
A Thursday tornado devastated Oconee Georgia killing thirty, including a decapitated boy and crushed girl. Three teachers supported a ruined school roof as seventy five pupils crawled to safety, with extensive property and additional injuries.
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