A Call for Calendar Reform Across Nations
An essay argues for dismantling archaic social structures and proposes a 13-month year of 28 days, starting each week, month, and year on Sunday. It suggests adding one extra day each year as a standalone date, with leap years keeping a fixed position. The piece critiques monarchy, nobility, and the current Gregorian calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Julius Caesar
Gregory XIII
Government as job printer debate spurs NEA action
Uncle Sam, as the biggest world printer, sells stampede envelopes and prints reform addresses in any quantity. Country newspapers and local printers protest unfair competition and loss of revenue. The National Editorial Association in St Paul pledges to continue the fight by appealing to Congress for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
National Editorial Association
St. Paul
Minn
Nfl
Congress
Happy New Year in Sidney and Cheyenne County
The Telegraph wishes all residents of Sidney Cheyenne County and other counties in its circulation area a happy prosperous 1929. The paper notes holiday cheer, good roads, niece weather, and satisfaction in living in Sidney and Cheyenne County as the new year begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Telegr
Guy W. Doran
Geo. R. Adam
Tenth Avenue
Sidney
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
the Telegraph
Cheyenne
Graft attack on Boulder dam and regional neglect
The Hastings Democrat denounces federal water projects as graft aimed at southern California, contrasting generous sums for that region with scant aid for the Mississippi and Missouri basins. It argues western Nebraska and the middle west face unjust charges, calling for politicians who backed Boulder dam to be voted out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings Democrat
Los Angeles
Caliornia
Middle West
Mississippi River
Nebraska
Congress
Missouri and Platte
California
Boulder Dam
Rocky Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
Canadian
People Make the Town in Nebraska Visit
A Nebraska town hosts a visiting professional who tours a new public library a grain elevator under construction and three new houses. They tour farms and meet residents while a local druggist complains of taxes and service. The piece contrasts town morale with commerce and ends urging Telegraph Want-Ad sales.
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Dalton
Nebraska
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APH
Axcaencee City
Government
Telegraph
Leslie Neubauer
Nebr
Sidney Municipal Service
Olson & Sons
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