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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1947
Page
3
A notice promotes a stock of ledger sheets and binders with ready ordering for sizes not in stock. It invites customers to contribute to the 1947 March of Dimes and mentions a collection window from January 15 to 30.
A Sidney notices page recounts numerous weekend visits and travels. Names include Miss Barbara Radcliffe from Nebraska University visiting her parents in Sidney, and Robert Jones also in Sidney with his father C C Jones. Local residents such as Elmer Holtman Alfred Jorgensen Sydney Dunn and Roberta Byrd frequent relatives and business contacts. Additional entries note Army service Sgt Kenneth B Treinen completing basic training at Fort Bragg and other residents visiting Denver Sterling Alliance and Dubuque for stock shows business and family reasons.
The None Possibly Better Club met at Mrs. A. L. Cruise home with Mrs. Lloyd Talich assisting on January 15 at 1 30. Ten members attended the session led by Mrs. Ed Lipke for a family economics lesson. Dessert luncheon was served by hostesses. Next meeting planned with Mrs. H. F. Spearow and Mrs. Ray Cruise. Mrs. Walter Johnson reporter.
The Better Business Bureau cautions that exclusive territorial rights deals lure aspiring small business owners with promises of fast profits. Promoters demand large upfront investments and may ship goods without establishing a sales network, leaving victims with stock and no outlet to sell it. Returning servicemen are common targets. always check with the BBB before paying.
The text notes paper was invented in 105 A D by Ta'ai Lun, a chief eunuch at the Han court. It then jumps to the mid- 19th century when paper appeared as a folding box widely used for packaging consumer goods.
Arthur Weinbold of Gering the 1946 wheat king of Nebraska is praised by agronomist J C Swinbank at the University of Nebraska as the Horatio Alger of Nebraska agriculture. Swinbank notes Weinbold progressed from hired hand to farm owner after starting to farm for himself in 1933 and purchasing land near Gering by 1937.
A Nebraska farmer’s Cheyenne variety wheat won with a test weight of 63.5 as strip farmed and summer fallowed land produced a strong 1946 crop. Swinbank praised not only the winning sample but also the 150 other entries reflecting high Nebraska wheat quality. Desk blotters in colors are available at The Telegraph.
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