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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
12
Rates show one year postage paid 81 50 six months 15 and single copies 5. Advance payment urged. The notice notes post office in Sidney Nebraska classifies as second class matter.
Farmers in the vicinity harvest alfalfa hay with good drying weather. Mrs. Hans Busboom and her son visited Glenville relatives. Mr. John Jones hosted Louis Richards and wife in Peetz Colorado for dinner. Henry Theophilus welcomed them. The Farmers Union picnic at Lodgepole drew many locals including Chas. Osborn of Omaha who spoke.
Grand Prairie residents recount a Lodgepole picnic attended by farmers in the area. Families including the Hernblooms and Johnsons share meals, visits, and letters. Frank Holm and Heinzman relations are noted with a funeral for Johnny Meyers’ father and expressions of sympathy from Cheyenne county friends.
Mrs Glen Bules and son Kenneth attended the W M B club gathering at Mrs Clyde Kintons last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs John Engel and family called at Ray Frames Wednesday afternoon. Fred Beyer and daughters planned to Sidney Thursday morning. A large number attended the Farm er Union meeting Thursday evening. Mrs Walter Happel drove to Sidney Thursday morning. John Borcher drove to Sidney on Wednesday. A large crowd from this vicinity attended the picnic at Lodgepole last Friday and reported a fine time. A barn dance was held at Fred Beine’s last Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Theo Borcher had dinner with Glen Bales on Sunday. John Engel helped Frank Beyer put up hay on Monday. Mr and Mrs Chas Hill and children, and Mrs Ab Rose called at Glen Bales Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Wm Rohdes called Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Glen Bailes and family visited Theo Borcher Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Walter Happel drove to Sidney on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Wm Borcher and John Borcher drove to Sidney on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Wm Sahs hosted a card session.
A Tuesday evening party honored Mr and Mrs Paul Meyer on their tenth wedding anniversary with about seventy five attendees. First prizes went to George and Chris Rohde, consolation prizes to Ray Spiker and Mrs Ernest Hille. Hostess served sandwiches cake and lemonade and the event was described as splendid. Mrs Glen Butler and family visited Benry Schmidt Tuesday afternoon.
Maple Grove families including Mr and Mrs Will Johnson and children share Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Charles Gabriel and family of Gurley. Neighbors visit, drive to Sidney, or help with hay as several households attend a Friday Lodgepole picnic and Sunday gatherings at W Y Miles and Jim Irvin homes.
A French light car, speed 25 mph, is shown in Popular Mechanics as a trick photography marvel. The rear-wheel linkage lifts each wheel independently to clear 40 inch obstacles on a 45 degree approach, with a 57 inch lift and a 20 foot landing, wheels touching together as a cushioned spring.
The Lafayette, Calaveras grove’s tallest sequoia at about 300 feet with a 30 foot base diameter, toppled by wind. Noted as one of the ancient “Titans of the forests,” these sequoias date to earlier eras, with estimates of vast ages. Experts call for guarding these monarchs from commercial raids and damage.
A cow owned by Ralph Christie of Belmond Iowa delivered four calves three heifers and a bull. The herd animal is reported to be thriving and able to nurse. The rare birth is noted as contributing to lower meat, butter and milk prices. Last year the cow produced twins.
Washington investigates the mysterious Atlantic disappearances as mutiny and Soviet influence gain traction. Mutineers aboard the Curhaven steamer Senator Schroeder overpowered the captain and engineer, seized the vessel, and sailed to Murmansk, then Bergen and Cuxhaven. Key mutineers Knuefken Jung Appel Klahre faced Hamburg trials. schemes included smuggling delegates to Moscow. Crew members plotted to reclaim the ship and return home.
A resolution adopted by the Osaka chamber of commerce urges Japan to lead in reducing armaments. It calls for a conference with the United States and Great Britain to secure permanent world peace and curb indiscriminate armament competition.
Washington reports that President Harding declined approval of the soldier bonus measure. Senator McCumber, author of the bill, heatedly denies any implication of presidential endorsement. Senator King questions whether the President supports the bill before its official submission to the executive.
Chicago June 27 business shows the quietest period of the year with dullness across sectors. Summer retail movement gets minor lift from heat, while manufacturing continues to contract with price easing. Iron and steel output remains constrained, and cotton and silk markets weaken amid unsettled financials. Commercial failures rise to 276 this week versus 320 last week and 300 the prior week.
Hyde Park hosted a mass gathering marking the League of Nations second anniversary. More than fifty distinguished British speakers were joined by representatives from twelve foreign countries. Several nations prepared detachments in national costume for a procession, with Czechslovakia and Lithuania colonies in London contributing embroidered outfits.
Grasshoppers estimated at fifteen miles long are marching toward Colorado Springs from the southwest, destroying virtually all vegetation. County Farm Agent J G Hale and entomologist EB Baas plan to meet the swarm with two tons of poison to be distributed among farmers. The insects advance at a rapid pace.
Light cattle run allowed slight brace in trading with no further decline. Cattle quotes ranged from common beeves at 6.50 to 7.00 up to prime at 7.85 8.25, hogs opened 15 25 cents higher but closed steady to weak, tops 8.70, lambs and sheep mostly steady while lambs fell about 25 cents. spring lambs 8.50 to 10.15, shorn yearlings 5.25 to 8.00, ewes 3.00 to 4.15, cull ewes 1.00 to 2.50.
A Dallas News quip describes a wife who laughs at her in law’s old furniture and praises the antiques, using a sharp, period voice to mock conventional marriage norms.
Kansas Thought for the Day asks a provocative question about a wife’s imagined response to widowhood, prompting readers to reflect on resilience and loss. The remark appears in the Mulvane News column, framed as a sobering, thought-provoking prompt for fellows.
A reflective view on nature noting that every grain of sand, each plant and leaf, and all voices and instruments possess unique individuality. The piece asserts that no two things in nature are exactly alike in form size color or sound, calling this a great, obvious mystery seldom contemplated.
A snaky eyed man hypes Golconda Oil Development stock to conservative investors while J Fuller Gloom counters by buying Hoe heters Almanacs, forty years old, at $28 each, arguing they will yield big dividends despite the dubious offer. Kansas City dispatch notes the barter as cautious investors weigh legitimate return against promoter risk.
A humorous aside from the Boston Transcript about courtship in which a man tries to leave anonymous flowers for Miss Dolly Footlites. The exchange reveals multiple anonymous suitors and a developer punchline about heartfelt, unnamed gestures.
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