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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1922
Page
9
A.m. Maben Miss Tress essay speaks to a twenty one year old son about the true cost of becoming a man. It reflects on the financial and emotional price paid by parents, urging the son to honor them by stepping into his father’s shoes and carrying responsibilities forward.
The Omaha Bee notes the 1920 Statistics of Income from the Internal Revenue Bureau showing yearly wealth and productivity growth. It highlights a peak in 1917 with 7.4 billion and adds another 10 billion since, most in 1920, with small incomes dominating and only 33 of 7.26 million reporting over 1 million annually. Industry and property profits are substantial, and the piece warns data can lag two years.
The writer Irving Bacheller argues happiness is found not abroad but at home. He says happiness arises from loving one’s work, strong health, knowing friends, and a comfortable home, with fulfillment returning when one is engaged in meaningful task.
A historical explainer defines the term moron from Greek roots and contrasts mental deficiency with insanity. It notes a wartime estimate of 45,000 mental defectives in New York state and asserts that mental deficiency is inherited and incurable. The piece cites the New York World on the phrase once a moron, always a moron.
In a Omaha Bee column a young woman reporter voices despair after covering many divorce cases. Mrs. J. W. Evans of Omaha counters with praise for a fifty year marriage anniversary, insisting there were no quarrels in that span.
William Butler Yeats argues in The Dial that Irish prose dwells on virtue and invaders' vices, turning the past into melodrama. He cites Cromwell, the Danes, and old clans as symbols, urging a move toward a nobler art that recognizes both villain and victim.
The article highlights a postwar leap in aerial photography with a new large thirty six pound camera. It uses oversized film and an electric timing device to sync exposures with airplane speed. An automatic interval regulator and a vibration free roll film hold improve mosaic map production.
An ad line urging advertisers to place notices in The Telegraph. The fragment implies fiscal stakes and mutual benefit for advert traders, with likely emphasis on local business exposure and revenue generation for the newspaper.
A fogbound ship collision leads to chaos as a second vessel cuts through the mist. Survivors describe life-saving acts, including Genner who saved a woman at the cost of his own life while Chief Wireless Operator Harwick perished guiding calls for help.
The passage questions whether sudden heroism can arise in crisis and whether true sacrifice comes from ingrained lifelong thinking or a deeper soul impulse. It argues that natural self preservation is common, yet genuine glory must spring from the human soul, not anticipated reward, even across vast distances.
An incomplete newspaper fragment quotes the Milwaukee Journal reflecting on a reader’s answering thrill in their own heart. The readable text centers on a moment of emotional reaction without further context or names.
An OCR fragment advertises Sidnee Creamery Butter at Burgers Music Store, urging buyers to compare quality and tone before price. The note mentions a rent location at Thee Gith Shep on the Corner and references five YA oe St nee standard planes.
Every grain grower in the hard wheat belt should have one. These threshers cut and thresh more acres per day saving grain per acre. Ask for a circular with full description or the Ave catalog listing Ave Tractors Trucks and other motor farming and road building machinery.
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