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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1946
Page
7
The piece argues OPA is back in a moderated form after renewed greed undermines protections. It notes butter and hamburger price jumps post death of the original OPA, doubles in rents, and politics facing Congress and the president. It laments the public’s role in restoring controls while warning greed remains influential.
A bomber pilot with war experience explains the atom bomb's devastating power against battleships. He notes a single blast sinks or cripples ships, sets fires, and causes wide destruction, countering claims that tests were disappointing or ineffective.
The article argues lagging industrial output stems from a railroad car shortage. It questions how production was sustained during the war and suggests returning to military methods for postwar success, criticizing private enterprise’s slow progress.
Dated columnist Drew Pearson stood on the steps of the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta denouncing rising Ku Klux Klan activity as a national problem. He warned that hatred spreads like Hitler's germs and urged stomping out the Klan now to honor wartime sacrifices.
In Lincoln Nebraska petitions circulate for liquor by the drink as the city, once dry, shifts public thinking. The piece notes a twenty year change from strict temperance to broader social life, with younger residents questioning old barriers while uncertain if this shift is better.
The article portrays the irrigator as the forgotten man this harvest season in Cheyenne County. It contrasts hot dry weather helping wheat farmers with the relentless, exhausting work of irrigators who must be everywhere at once to deliver water to parched fields.
The piece urges readers to brace for hay fever as pollens surge causing inflamed eyes and runny noses. It notes science concedes defeat against airborne particles and jokes that Jack Frost will bring relief, urging a vigorous campaign with a collective kerchoo.
The narrator comments on paying for an operation and the high cost of living, estimating a scar at about 100 per inch. He notes fourteen years of schooling for two doctors, three nurses, and hospital expenses running to thousands, plus months of care. The piece blends grim humor with reflections on value and price.
The speaker questions the high expenses of medical operations, suggesting doctors may not earn more than butchers and noting the impropriety of comparing doctors with butchers in the same thought.
The speaker recalls saving money by being unable to work, noting friends collected small sums weekly from a golf game and at the nineteenth hole. He plans to place the money in his daughter's bank for her college education, or to fund his next operation.
The speaker argues money roots most unhappiness and shapes choices from groceries to medical costs. They fantasize about a substitute for money to end worries, while noting prices and the toll on sleep from late night calls. Junior's tonsils and five dollar looks illustrate money’s grip on routine life.
A doctor remarks that some women fear aging and a wandering husband. He suggests women should act decisively, even humorously proposing they use a baseball bat to assert control at home. The piece reflects stereotypes and provocative advice about marital dynamics.
A reader suggests simpler paths to making a living beyond medicine, arguing other careers may offer steadier hours, less stress, or quicker entry. The remark prompts debate on tradeoffs, value, and personal fit in professional life.
The narrator recalls odd jobs that grant independence and variety. A man nicknamed Lefty earned his living by sticking his right hand into lions mouths, a vivid anecdote illustrating unusual work and bold risks. The fragment hints at colorful careers and memorable personas.
The narrator muses about choosing a life in the newspaper trade or writing folksy verse like Edgar Guest. He contrasts shade under an apple tree with crafting column pieces on hot Saturday afternoons, evoking nostalgia for old school days and simple, homely topics.
Mrs D E Dickinson shares local updates as Tom Bonser and granddaughter Lola Mae visit Sterling. Carl Pishma calls at W R Brown, Rex Gentry welcomes a son July 18 in Sterling hospital. Various visits, harvest aid, and a welcome rain with an electric storm are noted along with health care visits for Danny Dickinson.
The P-80 Shooting Star will headline the Scottsbluff Army Air Base air show on Friday August 9 with a ground exhibit and afternoon flying events. More than a dozen other planes including P-47 Thunderbolts P-51 Mustangs A-26 Attack Bombers C-54 Hospital Ship and B-29 Super Fortress are slated. Advance tickets are 30 cents cheaper than show day. available in Sidney at Sun Drug Western Drug Sidney Drug and Thompson's Food Store.
The Slick Chicks Club met at Shirley Rohde’s home on July 25. Members displayed curtains and dressing table flounces in a demonstration of handiwork and sewing ideas.
A dressing table top arrangement was presented by Della Adels and Marjorie Troidl with one member absent. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. Next meeting will be at Irene and Marjorie Troidl's home on August 2. Betty June Porterfield, Reporter.
Plant Pathologist J E Livingston of the College of Agriculture warns Panhandle Nebraska farmers to watch for signs of stinking smut or bunt and avoid planting potentially infested wheat. He notes losses have been high in recent years and explains smut is often hidden until harvest when a fog of spores spreads to other seeds. He urges treatment of all seed to be planted this fall.
Sidney area business and professional people can obtain individualized sales books manifold books tickets and duplicate or original office forms at The Telegraph office in Sidney. Quality workmanship and prompt service are assured with prices at or below out of town firms. Sales books manifold forms case checks order books requisitions purchase orders delivery tickets and more are available plus roll or folded tickets for theatres or organizations. Coupon books scale books and punch less sale checks are also offered.
The writer expresses sincere thanks for gifts, cards, visits, and many acts of kindness received during a hospital stay, acknowledging appreciation for support during trying days.
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