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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1929
Page
5
Government plans spend fifty thousand dollars to educate the public on the evils of liquor and the benefits of prohibition. Commissioner Doran notes advertising can shape behavior from shoes to cars and books. It would stress dangers of drinking, show the consequences of poison hooch, and persuade readers without direct pushback.
A Scottsbluff Star-Herald item notes a recent tobacco advertisement urging people to smoke cigarets instead of eating candy. The piece treats it as a merry little war that began as a businesslike bid to sell more cigarets while candy sales declined.
Percy, a bashful groom on his wedding day, is pressed to give a speech. He stammers and fumbles, blushing from head to toe, then starts to say this thing has been thrust upon me as he steadies himself to address the gathering.
Forecasters Tingley and Fuller of Washington DC project Nebraska corn at 26 bushels per acre for the coming season, an increase of 2.2 bushels from last year. If 8,937,000 acres are planted, total output would reach about 232,362,000 bushels, above 1928's 212,701,000 and the ten year average of 214,381,000. Earlier estimates had Nebraska at 24 bushels.
Acre, Tingley and Fuller estimated Nebraska would produce 215,544,000 bushels, below the final official 212,701,000 bushels with 23.8 bushels per acre. July and August revisions to 231,710,000 and 267,275,000 bushels highlight a forecasting system based on 50 years of yield statistics to predict next year’s crop.
Nebraskan professor H. C. Filley presents a history of farming cooperation from early ideals to modern grain pools and farmer unions. The book explains legal developments, financing, and how cooperative aims center on voluntary, savings driven ventures without government aid, while pooling is not true cooperation.
Oakland Motor Car Company reports February output of 28,369 new Oakland and Pontiac sixes, up from 25,786 last February and 9,403 in 1927. Production aims for a new all time monthly peak in March as demand for the Oakland All-American six and Pontiac big six remains strong. Facilities run two Oakland lines and three Pontiac lines on day and night shifts to meet sales, with plans to sustain peak capacity.
Nebraska 4 H dairy calf club members can win a prize trip to the national dairy show in St Louis October 12 to 19. The trip, funded by Blue Valley Creamery Institute, covers travel and hotel costs for a full week of dairy industry events. Eligible are all bona fide calf club members under supervision of local leaders.
Records show up to date awards for Nebraska dairy calf club champions earning trips by elimination at county and state fairs. The Blue Valley Creamery Institute funds trips to Arkansas Illinois Iowa Indiana Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee West Virginia and Wisconsin with nearly one hundred trips given since 1924. Previous Nebraska winners include Willard Whitney Albert Hartman Harvey Vogler J Harlan Peterson and Leonard Miller. Beginning this year the national dairy show moves to St Louis. Also proposed city building for Wilber by American Legion and a new electrolicr street lighting system for Loup City under franchise renewal.
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