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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1924
Page
14
The piece urges county residents to thoroughly understand two bond propositions for a county fair and a county poor farm. It argues fair management will be by a nine member board and outlines projected costs, stressing local benefits to all towns and the need to counter misinformation before a ten day deadline.
A civic note urges readers to verify facts independently before voting. It emphasizes the duty to base choices on personal convictions and participate in the polls with integrity.
A editorial denounces congressional plans to gift Muscle Shoals assets to Henry Ford. It argues against a government lease and 100 year water power rights, citing a $90 million value for a $5 million sale plus subsidies and construction costs. Senators Norris and Howell oppose. Congressman Simmons supported the bill’s defeat.
A defense of Senator George W. Norris rejects Republican and Democratic claims that he is outlived his usefulness. The piece praises Norris as a devoted public servant with a keen intellect and courage, arguing he has proposed or aided constructive measures such as the Norris farm bill, countering attacks from party presses.
The piece argues for Senator Norris amid criticism of party pressure and rival bills. It praises Norris’s independence from the machine, notes his stance on McNary-Haugen and Norris-Keller measures, and urges farmers and workers to nominate him in the April 5 primaries and reelect him in November.
The article lists rattlesnake species and ranges across the United States from the White Mountains of New Hampshire to Lake Superior and coastlines from North Carolina to Texas. It notes diamond rattlers in the south and riffs through western and northern Mexico, with ground and black rattlers in southern regions and the Allegheny mountain area.
An early 20th century process uses oil fed down a tall tower to absorb gasoline from natural gas rising upward. The gasoline is extracted by distillation at the bottom oil, which then re-enters the cycle. A plant handling 80 million cubic feet of gas daily could yield about 8,000 gallons of gasoline per day.
A large and interesting meeting of the R N A was held Thursday evening March 20 at the I O O F hall. Eleven new members were initiated and the drill team performed floor work. A social lunch followed and all praised the gathering. The next meeting is planned for Thursday April 20.
Mr and Mrs Ed Stockdick came back to Sidney Saturday night from Katy Texas where they spent four months with his father who is critically ill The elder Stockdick had surgery on February 28 and is rapidly improving at age 75 Friends in Sidney say conditions are booming in that Texas area near Houston and have visited here several times
Sidney High School holds a local declamatory contest at the Methodist Church Auditorium on Monday March 31 at 8 PM. Admission costs 50 and 25 cents.
A fragment describes the Dead Sea Flute and Solem’s apple, a border fruit of the Deed sea. The fruit is extremely beautiful to the eye but bitter to taste, filled with small black grafna and often called the new fruits. The passage hints at metaphorical expression for be low and notes unsatisfactory pleadurness.
Vague remarks by a candidate during a council race discussion are reported as he argues the opponent’s case is framed as a contest of quantity. The exchange centers on perceived balance and emphasis in the debate.
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