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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1924
Page
12
Farm boys receive uneven physical activity from chores which favors major muscles but neglects others, risking poor posture and weak lungs. With rural isolation and shrinking families, school time becomes essential for safe play and balanced development. Enthusiasm and effort at school cultivate a hardworking, optimistic man of tomorrow.
Leland F Bundy and Murriel Sareah Hibbard were married Sunday afternoon April 27 at the Hib bard home in Pleasant View precinct. Judge Chambers officiated in a small ceremony before close relatives. A dinner followed and the couple spent the day with music before leaving to work on the Livingston farm west of Sidney for the season.
Local notice announces an auction sale of 74 flower plants to be held Saturday at 2 p.m. The listing appears under Rasch Barber Shep. and outlines the sale time and item.
A folding instrument measures angle from horizontal and roof pitch. When opened it resembles a pie with radial arms and an arc, pivoted at the center. A pointer arm with a spirit level guides the reading, showing pitch in degrees and inches per a foot for sloped surfaces.
The article credits George Trevithick, a Cornish engineer, with an early steam locomotive that hauled 20 tons from Merthyr Tydvil to Abercynon in Glamorganshire in February 1804. The feat followed a bet by William Crashay, who sought Trevithick’s help after learning of Cornwall experiments.
In historic China parents arranged infant betrothals for girls to marry the sons of friends. The practice persisted until modern influences spread. Four advertisements appeared in the vernacular press of Peking where young women declared they reject infant betrothals and reserve the right to choose their own spouses.
A young attorney questions a prisoner with no funds about past arrests. The inmate lists multiple convictions including grand larceny trespass and vagrancy while noting this time he has a different kind of lullaby. The dialogue hints at life hardships and a twist.
Charles E. Baxter narrates a light tale in which Larry and Skinner plot a safe theft but are thwarted by a sudden arrival of Foulkes and a patrol. The would‑be thieves are outsmarted, captured by police, and the comic sting ends with Larry keeping a two‑spot as a trophy.
County Agent Willey notes gopher and squirrel damage in early spring corn stands. He recalls poisoning methods using bait on planters to control pests, citing Washington state experiments showing about $1.76 loss per damaged field per ground squirrel. Farmers Bulletin 932 details bait formulas at the county agent's office.
A mother rescues a kitten after her seven year old son Jimmy shakes it by the tail seeking to learn where money comes from. He explains he heard his father say there is money in the kitty from cards and was trying to shake it out.
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