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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
14
A county report outlines January to April 1921 auto license collections by county and state, noting a shift under a new law that retains most motor revenue locally for county road work and road drag. The table cites totals and the portion remitted to the state, with details on county treasurer Myrtle Lancaster’s compilation and the emergency attachment.
The piece urged residents to take personal fire protection seriously to prevent costly blazes. It warned of delays in alarms and response and advised keeping a water bucket, chemical extinguisher, and proper screening of open foundations. It stressed checking homes before closing and the danger of faulty wiring and cheap fuses.
The piece offers practical kitchen tips on using baked ham and honey as a sweetener, warns against overcooking spaghetti, notes a ten inch measure, and suggests a pleasant cold bath with hot water. It reflects a domestic lifestyle column with brief, everyday guidance.
If you burn cobs for fuel, take extra precautions to avoid leaving a string from the furnace door to the cob house. Always sweep the spit toward the furnace, not toward the cob house, to prevent sparks igniting the pile.
In 1921 a woman specialist teaches hair care to high school girls using a typewritten note. She instructs that when hair ends are dry, clip them during a new moon and brush with a little hair oil. The lighthearted remark questions the nature of education.
The June issue asks which is the independent trailer or fully self contained traveling home built on a passenger car or light truck chassis. The question stirs hundreds of motorists drawn to spring lures and tomorrow’s mysteries as elaborate outfits emerge.
A thief who stole a $25,000 Liberty bond sent it back to the owner with a note saying it was too large to safely dispose of. The tip suggests converting a $100 bond into a £25,000 one.
According to Hindu legend, the god Vulcan created the world and, discovering he had used up all materials, gathered the roundness of the moon the grace of a snake’s curve the slender willow the velvet flower the light feather the gentle gaze of the doe the dancing sunbeam’s reflection the cloud’s tears the wind’s inconsistency the hare’s timidity the peacock’s vanity the diamond’s hardness the snow’s chill the turtle dove’s coo and combined them to form this glorious being woman.
Walt Mason muses on storms floods and misfortune as forces of nature that ignore private grief and loss. He notes how calamity wrecks homes and farms yet also spurs renewal, concluding nature has a grand design beyond individual woes.
Tad Madam the chapeauist sells six hats by flattering each customer with a tailored illusion. Each hat matches a distinct feature, yet all six hats are identical, highlighting a clever sales ploy reported by Town Topics.
Billy Heinemann of Sidney was caught putting flax seed meal in his radiator. He claimed the act mirrored the eastern bankers drawing in money to stop circulation. G. A. 8S, in Potter Review. P. W. Barker spent a few hours in Scottsbluff Wednesday.
J A Birdwell of Dalton attended to business in Sidney on Monday. George Reetz of Potter was busy with personal affairs in this city last Friday. Mr and Mrs Fred Lehmakuhl of Lodgepole visited Sidney on Monday, the former in court and the latter shopping. G FE Hough and family drove over from Bayard to spend the day with P W Barker and family. Mrs Barker, previously in Bayard, returned with them. Mrs Samuel Light went to Bridgeport and brought home her granddaughter Margaret daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson McDil Light who had been visiting Reverend Light and wife. She returned home on Thursday.
Parcel transfers include John Seyfang and wife to Axel Johnson for lot 9 block 1 Seyfang addition, 75 dollars, and J H Mahler et al to Frank Hruza for part of lots in Potter at 12,800 dollars. Edwin F Zorn to J L Reel 2000 dollars, Nickolas Mahr to Carl Mahr 4,800 dollars, and Stewart Farm Mortgage Co to J Love for 16,000 dollars. Several additional deeds record buyouts and quitclaim actions across Clarkson's, Nash's, Carow additions, and City of Sidney parcels with several one dollar or nominal values noted.
Flour and wheat prices for hard spring soft winter and rye flour with mill brand bags. Hay and butter and egg pricing across grades. Live poultry and iced poultry rates. Potatoes onions new and old, cattle hogs sheep and lamb values across quality grades and weights. Includes prime steers, heifers, cows, calves, hogs, lambs, yearlings and feeder stock with price ranges.
A local satirical list mocks postwar ideals by proposing absurd substitutions such as renaming Brandywine to Coldwater and making a song a national anthem. It targets Prohibition era quirks, food bans, and odd alphabetic reforms with humorous inventiveness.
Visitors from Casper Wyoming include Mrs J Goff and daughter Mrs Joe Alien and the latter s baby. they arrived last Saturday to spend two weeks with relatives. The uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs W J Perry hosted them.
A family dinner was held last Sunday with guests Mr and Mrs Clarence Perry and Mr and Mrs Glenn Andrews attending.
Anderson Hart Parr Co advertises a mixed assortment of brass and iron hard oil cups for sale at the buyer’s own price. The text presents a simple tag line style sales pitch typical of early 20th century classified advertising.
A wet correspondent notes in hardware world circles that the new fourteen points may influence trade and policy, though details remain unclear and further verification is needed from industry sources.
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