Before or After the Fact in Motorcar Game
A witty Public Ledger quip notes a mob of unprincipled players in the motorcar game and jokes about adding horse blinders for golf to sharpen focus while suggesting restraint over profanity.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
15
A witty Public Ledger quip notes a mob of unprincipled players in the motorcar game and jokes about adding horse blinders for golf to sharpen focus while suggesting restraint over profanity.
A editorial urges residents to favor local merchants over mail order when items are not in stock. It argues local shops can match prices, offer accountability, and keep profits in town, noting mail order firms avoid local face to face dealings and often do not serve city customers.
Robert High bought the meat market from G W Totten and will operate as Central Meat Market at the old stand. Delber Cook of Sidney is the new butcher in charge, offering meats and fresh vegetables in an up to date shop.
Tom Foley of Omaha long operated a wet goods emporium in the city for forty years. He now focuses on his land in Kimball Banner and Cheyenne counties with about a thousand acres of what he calls the best looking wheat, remarking at Kimball depot last Sunday afternoon as he prepared to travel to Omaha.
Quotation from the Chicago Evening Post jokes that early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy wealthy and an awful jore. The line reflects a humorous take on self discipline and prosperity in period newspaper wit.
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