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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1923
Page
10
H W Davis of the Kansas City Star Radio Station argues that newspapers will shape American English more than schools. He notes newspapers print and spell well, teach directness, and reflect current slang, technology, business terms, and evolving verse and prose through daily exposure.
A group hike near a shady lunch spot ends with a man chased by a cow. He uses a switch to shoo the animal, drops it, and escapes over a fence, only to watch the cow chew the leaves off his switch. The incident amuses friends and embarrasses him.
The American continent is spanned coast to coast from noon May 2 to noon May 8 as a westbound monoplane completes its flight with two pilots finally sighting both oceans. Ezra Meeker praises the achievement, noting his own 71 year earlier ox team time and offering readiness for a future journey.
The passage notes eight places named Jordan in Great Britain including a river near Edinburgh a Dorset hill and a Lancashire sandbank plus five counties villages and suburbs. It adds a Jordan river in Utah flowing to the Great Salt Lake and a Canadian Jordan river feeding Lake Ontario through a gorge between Hamilton and Niagara. It recalls a War of 1812 chase ending in a night Canadian attack at Stony Creek where US forces were defeated.
Alexis Fauchon a Glos Normandy farm hand aged eighty five has completed seventy six years in the same job. He began as a herder at nine on the Mouton farm and now serves the great grandson of his original employer marking a remarkable lifelong tenure.
An Omaha Bee editorial argues for expanding Nebraska dairying, urging a $100,000 fund to promote dairy expansion, integration with poultry and hog farming, and farm diversification. It notes Nebraska’s potential with corn and alfalfa, emphasizes cows, hens, and soybeans, and calls for broader adoption of dairy and legume practices to stabilize farm income.
Four original verses by Robert Burns were found in an old London volume offered for sale. The poems, inscribed in pencil and later inked by the book’s first owner, reflect the intimate connection of a friend of the famed Scottish poet.
October 31 1923 Union Stock Yards South Omaha reports Tuesday cattle run moderate at 6 500 head. Desirable beef sold 15 25c higher. top $12.00. Hogs steady with best light weights at $7.25. most trading $6.65 7.00. Fat lambs higher to $13.35. feeder lambs steady at $11.50 12.50. Sheep and lambs quotations list ranges for various grades and weights.
There were 733 loads and 23 443 head of stock cattle sent to the country from Omaha last week versus 729 loads and 3 485 head the prior week and 6TT loads and 31 796 head the year-ago period. Feeder sheep and lambs reached 31 480 head, compared with 57 285 the prior week and 20 266 the corresponding week last year. Christmas is near with offers to store items with a small down payment.
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