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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1928
Page
2
Topics of Today opines on county by county votes to fund farm bureau activities with public money. It argues county choice reflects perceived value of services, notes success from experienced agents, and stresses tact and trust in agents to win local confidence and avoid self promotion.
The piece argues that good losers accept defeat gracefully and avoid resentment toward voters while true leaders show generosity to opponents. Winners should avoid conceit and reach out to those who opposed them, as admirable character is shown in restraint and good conduct after an election.
Miss Vera Hunt daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hunt and Melvin Wolfe son of Mr and Mrs Charles Wolfe were married in Oshkosh on Wednesday October 31 at 3 pm. After a wedding dinner the couple left for Denver and other points then will reside midway between Lodge Pole and Oshkosh.
McFadden Millinery announces a fall hat sale starting Friday November 9 offering stylish new hats at a price of 2.95 dollars per choice.
The federal radio commission adopts kilocycles over meters for labeling radio waves. Kilocycles count thousand wave cycles per second, while meters measure wave length. Dr. Dellinger notes the two are complementary and radio waves travel nearly instantaneously from transmitter to antenna. The commission also switches to using kilowatts for power, clarifying that one kilowatt equals 1,000 watts and 750 watts equals about one horsepower.
The article discusses Senator Norris's public backing of Governor Smith as a progressive alignment without leaving the Republican Party. It notes his influence on voters switching parties, contrasts his actions with other farm bloc figures, and suggests Norris might eventually reclaim the Nebraska GOP. The piece portrays Norris as honest and strategic rather than misleading.
Electricity transforms an 80 acre experimental farm in the Midwest into a model of future farming. Power speeds milking and feeding, powers cooling and incubation, and extends hen laying by 15 hours daily. Automated systems for water, feeds, and pest control showcase a practical agricultural revolution.
The text argues that industrialization and new education have boosted leisure and individual capacity for work, creating a paradox: more time to spare yet less work to do. It warns against idleness and urges channeling leisure into productive, creative labor, asserting the energy of the human spirit drives ongoing progress and hope beyond current imagination.
Experts predict a 20 percent rise in advertising over the next year and favor more spend in country newspapers. They argue local papers deliver stronger results than large magazines or billboards, with big firms planned budgets increasing up to 65 percent, especially via Telegraph Want-Ads.
Several Nebraska state banks suffered heavy losses this year due to crop failures and possible embezzlement by bankers. State figures show 52 bank failures in the first ten months of 1928 compared with 38 in the same period a year earlier, with drought cutting corn yields and loan losses impacting the banking system.
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