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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1927
Page
3
The Deuel County Poultry and Pet Stock association announced the seventh annual animal show in Chappell with four days from December 13 to 16. The exhibit hall will close during judging to speed the process, then reopen for questions after awards are decided.
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co announces rate reductions on long distance calls for distances of 400 miles or more. The reductions apply to station to station and person to person calls, with larger cuts for greater distances. Examples show Detroit, New York, San Francisco, and Boston among cities affected, with evening rates adjusted to about midway between night and day rates.
Nebraska must recruit at least 2000 new teachers annually for rural schools. Of 14500 teachers statewide last year about 7000 served in 6200 rural schools. A survey of 55 county superintendents found 4559 rural teachers, over 1200 with no prior experience, and rural and urban teachers overall about 18 percent inexperienced. George W. Rosenlof, director of secondary schools and rural education, cited insufficient college output to meet the need.
The twelfth district Christian Endeavor convention will meet at Scottsbluff’s churches on November 19 and 20 with 33 societies in the district led by five local churches. Highlights include registrations, sessions, addresses on “My Responsibility to Christian Endeavor” and “My Responsibility to God,” a sunrise prayer on the Bluffs, a banquet, and union Endeavor gatherings led by Marion Simms and Rev. Harold Singer.
State Engineer Cochran reports awarding contracts in 1927 for more than 600 miles of graded highway 1100 miles of new graveled surfacing 300 miles of second course gravel and 90 bridges some major. Much work done though some to finish next year. Nebraska may lead states in road mileage due to cheaper road type and future pavement needs.
National Childrens Book Week will be observed in Sidney from November 13 to 19 with new books on display at the public library and in school buildings. Mrs Corbett, librarian, prepared a display table of books for distribution during the week. The Parent Teachers Association and teachers will also feature child reading books in school rooms and plan to discuss the event at the high school meeting with Miss Oldershaw, East ward principal, to lead the program.
A speaker addresses a gathering on choosing suitable books for children. She discusses how to select good reads that suit young readers and how to dress the event to emphasize education and literacy.
Practical tips on starching clothes advise starching on the wrong side, using hot starch for white fabrics, keeping a reserve supply, diluting for lighter materials, and using dual pans for thick and thin garments. It notes tinting with tea, coffee, or bluing to suit dark, brown, or blue tones and warns starch shows on dark fabrics.
Washington reports Oct weather proved favorable boosting late maturing crops. Corn production up 150 million bushels in October to a preliminary total of 2.753 billion. overall crop production about 3 percent below last year due to lower yields and smaller acreage. Corn yield 28.2 bushels per acre, merchantable quality 75.2 percent.
Pastures repay good care with faster grass growth and richer nutrients. Manure or commercial fertilizer boosts lime and phosphorus, while periodic mowing prevents weed reseeding, making pasture management profitable for dairy farming.
West Gurley notes show Mrs John Borcher hosting the Lutheran Ladies Aid on Thursday and several local families visiting one another. Maurice Scott moved his family to Gurley to run a filling station, while Harold Harris’s funeral was held Friday.
Mr and Mrs Norton Harris extend sympathy as Mrs Dave Brown returns from Scottsbluff and Guernsey where relatives were visited. Many locals who know Mrs Brown’s sister Mrs Ida Fulton regret learning she is very ill at her Guernsey home.
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