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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
2
The beet and sugar facilities in the North Latte Valley began operations this week, averting a feared sugar shortage. The move brings idle labor back to work, with Nebraska and Wyoming farmers among those joining the workforce.
The notice describes workers entering Sevottschi, Gering and Bayard factories daily for a winter employment campaign expected to last 120 days. The program operates on an eight hour day with a minimum wage of ten cents per hour and invites readers to seek a home in the host town. SIDNEY LUMBER Co. Subscribe for The Telegraph.
Real estate transfers list numerous parcels in Sidney and Potter with buyers and sellers including E H Mason, F A Salmon, J G Hughes, J J Heizer, K S Agnew, C W Hornday, A M Leafdale, S D Johnson, James L Christofferson, Earl N Johnson, Mons Johnson, John J Langston, John D Schlesselman, N W Ladegard, E S Sherrerd, Anna Osborn, Fritz Raddatz, Lillian Petersen, D R Jones, Herman Drieyer, W P Miles, Simon Fishman, BR A Jones, Owen Owens, Albert Buckley, Clair E Dykeman, J A Woten, Albert A Morrow, A L Carow, J F Hill, Bernhard Buss, Maggie A Dolan, Wesley Jenik, F W Sanders, G W Hornaday, Nellie Voquette, Frank B P Gilbert, with prices from 1 to 16,400 dollars and one dollar quit claims. many Lot, SE, NW parcels in Sidney, Dalton, Potter, Lodgepole and Clarkson areas.
South Divide residents Guy Shaw and Mrs E B Hiett hosted parents from York Nebraska and relatives from Doniphan Nebraska during a short trip to Longmont Colorado. E E Hiett has sold their farm and has not chosen a new home yet. The Brothers family visited Potter relatives, while Dorothy Preston spent time with her sister in Dalton. Amusements for Employees notes longtime practice of caring for workers with picnics dances and outings, tracing origins to a Parisian department store and New York merchants.
A colonial quip recalls Pilgrim hardship with water in the New World and Higginson of Salem boasting that he can and oft times does drink New England water very well.
Uncle Eben laments greed in rural talk and compares money to a medal of bravery as people fight over cash. The share of penny-pinching folly reflects a broader moral tone typical of the era, with colloquial humor underscoring social critique.
A humorous exchange between Mr Nubwitz and his wife about research duties. The husband jokes that his presence is implied when Mrs Nubwitz works late in the library, noting he never knows if he is on the premises. The line highlights a domestic dynamic and implied respect for intellectual work.
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