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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1923
Page
8
The Nebraska Farmer notes that a 55 cent contract price for corn delivery later would need 65 cents by the next crop to offset shrinkage and carrying costs. It cites Farm and Fireside findings that corn shrinks about 14 percent from November to August and yearly losses around 10 cents per bushel from waiting. It offers no directive, presenting only the facts for farmers to weigh.
A reflective meditation on human nature and society marks each life stage from birth to death. The speaker notes shifting judgments of wealth, family, politics, religion, and aging, calling life a humorous yet rueful road. The tone blends wit with lament at humanity’s inconsistent verdicts.
A Neillsville Wisconsin Cow Testing association member brags of a cow’s arithmetic aiding a farm owner. The piece contrasts honest farming gains with a poetry of economic tricks. It notes Americans paying double for bootleg liquor, arguing rising liquor prices prove prohibition enforcement.
Second hand pianos taken in exchange for new pianos or an Edison phonograph at Larson's Music Store. Oberfelder's store for rent. The best location in Sidney.
Conservative crop and livestock estimates place Nebraska corn at 203,138,000 bushels with oats at 85,833,000. corn condition 92 percent signals potential 263,128,000 bushels. Barley totals 9,492,000 bushels, rye 1,650,008, spring wheat 3,600,000 on higher acreage. Wheat 31,372,000. potatoes 9,506,000. hay crops strong. disease and late frost temper quality.
The report estimates alfalfa yield at 2.5 tons with a total crop near 3,000,000 tons. Tame hay reaches 3,485,000 tons versus 3,322,000 last year while wild hay tops 2,526,000 tons up from 1,877,000. Apples forecast 815,000 bushels, down from 1,020,000, with 53,000 barrels commercial apples vs 130,000. Sugar beets yield 868 per cent, production 538,000 tons, below last year’s 703,000.
County Commissioner Cal Hashman sold 3100 dollars worth of alfalfa seed to a Sioux county farmer who hauled it away in trucks. The sale marks first access for Sioux county farmers to Box Butte county via the new road completed this summer, signaling expanded business with better roads.
Ed Borland Earl Teare and Al Adels planned to beat Floyd Wise near Dix last Saturday night. The trio, driving without lights, crashed near Clithero's and fought Lloyd Wise who stopped to help. Borland allegedly struck Wise with a pump causing a deep forehead wound. Borland fled and is being sought by police. Lloyd Wise's companion was injured but not seriously. Wise is reported to be improving.
Sidney resident Math. Hemmer testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieve kidney and back pain. An advertisement promotes Doan's as a reliable remedy, noting the product's price of 60 cents and urging neighbors to use the same brand made by Foster-Milburn Co of Buffalo New York.
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