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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1915
Page
6
A. A. Sharp lost an old family horse Monday night. Neighbors attended the Hard Times dance at Dalton. School began last Monday with few children due to harvest. Mrs. Wm. Simms visited Mrs. A. A. Sharp Tuesday. Robert Simms went to Lodgepole for a Sunday stay with his wife. Miss Babb from Dalton stayed a week at the A. A. Sharp home.
Spring crops around Gurley are mostly cut while some farmers sow winter wheat. Prospects for corn are strong if frost stays away. Local activity includes Henry Grosshaus assisting elevator manager Will Eigenberg, Dan and business moves by Albert Thompson who bought the stone schoolhouse for a new dance hall.
A baby boy was born to Mr Ed Rummelhart and Mrs Rummelhart in September. The family welcomed the newest member to their household, with name and further details not provided in the notice.
Threshing is in full swing this week with E. G. Ruther and R. R. Henderson reporting good yields. Henry Hammond and his wife returned to Exeter Nebraska after a month visiting their sons. Henderson’s Denver mother arrived for a month visit. Springer brothers own a new car. School started in several districts on Monday. W. E. Chambers traveled to Sidney with wheat for Mr. Henderson.
A girl sits apart as the fourth dance ends, her mood souring from awkward longing to tears. She struggles to mingle, finds only pity or scorn, and finally retires to the quiet dressing room, leaving the crowd to continue without her.
In Laat, Diogenes asks what’s for sale. A man offers mining stock. They debate value and risk. Diogenes proposes to trade his lantern for a couple of shares, calling the seller honest at last.
A humorous item presents quips on marriage and money. It notes a wife controls her husband’s budget, mentioning she takes all his salary and allows him only 60 cents a week, illustrating printed wordplay on resource sharing in a domestic setup.
A witty exchange unfolds as war correspondents accuse the censor of killing their stories. The censor retorts that multiple towns and cities are mentioned, arguing the battle line is effectively described across those locations.
Washington officials say border tensions eased after Carranza ordered troops at Matamoros to aid against Mexican bandits and 4000 American soldiers remain ready. Across the Rio Grande deputy sheriffs and Mexicans exchanged fire near Mission Texas with some Mexicans reported hit. Tabasco revolts as San Juan Bautista and Frontera see street fighting. Carranza officials flee Frontera for Vera Cruz amid deaths and starvation reports from Oaxaca.
Speaker Champ Clark rode to the Clarksville scene where six farm autos gathered to mob Harrison Rose, a white farmer Bud Davidson accused of slaving. Clark urged law and order, dispersing the crowd. Rose remained jailed in Bowling Green as authorities cited restraint.
Cobb county grand jury in Marietta Ga failed to indict anyone after two days of witness testimony in the Lea M. Frank lynching case. The panel reported insufficient evidence to charge any suspect, ending the immediate legal action.
Professor P. G. Holden warns against choosing ears too large or too small for seed. Late or cold seasons or early frosts produce soft, chaffy, moldy corn unfit for next year. Medium sized ears from vigorous stalks yield the best, with uniform kernel size and maturity, avoiding uneven stands and poor storage.
A claim asserts that using one small eight ounce ear of corn per hill could double crop yield and value. The figure estimates an overall increase of about 1.7 billion dollars in total crop value.
Instructions advise saving seed corn by pruning ears in October, choosing ripened ears of good quality from strong stalks, drying in a ventilated place with ears not touching, and using locally sourced seed. In spring, care for ears and plant the top 100 to test for next year.
The passage describes corn stored in the crib during fall becoming sappy and freezing through winter. By March and April warming weather reveals kernels whose hearts turn cheesy, then black, and remain strong in taste. It notes this occurs with large corn containing much water, not merely immature soft corn.
The lake region of Michigan and Wisconsin is described as a paradise of birds with 800 species identified in Michigan. Great Lakes and numerous smaller lakes attract aquatic and maritime birds. Michigan hosts diverse habitats from Hudson Bay northern species to Gulf coast dwellers, including Bohemian waxwing, spruce partridge, Canadian jay, mockingbird, cardinal redbird, gulls and terns.
A student on a geology expedition asks a professor to distinguish rocks. The professor replies that the student is stone blind, delivering a pun in a concise humorous exchange from Cornell Widow.
In a terse social moment, Roy pushes back at a spouse’s sharp rebuke about chores. The remark, though lighthearted, underscores family dynamics and daily labor within a domestic setting.
A brief comic dialogue notes a would be marriage proposal misfire as one man explains he proposed only so the stenographer could assist him, while the other exclaims disbelief. The exchange plays on misunderstanding and humorous restraint.
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