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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1949
Page
2
The Telegraph editorial recalls 1935 when WPA provided minimal pay and broad relief while Uncle Sam was flush with money. It contrasts with 1949 when many enjoy secure incomes yet the government is deeply in debt, borrowing across public segments while optimism remains. Time marches on.
The editorial urges renewed emphasis on pump irrigation in Cheyenne County, noting its past neglect during bumper wheat and oil booms. It highlights 125 to 150 wells in Lodgepole Valley as a growing irrigation battery and warns that dry years could trigger a farm production collapse without irrigation as a buffer. Water and sunlight can grow crops on many soils.
Ex president Herbert Hoover, the nation’s only living ex-president at the time, warns Americans they are speeding toward collectivism. He laments rising taxes and deficits, the growth of government welfare schemes, and the prospect of compulsory health insurance and cradle-to-grave social security, urging readers to have the courage to act.
Oil and gas leases on three Kimball County school sections will be sold at public auction September 23 at 10 a.m. in the Board of Educational Lands and Funds office in Lincoln. The features include all of section 16 township 13 range 56 all of 36 13 56 the south half of 2 13 57 and all of 36 13 57 with four other sections and parts of two more to be offered September 16. Local bidders have lined up blocks of leases in Kimball County.
A column of satirical quips covers a wide range of topics from contralto harbors to Kremlin jokes, vodka, dentists, and prices. It lampoons religion, advertising, temperance talkers, and social norms with brisk, punchy one liners. The piece references a Massachusetts mother of four twins and a skater fleeing Hungary, tying humor to the era’s political and cultural climate.
In a special session September 1 1949 the Sidney City Council accepted Kirkpatrick Pettis Companys refinancing offer for 300000 of original Utilities bonds. The later regular meeting approved a 31050 payment to S and S Electric Co for electrical work at the Municipal Power Plant and authorized a Worthington Air Compressor purchase plus fenders trailer hitch and hoses. Building permits for several residents were approved.
An old classified blurb advertises metal and cardboard filing trays with A Z index to fit them. It notes three standard sizes and a forthcoming opening of Sewell's Self-Service Laundry at 1716 Grant Street, with new equipment and optional letterhead design in one or more colors.
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