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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
4
A concise meditation on balancing inner needs with external appetites. It argues that excessive focus on artificial desires drains life force and distracts from meaningful growth. The piece promotes mindful choices and prioritizing authentic fulfillment.
The essay contrasts Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma and Lady Astor in the British Parliament, both daughters of the South who rose by service. Robertson fed soldiers at war and mentored many, while Astor cared for the distressed in Richmond. Both exemplify triumph through kindness over selfish ambition.
In Parliament Premier Lloyd George asks what the United States has done for housing. Lady Astor interrupts with a quip about prohibition, provoking laughter as lawmakers see no link between drinking and home ownership for the poor.
A historical opinion piece discusses whether morons should be segregated and barred from marrying. It outlines three claimed traits: rapid reproduction, hereditary mental inferiority, and higher involvement in vice and crime. The author anticipates future debates and notes women’s likely role in addressing these issues.
The piece argues public servants owe high sacrifice during stress, asking if lawmakers should resemble soldiers in duty. It cautions against overtaxing health but insists private comfort must not delay meeting the nation's vital needs. It asserts those serving the public should work without stint or limit.
The fragment notes a connection between replenishing the earth and the medical field, suggesting a piece on health, science, and related professions. It mentions multiple medical professionals or roles, though details are sparse. The readable portion implies a discussion linking medicine to environmental or societal renewal.
Countries show interest after a Budapest mother recently gave birth to five babies at once, bringing her total to fifteen children, including a pair of twins. She left the hospital healthy with all five newborns. The President, busy since inauguration, received visitors from actors to royals, including Princess Fatima Sultana, Afghan ruler's first cousin, notable for her jeweled nose sapphire. She travels with her three sons for education in England.
Women in Brooks County Georgia have burned two illicit moonshining stills they found and pledged to destroy all remaining stills in the area to protect their families.
A reflective poem warns mothers against sheltering boys too strictly. It contrasts the “good enough for the boys” approach with the risk of pushing them away from home into the streets. It questions whether busy adults create a gateway of tempting light that tempts boys toward vice.
The article notes a milestone at age six when children begin connected thinking, tracing causes and effects and predicting outcomes. This cognitive shift changes behavior, replacing instinct and habit with reasoned motivation and a new respect for consequences.
The passage argues that parents should begin reasoning with children around age six and warns against both cradle-ward lecturing and neglecting discussion. It contends that neither extreme aligns with nature's plan in child development, and that balanced guidance is essential for effective parenting.
A caller in the library remarks that the clock is an hour fast and Bobbie confirms the clock was turned ahead by their sister who hopes to keep it secret. The exchange ends with the note that the sister believes the others do not know.
A housewife advises using a covered earthenware dish and a very hot oven to bake apples. Sweeten as desired with sugar or corn syrup. The covered bake traps juice, avoids splatter, and yields fully cooked fruit with tender skin and red variety sauce for a vivid color.
The instruction favors yellow beans for pickling and covers quantities for brine and sugar per quart of beans. Wash and snap beans, cook briefly, drain, and heat vinegar with sugar to the boil. Combine with beans, boil once, then seal in sterilized jars while hot. Ensure vinegar covers beans by at least an inch. Do not overcook to avoid mushiness.
Watermelon pieces are salted until tender then drained and cooked in a syrup of three cups sugar eight cups vinegar and spices. One teaspoon salt per quart suffices. Ground cloves, cinnamon, whole cloves, and stick cinnamon may be added. Pickles and preserves improve after two months of canning. musk melon rind can be pickled similarly.
Use citrus peels grated from oranges lemons or grapefruit mixed with three or four times their bulk of granulated sugar. Store in pint jars with lemon and grapefruit together and orange separate. Sugar draws out the oil forming a liquid ready to flavor cake or pudding by the spoonful.
Instructions advise letting mud dry before removal, rubbing with wool, brushing with a stiff brush, and using raw potato for remaining stains. It also recommends owning at least two brooms with dust pans on different floors to save steps and effort.
A practical note advises wiping a photograph with a soft cloth dampened with warm water and a touch of ammonia, then drying with another cloth. It suggests linseed oil and sandpaper to treat rust on a gas stove, and using a vinegar soak to prevent smoke from oil stove wicks. A tablespoon of fresh coffee added to an apple pie before baking enhances flavor.
A bright-eyed barefoot boy sells papers in a crowded car as the train starts. The conductor jokes that the boy must run to Fourteenth Street. The boy laughs that he can sell all the way back, while a white-haired man shows interest in the boy’s life and earnings.
A short exchange shows a lame boy named Jimmy needing care and a steadfast reply about home support. The scene ends with the conductor calling out Fourteenth Street as the boy exits into dusk, prompting an old remark about hearing a poorer sermon.
In exchange, W. M. Maupin defends the Klu Klux Klan noting lynch law when law fails justice to a family member. He argues the Klan could press officials to fulfill duties and urges welcoming the knights of the white robes and the flaming cross.
Trucks for Roads Commissioner L. R. Barlow returned from Lincoln with four army trucks to be used on county road maintenance and state federal projects. The vehicles had little use and were purchased at a great reduction from new prices.
W E Swatzlander advertises buyable homes on easy terms in the Neubauer Building. Also notes dental service by Dr F L Snell and a taxi phone line 161 with an odd laundry line in the mix. The ad mentions Neubauer Building and direct contact details.
Public Welfare Commissioner orders city hospitals open for maternity cases at 2.50 per day for families earning under 5000 yen. The move aims to ease private hospital costs and rising physician fees, arguing such reforms can help birth rates among qualified families.
Notice declares TIT will not be responsible for debts of wife Mrs B F Hart and that each will act individually. Signed by B F Hart in Sidney Nebraska. Dated 48 4.
Dr. B. Charles Pease, eye ear nose throat specialist now located in the Osborne Building in the McIntosh block room 568. Dr. M. E. Pettibone, dentist, office room 568, phone 419.
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