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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1921
Page
3
The guide explains ripping an old sweater to reuse wool, warning to soak and wash thoroughly, wind into skeins, and dry properly. It suggests weaving new designs with dropped stitches or adding features like collars and belts, and notes color dyeing should be left to experts to avoid cracking.
A wealthy woman from Oklahoma oil fields visits a top motor car agency in Kansas City. She boasts of owning three cars and purchases the most expensive model after a quiet test drive. She quips that the car’s silence is its only flaw, as no one will hear her coming.
The piece laments that the arrest of Fatty Arbuckle shatters a kid friendly idol. It argues children idolize entertainers as symbols of clean fun and are puzzled by his jail status, noting how a movie hero’s downfall wounds youth ideals.
A speaker jokes that the chairman will not deliver a speech informing the audience how good a speech would have been if he spoke, delaying to introduce the actual speaker. The line, cited as a playful quip in the Free Press, reflects humorous or satirical tone.
A fortune teller told a mother at the county fair that her son would be a noted man if he lives long enough. When asked what he would be voted for, the seeress answered for his old age.
Instructions for building frost proof potato pits from Farm Life. Dig a four inch deep, five foot wide trench lined with straw. Construct a triangular ventilator and place at straw center. Layer potatoes on straw in a cone shape, add straw and dirt, repeat as weather cools, and cap with manure to keep temperature steady until late spring. Ventilators to be plugged before freezing. Pits keep seed and eating potatoes dormant until May 15.
Inexplainable Mrs North and Mrs West confide about their respective husbands revealing a humorous view of John. Mrs North recalls a new fall suit and hat arriving about 4 o'clock while John heads to the golf links as usual.
Mrs. Davis asks Gladys’ grandmother about her age. Grandmother smiles and explains Gladys is at the age where her mother fears marriage while Gladys herself fears remaining unmarried.
In a paternal warning the Sire instructs his son to flirt with Nora while keeping her contented but forbids marriage and removal from the household. The exchange, cited by the Boston Globe, frames a domestic tension over affection and social boundaries.
A collage of jokes and quips references marriage gossip and puns including George’s Bride next month temporary engagements and a burro of information. It also includes old ad blurbs for motor company auto tops shoes drill laundry taxi service and a dentist.
Whereas JC Kerr convicted in Cheyenne county on October 1 1920 of grand larceny has asked the Board of Pardons for a parole. The board fixes 10 a m October 11 1921 at the State Penitentiary Lincoln Nebraska for a hearing. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the application should or should not be granted. D M AMSGERE Secretary Board of Pardons N T Harmon Chief State Probation Officer 52-2
John Bartling, convicted in Cheyenne County on October 28, 1920 for auto stealing, has applied to the Board of Pardons for a parole. The notice names D. M. Amsberry as related official.
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