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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1937
Page
9
Local notes recount neighbors in Allington and Sunol during a recent blizzard week. Residents attended events in Lodge Pole and Sidney, moved homes and farms, and faced school closures due to heavy snow. Communities assisted each other while Easter visits occurred at multiple homes.
Four Nebraska 4-H club members Frances Remmeier Cass county Gladys Weitkamp Washington Miles Cadwallader Furnas and Joe Carter Hitchcock counties were selected to attend the national 4-H club camp in Washington representing about 23 000 rural Cornhusker youths. The trip to Washington is the highest annual honor for a 4-H member and is awarded to two boys and two girls.
The record details Columbia University's 1754 charter as King's College by George II, suspension during the Revolution, use as a military hospital in 1776, resumption as Columbia College in 1784, site moves across 17 percent acres between 116th and 120th streets, Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway, and reorganization in 1896 into a university.
A readable fragment notes that boiling points vary with altitude and atmospheric pressure. It states water boils hotter at lower levels and cools more slowly there, touching on how pressure affects boiling and heat retention in high and low altitudes.
The article extols the Quaker Oats facility at Cedar Rapids Iowa as a model of food science and sanitation. It notes 50,000 annual tests by trained chemists, vast elevators and mills, and a spotless plant with the world’s largest industrial grain storage capacity of 9,500,000 bushels capable of handling yearly more than the facility’s grain needs.
The facility features 43 million bushels of grain processing capacity around 200000 bushels per day and 2 percent daily output. It includes two automatic box car loaders unloading 300 car loads of grain daily. It is described as the largest can factory of its type making tubular paper cereal cans.
Local notes report alfalfa delivery by Herman Van Aelstyn of Sidney to Fred Beyer and mention the Gross family moving to Lyons Colorado. Residents attend dinners and visits at the Beyer and Welton homes. Several residents change farms and jobs, with a notable head on collision in fog injuring multiple people and damaging two cars.
Roland Biggs of Sidney spent Easter with his parents in Potter. Rev. and Mrs. Boehnke attended a funeral in Garner. Mrs. Weyend and son from Rockford visited Mrs. Hansen after four months in California. A band meeting was called for April 8 at the old bank building. The auxiliary meeting was postponed due to weather. Masons plan lodge remodeling after purchasing the building part. Numerous locals attended Easter gatherings. the outdoor pageant is set for April 18. The mystery mother and daughter banquet and a school declamatory contest were held recently. A bus breakdown after a Sidney show prompted a Potter rescue. Community club plans a meeting with basketball themed guests.
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