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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
7
C. E. Harper has purchased a fifty horsepower motor hearse and ambulance capable of high speed in emergencies. He will respond to calls within fifty miles of Sidney to convey sick or injured to or from doctors trains or other locations.
Vach Bros. advertise a coal color thoroughbred stallion weighing 1800 pounds to stand on the farm west half of section 3 15 S11, nineteen miles northwest of Bidmecy. The stand fee for a suckling colt is £12.00.
National Geographic Magazine notes Australian Aborigines excel in tracking across land water and trees. They use keen observation tracking faint signs to locate prey and even find missing persons, contrasting with American Indian speed and endurance in hunting.
A guide to two blind residents notes they sense a death by the crepe on the asylum door. The men explain staff avoid telling inmates, fearing distress, but they rely on the door’s mourning ribbon to learn of a fellow resident’s passing.
The St Louis Star quotes a dialogue where Mrs Smith hears friends speak of her and responds with a witty exchange about meanings and conversations.
Liberal cattle run at Union Stock Yards South Omaha with receipts about 10 300 head double Monday. Cattle sold at high prices including choice heavy cattle up to 13.05, veals and yearlings strong, but medium cattle weak. Hogs mostly 10.00 to 10.10 with a new high record. lambs and sheep showing mixed gains as buyers grow cautious on futures speculation.
Madison girl poultry, purchased by C B Rich in 1913, won seven blue ribbons at shows, including fourth place at Madison Square Garden. In 1914 she earned seven second prizes. She turned white during malt period, becoming snow white by 1916, winning second at New York State Fair, first at Brockton, and third at Madison Square Garden in white Minorca class. A unique record of color change and consistent placing.
The London Mail notes that before artificial teeth, surgeons used real teeth from the dead. Body snatchers haunted cemeteries at night, breaking jaws to sell teeth to dentists for live patients. An army of such sutlers prowled battlefields after dark, extracting teeth from the dead or dying. The piece adds that forty-one women out of every thousand marry between twenty and twenty five.
Poultry raisers should plan now for early egg settings to hatch chicks in time for mature fall or winter laying. Use an incubator if needed, with room kept cool and disinfected. maintain staged temperatures from 101 to 103 F over weeks and turn eggs daily.
The article stresses feed scarcity and high prices, urging farmers to increase forage, use balanced rations, and consider silos. It notes dangers of dry feed, salt and water deficiencies, and suggests cane seed as a good forage crop. R B Holland, Ag Agent for Kimball County, urges planning to carry over 25 to 50 percent of this year’s crop to prevent losses as prices stay high.
A daughter playing piano is visited by a stranger who asks to give her half a sovereign. When questioned he explains it was a bank offering since he does not live nearby. The incident is recounted in London Tit-Bits.
The stone bridge near Tachtenlu is called the gate to Tibet and marks a narrow sife city that conforms to surrounding mountains. It serves as a major China Tibet trade center where tea is exchanged for musk and gold dust. Red robed jiuzmaas frequent the city, living in Jumusnaries beyond the walls as prayer flags flutter above flat roofs.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes a scene where the playwright faces an agitated audience as the House Manager directs an exit through the alley helping a character slip away while others hold back the crowd. A separate public ad offers a loan to build a home.
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