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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1922
Page
4
Gov Mechen issued a proclamation directing Headquarters troop at Albuquerque and Troop D of the National Guard at Santa Fe to move to Mentmore camp after a sheriff’s appeal from McKinley County reported a riot. No riot details were released.
An unknown assailant used the Tremblay family QX as a weapon at the St Joseph area farm killing Theodore Tremblay age 18 and injuring his father and three younger brothers. The house and barn were set on fire. Neighbors discovering the blaze led to discovery of the crime. No motive has been found.
In Chicago Illinois John Horner found liberty bonds worth 23000 in an ash pile while playing near his home. Investigation indicates most bonds issued by First National Bank Crescent City MH. Police believe bonds were stolen and discarded after non negotiable status was found.
A 17 month old infant Winifred Parr of Mason City Mil swallowed a two inch nail three months ago. The nail was removed from the lung at a Chicago hospital and the child showed immediate improvement after the operation.
Manila report confirms the marriage of Katherine Thompson of Wilmington Delaware to Second Lieutenant Osborne Wood, son of Governor General Leonard Wood. The ceremony took place at the Malacanan palace, the governor general's official residence.
New York, Feb. 10. Union Pacific Railroad will spend about 19 million 900 thousand dollars this year for improvements new equipment and shortline extensions. Two extensions are planned, one in southern Utah and another in southern California, with construction set to begin soon, announced Robert S Lovett, chairman of the board of directors.
Dover charter filed with the state department for United States Trans-Atlantic Lines Inc capital of 21 million dollars. The concern is said to own and operate vessels.
A local banking syndicate reports the subscription list for the 14 million dollar 8 percent bond issue of the Czecho Slovak republic has been closed in New York.
Fort Dodge Iowa Myrtle Freed 18 mother of an 18 month old was awarded $10,000 in a breach of promise suit against William Carlson son of a Fort Dodge family by a district court jury.
Hoboken, N J Lackawanna railroad announces 150 employees laid off due to conditions arising from the coal miners strike. Officials cited reduced operations and market effects shaping the cutback from the nationwide dispute.
Lambs should be fed from a creep to prefer grain from early days with dry clean feed. Start with bran mixed grain, then ease to desired ration. Market lambs need corn with ewe milk and pasture by two months. breeding stock fare better on oats and bran for rugged growth and strong bone.
College of Agriculture circular 14 outlines several hog house types used in Nebraska. It notes plans may not fit every condition but aims to guide proper design. Includes foundations floors partitions doors windows heating and both individual and colony houses with full plans and material lists.
Nebraska agricultural notes Sudan grass as a leading one year pasture choice from the sorghum family. It warns of past poisoning fears but cites no Nebraska cases and outlines planting timing seeding rates and management for hay or pasture. It emphasizes warm soil, late spring seeding after corn, wait to graze until several inches tall, and yields high stocking per acre.
The Zoological Division of the USDA and collaborators launch a spring and summer test to measure losses from lice and internal parasites in hogs. Twenty hogs per lot will be raised to compare losses before weaning, during growth, and finishing for market.
The passage urges converting mud tax funds into highway investment as prices for paving drop. With abundant labor and cheap materials, highway bonds sell readily and improvements would pay for themselves. It argues stopping installments on an unproductive tax by funding road projects.
Reports to the Bureau of Public Roads indicate prices for upcoming road work will be materially lower than last season. Grading bids in Missouri Arkansas and Minnesota run 20 23 and 90 cents per cubic yard versus 35 cents in 1921. Reinforcing steel near 6 cents in place vs 8 or 9 cents, bridge steel 4 34 cents vs 7 8, concrete bids around 17 dollars per cubic yard in some areas vs 25 in 1921. Concrete road square yard bids Ohio 1 52 Colorado 2 27 Georgia 1 38 versus 2 57 national 1916 1920 average.
A dime's worth of electricity at 10 cents per kilowatt hour could run a 106 candle lamp briefly, power a 6 pound flatiron for about six weeks, wash twenty sheets weekly for two and a half months, operate a vacuum across a tenth of an acre, run a sewing machine for twenty hours, drive a fan four hours daily for nearly a week, brew two and a half gallons of coffee, use a heating pad for about four days, warm a foot warmer five hours, raise 100 gallons of water 1100 feet, and toast 100 slices of bread.
Los Angeles soprano Amelita Galli-Calli and her accompanist stopped for lunch in the Palm cafe when two girls believed to be following her grabbed a case of jewels worth about 45000 dollars from her dressing room. They fled in a waiting car as pursuit began across Southern California.
In a drizzling rain a group of men quietly began work on a vast tunnel project linking New Jersey and New York. The 9,250 foot tunnel will carry a twenty foot roadway and handle 3,800 vehicles per hour. Estimated cost is 28,000,000 with completion set for 1925.
Five of the nine men held by the coroner's jury as responsible for the January twenty eighth Knickerbocker Theatre collapse were indicted by the grand jury for manslaughter. The other four were exonerated as not criminally liable based on insufficient connection to the building's construction.
In Washington the White House signals agreement on a U S Great Britain treaty governing the St Lawrence river waterway project. Officials say a treaty would likely precede any practical working agreement and is under close study by the administration.
Income tax returns filed by March 15 in Washington DC show 893 million dollars collected, official treasury figures indicate, far above estimates but 400 million less than the prior year. Chicago police receive shoot on sight orders from Police Chief Fitzmorris for alleged killers of Officer Cassidy and Royal Building and Loan treasurer Summers in a violent case.
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