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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1914
Page
7
Arthur Kraxberger’s Sterling visit follows with a pie social at James Vernon’s, a tail of the Vernon school, and a lively community gathering. News covers land adds, births, illnesses, road work, irrigation, new auto garage, organ for school, and local trades.
State Board of Agriculture reports Nebraska winter wheat at about 99 percent of last year’s condition with acreage near 3,153,740 acres and potential to exceed 105 percent in grower estimates. Rye similar, alfalfa in excellent shape with expanded plantings, and live stock coming through winter in better condition with fewer losses.
The Western Governors Conference at Beaver elected Governor William M. Spry of Utah as president and Governor Ernest Lister of Washington as secretary. Seattle was chosen as the meeting place for next year.
A clearing house for pure food and drug information has been established in the Department of Agriculture. The federal and state governments collect and organize data to inform policy and public health initiatives.
In Kearney Nebraska on April 16 the widow of Frank Hawbeins of Amherst sues Matt Doyle a local saloon keeper for 5000 damages alleging her husband squandered a fortune at the saloon and died from liquor effects. Also in Omaha on April 16 Henry Thompson of a 10 cent store is fined 30 and costs with suspended sentence for employing Agatha Zimmerman fourteen a violation of the child labor law.
In Lincoln on April 16 the Bull Moose state committee met to discuss candidates and issue a formal call for a state convention, setting a maximum of 819 delegates to participate.
Lincoln April 15 The state normal board chose Chancellor C A Fulmer of Nebraska Wesleyan University as president of the urgent normal school will take his place Aug 1 if he accepts the tenure His selection ends part of the trouble since Dr Thomas dismissal last fall The teachers' committee action followed by a unanimous vote Fulmer had been proposed before though under shadow of nominations previous to full readiness etc Dr Fulmer was dean of the fine arts college for two years at Wesleyan and had been superintendent at Pawnee City Edgar and Beatrice in earlier years Three convicts in the penitentiary seek pardons next meeting Depew Swan and McSmothern with varying sentences and backgrounds. John Mattes Jr Nebraska City files as Democratic candidate for senator in Second district consisting of Cass and Otoe.
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