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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
2
The Celegraph is issued weekly from Sidney Nebraska and entered as second class mail at the Sidney post office.
Adler-i-ka, a simple buckthorn bark and glycerine remedy famed for curing appendicitis, is surprising Sidney residents. A single dose reportedly relieves constipation sour stomach and gas almost immediately. W B Swatzlander, Druggist.
E Mead Wilcox and H B Vasey explain dry rot and common wilt in Western Nebraska potatoes caused by Fusarium fungi. They advise not planting rot damaged seed, treating seed with corrosive sublimate or formic aldehyde, handling carefully, and disinfecting cellars. warnings include brownish ring spots near the stem end indicating wilt.
The Rhizoctonia fungus forms brown threads on young tubers stems and roots with sclerotia appearing as dark specs on seed potatoes. It injures shoots near or below ground, reducing stand and causing tuber scab. Control includes treating seed potatoes with corrosive sublimate and avoiding planting potatoes with many sclerotia.
Instructions warn dissolving corrosive sublimate in hot water in a stone jar to treat two gallons plus a total of 30 gallons water for potatoes. One bushel in a gunny sack soaks 14 1/2 hours, then dries and is placed in disinfected sacks. Precautions note poison risk and non edible use. Similar process with formaldehyde uses one pint of 40 percent formalin in 30 gallons, two hours soak, then drying and disinfection.
Instructions describe full strength formalin use with potassium permanganate for two hour fumigation of potatoes in a cellar. Potatoes in sacks or crates require air circulation and depth no more than one foot. sprinkle floor with water and place the pan centrally. Use 3 pints formalin and 23 ounces permanganate per 1000 cubic feet. After 24 hours, allow gas to escape before entry. Precaution notes warn against boiling over onto tubers.
April 21 report from Shawano Wisconsin states Miss Mary Dickson postmistress at Keshena on Menominee Indian reservation was shot and killed by James Wapoose a projected suitor. Wapoose then shot himself twice in the head and was taken to the government hospital where recovery chances are described as slight.
Amsterdam reports the German general staff has provided sun and moonlight schedules for Paris Warsaw and London through May 14 to guide aviators conducting aerial raids on both fronts and naval headquarters.
Missouri's champion western one mile relay squad is entered for the relay carnival finals this Friday and Saturday. The team, surprise winners at Nes Mones last Saturday, beat western colleges in the mile and clocked 3 minutes 23 1-5 seconds, one second faster than the current college record.
National League results list New York Philadelphia and Boston Brooklyn games with run totals and pitcher credits. Chicago Pittsburgh and Cincinnati St Louis show scorelines, innings, and key pitchers. American League and Federal League sections appear but lack readable game details.
Appeals filed for twenty one Terre Haute men convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States by corrupting the 1914 election. Mayor Donn M. Roberts of Terre Haute labeled arch conspirator receives six years at Fort Leavenworth and a $2000 fine with a $60000 appeal bond. In total 116 men were sentenced, most to one to three years or fines. Edward Holler, former Terre Haute police chief, is the only guilty plea to receive prison time: one year and a day plus a fine.
A compact moral note on wealth and independence from Colton. It contrasts wealth as servant versus ruler, warning that pursuit of riches can enslave even as independence without wealth remains common.
The Detroit Free Press describes early Paris buses as steam driven, built in 1901 before gasoline omnibuses. A boiler and four cylinder engine mounted at the front powered rear wheels by chains, with metal tires. The six seated inside and three on the top drew much attention in Paris suburbs.
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