Sidney News Roundup and 75 d 65 and 55 Year Snapshots
75 years ago Chief Moses and his braves pass en route to San Francisco. Sidney public school attendance up to a high since town's organization. Drought and weather notes mix with local business, cattle, theatre, and post theater improvements. 65 and 55 year items cover Kimball water power, post theater receipts, local road and sewerwork, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Sidney
San Francisco
Sidney Public School
Henry Snyder
Chestnut
Third Streets
Union Pacific
Lyceum
W. J. Powell
J. F. Simpson
Colorado
Mr. Powell
Kimball
Knights of Pythias
21St Infantry Orchestra
Post Theatre
Court
Front Street
Second Street
R. S. Oberfelder
Oberfelder Ranch
Lodgepole
Gilbert & Sullivan
Western Nebraska Editorial Association
North Platte
Fort Sidney Miliary
Empire Comedy Billing Co
O. G. Griffith
Uncle Sam
Insects and weather affect crops and lawns in care notes
Agricultural guidance notes emphasize weather talk while addressing pine scale control, white grubs under sod, and beetle prevention. It advises using lead arsenate and chlordane per table, a 2 percent oil emulsion DDT spray in May, and careful bore control with carbon disulfide injections and sealing.
Control tips for cutworms in spring grain crops
Cutworms are damaging spring grain. inspect oats and barley for injury. For local control spread baits in late afternoon before peak feeding. Prepare bait with 100 lb bran and 5 lb white arsenic or 4 lb paris green or 6 lb sodium fluosilicate, mixed with 2 qt blackstrap molasses and enough water to form a crumbly mash.
Pest control guidance for cutworms and pine scale infestations
The note outlines chemical controls for cutworm infestations and early pine leaf scale hatching. It lists toxins and rates including toxaphene, DDT, dieldrin, chlor dane, and nicotine sulfate, with concentrations per acre and water dilution instructions. Emphasizes treating scales while soft bodied and provides mixing guidance for nicotine sulfate.
Elm and oyster shell scale on trees and wheat mosaic alert
Elm and other broadleaf trees will see elm and oyster shell scale hatch soon. Scale are soft bodied and move slowly. may appear on lilacs. Mid summer they harden, darken bark. Control during hatching with nicotine sulfate or 50 percent wettable DDT powder. Wheat fields show moth? conditions with hail strips indicating Wheat Mite and spreading mosaic. Heavy top growth and moisture stress threaten revival. overall not serious yet but could cause losses if unchecked.
Union Pacific Carl Raymond Gray Scholarship Awarded
This week Miss Claire Belle Koester receives the Union Pacific Carl Raymond Gray Scholarship marking a notable academic achievement and recognition by the scholarship committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Belle Koester
Union Pacific
Carl Raymond Gray
Farmers gear to run 24hour field work schedule
Fifteen years ago farmers in the territory began equipping tractors with lights to sustain a around the clock work cycle for spring field tasks. Also noted are O. J. Weymouth elected Rotary president and funeral services for Minnie Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Weymouth
Rotary Club
Minnie Jones
Frank Boyle
Jack Bruno
the Fox
Charles Boyer
Irene Dunne
Man Arrested in Rome for Grenade Attack on Suitor
A Rome man was arrested after allegedly throwing a grenade at a woman who spurned his advances. Meanwhile reports note a crackdown on Cuban monkeys being fingerprinted as part of an evolution in reverse trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col Daw On
Bradshaw
Grand Island
H. R. Fuller
Broadwater
Clayton Parks
Lexie Gilliam
St. Andrew Church
Art Closman
J. S. Topolski
W. H. Kincaid
Leah Kincaid
Lorenzo
Sidney
Lee Kincaid
A. J. Flagg
General Electric
Stone
J. L. McIntosh
California
USA
William Farnam
Elmer Gunderson
Potter States
Rome
Italy
Havana
Cuba
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florida
Billy Allery
Lou Wasem
Robin
Mike
J. J. McIntosh
3Rd Street
C. C. Callaghan
William M. Fuller
Hubert Fuller
William Fuller
Fishman House
A. J. Kinnersley
Dalton
Bill Davis
Charles Trognitz
Opera House
Wyoming
Nebraska
Smoky Rogers
Farmers State Bank Holding Company
Farmers State Bank of
Cheyenne County
Grabill
Merry Makers
Krueger
Lake Pavilion
J. W. Goddard
J. C. Penney Co
Rapid City
E. L. Goldsmith & Co
Scottsbluff
Jack Holt
Jane Grey
Sunset Pass
Conrad Nagel
Renee Adoree
Michigan
Walch
By Ivan Liljegren
Fort Sidney
Vern Livingston
North Side
Hedy Lamarr
Robert Cummings
Betty Davis
Robert Montgomery
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arizona
Gadsden
Louisiana
Purchase
America
Canada
Strictly Fresh
Divi
FBI
Oklahoma City
Okla
12Th Ave
Sun
Sun Down
Russell F. Lindgren
Bankers Life Insurance Co
Lindgren
Russell E. Snagg
17Th St
Nebr
Bankers Life Insurance Company OF
Home Office
Lincoln
Oldsmobile
Beckmann Motor Company, Inc
Illinois Street
Columbus
Behlen
Behlen Manufacturing CO
Columbus, Nebraska
St. Edward
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