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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1915
Page
2
Focal Drugist promotes Adler-i-ka as a simple buckthorn bark glycerine mixture for bowel cleansing. The notice claims immediate relief from sour stomach gas and constipation and urges readers in Sidney to use the product, with W. E. Swatzlander, Druggist, as the local agent.
Reports from Peking detail a sweeping crackdown on an alleged plot to depose President Yuan Shi Kai. The conspiracy is said to aim at overturning the republic and restoring monarchy, with numerous arrests reported.
Governor Cole Blease of South Carolina commutes and pardons forty four state prisoners, including ten serving five year terms for murder, bringing his four year clemency total to one thousand four hundred eighty eight.
Dr Fiore and customs official Castrignano were arrested in Rome on suspicion of offering a bribe worth 30000 dollars to secure export permission for cereals to Germany and Austria. The case involves alleged complicity to bypass export controls and law.
Warns against mercury based catarrh remedies and urges using prescriptions from reputable physicians. Promotes Halls Cure manufactured by Cheney Co Ohio as mercury free and taken internally to relieve bleeding and mucous. claims genuine product free of mercury. Also advertises Tell's Family Pills for constipation.
War news reports that Russian forces retreating from Cracow have lifted the immediate threat to the city. Aerial raids across the Channel, Frieburg, Nancy, Metz, and Cuxhaven inflicted damage while ground fighting in Poland and Galicia shows no decisive result. Diplomatic talks consider bringing Japanese troops to Europe as Italy moves on Aviona.
Bradstreet's Journal notes retail trade gains from holiday buying and cold weather while overall activity remains subdued, reflecting inventory caution and seasonal industrial slowdown. Optimism grows on lower money rates and improved financial markets as the eastern railway freight rate case is resolved. Finished steel and cotton goods demand for future delivery edges up. Bank clearings reach 2,897,662,000 and wheat exports total 9,707,133 bushels. Henry Miller resigns as general manager of the Wabash Railroad, effective January 1.
Extension news reports growing popularity of correspondence courses in agriculture at University Farm College of Agriculture. New offerings include soils crops feeding principles and various farm animal breeds with a dairying course under development. College steers fetch 11.5 cents per pound at South Omaha Stockyards setting sale records. one steer sold for 178.25 dollars and five fetched 750 dollars. Some stock was slated for the cancelled International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago due to foot and mouth disease.
South Carolina buyers saved over $1,000 by co operative purchasing 15 035 pounds of alfalfa seed in Nebraska. A county agricultural agent and Thurston County farm management association agent arranged the order for more than seven tons. After a 15 percent deduction to local merchants, seed sold at 16 cents a pound versus 20 to 25 cents locally for uncertain quality.
Four men died from asphyxia after entering a partially filled silo at Athens Ohio State Hospital. A Nebraska University Farm report details the Silage gas formed from corn settled to five and a half feet below the door. The fifth man warned others, but medical recovery was not possible. The gas, heavier than air, settled at the bottom.
The text advises opening side doors and starting the blower before entering a silo to ensure good ventilation. Lowering a lit lantern in the presence of gas would extinguish the flame instantly. Gas formation is mainly a risk during filling and the first week after.
The Rockefeller education board releases the first installment of its twelve year report detailing nearly 34 million dollars in funding. Total gifts to outside institutions reach about 29.7 million by June 30, with direct appropriation of 15.9 million to universities schools and conferences. Significant gifts include 12.55 million to the University of Chicago and 10.21 million to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Rural and farm work receive over 1.9 million, Negro colleges about 0.7 million, and others exceed 18.9 million in direct appropriation to universities and medical schools.
Sanford Dodge and a strong company will appear at the Tobin Opera House on Monday January 18.
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