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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1914
Page
3
A old agricultural column extols care for horses and mules. It warns against tail branding, over-tight halter straps, and cheap harness, noting draft horses' demand and mules’ steadiness, readiness to work, and instinct to avoid danger. It mentions high mule prices as English farmers buy American pairs for the Argentine Republic.
Robert Withycombs study tests raw and steamed potatoes as a supplement to barley in pig rations. Eight hog lots tracked feed intake and weight gains. raw potatoes value at 29 cents per hundred, steamed at 42-47 cents per hundred depending on ratio. Steam potatoes slightly outperform raw and reduce barley needed for similar gains.
The guide notes ducks are hardy and resist gapes. It warns the weak point is the legs and cautions against indigestion in young ducks if coarse sand is omitted. It recommends adding a handful of sand to mash for digestion and suggests sand in feed. It also mentions oiliness of feathers aiding vermin resistance and cautions against hot sun exposure with partial shade for runs.
H L Kempster explains gape worm disease in young fowls, especially one to four weeks old. The worm attaches to the windpipe causing gaping sneezing and a coughing discharge. infected birds shed embryos that contaminate runs and water. Eradication includes isolating birds, treating water, burning carcasses, and rotating ground. Individual remedies include lime boxes, feather stripping, turpentine, horsehair extractors, and gape worm extractors.
The notes describe tubercles as easy to grow in rich soil with sandy planting, stating bulbs sell well and ship nationwide. Plant five inches deep in beds three by two yards can yield a dozen stalks and hundreds of flowers. keep soil moist for top quality blooms.
Paul F Good son of B F Good of Lincoln was chosen as Nebraska Rhodes scholar for three years at Oxford by Chancellor Avery's committee. Leslie Stevens University Place and P B Means Orleans also passed exams. The award considered scholarship athletics debating and literary work. Good studied at Amherst and did postgraduate work at Nebraska and achieved high scholarship at both institutions.
Dr Nellie G C Deffenbaugh superintendent of the state tuberculosis hospital at Kearney Nebraska denies charges brought by Mrs Maud Putt and four other ex employees. She says vouchers confirm proper purchases of fruit eggs and bacon and that patients are treated well as staff work to improve conditions.
President Wilson spotted smoke at the Neville residence near Pass Christian Mississippi while returning from a golf course. He directed two chauffeurs and two secret service men to extinguish the fire and reassured Mrs. J. H. Neville as she feared for the home, one of the Gulf Coast area’s prettiest, with Judge Neville a prominent citizen.
Six enterprises controlled by the Siegel Stores corporation in New York and Boston were placed into bankruptcy in friendly proceedings in federal courts. Their annual gross business was about 40 million dollars, but their Christmas trade fell short and banking credit was tightened.
Robert M Willard, claiming to be a magician, killed his wife and their year-old daughter in a Cincinnati hotel. He fled shrieking through the street, flourished a revolver, and was captured on a bridge while trying to reach Covington, Kentucky.
Charles H. Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners lies in a Chicago hospital after being beaten and shot in Hancock Michigan. He says he will return to Calumet to prosecute opponents of the miners and lead the strike effort for the Calumet and Hecla copper mine. Meanwhile the federation buries fifty nine dead, including forty four children, in a snowbound Calumet cemetery as an Italia Hall panic inquest begins amid rumors of a Citizens alliance fire alarm.
Secretary Bryan plans a middle west speaking tour starting in Kansas City January 3 and Topeka January 5, Lincoln January 6, Chicago January 8, Toledo January 9, with return to Washington January 12.
A historical ad notes that minor colds can lead to serious diseases and urges rapid relief. It praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for loosening a cold, easing lungs, aiding expectoration, and helping the body expel the cold, stating it is for sale by all dealers.
Fighting renewed between Mexican federals and constitutionalists near Quiraga Mexico. Rebels pushed toward federal trenches. Huerta’s remnant raked by rifle fire while federal defenders fall back to inner trenches. General Ortega orders no mercy and capture of leaders. US cavalry patrols border, no cross-border fire feared due to Osjinaga.
John Bostick, a confessed train robber and slayer of Horace Montague, a Southern Pacific traveling agent, arrived in Los Angeles in sheriff Hammel’s custody. He will plead guilty and is ready to hang. Bostick confessed to the Sunset Line killing at El Monte on December 1 and another holdup near Richmond on November 24 after being captured in San Francisco.
Mrs Gertrude Lee daughter of Col Philip F Harvey was killed and her husband Richard B Lee Jr gravely injured in New York City when a limousine and a taxicab struck them in a heavy rain. The limousine driver fled after the crash as police searched for him and the taxi driver was detained and then released. Mrs Lee died at a hospital while her husband’s condition was later described as possibly recoverable.
A $500000 blaze in Montreal destroyed a block at St. Hubert and Ontario as water mains failed. Fire hydrants were useless due to a broken intake pipe causing a water famine. Fire department relied on chemical extinguishers until a river supply arrived. dynamite was sent for but not used.
Police confirm W. L. Sullivan of Hampton threatened suicide and vanished after leaving his baggage at Wellington hotel. Des Moines river drag failed to locate him, but a keyring with his name was found near a bridge, following his warning of financial reverses leading to self harm.
The reserve bank organization committee plans a six day weekly tour across the country starting next week. Hearings will be held morning and afternoon, with 500 mile railroad leaps overnight. While on trains they will boil down testimony from hearings to expedite findings.
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