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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
3
A reflective verse by Luruna Sheldon vows to seize the new year with courage and renewed skill. The writer commits to loyal effort and a noble motive, aiming to improve the soul and pursue a better mission in daily life as the year begins.
A wide ranging dispatch reports Osage citizenship issues in Oklahoma, rail and interurban collisions near La Porte, and a failed bombing attempt at Boston. It notes a severe English storm, 1915 mint receipts in Denver, rising gasoline costs, a US grant of grain in war time, and grip epidemics across major cities. It tallies the Denver mint gold and silver intake, inventory losses in Chicago, and major legal actions. It details deaths of Ringling brother Al Ringling, actor Joe Murphy, and a Chicago murder conviction linked to the Los Angeles Times blast, plus railway and wharf accidents, liquor seizures in Charleston, and Germany Austria milk supply steps. The piece closes with a mass wage decree in Massachusetts, indictments of garment workers violence, and oil tanker Aztec explosion time. A Sing Sing indictment and Bakersfield crash round out the era’s peril and legal action.
Reports confirm massacres of mute residents of San Pedro de la Cuesa with males over fifteen killed by Villa troops before retreating into Chihuahua. A statewide motion picture circuit proposal aims to train photography and film work for Kansas schools and higher education. YM C A unit enrollment in military training marks a plan to mobilize a vast member base into an army reserve. Austrian residents from Marquette plan to sail to New York en route to home land, many being well-to-do farmers. Influenza spreads coast to coast, crippling workers and cities, with economic losses nationwide.
The Australian sleeping cars are praised for modular compartments with two crosswise berths per section, separate lavatories and storage. A porter serve as conductor handles heavy bags and assigns a dedicated storage apartment, enhancing traveler privacy and convenience.
A varnishing tip explains that varnish must be applied in a damp room at a minimum temperature to avoid cloudy results. Too low brings hazy moisture effects. too high delays alcohol evaporation, leaving a thin shellac film. Durability and gloss rely on proper conditions.
The London Chronicle notes tall stature among great Victorian writers. Teonyson Carlyle Edward Pitzgerskd and Matthew Arnold reached six feet, Ruskin five ten, Froude five eleven, Dickens and Browning just short, Thackeray around six feet three.
A brief exchange between a man and woman over a hat and umbrella reveals practicality over sentiment. The woman notes the hat is old while the man worries about rain dampening his belongings, hinting at a minor domestic moment.
Extension news stresses profit per man over yield per acre. Europe has high yields with low profit per worker. Increased yield beyond a normal point raises average cost per bushel, though short periods may differ.
Four exhibit classes for Nebraska youths under 19 run January 18 to 21. Entries cover popcorn sweet corn onions and canned vegetables with no entry fee. only cost is shipping. Entry deadline January 14 with premiums and rules available from the Extension Service College of Agriculture Lincoln.
Guidelines state dairy cows in milk should receive hay and silage freely. Cows producing milk with butter fat over 4 percent get 1 pound grain per 3 to 3.5 pounds milk. Cows with butter fat under 4 percent get 1 pound grain per 36 to 4 pounds milk.
The College of Agriculture cautions motorists against excess oil in crankcases and recommends heavier oil. It notes carbon builds up from burning gas and lubricating oil and suggests removal by scraping or burning with an oxygen flame.
Eight year study at the North Platte Experimental Sub station shows corn following corn yields more than corn following small grain in all years. The average annual difference is 5 bushels per acre in favor of corn in the prior year, indicating soil readiness for cheaper production the next season.
Over three years the Department of Agricultural Husbandry vaccinated 375 young pigs at the College of Agriculture using simultaneous hog cholera treatment. Cholera appeared in two instances before vaccination. Four pigs were lost overall, and no pig died after treatment unless it had already run a temperature of 106.
The French astronomer Puiseux contends the sun is expanding toward a rupture, not shrinking, and could explode at any time. He notes solar atomic energy and light element formation, with no safe timeframe. Observers cite occasional solar outbursts in distant constellations and remind that cosmic events may end life on Earth suddenly.
The article notes a natural bridge in Argentina called the Ines bridge over the Rio Mendoza. The Scientific American says it is native work, not by the Ineas, and suggests the road nearby was a colonial route likely built by Peruvian areas using the bridge to tread their path.
A Pittsburgh Press excerpt captures a quirky exchange where one speaker proclaims a humorous line about being in filet and another mentions reclaiming an old debt from childhood. The fragment hints at casual, friendly repartee and a nostalgic tone.
The premium list for the annual corn show of the Nebraska Corn Improvers Association during organized Agriculture Week is published. Copies are available by writing to Professor T. A. Kiesselbach, secretary, Nebraska Corn Improvers Association, University Park, Lincoln.
The Magazine of American History notes Benjamin Franklin devised an electric push button in 1757. He reportedly shocked the railing in front of his Philadelphia home to deter street idlers gathered beneath his window, startling them into silence.
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