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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1925
Page
2
Omaha remains the world’s second largest livestock market after Kansas City with 8,697,690 head in the south side livestock, up from 8,428,889 in 1923. In 1924 Omaha receipts: cattle 1,862,546. hogs 3,978,288. sheep 2,844,421. horses and mules 12,435, total value 750 million dollars. It took 129,798 cars to transport the stock to the market.
Ambassador Herrick reports to the state department that Premier Herriot assured France does not intend to repudiate debts to the United States. Officials will scrutinize the message, but welcome the timely official communication as a sign toward resolving the Franco American debt question.
World War I veterans receive about 750000 in service certificates, totaling roughly 00,000 adjusted value, mailed at midnight December 31 by the Veterans Bureau. Over 350 sacks of mail moved to the railroad hub as the New Year began. Thirty thousand checks of 50 or less, for short service, await mailing until March 1 under the law.
Reports of missionary arrests on the Henan border were wrong but anti missionary sentiment runs high nationwide. A student class backed by reactionaries demands education in Chinese only and a ban on foreign languages. The drive is linked to Sun Yat Sen and a bolshevik campaign.
Part of the loot linked to Herbert Holliday, jailed for a $2,000,000 Rondout mail robbery, has been recovered in Little Rock Arkansas. The sum includes $21,000 in Memphis-Liberty bonds believed secreted by Holliday during the incident.
The United States railroad labor board is urged to set aside its December 16 wage order affecting 45 western railroads. The Southern Pacific case argues the ruling will require higher freight rates if the wage increase stands, prompting a push to abrogate the decision.
An unconfirmed report circulating in Bucharest claims Leos Trotsky Russian minister of war has been assassinated according to press dispatches received here from Bessarabia.
Washington reports the house bill instructs the secretary of the interior to dispose of unallotted Omaha Indian land in parcels not exceeding 160 acres each.
Thirty thousand cannon barrels of the model 1898 and 16 000 heavy machine gun barrels under construction were found in a German map factory near Berlin. The allied commission of control reported the discovery with French foreign office approval. Oslo to replace Christiana after 900 years as capital, restoring its historic name.
Bureau of Entomology studies show heating in infested grain can be stopped by fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas or carbon disulphide. Grain heated to 103 degrees F can be cooled to normal, preventing further spoilage in cold weather.
The U S Department of Agriculture entomology bureau reports progress on oil emulsions as insecticides including increasing stability in hard water and lime sulfur solutions. Cooperative Washington laboratories and Silver Spring Md field station test new preparations and a promising contact insecticide may replace nicotine at lower cost for San Jose scale and apple aphids control.
A Pine Bluffs home experienced a kitchen range blast when a water packet froze, wrecking the range and scattering stove parts. The Holladays escaped injury as the family noted the danger of circulating water failing to move. Authorities urge checking water circulation before starting fires to prevent similar accidents.
The article urges recognizing good neighbors beyond familiar blocks, noting many people are supportive when others suffer. It warns some in business may exploit misfortune, but most people put aside self and show neighborly spirit promptly.
Extension workers provide sewing and garment making instruction to rural housewives and girls. In 1924 demonstrations taught clothing material selection to 8,683 adults and 10,967 juniors, improving practices in over 46,000 homes. Hat making also attracted many, with more than 28,000 demonstrations in club work.
Mr and Mrs Paul Dick of Omaha recount a long hidden tale of a sister swap with a childless Muskegon couple. A physician and a nurse allegedly aided the scheme to steal a healthy infant, later returned after years of mistaken identity, with risk of further attempts as the denouement unfolds.
Five intrepid climbers battled a snow storm and gale winds to conquer Pike's Peak late Wednesday. They scaled the treacherous heights to uphold the Ad-A-Man club tradition of staging a display marking the coming of each New Year.
Early Wednesday five climbers started the perilous ascent amid a severe blizzard. Hundreds of residents watched through the night as sky rockets announced the party’s safe summit arrival. At 9 PM flares lit the sky and at midnight another burst turned the gray peak into color, heralding the new year. A new member joined the Ad-A-Man club as part of the annual initiation shortly after midnight.
Nebraska agricultural officials state daughters of purebred dairy sires outproduce dams. The average Nebraska dairy cow yields under 2600 pounds milk yearly and about 104 pounds butterfat at 4 percent. With half the cows below profitable production, breeding from high producing cows and purebred sires is urged. Nebraska grows seeds, corn, oats and alfalfa to support cheaper dairy cattle.
Readable text notes glass for windshields and doors sold or repaired at Hahler Garage in an itemized description. No clear dates or additional entities are present.
An advertisement promotes high grade abdominal supporters for men and women sized to fit all shapes and purses. It touts a proven method with no cost to learn details and offers assessment and fitting at the Home Office in the Boston Block, Minneapolis.
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