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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1914
Page
3
The Union Pacific reports about 400000 in net revenue loss for December compared with the prior year. A New York order to trim led to staff reductions at Omaha headquarters and shops, with many workers let go. The reduction spans sections and all departments, aiming to hit a winter minimum, with plans to rehire to normal in spring.
Stella Neb January 28 Orchardists in southeastern Nebraska face a new pest called Illinois canker. It shows as a small black spot on a limb and spreads. some advise cutting the spot and applying wound coverings, but growers in the St Joseph Shubert district believe not removing the infected limb will kill the tree as the canker spreads to the trunk.
A Union prisoner recounts being captured at Stones River on December 31 1862. He details a brutal march through Virginia to Atlanta, harsh food shortages, and a prison car ride. He is aided by a sympathetic driver, a Black conductor, and a hospital stay at Emory Henry College after typhoid pneumonia.
Lincoln readers learn Kenneth Murphy, seventeen, paroled from life sentence for involvement in the Charles Sellers murder in Cherry county. He had plotted the killing with three others over Sellers attention to his sister Eunice. Murphy, studying via correspondence at the University of Nebraska, may pursue further studies as he earns trust from Lincoln officials.
In Omaha on January 29 about 800 Modern Woodmen crowded Myrtle Hall for a meeting hosted by B. and M. Camp 945. Principal speaker Edgar Howard of Columbus was joined by George A. Magney H. A. Day and W. V. Beghtel of Hastings, leading the fight against Chicago rates in Nebraska.
Mrs G C Dunn of Arnold Pennsylvania writes that Chamberlains Tablets relieve stomach trouble and bilious attacks from the first dose. After taking one bottle she feels like a different person. For sale by all dealers.
Lincoln January 28 John C Heegle who was recommended for clemency by the pardon board at the last session will not be pardoned Governor Morehead vetoes the board recommendation Heegle was jailed in Lancaster county for statutory assault on a fifteen year old girl from University Place whom he kept in a rooming house overnight Also denied clemency were Henry A Bowen and Amassa Hall both sentenced for statutory assault on a relative and a niece respectively.
The Scottsbluff Sugar company closed its campaign after slicing over 2,000,000 tons of beets. The mill operated day and night for about 120 days, yielding 30,000 tons of refined sugar. New beet contracts cut prices by 50 cents per ton and set 15,000 acres, with a large oversubscription by growers. Farmers received over $1,000,000 for beets and workers about $200,000 in wages, while local by products fed roughly 10,000 cattle and 30,900 sheep.
Edward Beardsley appeared before Justice Young in Summerdale New York on a first degree assault charge for shooting Poormaster John G. W. Putnam. He waived exam and was held without bail for the grand jury.
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