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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
5
Jesse M Calkins, eight miles northwest of Bridgeport, reports thousands of wild ducks destroying three to four hundred bushels of corn in one week. Ducks flight obscures daylight, frightening horses. He seeks federal protection or a permit to shoot them as locals cannot deter the birds.
A quoted rule from Scientific American explains that a razor must lie flat on bone to achieve a fine edge due to its hollow ground design. The pocketknife, needing a stiff edge, should not be laid flat on a stone as it risks edge damage. It should be held at a 20 to 25 degree angle with a chisel like edge.
McKean Bros offers expert watch repair services with AJL workmanship guaranteed. Trusted by customers for precise calibrations and reliable restoration of timepieces.
A home recipe suggests mixing Bay Rum, Barbo Compound, glycerine, and water to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade, with full directions available in each Barbo Compound box. Claims include dandruff removal, improved hair softness, gloss, and non staining of the scalp.
Paris reports a French air squadron dropped 130 bombs on Brieulles station and Verdun area as French aviators held the advantage in combats with Germans. Three or more German aeroplanes were claimed down, with ongoing artillery duels and troop movements around Verdun and in Russia and Africa cited.
An 1860 Logan County born man united with the Methodist church, built a Dalton area ranch, and died after a suicide attempt. Survived by wife Rose Anes, children Fred Julia Myrtle, grandson Earl Quinn, and other relatives. Funeral held at Presbyterian Church in Dalton with Reverend A. J. May officiating.
Danish Evangel Lutheran Church south of Potter announces regular services on the 1st 2nd and 4th Sundays with Sunday school at 10 am Morning Prayer at 11 am Bible class and Sunday school at 10 30 am on the 3rd Sunday Morning services at 11 am first three Sundays Young People’s Society meets first Sunday afternoon Family meeting second Sunday afternoon Ladies Society second Sunday Scandinavians welcome PastorCHR FOLCE Danish Evangel Lutheran.
Lutheran church ser vice at the Gurley school house will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 30. All are cordially invited. Regular services at the English Lutheran Church next Sunday morning and evening will be omitted due to the absence of the pastor. W. T. Kahse, Pastor.
The District Superintendent Dr Geo W Isham will preach at Methodise Church next Sunday morning at 11 and evening at 7 30 with a 3 pm sermon at Center Church 15 miles north. Epworth League meets at 6 09 led by Miss Georgie Martin on the world program for the League. Sunday school begins at 10 with open invitation to all.
The Dorcas Society met last Thursday the 9th with Mrs Hubert Fuller and enjoyed a pleasant meeting with good attendance. Mrs Fuller served a dainty lunch. The next meeting will be with Mrs Peterson at the Union Pacific hotel and all members are urged to attend. A special music program will be featured and lunch will be served.
Louis Merriman, a Black man born in 1795 at Sopher plantation in Virginia, died at his Kansas City home. He claimed to be the oldest on U S pension rolls and that his birth year was 1795, making him 121 years old.
Joseph W. Woodrough of Omaha has been nominated by President Wilson to the United States district court of Nebraska. Washington dispatches indicate the nomination has gone to the senate and is expected to be confirmed in due season, per Senator Hitchcock.
Manitoba approves provincial temperance act by a vote just over two to one. The measure closes all bars wholesale liquor houses and licensed clubs after May 31 in the province.
The advertisement urges readers to try MAX WELL AUTO OIL claiming improved mileage per gallon and cleaner spark plugs. It offers a one gallon can and, if preferred, can supply in quarter or half barrel lots at reduced prices.
L. C. Walker and J. C. Kreader of Dalton spent Friday and Saturday in the county capital, engaging in local affairs and visiting friends.
Social and club notes recount Albin Olson’s nineteenth birthday celebrated last Saturday by a group of twenty friends. They arrived to escort him to town with his date, turning the home into a lively scene of music games and cheerful chatter. A luncheon by Mrs. Olson followed, with holiday provisions, and many gifts were exchanged.
Mr and Mrs W P Miles announce the engagement of their daughter Mildred Idelin to Raymond William Bauer of Lincoln. Mildred is Brownell Hall graduate and performer trained in voice and dance. Bauer is a Sun Drug Co owner and University School of Pharmacy graduate. Wedding planned for late June.
A notice clarifies the North Platte irrigation project opening in Alliance Nebraska on March 24 will only include 4000 irrigated acres, not 14000. Most lands are already taken. entry requires about 8 dollars per acre plus fees. lottery will allocate limited, some inferior farms and each winning entry bears a $55 per acre mortgage over 20 years.
United States forces at Fort Robinson Nebraska and Fort Meade South Dakota were ordered to move to the Mexican border to chase Villa. Troops E and HW of the Twelfth Cavalry at Fort D A Russell Wyoming also ordered south. The 24th Infantry stands ready with no orders yet.
An exchange cited by the Buffalo Express shows a neighbor replying to a question about marriage with a wry statement that they have been married only to life itself.
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