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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1923
Page
5
Reports from French circles say German officials show signs of modification in Ruhr occupied zones as Berlin contemplates peace negotiations. In Westphalia the other president has authorized German officials in Dortmund and Bochum to confer with French troops on requisitions, reversing prior Berlin orders.
War department notifies Seventh corps area commander of funds for summer citizen military training in Nebraska and Minnesota. About 8 700 men will be admitted, the largest in any corps area, with fifty reserve officers. Four courses offered. age 17 to 24.
Magistrate Ryttenberg rules the Independent Artists exhibit at the Waldorf Astoria outrages public decency with a painting showing William Jennings Bryan overturning wine jars after Jesus turns water into wine at Cana. Volstead and Anderson appear to approve as witnesses.
Des Moines reports that about 4,000 civilians will receive military training in the Seventh army corps area. The camps will run from August 1 to 30 at Fort Snelling Minnesota Fort Leavenworth Kansas and Fort Des Moines with three sites involved in the program.
Dublin boxer Mike McTigue defeats Battling Siki in twenty rounds to become the world light heavyweight champion. Siki, the Sengalese challenger, ends the bout with a decision as McTigue ascends to boxing’s top rank.
In El Paso Texas a gathering of leading traders dealers and feeders marked the Southwestern Cattle Stnisers association meeting. The group claims the brightest postwar prospects and includes the largest turnout of practical judges and livestock dealers seen since 1913.
A pageant allegory tracing the birth and growth of the nation will close the four day program for the Imperial council of the Mystic Shrine to be held in Washington during the first week of June.
In the Ruhr crisis the French press on despite recent outcomes, stating they are determined to continue the occupation and effort. The report notes continued French resolve amid tensions and international scrutiny.
Oklahoma City reports a peach crop damage from a 9 degree cold snap totaling about 2.5 million dollars. State board president John A. Whitehurst warns losses to other crops are inestimable as officials survey the scene.
Lord Cararvon, famed for revealing the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun at Luxor, is reported seriously ill in Egypt after a poisonous insect bite. The condition is described as grave and requires careful medical attention.
West Virginia shows strong support for purebred-sire laws amid the Better Sires Better Stock campaign. A single day saw 100 enrollment forms filed by livestock owners across 12 counties, reinforcing favorable sentiment for mandatory purebred registration of sires used for public service.
The article compares permanent hair removal by electric needle or X rays with depilatories. It notes the needle risks scarring, is tedious and expensive for each hair, and suggests depilatories as a long term but non permanent solution that causes minimal redness. It warns depilatories may slightly coarsen hair but are preferable to permanent methods.
The USDA study on dust explosions spurs NFPA to publish tentative rules for safer grinding and pulverizing systems, pulverized fuel use, and grain elevator safety. Cooperation with the Bureau of Mines, Chicago meeting May 8, and broader plans to cover flour mills, starch factories, and spice and cocoa grinding plants.
A Clay County Sun poem muses that fame fades after death and all live on only in memory. It reminds workers and all social ranks that after burial, no matter one’s status, one remains a long time dead as King Tut’s fame faded to clay.
Cc G Conn band instruments are taught at no extra charge by Larson's Music Store, offering instructional help to players seeking to learn and master their instruments.
Five year USDA and Town E Experiment Station study finds planting potatoes before corn yields higher returns than after corn is in. Using Rural New Yorker variety, plantings from April 10 to mid June show peak yields after mid May, with April average 124.4 bushels per acre and early June 76.2.
The Delineator outlines current fashion trends with street skirts slightly shorter than day and evening gowns. Long sleeves replace short ones for day wear while evening gowns remain sleeveless or long sleeved. Paris dressmakers keep waistlines low and broad.
In forty years electricity has conquered cities villages and hamlets and now eyes 6 000 900 homes in open country. Distribution in sparse areas requires about 2 000 000 miles of lines, a vast but gradually achievable task as rural electrification expands beyond the east of Montana.
Dr M E Pettibone operates a dental practice upstairs from The Larson Music Store. The office is listed with telephone contact 419 for patient appointments and inquiries.
A concise timeline tracing lighting from ancient torches and candles in King Tutankhamen era to modern electric illumination. Highlights include Roman rush grease lamps, Constantinople candles, 1700s wick oil lamps, 1800s gas lighting, petroleum impact, Edison type incandescent lamps, gas mantle advances, tungsten filament electric lights, and finally a current US electric industry value around 5 billion dollars.
The cash register taken from the Standard Oil filling station on December 25 was recovered last week in Sidney Nebraska. Workmen clearing a lumber yard identified the machine, which contained a few pennies but was undamaged.
Benedict Larson died from injuries after a car crash and subsequent train collision near Ravenna last Tuesday. He and two brothers were seriously injured and rushed to Grand Island hospital where Benedict deteriorated and passed away. The 20 year old Ravenna High School student is identified by the State Journal.
Upton Sinclair's comment on speed in America is illustrated by a Chicago anecdote about a widow who, after her husband’s death, reassures a visitor by saying she was already past mourning the day before. The tale highlights rapid shifts in emotion in a fast paced nation.
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