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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1921
Page
17
Agricultural notes from Cheyenne County report Mrs. W. A. Green of Polk Nebraska hatched a chicken with four legs from April 22. The unusual bird, still alive, draws visitors traveling long distances to view the odd fowl.
A Madison County report notes a recent poisoning deployment affecting 540 acres of infested land. Officials emphasize substantial potential savings in damage by using minimal poison now. Estimates in currency are avoided, but a small investment promises to save many alfalfa acres from ruin.
President Dawson of Blair Canning Co reports ample corn stocks to last the nation another year. Most canners will skip operations or run small 10 to 25 percent packs due to existing contracts. Blair will plant corn on company land for seed next year to avoid purchases.
An industrial investigator surveyed 10,000 homes in 83 states finding farm wives average 11.8 working hours daily, rising above 12 hours in summer. Only about 13 of 100 are truly on vacation, and fewer than a third of states have widespread modern conveniences via electric transmission lines.
Herbert Hoover, U S secretary of commerce, praises the seven teen committee plan as adopted by U S grain growers and warns Nebraska farmers of fraudulent solicitors in a month long publicity campaign Officials stress freight rate reform to protect grain from leaving the country Underscoring the need to avoid dependency on overseas food supplies he cautions against Europe’s industrial growth harming agriculture Cuming county farm bureau plans educational screenings on poultry culling and labor saving devices with extension service support Several purebred breeders contest stock valuations by assessors
Fred Deweese of the legal service department urges the county assessor to secure uniform valuation for same class of stock across the county. He suggests seeking cooperation with purebred breeders to achieve consistent assessments, while noting adjoining counties may differ and the State Board of Equalization can address that.
Clifford Thorne of U S Grain Growers spoke to 300 farmers in Omaha after a chamber invitation was withdrawn under pressure from livestock and grain members. He denounced the current grain marketing system as a gambling den and highlighted defects, with plans to address Lincoln on April 30.
Brick laying on M street progresses with twelve blocks paved and more to come. Cement base laid last fall. brick work underway. Bridgport city park improvements include a south side walk and eight large lights funded by previously approved bonds. Council discussed street crossings and plans to hold elections for related bonds soon.
Ray Henry 14 died at his farm home east of Murray after a runaway team pulled a hay rack and struck him as he led the horses by the halter. The apparatus overturned and the wheels passed over his head. Separately, a recent Ogallala bond election for a new high school, with $8000 approved, was ruled invalid for insufficient advertising time and a new vote is expected to proceed to address pupil overflow.
Rev. C. W. Savadge of Omaha officiated at the marriage of Winnie Towl and Walter Rasmussen, both of Benson Nebraska. The notice records the couple and the clergyman in the ceremony.
Mr Savidge, who has performed 6,000 marriage ceremonies, achieved his goal of marrying that many couples. He conducted his first wedding on October 15, 1879 in Richfield, Minnesota.
J A Chambers, known to Bayard residents, crushed the first two fingers of his left hand while aiding his daughter with laundry using an electric wringer. The injury may endanger one or more fingers, and his hand remains very sore as of now. Henry Swanson was injured while cranking a Buick. the engine kicked, causing the crank to strike his nose and cut him, though the damage could have been worse.
Two year old twins of Mr and Mrs Marion Adams died in Elba last Friday from a throat disease. The siblings passed away within hours of each other.
The three year old son of Charles Rich of Ogallala swallowed a needle and ran it into his hand last Thursday. A later X ray showed the needle had moved to the wrist several inches from entry, guiding doctors to its exact position.
Four high school students riding in a Ford roadster were thrown clear when the car rolled twice on a federal highway east of Pawnee City. Driver Irvin Colwell and passengers Ray Deebe Marjorie Tennant and Blanche Tracy, all residents of this city, were in the wreck. Blanche Tracy suffered an arm break and facial cuts. Marjorie Tennant had a severe leg injury with two bones severed, requiring seven stitches and drainage. The other boy sustained minor injuries. A second item notes Joseph Sereck, south of O Neill, wounded by a horse while gathering cobs with fractures and brain concussion.
A humorous piece imagines an anonymous calculator estimating vast lengths by linking items end to end from spaghetti in Omaha to railways and motor cars. It mocks flawed methods and urges using practical end to end reasoning, noting grandiose stats clutter and mislead.
The Omaha Bee notes a provocative query about the maximum throw distance from the Atlantic coast’s longest pier. The item hints at public curiosity about physical limits and coast access, reflecting a light, curiosity-driven tone typical of the period.
Maurice Smith of Scottsbluff, twenty months old, may lose sight in his right eye after playing with a can of lye.
Farmer Jack Wad dington of Exeter area was fined 25 dollars and costs in county court after pleading guilty to failing to send his daughter to school for two thirds of the school year as required by law.
In Fillmore county attendance at rural schools is noted as the year’s record, with offenses dropping to a dozen in 1921 from 123 in 1919 and 119 the prior year. James J McIntyre, age seventy, is jailed on third degree assault charges after his wife, age seventy two, accuses him of kicking her for flirting.
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