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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1913
Page
5
In Cheyenne County Nebraska a hearing is ordered for Samuel S Hoyt estate with L O Fundingsland named administrator designate. The court sets May 29 1918 at 10 am in the County Court to show cause why the petition should not be granted and directs three weeks of notice via Sidney Telegraph.
John Streiff files suit in Cheyenne County Nebraska to annul a land exchange with Rio Grande Home Co alleging fraud and misrepresentation. The dispute centers on title to the NW quarter of section 27, township 17, range 49, and an agreement trading it for land in Conejos County Colorado. Plaintiff seeks to remove a cloud on title, claims the Colorado land is swampy and of diminished value, and asks court to void the swap. The petition requests an answer by June 16, 1913.
H Bettendorf and wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a small family dinner including their daughter Mrs H T Doran, two grandchildren, and their son and daughter in law. Born in Germany, they settled in Sidney in 1887 and raised six children, four living, as active, devout Catholics and prominent town builders with a well kept home and garden. May they live long to mark a diamond anniversary with The Telegraph reporting.
Nebraska news reports a model school house in Boone County and a cattle breeders led push for a new livestock sanitary board. The governor fights over five appointees including a horse breeder cattle swine breeder a South Omaha stockyards representative and a state veterinarian. The board will set quarantine rules and regulate the industry to keep Nebraska stock free from diseased livestock.
Plans for a boys school encampment at the state fair grounds run Aug 39 to Sept 6 with Governor Morehead as ex officio head. Delegates from rural counties and incorporated towns to be chosen by local officials. Nebraska education notes cover schoolhouse pictures, rural student gardening, new library books, Junior Normal Alliance, and staff changes. Wheat acreage up in western Nebraska. interstate auto road talks. nursing examinations held with dozens tested in Omaha and locally.
Washington May 8 charges of maladministration reckless extravagance and undue expansion by officials of the New York New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Maine railroads were brought before the interstate commerce commission by Louis D Brandels of Boston. He warned that five of the last six years dividends exceeded earnings and that both roads faced large notes due for repayment within months. The Boston and Maine faces 24 5 million in short term notes and the New Haven 40 to 60 million due in eight months.
Oakland May 7 The theft of 143 hundred dollar bills totaling 14 300 from an express package sent from Washington to Central National Bank here is under investigation by several agents. Every mile of the package’s trail is being reviewed as the package’s contents upon opening at the bank were found to be clipped magazine pages of the same size and weight as the missing bank notes.
Mrs. Clara Dawson Briley of Hastings Nebraska observed her 113th birthday on May 8. Born May 7 1800 in Culpeper Virginia she is described as the oldest colored person west of the Mississippi. Her daily routine includes three meals and tobacco as part of her long life record.
State board of agriculture reports extensive alfalfa tests in western Nebraska. Union Pacific has supplied seed to farmers along the railroad corridor and plowing is active. A 200 foot wide strip must be sown along the right of way.
A writer urges Sidney to hold a community clean-up day, comparing it to yearly baths as a humorous reminder that even if daily cleanliness is ideal a 365 day effort is rare. The piece advocates regular tidy-up action to improve town life.
Tokyo on May 4 reports Japanese newspapers express general appreciation of President Wilson's efforts regarding a California land bill. They view the bill as unobjectionable to Japanese readers and advise calmness in the current situation while blaming the government for a failure of diplomacy.
Lee L. Chapman of Mapleton Iowa recounts two years of rheumatic pain keeping his hand from his mouth and sleepless nights. He began using Chamberlains Liniment five years ago and in two months was cured and has not suffered since. Advertisement notice appeared for dealers.
May 8 report from East Liverpool Ohio details a clash between patriotic groups and the Socialist organization over displaying red flags at Socialist headquarters Mayor R J Marshall ordered the fire department to remove the flag. The flag was taken down amid cheering crowds but a second flag appeared within thirty minutes signaling further trouble.
In New York on May 7 the defense in the government’s dissolution suit against United States Steel Corp begins. Elbert H. Gary and President Farrell are named as among the first witnesses for the corporation as the government completes its testimony.
New York report states gunmen on the east side killed their fifth victim in four days, with Antonio Scamorino, formerly of Dayton, Ohio, identified among the dead or involved. The killer used a shotgun from a doorway shadow and fled the scene. Earlier slayings included David Minzer on the Williamsburg Bridge. In a separate note, four former police inspectors were found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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