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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1922
Page
3
An editorial warns bootleggers sell poison to boys and ruin their health and reputation. It argues laws exist but go unenforced, noting fines and prison terms. Communities must unite to suppress bootlegging and protect young people nationwide.
G A Martin automoble salesman witnessed a peeping man from his residence window after night scouting for youths who chased his 83 year old child with a bicycle. The suspect Ray Simpson of Omaha, a recent Grand Island arrival as a telephone lineman, was fined ten dollars plus costs.
A Dalton Delegate note recalls a year old item urging kerosene on corn to deter cutworms. A farmer testifying afterward claims he raised the best carp and saw no cutworm damage after using kerosene last planting season. He adds worms were exposed and many died during cultivation.
Ernest Grimm on his father’s farm northwest of Moom field fell from a tractor seat and clothing wrapped in a wheel. A passerby freed him after cutting away clothing. He was taken to Crofton and then to a Sioux City hospital in serious condition with multiple broken bones.
Alvin Oberkotter plowing in Bennett township unearthed a can containing fifty twenty dollar gold pieces beneath dirt. The coins were verified as genuine by a Geneva banker. The Henry Oberkotter estate owns the farm and no clue identifies the depositor or when hidden.
Edna Ferris, 17 months, fell from a second story window at her Omaha parents home. She was picked up crying with a slight bump on the head. Witnesses said her head struck the pavement. Physicians examined and deemed her unhurt.
French meteorologists visit the Weather Bureau to plan closer cooperation on Atlantic sea reports. The goal is extended radio range and standardized forecasts to aid ships in transit. Captain Coyecque already ran radio reports from the Jacques Cartier on practice cruises.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports coordinated plans with Canadian, state, and federal entomologists to test poisoned baits against grasshopper species infesting various regions. An international map will chart grasshopper conditions in Canada and the U.S. for annual records and future control work. A special Bureau of Entomology agent, based in Billings, Montana, will investigate grasshopper activity in Wyoming, North Dakota, Minnesota, and other affected areas.
Tanldc overcomes rheumatism by toning up and invigorating the vital organs enabling them to eliminate poisons from the system as stated by BAS SETT'S Pharmacy.
The Morgan breed shows rising popularity in the southwest for saddle work on range cattle. At the Southwestern Exposition in Fort Worth March 11 to 18, 16 horses were shown with a strong class of aged stallions. Red Oak 5249 was named best aged stallion and champion Morgan, sired by General Gates from the United States Morgan Horse Farm in Middlebury Vermont. The Army has placed Morgans as remounts across several states to improve mounts for service.
Captain and Mrs W J McVicker of Dodge County recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Married April 1872 at Mrs Millar’s home, the event occurred near their original wedding site and was hosted by their daughter Mrs Charles K Watson. The couple, both over seventy two, were joined by three of six children, grandchildren, neighbors, and veterans including Company H of the Second Nebraska and World War service men.
The ladies of St Martha's Guild will hold a bake sale at Jones Furniture Co on Saturday May 27. Committee members listed include Mrs West Mrs Daugherty and Mrs Greenwood. Your order for cut flowers will be given careful attention by Bonham Brothers at phone 167W.
The Durango Herald and Durango Democrat editors clashed in the street, one firing a revolver that killed editor Foster Wood. The Midwest reflects on ethics and prohibition, contrasting frontier-era tensions with modern editorial norms, noting the involved papers in Gering. Sidney Creamery butter is advertised.
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