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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1915
Page
5
Special notice to Sidney residents announcing Adler-i-ka as exclusive in Sidney. The simple mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine is promoted as a thorough bowel cleanser claimed to relieve constipation sour or gassy stomach in one spoonful. No gripes, safe to use, instant action described by The Western Drug Co.
Cheyenne County Teachers Association will meet in Potter on Saturday October 30. An interesting program has been prepared and published in another column. The motion pictures to be shown are educational features of interest to teachers pupils and patrons.
Nebraska horticulturists are preparing for the mid-winter apple and flower show to be held at the Auditorium this winter. Fine samples of Nebraska products are being stored for exhibition at the annual display. The winter meetings next January promise to be the most successful in the history of the state.
State board of agriculture reports indicate corn production likely to set state records. Frost damage is limited to a few districts while yield averages are among the best in years. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Clyde Brown on October 19.
The excerpt suggests the president would benefit from marriage for national unity. It mentions Mrs Wilson and Mrs Galt and notes the president’s current attention to them. It comments on poverty and charity, describing a Sidney woman who sews with improvised tools.
Extension News Service reports about 100 farmers institutes scheduled this season and more extension schools than ever. Institutes are cut to one day due to money limits, while federal funds support the expanded extension schools. Towns may select subjects from three College of Agriculture departments with speakers via the Agricultural Extension Service.
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station releases Bulletin 149 detailing best practices for dairy calf care. It covers raising skim milk calves, calf feeding rations, grain hay and silage, scours prevention, and grain and forage needs by age. Free copies available from the Agricultural Experiment Station in Lincoln, directed by E. A. Burnett.
A College of Agriculture note says many rural youths quit farming seeking fair opportunity. It cites 79 percent of boys on small farms leaving home and compares to city drift for similar reasons.
The Department of Animal Pathology at the College of Agriculture warns that wild rye and western wheat grass show ergot this year. It contracts blood vessels, first affecting distant limbs, causing tender coronets and possible hoof sloughing with prolonged feeding. Cold weather worsens the condition. switch to ergot free feed at first signs.
When seeding of winter wheat is delayed beyond normal timing, plant at a thicker rate to compensate for reduced stand and winter kill risk. University agronomy notes thicker seeding helps offset these losses and improves stand establishment.
This article explains making a tump as an emergency substitute for a cellar. It describes selecting a dry, well drained site, building a round mound over a pit below frost line, placing vegetables on straw, packing straw over the pile, banking with earth, and shielding the top from water with a roof or tarp to keep produce like potatoes and root crops from freezing all winter.
D. W. Preble of Belgrade Nebraska has been in town for several days tending to the crop grown on his land north of Belgrade.
A brief dialogue fragment presents a character asking if another’s intentions toward a widow are serious, followed by a reluctant plan to escape emotional entanglement. The exchange conveys caution and resolve amid social pressures in Boston.
Public sale advertised by Twill to move to town offers farm stock, cattle, hogs, machinery, and household goods. Items include horses, milch cows, calves, three horses, two yearling steers, a Hereford bull, hogs, and a full set of farm implements. Terms: cash under 10, six months on approved notes at 10 percent interest. Auctioneered by A. A. Sharp. clerk H. C. Andersen.
A local chairman humorously fails to meet expectations about a prominent statesman’s size. The speaker deflects the joke, joking that in his country they measure from the chin up, while the chairman’s method measures from the chin down.
The London Standard notes doctors and composers like Meyerbeer designed postmortem precautions including bell watches and decapitation directives. Harriet Martineau feared burial alive and requested decapitation while Lady Burton required a postmortem examination. The piece questions whether fear of death or life drives these measures.
Experiments cited by G Dixon show the duck as the most formidable enemy of mosquitos. Two artificial pools, one with ducks and one with fish, demonstrated rapid elimination of mosquito pupae and larvae in the duck pool, while the fish pool remained filled. Wild ducks reportedly prefer mosquitoes as food.
An old plant defense feature describes a cactus secreting a sticky resin that hardens into a woody lining after woodpecker holes form. As the cactus dies, the hardened lining persists, leaving a natural wooden bow from the burrow.
A humorous exchange quotes a wife criticizing a man for not handling the baby and a counter reply from an older man. The Louisville Courier Journal item presents a light, pointed remark on parenting patience.
St Patrick s Catholic Church holds Mass at 9 Sunday and Evening service at 7 30 Bible school at 10 am Saturday instruction at 20 o clock. Christian Church offers preaching and communion at 11 am Junior Endeavor 3 30 pm Senior Endeavor 6 45 pm preaching 7 45 pm. Everyone welcome pastor G R Miller invites attendance.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Special music directed by Professor Strain morning and evening. Ladies Aid met at the church parlors. Quarterly meeting Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Rev Dr George W Isham will preach at 11 a.m. and Center at 3 p.m. Pastor to preach at Sidney in the evening. All welcome. Sunday School at 10 o'clock sharp.
Revival meetings will begin at the Christian church Sunday Nov 3 1915 with pure gospel sermons and good music Special music each evening The public is cordially invited to come Bring someone with you Nothing but the bible will be preached Gardner Russell Miller Minister
In the Danish Lutheran church south of Potter missionary meetings will run from Friday October 29th to Sunday October 31st starting Friday at 11 a.m. All Scandinavians are welcome. CHAS FALCK Danish Lutheran Pastor.
H Petersen a prominent merchant from Potter made a Tuesday visit to Sidney, meeting local business figures and discussing trade opportunities with community leaders.
Mrs Banta departed on Wednesday to Wheatland to rest and recuperate, staying with friends there.
Backache signals weak kidneys and warrants treatment. Doan's Kidney Pills, proven for over 50 years, are suggested by Sidney residents like Mrs Pearson of Sidney who report relief from back pain and kidney trouble. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. is the sponsor.
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