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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1922
Page
16
Valuable agricultural news for Cheyenne County farmers reports on pig pen methods in Guam, self feeders from Indiana, radio nutrition talks, muskrat skin shipments from Alaska, dress form production in Washington, cantaloupe protection in New Mexico, and extended reach of county agents across rural regions.
Detroit News recounts the origin of the poem about a boy who stayed on a burning deck during Napoleon's Egypt expedition. Nelson attacked, French fleet crushed at Abukir, flagship captain Louis Casablanca wounded. his ten year old son stayed and died with him, inspiring the epic line.
State Industrial Notes Newman Grove plans 47000 for paving and Anselmo budgets 5500 for water extensions. Schuyler to gain a model playground. Harvard electric plant manager Lerson unveils an oil burner. Culbertson opens an all day electric plant with power and heat. St Paul hatchery to use electricity. Scottsbluff pumps city water at 200 monthly. Paving extensions under way at Phittsmouth Kearney and Fremont with lower costs. McCool Electric to install two engines after extended rate. Hooper sewer project contracted at 27425 from estimated 38000. Village to spend 10000 on water works extensions. Fremont public construction at 350000 with 130000 more contracts. rising housing activity. Neb Farm Journal notes tax exempt securities as parasites. Smithfield to get 24 hour electric service from Lexington line. Fairbury storm sewer paving program funded at 40000. Central Power Company in Kearney Hub report 250000 project. turbine added. plant capacity up to 1870 kW. New line to Amherst. Holdredge south high-tension line. canal widening and new Elm Creek dam increasing power.
Friends report Dr. W. S. Franklin in serious condition at Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha with blood poisoning in the right hand and arm. A minor scratch on the third finger after tonsular operations on Viola and Glen Ducker led to rapid spread over about 12 hours. Infection likely received during the procedures. Treatments ongoing since Wednesday afternoon with transfer to Omaha for further care.
Announcement of the marriage between F. E. Williams a Bridgeport attorney and Elmira Dickinson of Newburg New York follows their wartime meeting overseas through YMCA work creating a romance. It is expected they will reside in Bridgeport where Williams has established a thriving law practice.
Dewey Lewis aged 24 was found dead Sunday morning beside a railroad track one mile south of Julian Nebraska. The death is believed to be a train accident after his auto broke down near Julian and the men slept at the depot. He had a head wound and bruises and was a World War veteran.
Reports note Filipinos burned down the Aguinaldo house of capture once used by General Funston, only posts remaining. A hydro-airplane is deemed a motorboat under U S law. the Department of Commerce requires it follow marine rules. A Buenos Aires resident built a six foot iron miniature locomotive powered by compressed air, weighing 170 pounds with 1300 screws and 2000 rivets. A mine fire suppression method uses fine rock dust in tunnel roof boxes to halt explosions.
The famous Paris Ferris wheel built in 1900 for the Paris Exhibition is to be dismantled to make way for a more profitable project. The axle alone weighs 72,000 pounds and sits 164 feet above ground, reflecting the monumental engineering of the era and its planned removal by engineer Jan Nibericant from Feria.
Fossil coal beds reveal remains of tropical plants once growing in Alaska, suggesting a much warmer climate in the past. Reports mention a six-egg petrified nest found near Montesano Washington uncovered during hillside blasting, with one egg showing yolk color and form. A 750 room bachelor hotel planned for Michigan Avenue Chicago slated to open spring 1923.
Frank Glover, 18, died at six this morning in Scottsbluff from burns suffered at 1:30 am while tending tanks at the Great Western sugar factory. The accident was unwitnessed. manager A. M. Ginn suggested the youth may have fallen or been struck by hot juices after a platform fall, with a possible head injury noted. Exchange.
The Nebraska American Legion outlines housing for 150000 delegates in New Orleans October 16 20 including ships tents and a Pullman city of cars to house 14000 visitors. Government and private venues will provide hotel and tent space with rate plans and reservation requirements through state adjutants. A hospital radio program and musical gifts for Bellevue placement school accompany auxiliary activities with funds raised from member dues and daisies.
The American Legion Auxiliary Nebraska presented a large radio outfit to US Government Hospital No TS at Colfax Iowa on Thursday afternoon August 31. Nebraska boys are stationed there. The Auxiliary may reclaim the radio anytime if Nebraska men are transferred. remarks were by Mrs Edgar B. Penney and Mrs J E Baird.
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