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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1912
Page
2
Passenger service notice for through trains 901 and 002 from Sidney to Bridgeport and Sidney to Sterling will skip local stops. Local extra daily except Sunday will carry passengers with reclining chair cars. Tickets and baggage checked to any point in the United States or Canada. Information from M. A. Shipman, agent, or L. W. Wakeley, General Passenger Agent, Omaha.
R H Munday of London Ontario notes dirty salt from a tannery offers little to no benefit as a fertilizer, as experiments show no significant yield gain. Onions require fertile soil with ample available potassium. stable manure helps but introduces weed seeds and should be fall-applied. Lime presence aids onion crops. sulphate of potash performs better than other potash forms.
Socialist candidate Clyde Wright was interrupted by hoodlums who hurled eggs from a dark alley during a governor bid speech at Emmet. Advocates say the socialist struggle has grown bitter in Holt county over the past year.
The text advises housewives that health and beauty come from daily outdoor activity and proper digestion. It suggests taking Chamberlain's Tablets as needed to keep the stomach and bowels in good order, and claims this will make a person healthy and beautiful.
Fred Borges of Weyerts transacted business in Sidney on Wednesday. Mrs. Hartman mourns a beloved cousin’s death in California. Mrs. S. M Plaine of Des Moines was guest of Mrs. H. G. Hall. Mrs. N. A. Nielson and son Louis of Livingston visited Dan Short en route to the G. A. R convention in Los Angeles. they plan trips to San Diego, Portland, and Seattle. C. W. Hornaday improves his store with a new dry goods department and modern stairway. John M. Adams, pioneer ranchman and former register of the government land office, arrives from Augusta, Georgia. he still owns Grasmere Ranch near Potter. Get seats in advance for The Raes Its a good show September 19-21.
J G Arbuthnot argues draft stallions must prove themselves by work. He cites training Percheron teams in stages, handling, and harness changes to build strength and endurance, noting stallions can win buyer respect even when soundness is questionable. The American trotter is praised for speed and endurance.
The Shire, a model draft breed developed over generations for harness work, boasts greater vitality than the Percheron and a gentler disposition. It is easy to break to harness, easy to keep, with good crossbree, fewer misfits from bloodlines, and colors including bay brown black and gray. The Shire mare pictured was a prize winner last year in England.
The author argues that strong breeding in draft horses hinges on stamina inherited from ancestors and proven by performance tests. Like begets like, so only stallions with size, action, strength, and endurance should be chosen, as idle animals lack lasting power for heavy loads. Testing is the only reliable measure of these traits.
Towels must be dried completely to prevent mold growth which spoils fabric and can cause skin troubles.
Word reaches the state veterinary department of a sudden fatal horse disease spreading from Franklin to Merna Hastings Central City and other towns. Officials suspect a fungus poisoning from green grass after summer rains, causing rapid death with convulsions and limb trembling, while horses on dry feed appear spared.
North Platte reports a busy week of prairie chicken hunts with many excursions by car and horse drawn vehicles. Hunters varied in success, some taking the legal maximum while others got little or none. The heat has proved deadly to several hunting dogs.
The Blue river dam at Staplehurst, built to supply electric lights, was damaged beyond repair. A large crew works to repair temporarily, but permanent restoration would cost as much as a new dam.
Chicago September closing prices show wheat at 91 and 90 cents for D and D futures, corn around 51 52 cents, oats 32 32 1/2 cents, pork 17.27 17.30, lard 111.5 112.0, ribs 10.75. Cash prices list No 2 hard wheat 93 1/4 93 1/4 cents, No 2 corn 71 cents, No 2 oats 32 1/2 cents.
Cattle receipts at 15 000 steady to 10 cents lower with varying prices for heavers, western steers, feeders, cows, heifers and calves. Hog receipts 21 000 weak to lower with light, heavy and rough categories priced from about 7.85 to 9.10. Sheep receipts 33 000 steady with natives and westerns ranged. yearlings and lambs listed with prices across multiple brackets.
The Nebraska National Guard units in Omaha will hold a rifle camp this month. Lieutenant Test of the regular army will oversee instruction as the designated instructor for the Nebraska guard.
Thomas Tavis, local manager of the Fairmont creamery, was killed by a train in Curtis Nebraska. His mangled body was found near the east end of the railroad yards with his right arm and head cut off by the wheels.
Paul Peck of Washington holder of the American duration flight record was killed at Cicero field when a gusty wind and an overly steep spiral caused his small biplane to slide into a center vortex. The engine struck him as the wreckage collapsed, and he died later at St Anthony de Padua hospital.
Washington reports that motor cars and high powered automobiles act as agents in spreading tuberculosis in the Philippines. Dust from rapidly moving vehicles enters homes built along narrow streets, contributing to high mortality from the disease among Filipinos.
Federal garrison at Ojinaga Mexico surrendered to rebels. News came from Ojinaga, fifty miles from Marfa. General Sanchez commanded the federals and was at Presidio seeking ammunition. Five men reported killed in the fighting.
Atlantic City resolutions urge government to add two battleships yearly and to pass a law requiring precedence for the American flag over emblems. They also protest surrender of the Philippines. United Spanish Veterans form calls for San Francisco as 1915 encampment city.
London reports Major J A Hope of the Unionist party won the Midlothian by election succeeding the master of Eibank now elevated to the peerage. The government suffered the loss due to Labour intervention as it plans to nominate in every constituency with a large working class vote.
Seven thousand Civil War veterans gathered in Los Angeles for the annual encampment parade. Heads were erect, battle flags flown, and efficient support stations and ambulances lined the route as the 1.8 mile march proceeded without notable fatigue.
Justice Bischoff granted a stay in the Becker trial delaying the case until October 1. The order followed an application by Becker’s counsel John F McIntyre for appointment of a commission to take testimonies of witnesses in Hot Springs Arkansas. The judge spoke with Sam Schepps, a witness in the case, and his captors in Hot Springs.
Dresden dispatch reports Lieutenant Siebert, an aviator with the Red army in Saxony imperial maneuvers, fell with his aeroplane while scouting and was killed. His companion Lieutenant Zimmermann was seriously injured.
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