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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1911
Page
5
A New York Herald excerpt portrays Washington as a focal point of social and official life. An anecdote shows lines clearly drawn when a member’s wife disciplines her daughter, who reveals she opted to play with officers rather than toy soldiers.
Alma Nebraska March 30 A Commercial club meeting launches a move to locate a new agricultural school here A committee including ex Governor Shallenberger J G Thompson and P M Everson is appointed to pursue the site due to the area’s rich farmland Alma would be ideal for experimental farming. North Platte Nebraska March 27 Fire destroys the Commercial hotel in high wind The frame building is ruined Pat Roddy owner and Mr Stone managed the hotel Insurance covers most losses.
Rain turned to snow with high winds reported statewide. Hecla dispatches describe a severe blizzard with the lumber yard roof blown off. Numerous accidents followed as the storm intensified before spreading to other counties. In Dunbar, Mrs Luddington died of heart failure while caring for her ill mother.
Fire at Wilcox Nebraska early March 30 caused a total loss of about 65 000 dollars. Principal losers include G W Masebrook 22 500 W H Leasure 5 000 F F L Brown 5 000 Joseph Wright 6 000 Wilcox Drug Company 6 000 Bradford has 15 000. Loss partly covered by insurance.
Norfolk Nebraska March 29 Tom Slavin pleads guilty to attempting to rob the Meadow Grove State bank and is sentenced by Judge Welch to ten years in the penitentiary. Three companions remain at large.
Sidney High School defeated Alliance 16 to 10 to win the Western Nebraskan Basket Ball League championship for the first time. Keegan's guards stifled Alliance, and Sidney outscored 24 to 5 in the second half. After the game a reception for the Alliance delegation and visiting fans was held.
Sidney High School delegates Elmer Nelson Aletta Foster and Henrietta Shoemaker won most honors at the North Platte Valley Declamatory Contest held in Bridgeport Wednesday. Nelson won the Oratorical class, Foster claimed first in Dramatic, Shoemaker took second behind Beulah Smith of Alliance. Sidney also shows strong overall, signaling a banner year. Dr. Leer of the University of Nebraska lectured at the high school last Tuesday with colored lantern slides and scholarly description earning quiet admiration. Teachers from Sidney and county attended the North Platte Valley Teachers Association sessions at Bridgeport Thursday and Friday. Professor F M Gregg of Peru State Normal visited Sidney Thursday morning. The Sidney Basket Ball team headed to Alliance for the league finale tonight, with standings unchanged by the result.
Religion is anterior to society and more enduring than governments. It anchors social virtues and public morals, transcends self interest, civil threats, and national pride, and acts as a unifying force stronger than loyalty to country.
Reports note First National Bank of Oneonta suspending business. Fayette Alabama loses its business section to fire. Tremont Lumber plant in Frost Louisiana destroyed, $50,000 loss. Various national updates cover tax, rail pay raises, and public figures.
Reverend Henry Zinnecker invites Sidney readers to a revised schedule at the Methodist Episcopal church with evening services at 8 and morning at 11. Prof W Shannon of St Louis will lecture April 8 9 on social and moral topics with talks for boys and women and a Sunday program for men. Lectures are free with a collected offering. The notes quote Dr Holmes on the lamp of a man life and wartime resilience.
A short excerpt shows a golfer with a full bag asking for a caddie. A near sighted villager testifies that locals repair their own umbrellas, reflecting village practicality and humor.
A brief exchange where a young wife praises her husband for staying home in the evening and her bosom friend notes he is not fond of pleasures, underscoring domestic contentment and restraint.
A terse exchange cites a self-made man boast and a rebuke about seeking help, reflecting a terse tone from the Boston Transcript. The dialogue hints at pride and regret over assistance.
A note advising readers to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy when sick with a cold. It claims the medicine fixes colds, wards off pneumonia, contains no narcotics, and is safe for babies to adults. Sold by all dealers.
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