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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1910
Page
7
A critique of professional almanacs notes their poor forecast accuracy and a British dominance in publishing. A Swiss to Italian border tragedy warns travelers of avalanches after six smugglers perish in Forcola Pass. A humorous aside cites the tiny mosquito and flea as formidable pests in proportion to size.
A janitor in New York is imprisoned for playful head tapping with a monkey-wrench, while police are forbidden to club citizens at will. The piece suggests growing freedoms for the oppressed and hints at broader social reform on the horizon.
In New York a chauffeur who killed a child with a speeding car and fled the scene faces first degree murder charges. The article argues the endangering of life by speed mania warrants harsh laws and decries leniency for such public dangers.
A Wisconsin university professor and medical scientist defended human nature and heart interests over pure abstraction. In a recent lecture he warned kissing carries risk but argued a bold individual should take chances in matters of affection.
An 85 year old New Yorker declines to enter a home for the aged because his 115 year old mother-in-law is an inmate. The piece declares the stance a prejudice against the mother-in-law pushed too far.
A wealthy Boston resident was arrested following an incident in which he slapped a young girl. The event underscores debates on social conduct and the role of gentility in national culture.
A Washington florist who claims to grow black roses urges aiding widows by discarding ordinary decorations treated as weeds. The remark frames a call for charitable action and contrasts rarity with sympathy for those affected.
A fragment notes confidence that Franklin D. Roosevelt will return to public life. It emphasizes resilience and a belief in a political comeback despite his earlier exit from office.
Denver tale recalls Dick Haynes, a bold plainsman who attacked a diamond rattler with a knife. The snake struck the knife handle injuring his thumb, prompting him to retire from rattlesnake fevers and rely on whiskey and caution thereafter.
Misa Juliet Points has won a $1,500 General Federation of Women's Clubs scholarship to fund two years of study in England, sailing in June to Europe. She plans to enter a British university and conduct research at the British Museum on the English industrial revolution as a basis for comparing international sociological and economic development with U.S. conditions.
Two Tennessee draftsmen patent a magnetic T square held to the front edge of a drawing board by an electromagnet in its head. A switch cuts power to release and reposition the tool.
An article argues London’s climate shifted from sub tropical to semi arctic over 26 000 years, then warmed toward Egypt’s climate. It cites precession of the equinoxes, North Atlantic drift, and Thames valley geology, predicting London will reach Egypt’s warmth in 3 000 to 4 000 years with current warming trends and milder winters.
William Barrows an engineer on the Indianapolis Southern underwent surgery at St Anthony s hospital after a previous appendicitis. Doctors found a half inch needle and two large paraffin chunks in his abdomen in a procedure prompted by persistent side pain. The patient had earlier surgery in Chicago three years prior.
Statistics show Victoria total area 56,426,760 acres with 12,647,010 acres of crown land available for selection after excluding forests and roads. Closers settlement has acquired 240,000 acres for 1,792 families, while irrigation reached 233,012 acres last year with crops including pastures cereals lucerne and vineyards. Imports for nine months total 6,765,939 with wool and wheat among top goods. exports reach 8,440,467 including Australian produce valued at 2,153,287.
The United States loses its status as the world’s leading wheat producer to Russia after a record 783 million bushels. Russia’s crop exceeds prior records, with rye grown on 72 million acres and rye serving as Russia’s main bread grain.
Agriculture department reports from a dozen nations show an 18 percent rise in 1909 wheat output, totaling about 2.15 billion bushels for the world excluding midseason India and southern hemisphere crops. Germany Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina lagged, while Britain and Russia faced poor winter crop conditions. In New York Albany reports note severe winter on young deer and heavier snows in parts of the Adirondacks.
In Princeton Indiana circuit court Judge Clements grants Mrs Bertha Stewart a divorce from Dr W H Stewart and 500 dollars attorney fees. The trial featured four eggs with penciled threats. witnesses said eggs appeared in chicken nests and scraps of notes were found under pillows shelves and barn nooks. Mrs Stewart testified the husband subjected her to ongoing petty persecutions beyond the egg messages.
In Allentown Pennsylvania a flock of pigeons gathered near the grave of Allen F. Seip a noted pigeon fancier as he was laid to rest. Readers debate whether birds mourn their masters with genuine emotion or if it was coincidence.
A wandering speaker begs the devil to let him fish elsewhere after a century of no bites by the boiling lake bank. The devil replies with a grim remark, noting the ongoing misery and futility of the scene.
Rice ranks first among Siam's agricultural products with an average annual export of 948,389 tons over the past five years, highlighting the grain's dominant role in the kingdom's trade and farm economy.
The piece notes an artist earning about 75000 annually for drawings of girls for magazines while a quote mocks European taste in art. It then transitions to a social mis sionary society anecdote and Mexico’s independence centennial plans. Japan’s rapid telecom growth is also mentioned.
The article notes a so called poor family in New York City has an average weekly income of 11.30 dollars and a typical family size of five and two fifths persons.
A Minnesota inventor has been granted a patent for a cash register that includes a phonograph to announce the figures as its keys are pressed. The device combines accounting with audible signaling to aid transactions.
The borough of Brooklyn with about 1 240 000 inhabitants is projected to reach around 2 910 000 in twenty nine years at the current growth rate.
The new state training school for mental detectives will be built one mile west of Arvada after approval by the last General Assembly. The assembly appropriated seventy thousand dollars for the institution.
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