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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1916
Page
2
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GOING NORTH No 82 Passenger Daily No 44 and other through trains will not stop locally between Sidney and Bridgeport and Sidney and Steellus. Local extra daily except Sunday will carry passengers. Sleeping and reclining chair cars available on through trains. Tickets sold and baggage checked to any point in the United States or Canada. For information call M. A. Shipman or L. W. Waveley, Omaha Nebraska.
Officials in Washington express optimism for an early capture of Villa as news of American operations in Mexico reaches the War Department. A Funston report that sufficient commissary stores and gasoline have reached Casas Grandes reassures administrators that provisioning the troops problem is eased.
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains deafness arises from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous surfaces, with Hall’s Catarrh Medicine claimed to act through the blood. The ad offers a $100 reward for any case not cured and promises free circulars from J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
Civilian from Columbus New Mexico reports rapid movement of additional U S troops south into Mexico from Fort Bliss. El Paso officials press Carranza authorities, two infantry battalions deployed as guards in El Paso. Juarez rife with rumors of Villa victories and anti American activity. Carranza offers Pershing use of telegraph and telephone lines to aid American punitive forces. Avia tors treated courteously at Chihuahua after mission declared friendly. General Pershing directs pursuit toward Satevo with cavalry columns advancing south from states along the trail.
Keith Neville of Worth Platte, Democrat, presents as a western man born in Lincoln County. His platform stresses irrigation, road building, a state publicity bureau, attracting settlers, and strict law enforcement, including support for prohibition if enacted. He cites his father, the late Congressman Neville, as a western example and urges state development against encroachments by Colorado and Wyoming.
State department reports survivors of the Sussex and Manchester Engineer disaster saw a submarine periscope. Dispatches via Ambassador Sharp and Gerard promise early replies as affidavits from Sussex survivors arrive. A French armed merchant ship reaches New York signaling broader arming debates amid wartime sea threat. Eight month old Irwin Frederick of Falls City burned when stove sparks set his clothes ablaze. mother saved him with water.
Private John Wade of the Twenty fourth Infantry was killed in Del Rio when sixteen negro soldiers allegedly attacked officers as Rangers and Sheriff attempted to arrest them in the restricted district. Wade tackled Ranger Barler and was shot after Barler fired in self defense. Coroner's jury ruled Wade died by Barler in self defense. Protests and removal requests to the war department are being prepared amid local indignation.
A Dupont Pow der Works press mill exploded killing one man, David Miller. The piece describes transfer of gold certificates from a bank, a 1904 cash item, and a railway commission order on shipping charges for sheep, plus a $7.38 refund for William Atch ison.
Sidney residents urged proper kidney care noting perfect health requires all organs to function. Mrs J A Stevens of Bridgeport Nebr testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured a severe attack years ago and remains effective. Price 50c at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY proceeds.
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