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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1910
Page
2
A guidance piece on cultivating precise language in families. It extols pure speech as a path to clear thinking and virtuous character, warns against slang and incoherence, and urges households to adopt exact speech to ease future anxieties for children.
The plan to move the presidential inauguration from March 4 to late April faces congressional pushback. Critics fear the change aims to favor Washingtonians while stressing the risks to participants from inclement weather and health concerns.
Immigration to the United States in 1909 did not reach record levels with 771 380 arrivals at New York, far below 1 040 169 in 1907. The year signaled continued prosperity as immigration trends mirrored the industrial economy, including an unusual influx of 1638 people from Brazil choosing to settle in the U S, a reversal of the expected direction from Brazil.
A Cleveland schoolteacher recalls fending off a highwayman by throwing him into a snow bank and leaping on him. She says the incident makes a strong case for cleaned sidewalks and notes the snow bank provided the improvised trap.
The Cincinnati telephone exchange introduces a new system where a subscriber who reports an issue with Central is immediately connected to a friendly operator nicknamed Trouble who asks what is the matter. This change gives Cincinnati residents someone to confide their troubles to.
Report from Constantinople says European powers propose Turkey sell Crete to Greece. Turkish pride may block settlement but outsiders call it an easy fix to chronic trouble. The column also notes $16,000,000 spent on tuberculosis last year and jokes about patrols, an Yonkers car-scorcher fined and bonded, a recurring cometary omen, and a remark on French statesmen and swordsmanship.
St John s Episcopal church in York Pennsylvania started a boys club just over a year ago to lure youths from saloons and bad company. It uses self governance with smoking limited to 18 plus in the evening and two cent weekly dues. The two story club hosts a reading room gymnasium and game area with pool tables and a small library supplied by local libraries.
London reports royal stock pigeons from Buckingham Palace to be released to naturalize in the Bronx park alongside New York Zoological Society efforts. American robins, blue and tawny birds, reappear in Surrey coves after a previous migration scare. The era of bird exchanges and naturalization features a Berlin meeting and an American envoy studying pheasant naturalization successes in England.
Dr Wilfred Grenfell predicts Labrador could support up to 1 000 000 reindeer with no artificial feeding and export large quantities of meat and cereals. He describes plans to expand hardy crops and reindeer herds and notes prospects in lumbering and regional development.
Professor Edgar L. Hewitt of the School of American Archaeology says relics and inscriptions suggest Pueblo ancestors flourished about a thousand years ago. As the desert dried, cliff dwellers abandoned homes, scattering and blending with coastal groups to form an unidentified hybrid lineage.
A new cigarette features a small disk igniter on the paper that is struck to light from its own safety match within the box. The disk is described as tasteless and harmless and the design is claimed to light easily even in strong wind.
The Intransigeant reports a new version of the Hope blue diamond saga. A Paris jeweler Rosenau bought the gem from Solomon Habib's sale at Hotel Drouet and resold it to an American collector who refuses to be named. The paper links a second Habib, also a jeweler, to the maritime wreck of La Seyne where the diamond was said to be lost.
The Aero club of France asks the minister of public works to regulate aerial traffic. Plan limits: no aircraft below 150 feet above enclosed property or 1,500 feet stationary. Flying over towns requires county council approval. High buildings must mark electric wires 160 feet and above with pennons by day and lights at night.
Mrs. Lena Caswell on the top floor at 218 West 146th Street was bitten on the right arm by a ferocious white bull terrier on the roof while hanging clothes. A bystander restrained the dog, and Officer Henry Nieman shot and killed the animal when it lunged at him. Dr. Andrew Maxwell treated the wound at a nearby drug store. The owner of the dog could not be identified.
A Gulf of Mexico tale tells of five sailors aboard a small schooner near Corpus Christi when a six foot tarpon leaped onto the deck. The crew fought the fish with an ax and hand spikes, one sailor knocked overboard by the tail, then pulled back aboard. After a brutal bout the tarpon died flat on the deck.
A terse dialogue depicts a kind matron offering food to a boy, remarking on a crowded family of ten and the mother’s absence. Goodman Gonrong explains he was labeled the submerged tenth, reflecting stigma and neglect in his upbringing.
The eminent statesman quotes a majority will while noting that at times a will can present the most unreasonable codicil, implying the need for caution in altering or interpreting popular mandates.
An Atlanta Constitution anecdote recounts a caricatured tale of a cantankerous old master refusing circus life. He orders exotic animals tamed or expelled while a bling horse and wary preacher look on amid comic chaos and wary warnings.
After a grueling climb in 90 degree heat, a couple surveys a panoramic view from a tower peak. The woman laments leaving the glass at home while the man nonchalantly offers to drink from the bottle, noting there’s nobody around.
A whimsical old tar recalls the albatross tale and questions guests about a photograph and saved bullet. The line implies the mariner's timing is outdated and humorously reflects on aging.
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