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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1896
Page
3
George Inwood of 709 Union Street has prepared and printed his own funeral sermon in bold type. A reader appointed by his will will open the service, but no sectarian clergyman may pronounce the words, as he claims to be a strict non sectarian believer in Jesus Christ.
A monkey from South Africa traveled with passengers on the Norman and kept watch over a living child in Johannesburg after the Yate explosion, while a rescued infant was adopted locally. A separate notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a cure for deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube with a money-back promise.
An old advertisement proclaims Cructoriginal on Camphor Ice with Glycerine as the original and only genuine remedy. It claims to cure hands feet face and cold sores and repeats the maker C G Clark from Cont Haven. The text includes a dialogue about Gulliver's Travels and microbes.
A consumer ad style piece lists hair fashions and fitting ideas with mirror practice for front back and sides. A testimonial from Amos Kelner of Cherry Valley Ills Nov 23 05 asserts Piso's Cure for Consumption cured him. The quote ends with aphorisms about soul size and wealth.
State Board of Irrigation forms Water District No 1 covering the South Platte and Lodge Pole Creek watersheds in Nebraska. They appoint B M Searle as assistant secretary for two years from April 1 and repeal rule requiring claimants to attend hearings unless testifying. State Engineer Howell reports ten months of organization, filings of 789 claimants, and 2,219 miles of canal under construction before the 1895 law, with permits for new canals totaling 2,112 miles proposed but not granted yet.
Salt Lake City lawyer Kinney, author of Irrigation Law and Practice, argues that the Wright Act should be sustained. He notes California's Supreme Court rulings upholding the law and predicts the U S Supreme Court will likely affirm those decisions, given arid west needs and district organization.
Colorado state engineer I G Carpenter reports seepage from irrigation returns most water to streams. Measurements show Platte and Poudre inflows rise with more applied water, with 50 to 75 percent of water returning to rivers and some rain capture yielding as much as 95 percent returned.
A murderer was executed privately at Newgate Prison London under law. A crowd gathered outside the gates and, with a black flag raised, cried out in brutal disorder recalling old hangings. A delay nearly caused a riot, prompting debate on ending the practice.
Dawson County eyes a record as one of the most extensively irrigated in the state. Four large ditches already traverse the north side of the Platte and a $40,000 contract for more ditches has been awarded to an Omaha firm.
In India, Lt. Cottar adapts to lonely subaltern life, trains with boxing and cricket, bonds with unruly troops, and guides his men toward discipline through sport and leadership. The detachment travels by bullock cart, returning refreshed and respected.
A London wedding anecdote tells of a guest who bought a broken earring from Bond Street to be recast as a scarf pin for the groom. She sent it with card and compliments, then found later the gift bears the shop’s repair label and an old broken piece, amid amused guests.
A farmer near Honey Grove Texas claims ownership of the largest mule ever seen in the United States. The beast stands 6 feet 2 inches tall at the withers and weighs about 1,619 pounds. Known as the Honey Grove mule it surpasses the famed Los Pecos mule of 1890 91 in height by more than seven inches.
Mrs. Hicks received a divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment while living in Brooklyn. The petition alleges persistent cruelty leading to the breakdown of the marriage.
May 5 homeseekers' excursion tickets sold from the West and Northwest over the Lig Your Route and Chesapeake & Ohio By to Virginia and North Carolina at one round trip fare. Settlers urged to move to Virginia for cheap farm lands and mild winters. Send for free pamphlet, rates and time folders from U L Truitt at 234 Clark St Chicago.
A parsed advert column extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia biliousness constipation kidney and nervous complaints and rheumatism. It promotes Packard’s Ginger Tonic and various tonics, nerve restorers and teething remedies with addresses in Omaha Nebraska and other claims of universal efficacy.
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