A Willful Woman and the Hanging Courtship Tale
In Edwardian Kent a shy farmer John Ochiltree loves Mary Griges who refuses to marry unless she initiates. Mary’s scheme, aided by her mother, leads to John’s arrest for sheep stealing and a courtroom marriage dodge at his execution. Mary finally claims him in marriage, stopping the hanging and uniting the lovers.
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Edward
England
John Ochiltree
Kent
Mary Griges
Mary
Richard Doyle
John Ochiltree Doyle
John
Maury
Sle
Jolin
Jobn
President Wilson appeals to Americans to unite for democracy
President Wilson issues a national appeal urging every American to speak and act together as the United States gears to war. He highlights putting the Navy on a war footing and building a great army as key tasks and calls on farmers to conserve, be efficient, and selfless in support of the national effort.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Skyrockets and the early use of gunpowder
The piece notes that fireworks originated with the Chinese, who first used them before gunpowder’s invention. It traces skyrocket invention to the late ninth century and cites early use in India and China in warfare, while Western knowledge arrived only in the fourteenth century.
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India
China
Burns Laughs With Boy Over Cotter’s Saturday Night
In a tale told of Burns a boy in the poet’s presence was asked which of Burns’s works he preferred. He chose Cotter’s Saturday Night, saying it moved him to tears when reading it aloud to his mother. Burns replied that it had moved him to tears as well on occasions while writing by his father’s fireside.
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Burns
Cotter
Possible Joffre Visit Tied to US Peace Talks
Dispatches to Washington discuss whether General Joffre might accompany former French premier Vivians as commissions arrive. It is generally discounted that entente commissioners will press the United States to refrain from seeking a separate peace with any party.
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Washington
Joffre
Vivians
France
Entente
United States
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From Sidney Resident
A Sidney resident Thomas H. Clinton testifies to Doan's Kidney Pills relieving back soreness and dull aches linked to kidney activity. He describes using them with success for years and notes the 50 cent price at Western Drug Co. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y markets the pills.
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Thomas H. Clinton
W. First St
Sidney
Doan
Dean’s
Western Drug Co
Dean
Mr. Clinton
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Harper buys motor hearse and ambulance for Sidney area
C. E. Harper has purchased a fifty horse power motor hearse and ambulance capable of high speed in emergencies. He will respond to calls within fifty miles of Sidney to convey sick or injured to or from doctors, trains, or other locations.
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Mr. Harper
Sidney
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Peecee
W.l.douglas
Chas. Perry
Sidney, Webr
W. L. Douglas
San Francisco
New York
W.L. Douglas
America
Brockton
Mass
Dent
Spark St. Brockton, Megs
NEBR
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Society
Esch
Worlds United Railway
Arizona
Bill Real Ee
Anyhal
Congress OF Areing Stars
Neve
American Press Association
Mitcher
Sidney Lumber Company
U. P
Nebraska
C. E. Harper
DOT
Puckett Bus and
Dray Line
McDaniel Bus and Dray Line
Hotel National
George Puckett
E. V. Metz
Suititorium
Red Cross Pharmacy
Vach Bros
Cheyenne Co
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