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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1913
Page
2
A fragmented OCR line shows odd time stamps 12 45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m with a partial mention of a price 3¢ a month. The text lacks clear context, entities, or actionable facts beyond the irregular timing and price notation.
A father, an actor, urges his child to perform with spirit and gestures during a recitation. His wife counters that no gestures are needed as the child is simply reciting the multiplication table.
Read about guarding against appendicitis and relieving constipation or gas instantly in the Adler-ika book offered free this week by Laune's Pharmacy. The advertisement emphasizes easy prevention and quick relief.
Local postmasters were notified of reduced parcel post rates effective August 1 in areas within the first and second zones. Local shipments between patrons and rural routes will see lower prices and weight limits rise from 11 to 20 pounds, with plans to eventually allow packages up to 100 pounds. The order covers packages mailed at the post office to points within the city or on rural routes and returns to any destination on the same or other routes. Fresh meats may be accepted for points within these zones.
In Dodge City style lore, Circle Bar Bill tries to convert hard cowboys with patience and suffering. The posse mocks him with a dance hall audience throwing potatoes and eggs, ending in a comic intermission as Bill vows a retaliatory whip and maintains faith amid rough heckling.
A severe twenty five minute storm hits Washington bringing 42 mph winds, heavy rain, and hail. Walter E. Hilton and an unidentified man die in a building collapse. several buildings wrecked and property losses high. pensions and post offices suffer roof damage. rescues occur as police and fire squads search wrecks.
When buying goods from a mail order house you have no recourse if unsatisfactory. Buy from a local dealer, get guaranteed quality hardware, and secure replacement rights under the Wright & Wilhelmy Co. Three color tag guarantees replacement if any issue arises. Mail order houses rarely sell goods bearing a reliable factory name.
The Cheyenne County Teachers Institute will be held in the Sidney High School for one week starting August 18, 1913. All county teachers for the coming year are urged to attend. Prof Neale will present Picture Study and Miss Richardson speaks August 19 on The Growth and Triumphs of the American Flag. Admission 25 cents, reserved seats 35 cents. Ex Supt Fowler calls it the best of its kind. Room rentals sought via county superintendent after August 9.
A nonmilitant suffragette pilgrimage to London culminated in a Hyde Park rally with 100,000 women. Led by banners "Reason, not force" the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies organized petticoated battalions as banners fluttered and bands played across Hyde Park gates. Seventy speakers spoke from twenty platforms and a bugle signaled a resolution urging Parliament to grant women the franchise without delay.
A severe hailstorm on July 31 swept the north part of the county from Aurora to Letcher. Hailstones over six inches in circumference wrecked grain and corn shocks, with livestock losses including chickens and small pigs.
A New York man died after swallowing a safety pin, with officials noting ongoing public doubt but continuing safety warnings about pin use.
A writer from Scribner extols New York as the world’s most beautiful city after thirty years across America. The piece claims American beauty surpasses European scenes, noting varied moods, urban architecture, and vast, untapped vistas from Quebec to New Orleans and Maine to California. It highlights New York’s color, effects, and potential for painterly expression beyond European precedents.
Mrs Van Rensselaer argues that landscape gardening is needed wherever ground and plants are shaped to create an organized, pleasing result. Whether for a park or a dooryard, the art requires an artistic spirit to avoid a disarray of forms and colors.
Advertisement lists causes such as sedentary habits lack of outdoor exercise insufficient mastication constipation torpid liver worry and anxiety overeating and unsuitable food and drink. Recommends Chamberlains Tablets to correct habits and restore health. Sold by all dealers.
A call condemns wealth and culture for harming public beauty by cutting up billboards unsightly walls or fences and trimming trees or hedges. It argues owners have no moral right to spoil private grounds and urges Earth and home areas be kept more beautiful for all.
The blue gum is praised as a fine country avenue tree but should be planted with space to grow and away from adjoining properties. It grows quickly and feasts on nutrients, with roots harming nearby fields. Bark shedding is undesirable near alfalfa or grain. On streets, trees should be at least 40 to 50 feet apart for proper spreading growth.
Muster out of the Blair national guard company will occur immediately per General Hall announcement. An investigation in Washington county town showed little interest in military affairs and men failing to live up to state contracts. Hastings Masons plan temple dedication during Hastings reunion next November or Nebraska grand commandery meeting next April. Building costs total $59,090 with a $5,000 organ planned.
In Fairbury Nebraska on July 23 Frank Crabtree aged three fell into a vat of boiling starch while his father, Frank Crabtree, a paperhanger, prepared starch for work. The boy was completely submerged and little hope is entertained for his recovery.
In Hastings Nebraska on July 24 a movement began to secure the Seventh Day Adventists United States and Canada conference headquarters. A committee chosen to select the site favors a central western location with Hastings already hosting the state conference offices.
W A Taylor of the Omaha Denver Good Roads association reports that Goodrich tire makers will install permanent markers at all turns along the overland route from Omaha to Denver via Lincoln and Hastings. A crew is already on the Colorado section and should reach Hastings in about thirty days.
William Martin from near Stella buys the Henry Schwan farm of 160 acres two miles north of Humboldt for 28000 dollars, about 175 dollars per acre, the highest price per quarter section recorded in Richardson county.
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