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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1913
Page
3
Mrs. G. Stengle of Plainfield New Jersey reports relief from months of stomach upset after using Chamberlain's tablets. She started after reading letters from cured users and says she has taken most of a package and can eat almost anything. Sold by all dealers.
Members of the board of control plan to start personal investigations of state institutions within days. The Norfolk hospital for the insane will be inspected first due to the need to decide the headship, currently held temporarily by Dr. Guttery after Superintendent Johnson’s resignation.
Physicians treating Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst after her release from Holloway jail order immediate blood transfusion as they assess her serious condition.
The text traces the terms Miss Mrs and Mistress from misuse as a title. It explains that Miss was once used for girls under ten and later considered rude for older women. It notes Mrs as a respectful form for single women and maids in Smollett. It concludes that Miss ages while Master remains for boys.
Douglas county aids twelve Nebraska wives deserted by husbands who fled to Illinois a state with a milder offense. County charity chief J M Leidy calls for a federal divorce law and a federal wife abandonment statute to resolve extradition barriers and protect families.
A fortune teller quips that a man is in love with a blond but warns of a brunette after marriage, to which the patron replies there is no danger since the brunette is the same woman. The line appears in Ladies' Word.
An old man tells a Woman's Home Companion reader of declining strength. He explains that he used to walk the block each morning but now grows weary halfway and must return home.
Lincoln July 30 experts of the state railway commission found gross disparities in distance grain tariffs. Differences are sharp on Union Pacific and Minneapolis and Omaha routes, higher by several cents per hundred weight. A Pickrell man noted paying $15 more for similar wheat shipments via different lines, prompting a review as part of a broader freight reduction effort.
Since Aug 1 1912, or in the past year, 13238 new automobile and motorcycle licenses issued by the secretary of state. The figure exceeds earlier years by thousands, signaling broad prosperity. Rural communities report especially heavy registrations.
Lincoln July 31 A 12 cent grain rate quoted by Union to Chicago involved Missouri Pacific officials and many shippers in potential trouble. The 100 carloads moved under the mistaken rate, though properly it should be nineteen and a fraction cents per 100 weight. Under interstate rules the railroad faces a 250 per car fine and shippers may incur thousands in higher freight. Dealers at Union Wyoming Maynard and Murray stand to lose based on the mistaken price.
A Georgia printer suspects a neighbor named Daddy Stepney of stealing his hogs. He proposes a scheme in which Stepney guards the hogs for a share, but Stepney doubts he can profit without catching the thief and expresses wary resolve to uphold his duty.
New York July 31 The directors of the Illinois Central declared a semi annual dividend of 2 14 per cent a fall of 2 per cent from the seven per cent annual rate in place since 1906.
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