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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
2
The Che Telegraph lists subscription rates with options for one year and six months, postage paid, and single copies. The notice states mail entry at Sidney Nebraska as second class matter and indicates advance payment required for subscriptions.
A Lincoln health department rebuttal states life is a continuous growth period from birth through adolescence, countering claims that a 1916 child has ten times the life expectancy of a 30 year old. The dispute centers on interpretations of aging and lifespan. A separate Nebraska crime report notes a bank robbery near Sunol with two farmers killed and $1290 stolen by identified suspects J W Cornwall of Denver and R G Lukons of Insmont Colorado.
A brief note indicates 6 percent financing for home building arranged by the Sidney Lumere Company. The snippet notes a loan or mortgage program aimed at residential construction and property development. No further details on terms or dates are provided in the fragment.
A Nebraska multi item summary reports the Northeastern Editorial association choosing Norfolk for January meetings, a first annual summer Brethren assembly opening at Beatrice Beatrice board of health garbage disposal rules, rising county valuations to over 500 million dollars, and interstate auto traffic through Nebraska up over 200 percent with dusty Lincoln highway conditions affecting travel. Also notes dynamiting arrests in Brock Talmage region, a Plymouth Rock Island car shortage, a full 50 000 bushel elevator in Plymouth, a drowning incident near LaPlatte, a lawsuit against Burlington by Dorothy Mecann Hideman, and local arrests including Eddie Swoboda Mickey Balco vic.
Thomas H. Clinton of Sidney testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills ease back soreness and frequent kidney trouble. He buys them at Western Drug Co. and says they relieve him remarkably, noting the price is 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY props.
A cloudburst near the Wyoming Nebraska line temporarily relieves irrigationists and water power users along the Platte. The flood damaged a government canal crossing into Nebraska, diverting about 1500 cubic feet per second from the canal back into the river, easing a shortage for irrigationists and the Kearney Water Power Company.
Real estate ad from Sidney Lumber Co invites readers to view homes in the area, positioning the town as ideal and offering guidance from the Sidney Lumber Co on housing options. The brief notice emphasizes quality living and local expertise.
The new Farm Loan Board organized its four appointive members and named George W Norris of Philadelphia as executive head. W. W. Flanagan of Montclair N J was chosen secretary. The board meets to plan twelve loan districts and federal land banks, and reviews forty city applications for federal loan banks.
Charles E. Hughes addressed Detroit manufacturers at Arcadia Hall, praising their welfare efforts while attacking the current administration over Mexico and foreign policy. He urged workers to reject the capital labor divide, framing American labor as human and worth more than mere economic units.
President Wilson forms a reply to Carranza about a proposed joint commission to settle border difficulties. Carranza’s note, while not fully satisfactory, is seen as opening the way for broader discussions by the commissioners. Washington reports the note may cover that possibility, though not by explicit suggestion. Wilson will decide if this warrants naming American commissioners and proceeding without further correspondence.
On a Ferncliffe road Vincent Astor’s Rhinebeck estate area, a man implicated in recent Rhinebeck burglaries was shot twice in the abdomen by Deputy Sheriff Baumbush and Detective James Downing after a pistol duel. The wounded suspect, who refused to speak, is dying.
Miss Margaret Wilson eldest daughter of the president and Mrs. George Creek actress were thrown from a carriage in a runaway at Croton New York and bruised severely The horse bolted when a shaft broke Miss Wilson returned to Washington.
British authorities execute Roger Casement, famed Irish nationalist diplomat, for treason after his trial. The case marks a dramatic end to Casement’s anti British campaign as Ireland's push for independence continues amid political tension.
The entries to the Nebraska State Fair events are set with specific deadlines: horses and cattle August 14, speed and babies August 21, runners and cars the night before racing, all other entries by 6 PM September 2. Send or deliver to W. R. Mellor, Secretary, Room 406 State House by August 31, or to the State Fair Grounds after that date.
Sidney people are astonished at the instant action of buck thorn bark glycerine and Adler i ka. One spoonful removes such foul matter and relieves constipation sour stomach or gas. Adler i ka acts on both lower and upper bowel and a few doses often relieve or prevent appendicitis. A short treatment helps chronic stomach trouble.
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