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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1911
Page
5
A short piece critiques the modern husband as a money making machine who returns home tired and uninterested in entertaining his wife, portraying him as a limited partner in domestic life. It underscores gender role tensions and marital satisfaction concerns.
Omaha speaker John L. Kennedy told a district Grand Army of the Republic reunion crowd that future influential men will come from the farm. He urged Merrick county youths to stay on the land, gain education, and help develop Nebraska as the old pioneer landmark and Overland trail heritage were honored this day.
Gertrude Atherton decries the urban breadwinner as a “money making machine” who returns home exhausted. He has little time or interest for culture, art, or social engagement, prioritizing rest and cheerful domestic scenes over intellectual pursuits or travel.
A maternal paternal appeal urges parents to foster curiosity in children aged five to ten. The author urges focus on educating the young for future citizenry and criticizes official educators as hopeless.
The president defends appointing five justices to the Supreme Court, stressing the court as liberty’s bulwark and a safeguard against radicalism. He says the country must judge whether the selections were well made, noting the court’s shaping role in business and national life.
Omaha reports Charles W. Peters deputy sheriff of Cook County Illinois won the presidentship after a heated fifth ballot amid ballot stuffing accusations. Nebraskas Dunkel withdrew, Eckhardt of Davenport was runner up, Gerber of St Paul reelected secretary.
Peter Soderberg, seven ty, a wealthy retired farmer from Min den Neb, marries Mathilda Thomansen, proprietor of a Capitol avenue boarding house, in Omaha Swedish Salem church after pastor C E Elving selected the bride for him. The match becomes a rapid, love at first sight union with no formal preliminaries.
Mrs. Rosannah Carter of Hillhoro Iowa died of heart failure in Hastings while her brother Bruce Duncanson's funeral procession was underway. She had traveled to attend the funeral and grew ill on arrival. The body of Bruce Duncanson will be sent to Hillboro for burial.
Lightning struck the barn of the Girls Industrial School at Geneva Nebraska during a thunderstorm, burning it to the ground with all contents. About two inches of rain fell in twenty minutes as the fire raged.
Potter society notes include visits, sickness, weddings and events. Mrs E G Wallin travels to Devel County for Louis Johnson’s illness, and Adams show travels by cars from the west arriving in Potter. Epworth League elects officers Emma Johnson and Anna Johnson, and Knights of the Maccabees plan a revival and class initiation. FOR SALE A fireproof cafe. Interested in Chas Callahan.
Interstate Commerce Commission suspends new class rates from Atlantic points to Kansas City Omaha and Missouri river transfers until December 6. The proposed increase averages about 9 cents per hundred pounds for first class freight, linked to the Burnham Hanna Munger case. The 1908 order cut rates from 60 to 51 cents and was sustained by the Supreme Court in 1910, but railroads raised them again after the two year limit.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a broad inquiry into freight rates for live stock packing house products and fresh meats across the central west and adjacent regions. Beginning September 1 in Oklahoma City, the probe follows rate complaints from the Oklahoma Railroad Commission the Texas Cattle Raisers Association the American National Live Stock Association and others. Rivalry between Chicago meat packers is also tied to the case.
The Daughters of the Revolution plan to urge Kansas City to buy the Wyandotte Indian cemetery on the edge of the new central park. They want it kept intact with tombstones repaired and not opened to public, while city officials agree to purchase if the sisters consent to protection.
General Acevedo, who sought a Cuban uprising, surrendered to Governor Albert in Santa Maria Del Rosario near Havana. He was jailed in Havana awaiting civil court action. Officials consider him in final TB stages and likely not responsible due to derangement.
Edward E. Jackson, a New York attorney named by the prosecution as the head of the wire trust, was fined 45000 after pleading nolo contendere to nine indictments charging wire pool formation. Judge Archibald imposed 5000 on each indictment, rejecting the request for prison.
Conferees on the wool tariff bill appoint Senator La Follette and Representative Underwood to a subcommittee to study and report on differences between the Senate and House versions. The appointment was moved by Senator Bailey, noting their representation of extreme elements of each chamber.
Miss Foley will teach at the Kreuger school during the ensuing year, joining the faculty as plans for the coming term advance.
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