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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1911
Page
7
Public awareness message stresses cleanliness of private and public property to prevent disease and reduce medical costs. It warns that dirty yards invite pests, fires, and illness, noting old cans collect water and rot causes bad air and weaker health.
A historical civic piece argues cholera and other scourges strike hardest where dirt and filth prevail. It contrasts Chinese and Indian living conditions with American cleanliness, urges citizens to combat garbage, stagnant water, and pests, and outlines seven community actions for sanitary improvement.
A Sidney reader urges community effort to build a public pool in a concrete tank design with a shallow end for children and deep end for diving. He proposes booths for boys and girls, estimates a $1,000 cost, and offers $30 toward a $1,000 pool and similar support for a $3,000 park with a local picnic area. He calls for subscriptions and a starter list.
Entries for the Nebraska State Fair races from September 4 to 8 close August 14. Trotting purses include 2:25 2:18 2:15 and 2:10. pacing 2:30 2:20 2:17 2:10 and a 500 tele won free for all with 5 percent entry. The 11 16 mile Nebraska Derby pays 300 and a 10 mile relay race pays 1250. Early closing races offer 1000 each. the card, aided by a new 6 400 seat grand stand, features aero plane flights Liberati Military Band grand opera vaudeville and fireworks.
The piece argues that a thriving country relies on large scale business and rapid trade. It notes rising raw material costs while wagon and implement prices fall, with products still guaranteed. It condemns politicians who attack big business yet asks farmers to forsake modernization for old blacksmith methods.
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised as a universal remedy for kidney pains and backaches gained local use in Sidney Nebraska. Mrs E T Lehman testifies relief after a few doses and urges buying Doan's at 50 cents from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, the U S agents.
The August crop report shows corn condition at 69.6 percent of normal with an indicated yield of 226 bushels per acre and winter wheat yield around 455 million bushels. Spring wheat at 59.8 percent normal, and durum wheat at 128 bushels per acre, reflecting heat and drought effects.
County authorities uncover a suspected plan to poison children at Concord. Lee Boyd, his wife Anna Boyd, and Jefferson Woods are jailed in Fulton for arraignment by the prosecuting attorney. The case stems from a slander suit Mrs Boyd filed against Dr W B Ellis, who was cleared by a jury.
Three Coney Island trolley lines through Brooklyn are tied up after a strike declaration by 300 motormen and conductors. Striking carmen plan to focus on the remaining operating line as rioting injures several people. Jose P. Ryan and others, including one woman, are under arrest for disorderly conduct.
Bradstreet's notes ongoing irregularity in trade from cautiousness and crop-damage fears. Despite this, overall conditions edge toward improvement with the year, as merchants sense better sentiment and some large centers report stronger business with outside wholesalers beginning to enter the market.
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