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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1911
Page
5
A column argues drug habits contribute to asylum overpopulation and urges prevention through home teaching in schools. It stresses guiding the coming generation away from caffeine tobacco alcohol and stimulants to strengthen mental and moral health and resist today’s dangers.
The speaker argues that 40 to 50 percent of government revenue funds standing armies and navies, worse than war due to cost and bloodshed. If nations pursued true peace, money could fund education and sanitation, improving global health and unity, while warning that modern warfare grows more deadly and costly with new tech like airships.
A column argues that public opinion has reclaimed influence and that fears of revenge or factional warfare are unfounded. It contends resistance to reform harms both officials and the public, urging conversion rather than further conflict as reforms restore public trust.
Nebraska voters faced a delayed outcome as county returns show likely GOP supreme judge nominees Rose and Letton with F Gramer challenging renomination. Railway commissioner races feature Beebe leading GOP list and Harman versus Iurse on the Democratic side, while Regent incumbents Haller and Lytford are favored. Voter turnout remained light though some areas saw localized interest.
Frank W. Brown and C. W. Bryan secure Lincoln as the new state bird hatchery site after legislative approval. Game Warden Miller oversees a plan to distribute birds statewide, with $1,200 spent and the rest to fund poultry and eggs over 18 months. First consignment includes Hungarian partridges English pheasants and various ducks and geese for decoy use.
Sheriff Rob erts of Johnson county ordered an old well opened at E. E. Hesse’s former home and two decomposed bodies, believed to be his wife and stepdaughter Juanita, were exhumed. Hesse, a Burlington Railroad foreman, vanished after July 1910 and a fire at his home followed.
In Grand Island Nebraska on August 17 jurors concluded Frank Samuelsen died from a fall and contact with live city light wires after he fell from a telephone pole. Physicians testified the neck was not broken by the fall as first believed.
Broken Bow Nebraska August 17 Superintendent R I Elliott states he will accept the deputy state superintendent post but will open the school year in September as head of the Broken Bow schools.
A reader seeks methods to stop a fourteen year old daughter from trouble at the skating rink. The columnist argues persistent, early discipline from birth is essential, stating immediate obedience shapes teens. The piece labels spoiled behavior as harmful and urges parents to limit a child’s exposure to influence until adolescence.
The Live Stock Department closes August 18 to publish names numbers owners and post offices in the Official Catalogue. The book will be distributed opening day of the Fair and lists animals entered and daily programs from September 4 to 9 including races aero plane flights concerts speeches shows and more.
A melodramatic exchange shows Blinks Indignantly asking why Colonel Dawson will not see him. The secretary coolly answers the colonel does not want to strain his eyes. The scene captures a sharp power dynamic and a hint of wartime or period humor.
A compilation of historical notes and curiosities recounting the Great Porcelain Tower at Nankin completed in 1430 after long labor and huge cost, followed by brief items on banking reserves in France, a quip about domestic arguments, Rev. Samuel Longfellow and a hymn book title, and English bird superstitions including the stonechat and raven.
London reports show strike fever persisting with limited dock relief while Liverpool sees rioting and two deaths as hussars defend prison vans. Rail unions threaten a countrywide walkout as 109,000 members of four societies plus about 70,000 more railway workers are said to be unionists.
Martin Shadowens, jailed at Christopher Newfoundland for examination, shot Justice of the Peace James Mannon and City Marshal John Stakin and wounded Deputy Tom Mackey and a bystander. Mackey fatally shot Shadowens. Shadowens’ brother Charles fell from a second story window likely fatally hurt.
Judge McGee in Rapid City South Dakota awarded custody to Mrs Henry N Weakley of Omaha mother of five year old Charles Jennice in a case alleging the boy was kept by showmen in a cage with hyenas or grave robbers The hearing lasted only a few minutes
A mob in Uoatsville Chester County Pennsylvania dragged a wounded Black man from a hospital and burned him to death after the killing of Police Officer Edgar Rice. The incident, described as the fearful work of frenzied townspeople, has stirred strong indignation and vows to locate and prosecute the mob ringleaders. The event shocks a Quaker community.
Following Ma dero's abandonment by anti re electionists, a convention on August 15 will nominate a new national ticket with Francisco Vasquez Gomez, minister of foreign affairs, named as head.
Oklahoma shippers organize to prove railroads discriminate against the southwest in freight rates and mount a strong case before the Interstate Commerce Commission at the September 11 hearing. Kansas and Texas shippers will join the effort.
Harry N. Atwood of Boston flies 286 miles from St. Louis to Chicago with two stops in five hours and forty three minutes claiming a pace to set a new air record to New York and Boston.
Two aviators died during the Chicago aviation meet. William R. Badger fell about fifty feet while performing stunt maneuvers and was fatally injured. Lt. Croix Johnstone plunged into Lake Michigan and drowned.
A blaze gutted cotton storage at the Queensland docks in Antwerp causing about 1 million dollars in damage. Large quantities of saltpeter were reportedly destroyed as crews fought the flames.
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