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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
3
Chicago Evanston shows more women than men in its annual school census. Feminine population up 470, masculine down 42, under 21 up only seven. Wealthy homes report race death by own action among residents, with maids counted as children. Overall citywide under-21 gains total seven.
The census reveals 24 324 residents with 4 197 boys and 4 769 girls under 21. Women outnumber men by 1 968, and growth is entirely among females as 42 men left town. University students were not counted, which would raise totals and widen the female majority.
Miss Louise Myers, a violinist in St. Louis, halts her daughter’s performances for a week after a city contractor says her playing disrupts labor. He notes workers drop tools and dance when the tune begins.
In Philadelphia at the Medico-Chirurgical hospital Dr James P Mann performed a pioneering aneurysm repair on Fred Williams a 89 year old Black barber without ether. A 20 foot silver wire was threaded into the aorta forming a new inner lining before being removed after two months and the bleeding ceased. Williams recovered and reported feeling as well as ever.
Kansas City dealers mock Philadelphia decision by the Elks to discard the elk’s tooth as the order emblem. Juvelers report scarce stock and prices leaping from 50 cents to 10 dollars per pair, while a Kansas City fur buyer argues supply remains ample due to Armour bone piles and mounting practices.
While fishing at Hull lake near Hartford Michigan, workers surfaced a long haired piece believed to be a woman's scalp. Earlier screams at the Milo Root home last fall led to no investigation as no women were home.
In a Kansas City street scene a group gathered at a post office stop when a jokester spun wild disasters Vermont to Pennsylvania. Uncle John, unimpressed, finally acts, grabbing a club and tearing down lumber to reach a rat, ending the prank.
Gelett Burgess spoke at the American Booksellers' association dinner in New York recounting a San Franciscan who married for money. The tale turns on a tart remark about a 20 horsepower car and a sharp rejoinder about money and presence.
The article argues that physicians heavily rely on patent or proprietary medicines, citing Dr. Jacobi’s 1906 findings that prescriptions for ready-to-use drugs rose from 1 in 1500 in 1874 to 20–25 percent by 1902–03, with some stores showing about 70 percent. It suggests these medicines are suitable for family use when symptoms are known.
A Germantown woman challenged a workman over window fixtures placed too high. The worker, silent until then, replied in a low voice that his mouth was full of shrews and he could not speak until he swallowed some.
The article argues towns should build manufacturing via a promoting company financed by local capital. It cites a Swedish aid society in Illinois that loaned money repaid from profits, avoiding bonus risks. The plan funds a building, power, and multiple small firms, with a board overseeing locations, testing ventures, and distributing profits to extend further enterprise.
A critic argues that idle men who loaf at town stores and complain about conditions do no good to themselves or their communities. He condemns constant grumbling about dullness and urges action to improve living through effort and hustle.
A civic note argues for fair dealing between merchants and customers. It warns against excessive profits and urges home towns to foster equity, honesty in buying and selling, and cooperation to sustain local commerce.
The article argues towns gain strength from clean business districts and robust newspapers. It urges building a public hall and parks early, noting private investment can profit from well managed halls, while parks prevent future trouble and uplift recreation and civic appeal.
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