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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1910
Page
7
Mr. Beach has written his most powerful novel in The Silver Horde. Characters are men and women of flesh and bone with action in every line. The story covers frenetic finance in New York and Chicago and extends to Alaska’s mining and salmon fishing industries.
A Scientific American explained that deathwatch beetles like Xestobium and Anobium court mates by tapping on wood. The nocturnal rapping has been mistaken as an omen of death for centuries, but it is a natural courtship ritual.
A fragmented reminiscence links the 1833 Great Meteoric Shower to Baltimore Chronicle lore and Yale professor remarks about celestial fireworks. It notes editors labeling the event as a portent and a prelude to apocalyptic days, then shifts to Stevenson’s dreaming muse and the genesis of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with brownies guiding his imagination.
The piece argues that opportunity favors the industrious and educated. A man limited to practical learning reaches a ceiling, while those with a broad general education plus technical training face few limits to their careers, according to a K U graduate magazine perspective.
Clara remains in the ring as the Daugherty family returns from Denver. Miller and Anderson from Wahoo arrive with a threshing outfit to begin shock threshing. Bronson defeats N. D. T. in a ball game. Sidney visitors include Mr and Mrs Quinn. Mrs Brown returns from selling medicine near Dalton. A lightning caused prairie fire challenged the fire department. C E T plans to form a nine and play Sex torp tomorrow on the home diamond. Arthur Miller and C E Higgins visited The Ash Grove Ranch. Mr Epps visited Sidney. No amusements current in town, social life appears quiet.
Grain was largely stacked on the South divide as threshing began with better than expected yields. Farmers Henrick and Tobin planned farm building, while district 99's school house was completed. Hartway’s team ran away without damage. J. W. Nelson did fall plowing, and Kathryn Hiett sustained a facial cut treated by a doctor.
Local residents report a hot spell as Mrs. Keith of Carpenter visits relatives in Sidney Draw. Several neighbors, including E. M. Nelson and family, J. M. Nelson, D. A. Heard, Q. Adamson, and Glassburns, share meals and attend to family matters. L. Johnson travels to Grand Island for his daughter's illness. threshing plans arise near Sidney as Glassburn and Kirkpatrick buy a new thresher. John Dewey and family appear among the sick list.
A. J. Walworth of Julesburg visits Julesburg on Thursday recalling his Cheyenne County commissioner days in the seventies and noting few old acquaintances remain in the present.
An address in Rochester outlines Chicago’s expanded park and playground program. It details the special park commission’s role in 60 parks, 15 playgrounds, two beaches, and the forester’s office, plus four land acquisition methods including land reuse, leases, gifts, and a city school board cooperation plan.
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