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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1913
Page
5
An old note on lunch packing emphasizes tailoring meals to the worker or student. It praises sandwiches for balance of bread and filling, stresses light fillings and thin bread, and urges avoiding greasy fried foods. It suggests cake, fruit, dates, figs, and prunes as nutritious additions when available.
Puck quotes Hewett as notably resourceful. Jewitt affirms him and recalls a habit of praying for rain to justify keeping a borrowed umbrella.
President Wilson urged Americans to leave Mexico and outlined a neutral policy forbidding arms exports and U S interference, while Huerta’s government rejected the proposals. The Huerta note suggested recognizing Huerta, sending a new ambassador, and restricting aid to rebels, with strict neutrality maintained.
In the senate a proposal to free list monopoly products triggered a lengthy debate. Kenyon’s amendment prompted calls for jail terms and receiverships to end monopolies. Cummins blasted court rulings as aiding monopolies, while Bristow accused the justice department of conniving to keep them alive.
In a crowded Kansas City meat market salesroom, Frank Mooney and Mark Hamilton fought across a meat block. Mooney collapsed with a butcher knife through his heart as women screamed and fled.
Secretary Daniels directs punishment for sailors of the Pacific reserve fleet involved in the destruction of IWW and Socialists property in Seattle on July 17 18, identifying the culprits if possible while condemning civilians who abused sailors and the American flag.
Vernon I. Whitney of Iowa governor of Jolo was attacked by Moros but escaped with five barong wounds. He probably will recover, and he killed both assailants after a struggle.
During fleet maneuvers west of Hvea island the Swedish battleship Oden collided with and sank the gunboat Urd. All hands aboard the gunboat were saved as the incident was promptly reported by naval authorities.
Beginning September 9, confirmation classes are scheduled for ages 12-16 at 4 15 pm and for those over 16 at 7 30 pm. The church council meets September 1 in regular session. New members may join during Sunday services on September 7 after council approval, by baptism, confirmation, faith confession, or letter. Tomorrow Miss Hartman speaks at M E Church for the Woman's Home Missionary Society, then lectures in Chappell. Regular services will be held this evening.
Letters discuss early grasshopper growth and preventive farming. Plowing in fall reduces eggs and numbers. A hopper dozer built from sheet iron and kerosene kills grasshoppers by contact. A US Bureau of Entomology recommendation uses the criddle poisoned bait from horse manure, salt, and green parts, touted for lower unintended animal impact.
Hastings Neb Aug 20 Mrs Stella Riordan and Miss Stella Riordan mother and daughter of Mrs C F Morey, wife of a prominent attorney, perished in the State of California sinking. Body of Mrs Riordan recovered. Miss Riordan not found. They had left Hastings for Alaska three weeks ago.
Beatrice Nebraska August 20 officers of the Lincoln Telegraph and Telephone company met with local telephone men to discuss merging the two systems with a target consolidation date of September 1. The plan anticipates most Home phones switching to the consolidated network during the first week of September.
A cautious warning about taking others at their word. The speaker argues that even a man who advises patience may not practice it himself, citing the book agent as an example of duplicity or inconsistent conduct. This remark invites readers to examine motives before following guidance.
In Sherbrooke Quebec on August 28 Superior Court Judge Globensky granted a discontinuance of the writ of habeas corpus keeping Harry K. Thaw, fugitive from Matteawan, in the Sherbrooke jail to be dealt with by law. The ruling followed a morning decision that Canadian counsel for New York state could not participate. A packed court celebrated with cheers and Thaw bowed to the crowd as British flag chants rang out.
Secretary McAdoo announced a $46.5 million allotment of the $50 million government farm loan fund for western and southern banks to aid crop marketing. Western states receive $24.7 million with listed depositories in Denver Chicago Des Moines Minneapolis and more, while the south gets $21.8 million.
Seven corn grades for commercial corn were announced by the agriculture department. A formal Washington hearing will be held late September to hear objections before final adoption. Rules include white corn at 98 percent minimum for grades 1 through 5, yellow corn at 95 percent minimum, and mixed color corn allowed within color limits. Musty or inferior samples must be noted on inspector tickets and sample grades. Finely broken corn includes particles passing a 8x8 sieve and badly cracked pieces through a 4-4 sieve.
In San Francisco on August 28 a full jury was sworn to try EF. Drew Caminetti on charges under the Mann white slave traffic act. The indictment accuses him of transporting Lola Norris from Sacramento to Reno for minoral purposes as the government begins presenting its case and testimony.
J B Creighton founder of the town of Creighton Missouri and noted financier and railway president dies at Wichita while visiting his daughter Mrs I D Wallis. He was ninety four.
A Sterling Colorado resident, S Diffendarfer, praises Doan's Kidney Pills for a permanent back pain cure and restored kidney function. The testimonial claims the remedy eliminated misery, normalized secretions, and cured him, with Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as sole US agents. For sale everywhere at 50 cents.
J. C. Livoni, an insurance man, departed last Saturday for western Wyoming, a region famed as a mecca for those seeking relief from hay fever.
Whitemound Wis merchant W D Magli bought a stock of Chamberlains medicines to supply customers. After receiving them he fell ill and declares one small bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more to him than his whole stock. For sale by all dealers.
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