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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
3
A reported sketch from Woman's Home Companion describes Little Marion who copes with extreme poverty by imagining several companions and a large doll family. Her mother overhears a wistful scene where Marion quotes a visitor and laments poverty while joking about spanking her babies to keep them warm.
A collage of old jokes and quips about marriage, employment for a wife, and witty exchanges. Includes a Bohemian Rule of Three snippet and a governess riddle about housework. The humor touches on dating, waiting for a divorced woman, and playful banter among Boston women and a deceased writer.
A Cleveland Leader humor column quotes a dialogue on costs of illness and a punchline about kleptomania. The exchange contrasts expenses of a chronic disease with the jokey claim that one person’s trouble is kleptomania.
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch item notes humor about a writer claiming wit as work and jokes about nearing his 400th motor novel, signaling a light literary aside rather than a formal feature.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a man in a stern declaring he will rock the boat while another cautions against it. The speaker mentions an unloaded pistol in his jeans as a possible discharge.
A Kansas City Star tale recalls William Winslow Sherman the elderly banker who faced a masked burglar. Sherman offered calm terms and negotiated cash to avoid violence, finally paying $8 for the burglar to depart after inspecting the thief’s habits. The exchange ends with Sherman receiving $2 change from a $10 bill.
Legal summaries address property rights in public spaces and services. They include limits on moving buildings along streets with electrified railways, upper berth control in sleeping cars, theater ticket resale bans, hospital discharges, hotel innkeeper liability, and lunch wagon placements in streets.
In Everybody's TIederic Thompson notes that American amusement parks involve vast investment and ongoing costs. He cites Dreamland Coney Island at 2.5 million, Riverview and White City near a million each, and Tuna Park at 2.49 million. Annual expenses soar toward a million, with a four month season and heavy show-related outlays including animal costs and salaries.
The guide describes filling cracks and dents in wood, using softened white tissue paper mixed with glue into a paste. Ochers are added to color match the wood, then calcined magnesia is incorporated. The paste is forced into cracks and pressed firmly to create a smooth surface.
A fragment references Lang and a talk at the Seashore Resort about keeping the idea down on Sundays and waves as the only breakers. A line notes every man desires wealth and delays saving efforts until next month.
A British steamer Sardinia bound for Alexandria from Liverpool caught fire at Valetta harbor. Amid rough seas and strong tides, Captain Charles Littler and First Officer Frank Watson perished at their posts. Over fifty bodies recovered and about seventy rescued. many Arab pilgrims burned or drowned.
Captain A E Mueller and J K Hutchison rode the racing balloon United States as it traversed twenty five miles over cactus and sand in Ehrenberg Arizona. A fierce wind dragged the car for miles forcing occupants to cling to rigging and endure injuries before the gas escaped and the flight ended. Indians on the nearby reservation watched in trepidation as the craft crashed into the desert after the Bendix rope broke. The basket left a furrow and the collapsed balloon lay far from the landing site on the desert sands.
In Omaha Nebraska the Charles E Davis murder trial for killing Dr Fredrick Austin will begin next Monday. Defense counsel says insanity will not be part of the case despite prior patient history and a brother’s interview. J W Woodrough asserts insanity not a defense factor.
Winnipeg authorities lodge protest with Montana officials over opposition to shipping the Pablo herd buffalo to Canada. Commissioner Douglas alleges someone opened a rear end of the corral, letting 260 buffalo escape after weeks of effort to recapture them.
Mme Steinheil confesses naming Alexandre Wolff as her husband’s killer. Wolff denies guilt and cites an alibi. Mme Steinheil is jailed amid new suspicions tying the case to powerful political figures and a broader Paris scandal.
In Buchanan Georgia a group of suspected professional gate blowers dynamited a bank vault and were cornered in a house two miles from Dallas by the sheriff and a citizen posse. The criminals fired on officers, exchange of gunfire occurred, and more men were reported en route to the scene.
In Fremont Nebraska workmen at a foundry near quitting time left hot moldings too close to a wooden partition. The wood ignited and a blaze illuminated the shop before the fire department responded. Damage was about fifty dollars.
Washington reports that the Justice Department filed a certiorari petition in the 29 million dollar Standard Oil dispute, arguing the case raises constitutional questions and discusses the certiorari and certificate routes to the Supreme Court. Attorney General Bonaparte notes the processes and asserts the court could review the record via either path.
HastingsNebraska claims the Intercollegiate Nebraska title but will meet Bellevue or Doane to settle the dispute. Only Hastings allowed a single score in the series a Bellevue field goal. Hastings beat Doane ten days earlier and Doane beat Bellevue last week. Bellevue and Hastings have one loss each. Hastings may play the University of Nebraska second team on Thanksgiving weekend.
A fire at the state industrial school west of Kearney destroyed the horse barn early this morning. Twenty four horses perished and seven buggies burned as the basement stalls filled with smoke. The 35000 loss is uninsured. The fire started in the basement around 3 a.m. unknown cause. electric power had been cut at 10. Firefighters fought the blaze as the watchman reported no problems minutes before the outbreak.
The Mount Desert carrying 450 passengers in dense fog was struck by the fruit steamer Admiral Dewey. The Dewey's bow tore a hole in Mount Desert's paddle box and grounded on the east bank near Coney Island. Passengers were transferred to safety at Ulmer Park as both vessels continued to the shore.
A headon crash between two Darlington freight trains a mile west of Red Cloud Neb this morning killed Engineer George Bret holoma and Fireman Donald Snake of the east bound train. Cr Lichtenberg head brakeman suffered a broken leg while the west bound crew escaped with no injuries. Heavy fog contributed to the accident.
A series of brief Nebraska notes covers Carl Hoff moving from Colfar to Boone county to rent a farm, Thomas Betz returning to North Bend, and Ponca’s Comercial hotel set to reopen. Schuyler Fox injures himself unloading oil at Randolph. Will Edgell sells in Rushville and buys in Lincoln county. Primrose pharmacist James McClintock gains license. Fremont Thanksgiving services shift to 7:30 pm. BE. W. Pupeka plans sale and relocation to Lincoln county. Freebury store in Cortland burns with $18,000 stock loss and unknown fire cause. Williard Matthews may move to Lincoln after fire. John Stull house near Waterbury burns with family away. Credit trustees appointed in Ponca bankruptcy case. Local saloon talks and campaign committee reports filed. Cortland merchants identify thefts in Beatrice. Rev. George W. Hummell aims for $1,000 corn prize. ears with 972 kernels shown. Dodge county corn show expected success in Fremont with many prizes. Rushville telegram reports son William very sick in Omaha. Dickens area yields rising corn. future shipments planned. Mead ow Grove fight leaves Orr Williams bruised after a dice dispute.
Installation work on the steam and hot water plants at the Colfax County Farm is nearly complete while the new Callaway high school building is finished except for the heating plant. Humboldigs to run a second slavery barn by Mason Shurtleff following a sale of the pavillion barn, which has already opened. The barn will be kept ready for stock sales.
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