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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
6
Report from Clearfield Pennsylvania describes a white albino bear seen twice since hunting season opened north of Karthaus and near Clinton county. Locals, including hunter Smoke, fear and superstition grow, while some residents fear the creature could be a ghostly omen.
Plans for two Belfast built White Star steamers Olympic and Titanic reveal 45000 ton ships with 840 foot length, four funnels, private bath cabins, flats for home like Atlantic crossing, ballroom deck, grillroom, sun garden and a seaside cafe. Displacement 60000 tons, capacity over 5000, speed target 21 knots, cost about 20 million dollars, expected spring 1911.
The Retail Merchants' association of St. Paul establishes headquarters at 99 East Sixth Street in the shopping district to lead a campaign promoting shopping reform and consumer protections.
The Zeigler arctic expedition reports to a Gothenburg butter firm by letter from Cape Flora Spitzbergen that it located a case of butter deposited for the Andree balloon expedition. Despite being over a decade old the butter remains in excellent condition.
Poet Charles Keeler is erecting an open air theater in a natural hollow near his Claremont home. The site seats about 500 with a stone stage and tiered seating carved from the ground. He plans to stage his plays and those of friends, with a rustic bridge entrance and a planned night production.
George Wendell town marshal of Hope paid 25 cents for raw oysters and found a pearl valued at 100 dollars by local jewelers. News of the find spurred a rush that exhausted oysters at nearby stores where the pearl was discovered.
Miss Binnie Clark spoke at the National Union of Women Workers conference in Portsmouth about English women investing in Canadian land. She described farming 330 acres, running 14 horses and cattle, and turning a profit in four seasons, urging more free land grants for women and domestic work in Canada.
Mrs A C Milliken of Pottsville travelers toward Trinidad and up the Orinoco to seek the grave of her son Dr Joshua Rhodes Milliken who died of black fever in 1908. She plans a three year wait to bring back the body under Venezuelan law.
In Livingston New Jersey farmers brace for a harsh winter as John Campbell predicts trouble due to many hickory nuts and few chestnuts. He also notes the disappearance of the squirrel from its usual haunts, claiming it hides its winter cache a day early.
Bloomington’s Justice William Hendryx runs a famed marriage parlor claiming the world’s record for most couples wed. He says his method creates hypnotic bonds and he often marries five couples in a day, with ceremonies in lion dens and balloons above Chicago.
A folk remedy claims to cure coughs and accelerate cold recovery using two ounces glycerine half-ounce Virgin Os of Pine compound pure and eight ounces pure whisky. The recipe is marketed as easy to prepare at home and is endorsed by the Leach Chemical Co of Cincinnati which supplies the Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure.
The exchange features a hunter called Poor Bill and a keeper noting Bill's shot makes an unearthly row and that he lacks a musical voice, in a terse rural dialogue.
A Yukon Oklahoma parent describes a two year old boy suffering a severe rash with blistering and intense itching for three months. After trial of doctors, recovery came after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with no symptoms since. Data cites J W Lauck August 28 and September 17 1908. Potter Drug & Chemical Corp Boston props.
Artists, billposters, printers, paper makers and anti tuberculosis groups unite in a national drive directed by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Free space and printing, paper, and sketches are donated as posters nine by seven feet in multiple colors may reach a million pasted up. Total value could exceed two million dollars if paid at commercial rates.
The article recalls Dr Thorold hosting a school prize ceremony for the London school board. In his opening remarks he gently asked which was the largest island before Australia’s discovery. When the pupils could not answer, he quipped that Australia was the largest island all along, provoking laughter.
A Boston educator recovering from nervous exhaustion credits Grape-Nuts with resolving constipation and boosting brain power and physical condition. She describes a breakfast of raw egg with four spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and hot liquid, and notes improved health and vitality. The letter invites readers to the book The Road to Wellville and ends with a sales tagline.
Nick Altrock joked at a hotel breakfast that buckwheat cakes remind him of baseball, saying the batter doesn’t always hit. Jiggs Donahue asked about playing football as a boy, and Altrock replied he only did so when he stubbed his toe.
The Western Stock Show in Denver runs January 8 to 15, 1910. During the week the 13th Annual Convention of the American National Live Stock Association meets January 11 to 13, and the Beef Producers’ Association of America holds its initial annual meeting. Colorado & Southern offers a one fare round trip from all Colorado points with tickets on sale January 9 to 14 and final return January 17.
The Colorado Apple Exposition runs January 3 to 8 at the Denver Auditorium with a round trip fare from all Colorado points by the Colorado & Southern railway. Tickets go on sale January 2 and 3. Final entry January 10, 1910.
The Century mourns the sudden death of Richard Watson Gilder, longtime editor in chief for twenty eight years and a formative force in poetry and prose. His scrupulous character, broad sympathy, and useful instinct shaped the magazine and inspired readers and colleagues across the nation.
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