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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
8
A wealthy investor notes a boy’s filial duty and honesty and decides to assist him without giving money. He praises the boy’s conduct, recalls his own frugal winter comforts, and unexpectedly gifts plush ear muffs as a token of good will. The scene underscores generosity tied to character and respectability.
Box Butte County officials contest a Burlington assessment of land improvements totaling 192734 dollars after the board overruled an assessor’s report. The company appealed to district court, which ordered the board’s action nullified. Other items include return charges on farm implements, adjutant general Hall’s guard inspection, new colored troop proposal at Alliance, and a three to twelve year Primrose bank robbery sentence. Local railway disputes and fire safety notes accompany the report.
A poem urges keeping a post office to know everyone in town deeply. It argues such staff would learn names, kin, pets, habits, sins, and personal details from chiefs to common residents, and be tempted to hold all in trust until overwhelmed by knowledge.
Omaha reports at the annual Farmers Cooperative convention J S Canaday of Minden urged state development of water power to supply electricity to farms and towns. He proposed a state plant funded by users and cited Loup river and Niobrara as prime sites. He favored public development over private sale of water rights. Albion court sentenced Hugh Sims to 3 to 12 years for bank robbery and Carl Carsten to 3 to 10 years after pleading guilty in the Primrose State bank case.
Mrs. Louis Scheutz of Simla and her daughter Mrs. Creta Poole of Denver spent Wednesday shopping and visiting Mrs. Carl Burke in town. Scheutz returned home Thursday while Poole traveled to Cheyenne to visit her husband s family.
Sidney Drug Co offers self filling pens starting at 1.50. Customers can choose from a range of styles and brands as a practical gift option for men. Stock includes durable metal bodies and smooth ink flow for everyday use.
An advertisement urges avoiding sedative cough medicines and endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the solution for colds. It claims the product clears germs that cause pneumonia, contains no morphine or sedatives, and carries a worldwide reputation. For sale by all dealers.
Cheyenne County Nebraska publishes a detailed 1914 estimate for books blanks and stationery for county officers. The list itemizes binders ledgers record books and many office supplies with quantities and formats required for bids due January 1 1914.
Professor Wilhelm Miller of the University of Illinois told the state horticulture society convention that improved landscape gardening will raise farm and home values by millions of gold. He cited Illinois farms near Champaign as examples of the value boost from better grounds and design.
Omaha on December 16 Charles Belangee was sentenced by Judge Lear to six months in the county jail and a $500 fine for contempt of court and for allegedly offering money to a juror to influence the derision.
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