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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
2
An essay noted farmers increasingly buy autos, sparking concern over pedestrian life as rural residents swap horses for buzz-wagons. The piece contrasts historical empire glories with modern mobility and argues for humane treatment of animals taught in Chicago public schools to foster citizenship and kindness.
The article notes kings and princes joining flight with a California professor’s freight airship aimed at cross continental service. It reports rising auto accidents, a Connecticut case where a negligent driver gets a year in jail, and a 32 percent drop in idle cars signaling improving prosperity. Halley’s comet is seen as a omen for King Alfonso.
Brigadier General Daniel H. Rucker retired is the oldest living U S Army officer and the oldest man in U S military service history He has lived through nearly every presidential administration since Washington and remains active in Washington walking daily and riding streetcars A life insurance misstep prompted a heated clash over a death claim with the insurer and he refused payment after finding the notice insulting He remains fiercely angered by the incident informing friends that only jokingly would they mention it.
President Taft selects Judge Horace Lurton to fill the vacancy caused by Rufus Peckham's death. Lurton has served on the sixth circuit and earlier Tennessee supreme court, with a war record from the Civil War and later rapid rise in law. He was born in Kentucky in 1844 and appointed to the U.S. bench in 1893.
Canadian optimism grows that the Dominion may become a republic independent of England with Sir Wilfrid Laurier as head. Debates rage over defense plans including a Canadian navy, pay scales, and direct parliament control.
Henri Pruger, seven years GM of Hotel Savoy London, becomes general manager of New York City’s Cafe de l Opera at a $50,000 salary. The restaurant occupies a full Broadway building between Forty-second and Forty-first streets. Pruger says American hotels and restaurants are among the finest and aims to add a brilliant new venue with top European chefs and lavish furnishings.
United States Forest Service experiments at Wallowa National Forest Oregon show sheep, under proper grazing, help reseed mountain bunch grass Festuca viridula. Three methods used with mixed drought outcomes. grazing twice by sheep improves seedling depth and density versus brush methods.
A humorous exchange questions the nature of Jim’s horse with a playful mislabeling, concluding it is “a plain mule” due to its constant kicking.
Henry Searle of Little Rock Arkansas describes twelve months of severe itch and rash on ankles feet arms and scalp. After trying hospital treatment and many remedies he was cured by two or three applications of Cuticura Ointment used with Cuticura Soap and Pills, per the Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston advertisement.
The piece recalls a worn chair in a home where the narrator relives sorrowful memories. Each night the milkman moves the furniture and the speaker trips on the rocker, triggering a flood of bitter recollections and a mood of heavy gloom.
A witty exchange from Pearson's Weekly contrasts heart trouble linked to smoking with a jab about black eyes from meddling. The quip frames health habits and personal boundaries with sly humor.
A modest man in the back of the hall stands and says I’ve shot woodpeckers as the lecturer proclaims that no one has prevented forest destruction. The exchange shows contrasting views on conservation in the audience.
A philosopher compares willpower to lift a heavy weight, noting breaking lifelong habits can require heroic effort. An Indiana reader recounts coffee caused dyspepsia, says Postum cured her breakfast ills, and urges readers to see The Road to Wellville. The letter concludes that these testimonials are genuine and human-interest filled.
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