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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1904
Page
3
Jack Travers learns from Smithers that Senor Roblado works for the Spanish government. A planned coup targets rebel leaders Gomez Macco Garcia with Roblado and Col. Spencer tasked to bring Gomez to Havana. Travers weighs danger as conspirators move under Cuban skies.
Jack stalls on the Lola mystery while awaiting Smithers. He dines with Lola and endures delays as he worries for news to clarify the business in hand. Lola entertains with music as he has learned a few Spanish phrases during his Texas border days.
A Maine trapper discloses a winter fox hunting method to the Maine Woods. He corners foxes by daylight, fires at night from a portable hide, and uses bait to lure multiple animals. He reports earning 200 to 300 dollars each fall and describes a concealed two person shelter with a gun port and sun glass.
Dr Philps Hawk of the University of Dennsylvania reports tests on athletes showing swimming and water polo yield the largest rise in red blood cells. Across events from 100 yards to water polo, gains ranged from 9 to 27 percent, with swimming averaging 21 percent versus 17 percent for short distance running.
A Columba Herald report describes deputy game warden Heyl confronting Mrs. Edgerton of South Sixth Street Columbus about a buzzard kept at her home. The bird, once a pet, was confined in a coal shed when the warden arrived and later taken away. An affidavit accuses Edgerton of possessing a buzzard without proper captivity permits as of May 6, 1902.
A Pittsburg Post verse recalls a yarn from northern Illinois in 1842 about a man who claimed he could have bought Chicago for a single jug of rum. The tale ends with the grandfather noting the myth and the lasting encounter with the idea of what might have been.
Mrs Katé Upson Clark argues happiness for a genius comes from not marrying. She says a poet's wife loses interest after the first week and a genius must endure conflict as near gossiping neighbors fail to share his deep feelings. He shows insanity through constant emotion.
A Kentucky colonel at the Arena recounts a famous family feud now with a single survivor. He jokes about needing clergymen in Kentucky to read burial rites for the dead, as quoted from the New York Times.
An English house party devised a game testing smelling powers with numbered bottles of cloves gin eucalyptus sherry and other groceries. Participants identify each essence and try to distinguish brands such as brandy or whisky. A woman won this effort to recapture a sense once mastered by man.
Tecumseh merchants report strong holidays trade while Dodge county employs many teachers. A Wardy hotel fire at Lathrop and a Fremont Normal College blaze tested operations. Oil inspection revenue totals 38954.40 from kerosene and gasoline. Jail bounds John R. Lucas for murder. Charles Field suicides at Crete. Straussville Farmers Elevator under construction aiming to bypass grain buyers. Legal rulings in Long Pine erase a marriage. Beatrice Creamery chief Haskell slated to return to Lincoln.Alcorn eye injury leads to removal of damaged eye. Humboldt officials confront a bucket shop scheme. Callaway jumper survives after frost on platform. Holt county Sheriff Hall lauds Bernard McGreevy capture in Arizona. Seed corn talks and farm institute focus on crop care. Nebraska statue gift to Lincoln planned. Kinkaid amendments debated in Congress with grazing land proposals.
State statistics show male teachers received 572 728 20 this year down from last year while female salaries rose to 2 633 108 10 from 2 313 469 19. Total teachers 9 714 versus 9 309, with more women employed, Douglas County male pay 29 834 87 and female 386 971 88 in 1904.
The estate of Robert Hawks, deceased, filed for probate fifteen years ago in the county court, has been settled and closed. It was one of the largest probate filings and spawned many lawsuits.
Mrs. William Ronda tried to kill herself following a quarrel with her husband. She fired a revolver into her left breast with the bullet lodging under the right shoulder blade, and doctors doubt she will recover.
Lincoln reports at the St Louis exposition Nebraska placed second to Colorado in the horticultural exhibit and earned more than 600 premiums across all departments.
Lincoln reports Rev P C Johnson will serve as chaplain at the state penitentiary starting January 1 following an announcement by Governor Mickey. Chaplain Walter K Williams announced his resignation to the governor just before the election.
G L Shumway of Scotts Bluff proposes an $85,000 power plant on the North Platte river in Gering with 400 horsepower capacity. He filed a water application with the State Board of Irrigation for milling and manufacturing use. A ditch miles long would be dug to conduct the water to the site, and a company has been formed to complete the work.
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