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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1915
Page
5
In Cheyenne County Nebraska a county court hearing is set for January 22 1915 to review J R Shoemakers final executor account and discharge. Notice to interested parties will be published in The Telegraph for three weeks before the hearing. Also probate notices to creditors in Heath estate schedule two claim meeting dates January 18 1916 and June 16 1916 with four week publication.
A Wall Street Journal anecdote recalls an American businessman seeking urgent freight through a Russian port. A box of cigars prompts the official to demand payments, each time prompting another “blave another cigar” remark. Eventually goods are promised for tomorrow.
A collection of brief sayings and folk humor reflecting everyday speech. The items include a biblical proverb about gentleness and a humorous misquote about liking biscuits, illustrating casual editorial flavor in the Baltimore American.
The administrator of Wheeler W Heath deceased will attend before the County Judge of Cheyenne County Nebraska at the county court room on January 18 1916 and June 16 1916 at 10 oclock am to present claims for examination adjustment and allowance. Creditors have six months to file claims and one year for the administrator to settle from December 13 1915. The notice will be published in the Sidney Telegraph for four weeks prior to January 18 1916. Witness my hand and seal of said 1915.
Portland cement is made from ground clay or shale and limestone heated in kilns to clinker. Pulverized clinker forms a gray powder used in building. The fineness test requires at least 75 percent pass through a No 200 sieve. the finest fraction provides the true cementing value, as unpassed particles are too large to act as cement.
Research revises the Aztec term teona ufacatl for a sacred intoxicant once mistaken for a mushroom. The narcotic Lophophora williamsii, known as peyote or mescal button, is used in American Indian religious ceremonies. Early writers described two forms, one resembling a mushroom and the other as devil's root.
A New York Telegram excerpt critiques De Quincey as strange yet balanced, noting failing self restraint and inappropriate emotion, contrasted with his deep thought, tragic feeling, and occasional eloquent insight. The piece highlights his tendency to mix slang with grand style, yet acknowledges his notable intellectual subtleties.
Breslau shows a long history of shifting sovereignties from a bishop’s seat in the eleventh century to Poland, then an independent duchy, John of Bohemia in 1335, Bohemian rule in 1490, Habsburg control, and Hohenzollern Prussian governance. It briefly fell to Austria and France in Napoleonic days, returning to Prussia afterward.
The average daily field ration of the United States army lists Bacon 12 ounces or fresh meat 20 ounces Bread 18 ounces Beans 2.4 ounces Potatoes 20 ounces Prunes or preserves 1.28 ounces Coffee 1.12 ounces Sugar 3.2 ounces Evaporated milk 5 ounces Vinegar .16 gill Salt .64 ounce Pepper .04 ounce Lard .61 ounce Butter 0 ap once.
A witty Birmingham Age-Herald quip contrasts public figures peak fame with decline. A defeated candidate notes that being at the zenith means one is about to hit the toboggan, implying an impending fall from popularity.
A New York Sun quip contrasts marriage duration with habits and home life. Kuicker asks how to gauge years together while Bocker notes indicators such as whether she wants him to quit smoking for health finances or the curtains.
A brief note from the Wignate editor in the Kansas City Journal indicates a caller was given two minutes to present a proposition, reflecting a curt and decisive newsroom habit. The setting suggests a brisk, no-nonsense exchange typical of the era.
A description notes Iguazu Falls in South America as more than twice as wide as Niagara and towering fifty feet higher, marking it as one of the continent’s great natural wonders.
A brief dialogue pairs Marjorie and a skeptical speaker with a judge nearby. The exchange questions belief and self-claim. A quote from Charles Wagner notes a man acting for wages may produce poor work.
St Patrick's Church holds Mass at 9 on Sundays and an evening service at 7 30 with Saturday instruction at 2. Danish Lutheran Church south of Potter offers Bible class and Sunday school at 10 30. Services are 11 on the first three Sundays monthly with young people's and ladies meetings on Sundays. all Scandinavians welcome. Pastor Chr Folce Danish Evangel Lutheran.
GoH Miller pastor announces Bible school at 10 am every Lord's Day with preaching and communion at 11. Miss Mabel Wallick oversees Junior Endeavor at 2:30 and Mrs. G. R. Miller Senior Endeavor at 6:45 with preaching at 7:45. Prayer services Wednesday at 7:30, choir Thursday 7:30, Missionary Society second Tuesday, Priscilla club first Friday, Triangle club biweekly Saturdays with Miss Miller supervising.
TheTriangles Club will meet Saturday January 8 with Miss Miller. All members urged to bring dues and items for the charity box to send to Mississippi.
The club meets Friday January seventh with Mrs Charles Boggs as hostess. Everyone is invited and members are especially urged to be present.
The Christmas program at the Methodist Church drew a very large crowd and was well enjoyed. Decorations centered on the manger and tree with many presents. Over 200 treats were given to scholars and visitors. Next Sunday services include morning and evening preaching on Another Opportunity and New Year Resolutions. Sunday School at 10:00 AM Epworth League at 6:30 PM. Prayer meeting Thursday at Brother Jacob Eckert's home. Everyone is welcome.
A watch night meeting is scheduled at the Methodist Church on Friday evening with the program starting around nine o clock. Families or a single representative should bring a pie of any kind, pumpkin or cream.
Blackwell's Island, once Hog Island, was bought by New York City for 50000 pounds from Robert Blackwell. Manning, who married the captain’s daughter, helped shape its early ownership as English rule changed. The island later passed to Manning’s family and was sold to the city in 1838, serving various correctional and charitable institutions since.
A historical note stresses that changing air once or twice daily is insufficient and ventilating an unoccupied room fails to refresh air promptly. It contends that even with few occupants, closed rooms quickly become stale and that ventilation must be most active while people are present.
In the Washington Star quote exchange, Mr Dustin Stax says poverty is no disgrace while Mr Groweher adds that poverty resembles wealth in one respect the respect it garners hinges on how it was acquired.
The piece recalls Daniel Webster’s reputation as orator and statesman while noting his prophetic error in opposition to an Independence Missouri to Columbia River mail route. It cites his quip about a “worthless area” and a “coast of 3,000 miles” as he refused public funds to bring the Pacific coast closer to Boston, as reported by Exchange.
A Victorian account depicts native Indian traders as keen but scrupulous in low-margin commerce. It describes packing-box profits, landlords from shipping crates, and multi-use spaces with silversmiths, shirt makers, and merchants. The piece notes tiny incomes, shared pipes at nickels, and suggests the market deserves attention.
In our courtship days my husband was always careful to help me into a bogey or street car. Friends prophesied that after marriage he would let me enter first. He has continued this thoughtful courtesy through twenty five years of marriage, and now the prophecy seems fulfilled as our automobile is a left hand drive. Mrs J C Ko in Chicago Tribune.
Henry J Estabrook of New York and longtime Nebraska resident is urged as a potential 1916 Republican presidential nominee. A forward leadership campaign has opened in Omaha at the Rome hotel to promote his candidacy as national organizing begins.
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