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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1914
Page
2
A reader notes many in Sidney have chronic appendicitis mistaken for stomach issues. The ad touts Adlerika with buckthorn bark and glycerine as a German remedy that delivers quick, single-dose relief lasting instantly for gas, sour stomach, and constipation.
An advertisement urges parents not to give opium based medicines to children for coughs colds or croup and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe opium free alternative for both children and adults. It claims long experience proves its safety and effectiveness and notes it is available through ad dealers.
President Wilson rescinds last year’s ban on exporting munitions to Mexico, placing constitutionalists and federal forces on equal footing. The move aims to let Mexico settle its conflict from internal forces, with the United States pursuing neutrality and avoiding foreign intervention while stabilizing property and foreign obligations. Rebels in Juarez greet the decision with relief as American residents in Mexico City prepare to move to the coast.
Kansas farmers can buy binder twine at manufacturing cost. The penitentiary twine plant has produced profits for the state and will raise output due to a record crop. The prison board fixes prices to benefit farmers directly, with last year yielding about $50,000 in state profits.
Joseph Cassidy former Democratic boss of Queens County and William Willett were sentenced to one year and six months in Sing Sing plus a $1000 fine. Lonis T. Walter received three months and a $1000 fine. Willett paid a bribe to Cassidy for a Supreme Court nomination. Walter acted as go-between. Funeral services for ex Senator Cullom were held in the hall of representatives at Springfield. Rev Duncan Macleod delivered the sermon with eulogies by Governor Dunne Senator Sherman and Clinton Conkling.
Sheriff NDP Maine faces murder charges tied to a prisoner s death during an escape at Hiawatha Kansas. Prisoners Wallace and Phillips attacked their jailer. Phillips is in danger. Other items mention longshot federal appointments by President Wilson and a jail term for Littauer and Tudus N Titauer for smuggling. Ex congressman Murphy found dead in Rolla Missouri of heart disease.
Indications point to lively water power construction on the Loup river as spring opens. David City reports already securing a large contract from the Nebraska Power company for canal headquarters and intake work, with a big force of men and teams. The January report shows $1,500 spent on labor and material, up from prior levels. $500,000 in 6 percent gold bonds were delivered for the Genoa dam. Commonwealth Power, rival to Nebraska, has made little move, with labor and material figures near former levels.
The court confronts a man accused of bigamy, facing the charge that while married to one woman, he wed three others. The accused responds, arguing that four marriages do not prove happiness or virtue.
A brief note cites the phrase go without saying among items not to study. The reference appears in Puck magazine highlighting a remark about language among deaf mutes.
An old market ad promises a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes a testimonial from F J Cheney & Co and endorsements by The National Banks of Commerce Toledo. The cure is taken internally and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces with a 75 cent per bottle price. Sales claptrap mentions constipation remedies and other products.
The Department of Agriculture reports campaigns in Indiana Missouri Iowa and Nebraska to control hog cholera using antihog cholera serum and farm quarantines. In Pettis County Missouri losses fell from 18 percent in 1911 and 25.6 percent in 1912 to 14.7 percent by November 1913 after serum use and quarantines. About 60,000 hogs were raised. only about 1,000 died after serum and quarantine measures began. The serum cures many early and can render recovered hogs immune, with mortality high if untreated. The campaign relies on inspectors, temperature checks, serum inoculation, and creating immune zones around outbreaks. The disease spreads via hogs, birds, dogs, streams, and even on human feet, making thorough campaign essential.
Henrys M Pindell of Peoria announced his refusal of the Russia ambassadorship after senate investigations. President Wilson accepted the decline in a regretful letter. Rumors pointed to Charles R Crane of Chicago as a possible replacement after a luncheon with the president.
The note cites Shakespearean representation of Cleopatra as a hunger strike claimant, insisting she will eat no meat drink no water or sleep while captive, declaring she will not wait pinned at Caesar's court, as recorded by Argonuit.
A note on measuring medicine showing teaspoons fail to be precise as doses vary from sixty to ninety minims, risking inaccurate administration and safety concerns.
A Baltimore American quip highlights grafting as the sure path to plenty of good plums. The exchange pairs a practical horticulturist urging grafting with a pragmatic political confidant agreeing, underscoring practical advice in everyday discourse.
At the fifth annual League of Nebraska Municipalities convention President George F Wolz of Fremont urged passage of municipal laws enabling smaller towns to use home rule and fund park amusements from the general fund. He noted a winter law authorizing bonds for heating and lighting plants and called for park law amendments.
A reflection on how delaying decisions wastes time and energy. The author argues that choosing immediately, with a small willpower effort, frees the future from accumulated obligations and repeated delays.
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