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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1901
Page
3
In a moonlit pursuit at the Grange, Doctor Drake traps a burglar who descends from a window. Neville helps but is injured. the burglar escapes onto cliff ledges and falls to the shore after a failed leap, leaving preparations for pursuit and rescue.
Janetta Howard learns her brother Neville is dead after a burglary gone wrong. Police carry Neville to the Mortimers’ home while Doctor Drake and Clarice tend to the wounded and console Janetta. Clarice plans Janetta’s recovery as she and Janetta prepare to travel for Janetta’s sake.
Six months have passed as Clarice Seymour and Janetta sit on the Alhambra wall in Grenada. They overlook the Moorish palace ruins and the rolling hillside that drops to the plain, with the Sierra Nevada visible in the distance.
Odd dishes appear at many social gatherings as hostesses experiment with flavored teas using rock candy and maraschino cherries. A young hostess marketed flavor extracts through her tea service, adding vanilla lemon almond and orange flavors with whipped cream to create sustained interest and boost flavoring firms.
After King Humbert was assassinated Italians chase lottery luck using numbers tied to his life. The popular guess is 56 10 49, with a stake multiplier of 4250. Some seek 56 10 49 73, though a 60 000x payout looms if 56 10 49 78 hits. Milan drawing yielded 55 10 48 72, thrilling hopeful gamblers to persevere.
Lincoln notes the stalled United States Senate election with Republicans urged to focus on real state issues. The piece details party loyalties, internal rivalries, and a brewing shift toward electing two loyal Republican senators. It also recounts Thomas Kearns’ rise from modest beginnings to wealth and political influence.
State legislative committees visiting Hastings asylum reported all wards full and inmates rising yearly. Supervisors Kern and Haverly led the tour as the Ways and Means Senate, Public Lands and Buildings House, and Insane Asylums House committees examined facilities and praised cleanliness and order, urging expansion at the earliest date.
Some argue two termers learn the ropes and push through measures, while others warn they may misuse power. The debate centers on whether a second term improves efficiency or increases potential harm by seasoned legislators.
Mrs. Storyenburg widow of the fallen colonel acknowledges a gift from the First Nebraska regiment amounting to just over 200 dollars. She expresses gratitude and blesses the regiment’s brave comrades who followed her husband’s lead in the Philippines campaign.
A remark on how many sightseers and drinkers outside Cork have encountered numerous drawings of the city, noting familiarity without visiting. The line suggests curiosity about Cork’s prominence in imagery beyond its shores.
The legislator Sprecher is often mistaken for a preacher due to his black suit and earnest expressions. His big white hat adds to the clerical impression as he pushes a board of control bill for state institutions without constitutional amendments.
Ed Royce of Broken Bow traveled to Washington as a Nebraska presidential elector with the full electors group. The Nebraska delegation met President McKinley and received honors while in the capital. Royce now serves as secretary of the state banking board.
Congressman Mercer writes from Washington that strong capital interest surrounds the Nebraska contest. Daily balloting watches for changes while Nebraskans in the capital expect no senator for weeks. Mercer pushes his work to return to the scene when the deadlock looks ready to break.
State Treasurer Stuefer has quietly invested $45,532 of the permanent school fund in state warrants. He paid a premium of one per cent part of the time and one-half per cent the rest and secured most warrants in sight. Once a bill moves to transfer the sinking fund to the general fund, he plans a call for $100,000 of state warrants.
Co. E. Watson of Omaha assumes the office of labor commissioner with Governor Dietrich named as commissioner. He appoints Miss Carrie Walthers as stenographer while the assistant post remains open. S. J. Kent, the retiring deputy, plans to pursue labor organization work.
Commandant Cole has taken possession of the soldiers and sailors' home at Grand Island and the majority of the members of the home are naturally welcoming the change, they being more harmonious politically, with the newly appointed officers. Adjutant Bowen and Physician Randall are also here and have assumed their positions.
South Sioux City joins others in seeking the institution by circulating a petition among property owners. The effort will be presented by Representative Murray, despite Lincoln’s loss in the House.
Nebraska lawmakers push for revenue legislation as one third of the session passes with a special committee yet to meet to draft or recommend features for a revenue bill.
A lawmaker wandered into a barber shop late last week. His barber, recalling the previous night’s entertainment for lawmakers, quipped that the guest looked like he might be an Elk after a quick look at his features.
Train No. 5 bound for New York to Chicago crashed on a curve near Shenango River in Greenville. Five passengers died, several missing, many others injured. soldiers en route to Fort Crook among the survivors. The wreck, caused by a telescoped crew car, blocked the line twelve hours as rescuers recovered victims.
Berlin reports varied German reactions to Emperor William’s England visit. The Cologne Gazette says the voyage was driven by affection for his grandmother and notes a strong British tendency in Germany. It cautions that hostile reception would harm Germany amid British opposition.
Congressman Gamble presented South Dakota memorials urging a permanent military post at Tort Mead and an Indian school at Everetts. The Metropolitan National Bank of Chicago was approved as a reserve agent for several banks including Burt National, Iowa National Davenport, and First National Sioux City.
Chicago February 8 packers from Armour Swift and Nelson Morris denied a rumor that their interests planned to consolidate with a capital of 135 million dollars. The denial came from all packing interests involved.
The post office appropriation bill was passed in Washington on February 8 after a week of debate. Key topics included railway mail pay, pneumatic tube service, and fast mail facilities, with amendments on pay rates and tube service in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia failing.
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