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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1914
Page
3
Japanese mob attacked the diet after a gate was broken down and clashes spread across the capital. Authorities reported arrests as rioting and a fight on the diet floor continued amid calls to impeach the cabinet over graft charges involving naval officers. The diet later passed a vote of no confidence in the government.
The exchange shows concern over a planned tour to South Africa. The second line notes an ostrich egg weight claim of two to three pounds, implying a curious or humorous aside during the discussion.
Mrs G C Dunn of Arnold Pennsylvania reports stomach trouble relief from Chamberlain’s Tablets. She suffered biliary attacks for some time and found great relief from the first dose, claiming she feels like a different person after a bottle. Advertisement.
Oklahoma City jury returns verdict for United States Senator Thomas P Gore in the Rond versus Gore suit seeking 5900 for an alleged hotel assault in Washington last March. Defense lawyer Robert L. Rogers linked the claim to Oklahoma lawyer J F P McMurray’s past fee pursuits, alleging a conspiracy in retaliation after Gore opposed McMurray’s Indians of Oklahoma fee demands. The prosecutor pointed to McAlester as a taunt about the state penitentiary.
Lincoln hosts the Nebraska Threshermen's Association as they oppose the county commissioners' push to repeal the twenty ton bridge law. Prof Chase notes Nebraska holds 4,800 traction engines worth $6,700,000, urging inclusion of engine owners in new rules.
Three Western Fuel officials Mills Mills, James B. Smith, and EB Mayerweigher were convicted after a trial exceeding two months in San Francisco. Imprisonment up to two years and a $10,000 fine, or both, are the maximum penalties. They remain at liberty pending a possible motion for a new trial, with sentencing set for Saturday.
Castillo, the Mexican bandit blamed for wrecking the Cumbre tunnel and killing several Americans, has been captured by United States troopers in New Mexico. Immigration authorities may deport him to Mexico, where Villa threatens a public Juarez execution.
In Buffalo, District Attorney Whitman continues the political graft probe into the treasurer's office of New York despite the death by suicide of State Treasurer John J Kennedy. Friends of Kennedy say his death resulted from the anticipated public grilling by Whitman, who had planned Kennedy as a witness.
Dr ME Griffith, a wealthy Manessen physician, is held without bail on a murder charge connected to the death of William J. Robinson in Charleroi. Robinson, a music teacher, is alleged to have attacked Griffith’s wife, prompting the physician to confront him.
The French trans Atlantic steamer Roma with more than 400 passengers was reported ashore by wireless at No Man's Land ten miles south of Gay Head on Martha's Vineyard as a blizzard rages.
The country home of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt Jr. at Jericho Long Island was destroyed by fire. Valued with its furnishings and art treasures at nearly $1,000,000, the mansion was occupied only by a caretaker and servants who remained to extinguish and salvage items.
The United States naval tug Poto Mc was held fast in gulf of St Lawrence ice floes and abandoned by its crew of thirty six officers and men after landing safely at Ronne Bay according to advices received.
Advocating a one cent letter postage with its relation to parcel post, S A Sanderson addressed the session of retail hardware centers of the state. Following the debate, N W O Williams, F W Arndt, F E Lahr, R N McAllister and others spoke, while The American Sreets ire company entertained with motion pictures on converting crude ore into small cutlery pieces.
Two women in a Sidney Neb shop discuss Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo. The ad touts hair polish, shine, and easy styling without color change, claims quick cleansing, and money-back guarantees. Sold at Rexall stores, with Sidney Drug Co as local supplier in Sidney.
C S Clinton of North Platte was re elected president of the Nebraska Retail Jewelers Association at the close of the ninth annual convention in Omaha. Ed Franske of Pierce was re elected secretary treasurer and Frank A Hannis of York was elected vice president. Hastings will host the next convention. Fraudulent advertising was condemned and a resolution urged the secretary to inform periodicals that have carried what the jewelers call a fraudulent watch case advertisement from the east.
A rumor that Catherine Winters, a ten year old from New Castle Indiana, was spotted in a gypsy camp at Florence near Omaha was disproved after officers searched the camp and found no trace of the girl. Local police say there is no foundation for the sighting story.
Auburn Neb Feb 19 James Ning horn died near Howe after going after a cow. Kinghorn, about forty five, suffered heart trouble for over a year. He ran a livery barn in Auburn for about ten years and sold out recently. He was a farmer south of town. Survived by a wife and one child.
The piece paints the Grand Canyon as vast thirteen miles wide and a mile deep with the Colorado River a narrow ribbon. It describes red brick like structures rising from canyon walls and towers that seem to reach thousands of feet above the granite walls. The colors are described as marvelous by Leslie's.
Bliss Carman argues that artificial anxieties come from indoor life and that more outdoor air sun and ground reduce immorality and despair. He suggests practical steps toward reestablishing our divine heritage in the outdoors, emphasizing wholesome natural exercise without abandoning current duties.
Weeping Water Nebraska February 19 A farmer H P Jones who recently moved to town suffered an epileptic attack and swallowed his false teeth. The teeth were removed but he died an hour after illness. He leaves a wife and six children.
Alma Neb feb 19 Tee Willis a large land owner and Harlan county farmer who spent winter in California with wife and daughter died suddenly at San Diego The body is being brought home for interment
The Interstate Commerce Commission again suspends proposed 5 percent freight rate advances by eastern railroads until September 12 after earlier suspension through March 15 as investigations continue.
In Nebraska City a week after the death of Mrs Fred Young of Douglas in a private hospital an inquest was ordered by Coroner Warstens, with body exhumed in Syracuse for examination and testimony by the jury.
Coroner asks about order to dismiss servant as house burns. Mrs Burns confirms the servant refused to depart until she received a month's notice. The anecdote appears in the National Food Magazine.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an untreatable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo affirm trustworthiness after 14 years of dealings. National Bank of Commerce backs the firm. Cure advertised as internally taken with 75 cent bottle price. Also promotes Malle Family Pills for constipation.
William Jennings Bryan almost drank champagne at the inaugural Authors' League of America dinner in New York where 400 guests attended. His wife intervened, covering the glass to prevent the sip, and Mr. Bryan then drank water. Churchill presided and Bryan praised writers who value honest effort.
Five injured and one killed when a Wallkill Valley freight train struck a sleigh carrying Kingston residents returning from a dance. Raymond Wood was killed. Arthur Rowland Julius Moser Nellie Simmerman suffered fractures. William Anderson lost a foot. Three injured may die.
John C Neely, Jr. private banker and former leading western lawn tennis figure, was shot and slightly wounded by two robbers near his Chicago residence. Ernest Halverson, recently released from Joliet penitentiary, is alleged to be one robber and was arrested. his companion escaped.
A vintage advertisement warns that colds are dangerous not by the cold itself but by illnesses they cause. It urges prompt action and promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy to loosen a cold, ease the lungs, aid expectoration, and help the body expel the illness.
President Wilson assured Representative Underwood that he would support the Alaska bill. Circulating reports claimed the president opposed the measure, but he clarified his stance to the Democratic House leader.
A Columbus New Mexico dispatch reports that Mexican thieves likely tied to Maximo Castillo’s band stole eighteen United States Army horses, an act that heightens cross border tensions and impacts military logistics.
Alma Nebraska on February 19 Howard Frazee faced an attempted blackmail charge but was dismissed without a hearing. Frazee was held in Alma pending proceedings.
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