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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1915
Page
7
Aj and Hans La Belle Andre tamer escaped amid a panic at an Eighty sixth Street theater in New York. Car A Turrest, a showman, and George Hamgn, a booking agent, were discharged in a police court on manslaughter charges related to the incident.
Official dispatches from Petrograd and Vienna portray shifting fortunes in the east with Russians gaining the upper hand as Germans retreat in Galicia and Austrians suffer reversals. French statements note minor advances in Belgium and the Argonne, while fighting across Belgium and Alsace intensifies with German attacks and Allied counter moves along the western front.
The London official bureau urges citizens to seek cover in basements when hearing gunfire or explosions during raids. It cautions about fragments from shells and bullets from anti aircraft guns used against hostile aircraft.
John Harding confronts Shiftless Joe in a swamp village tale of theft and attempted murder. Harding’s ferocity yields to mercy as a torn Bible reveals the truth and converts the would-be killer to contrite brotherhood.
Harding gazes at the fallen rogue and mutters that it was the just punishment of a rogue by a just man. The victim lies on the frozen ground as a shapeless heap stirs, a moment of grim consequence and retribution lingering in the scene.
The passage notes how Roman custom, rooted in the legend of Romulus and Tatius, involved strenae or luck gifts on January 1. It explains the use of green branches, figs, dates, honey, and a small coin as goodwill tokens later Christianized, enduring beyond imperial and church efforts.
An official bulletin notes small gains along the line, especially in the center between the Argonne and the Meuse. German coastal positions near Zeebrugge and Heyst, plus Ostend area shore batteries, are described as hidden in grass and sand. Hungary’s political unrest, seen as Germany and Austria not sharing protection fairly, fuels speculation in England.
John A Dempster state commander of the G. A. R. for forty three years and a Neb raska citizen died at his Omaha home after an illness of one year from Bright s disease aged seventy four his death announced from Omaha Dec 22
In Hooper New Jersey a man identified as John Heine was drawing gasoline from a barrel in Koplin Kopplekom’s plumbing shop when his clothes ignited and he suffered fatal injuries. A Vienna dispatch reports Emperor Francis Joseph is in excellent health and spent Christmas with his family at Schoenbrunn castle.
A London Telegraph correspondent in Copenhagen cites a high diplomat saying Germany proposed Sweden aid in the war in exchange for Pattie Island and a protectorate. Sweden did not reply and Germany warned that at peace talks after the war Russia might take Sweden as compensation for Finland.
General Louis Gotha, premier of the Union of South Africa, says the rebellion is near end aside from a few stray bands. He has taken a short vacation on his farm before launching a campaign against German Southwest Africa.
Representative Mann offered an amendment to submit the prohibition amendment to state conventions but it failed on a rising vote in the house 127 to 193.
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