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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
3
A playful critique imagines editors as ancient missing links and contrasts editors with doctors. The boy notes his paper’s flaws and jokes about underclothes, unpaid subscriptions, lawsuits, and the editor’s stubborn birthright, ending with a quip that editors cannot be made by college.
Two youths discuss rumors about Griggs marrying a wife or widow. One says Griggs has married, the other corrects that a widow has married Griggs. The excerpt reflects a light, humorous exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A hogfish enters a cod’s mouth and travels down its throat. It then consumes the cod from inside, kills the host, and exits, completing a dramatic internal predation.
Sidney resident Mrs S Willis on W Second St reports kidney and bladder trouble with back pain. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she says the aches vanished and kidneys returned to normal. 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Props Buffalo NY.
Ip addresses Minnesapolla and Sir Horace Plankett recount the growth of cooperation among farmers from Ireland to hundreds of coop erative organizations now serving thousands of farmers. The year’s trade shows a cooperative Tavilliers system moving millions in business. Herschel Island erodes isolation as the Ruby supplies a year’s newspapers to the station.
The sixty fourth Congress opens in Washington with Senator Thomas Gore of Oklahoma and Carl Schall of Minneapolis, a blind lawyer who rose from orphaned youth. Schall, a Progressive, will represent Minnesota’s new tenth district, aided by his wife who serves as his eyes and private secretary.
Reports from Constantinople say Abbas Hilm the seventh viceroy of Egypt has cut ties with Britain and allied with Turkey under the Kaiser. Ahmed el Scarie may replace him as ruler. British influence and Senussi chief's role loom large. Abbas Hilm, born 1874, ascended 1892. four daughters and four sons.
A playful game card set asks readers to list corn themed answers to questions, with prizes for accuracy. A list of 11 corn puns follows, including cornstarch cornerstone popcorn acorn and more, then a paragraph describes a fish catching “flyshooter” in India with a gunlike beak shooting pellets.
A historic measure notes that 110 million pounds of natural silk, if stretched into one thread, could encircle the earth 14 million times at the equator or traverse 344 sun-earth distances. Light would take about two days to cross that length. It explains the silk worm’s effort, as six filaments from a cocoon form one thread spun on a loom.
A tinder merchant excavates for a few, tracing roots that travel far in search of the tree’s needs. The fragment hints at labor or resource gathering within a rural or historical setting.
The Philadelphia Record notes extraordinary root systems with a cucumber sending ten to fifteen miles of roots in its lifetime. Clever roots descend six to nine feet for moisture while plants throw out long root length and coltsfoot sends deep suckers, illustrating underground plant vigor.
A village event seats players in a circle and assigns a lead to recite a sentence about Dr Diddey s donkey. Each subsequent player must craft a line using the words Dr Diddey s donkey awkward with the donkey engaged in any gentle action while the line ends with a beat ending kick ing or braying etc. All others may laugh but the speaker pays a forfeit if they smile. The activity continues around the line.
Competing scouts start from a base and move along fixed compass bearings to reach a designated point while blindfolded. The description recalls a compass navigation drill with varied end targets like a flagpole or coin. Included is a quirkier verse about Simple Simon and a flyman asking for green cheese.
Tik fabric makers claim women could reduce complaints about silk wear by loosening skirts and avoiding continual rubbing against shoe tops caused by tight bindings.
Directory style listing shows Sidney public schools staff including Superintendent Wood and principal Stoddard, with teachers and trustees named. Also lists county officers, land office staff, and village trustees across Sidney and North Platte areas.
Societies and lodges list monthly meeting times and officers. Royal Neighbors meet third Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Frank Welch Lodge No 75 A A M meets first Tuesday. Providence Chapter 108 O E S meets second and fourth Wednesdays. Sidney Lodge No 911 O F meets every Monday. Sidney Camp No 1001 M W O A meets first and third Fridays. A W meets second and fourth Thursdays. officers named include Elizabeth Greenlee recorder Anna Willair secretary Myrrie Nicholson and others.
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