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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1912
Page
6
Irma Struble vacationed at Pine Bluffs with her brother. Several residents traveled east for business. Mrs. McDonald improved from asthma while Mrs. Bundy remained frail. J. A. Graham attended Lee-Greens nuptials in Sidney. Numerous families hosted gatherings and welcomed newcomers. Snowdrifts roughened travel. the old school building was calcimined for term use. Yeske auction drew a large crowd despite conditions.
Pleasant View remains snowbound with about a foot of snow and scarce feed. Local residents report visits among families as Henry Courtright and wife hosted Geo Hicks, and Dan Heimer notes a trained run-away team incident. Will Goding travels to Potter and Sidney, while la grippe touches Hicks children and la guppue reportedly visits many homes.
Mrs Ed Meyer is recovering nicely from an operation performed in a Colorado hospital. Ernest, the young son of Cal Thieman, is ill. Mrs Klaus Edens and Mrs
Wintry weather has moderated to pleasant conditions in Peetz. Residents include H N Guthfredson returning from Lincoln, D M Fairchild and wife visiting Sidney, Ira Gothfredson visiting from Los Angeles, and Clifford Van returning from York. The Peetz Literary Society now meets Fridays at the School House, Mr and Mrs H Van welcomed a baby girl, trains 303 and 304 delayed by a bridge fire near Winston, and Chamberlain’s Tablets are recommended for sick headaches.
Ash Grove notes Joe Johnson bought George Gunderson's blacksmith shop in Potter and will run it, with Paul Rabbits to manage. Anna Smith departed Thursday for Denver. Frosty week left ten inches of snow, followed by rain and warmth. Andrew McAdam and Ford Wickhorst dug water works, frozen two and a half feet underground. Locals report hunting trips and a wish for signs to curb hunting near the area.
Two masked men boarded the Oregon express between Red Bluff and Redding, bound and gagged three mail clerks, and robbed the mail car of all eastern registered mail. The robbers escaped after the train reached Redding.
J. B. Bishop testified that he and Conners along with Maple and Bender placed dynamite in the alley beside the Hall of Records. He said all four were involved in the act as part of the conspiracy.
Allentown Pennsylvania January 11 Justice A D Eachline of Egypt near here ruled that Mrs John Kulp the six months bride must answer in court her husband s charge that she tried to kill him by putting poison and ground glass in drinks or food
Andrew Carnegie discussed his steel career before the House Steel Investigating Committee and denounced the present banking system as a breeder of panics and a disgrace to civilization.
Thomas H. Rooney a storied veteran of the old Bonanza era and uncle to Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt and Mrs Hieerman Oelrichs died in San Francisco from heart disease.
Mrs Short displays a choice line of candies fruits and nuts arranged for shoppers. The display emphasizes variety and quality in a small town shop setting.
The Democratic national committee chose Baltimore Maryland as the convention city with June 25 set for the national gathering. At the Republican convention in Chicago 24 votes were needed for a majority and Baltimore won after two ballots. O F Hershey presented a $100000 certified check for the Baltimore committee and the delegation plan was adopted.
The Equitable Life Assurance marble building on lower Broadway burned with six dead and a dozen injured. Fire caused immense loss of records and priceless libraries, while millions in securities in vaults remained at risk. Wall Street operations halted as firefighting continued. three employees perished by jumping from the roof, and Battalion Chief William J. Walsh vanished in a cave-in.
Clarence V. T. Richeson pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Boston and was sentenced to death by electrocution during the week of May 19, 1912. He retracted his not guilty plea after a written confession and offered no further statement. A gubernatorial clemency petition may seek life imprisonment.
The Supreme Court decisions tighten ICC power over national rail commerce. Shippers with civil injuries from railroads must first seek relief at the commission before court action. The court upheld the commission in reasonable rate making and ruled Minnesota erred in blocking enforcement of reduced lumber rates from the Pacific coast to St Paul Omaha and Chicago. Federal jurisdiction over interstate shipments is established, states urged to stay off.
The senate and house of the Kentucky legislature formally declare Ollie M. James elected to the United States senate to succeed Thom as H. Paynter.
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