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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1913
Page
7
Plainfield New Jersey resident Mrs G Stengle writes of relief after taking Chamberlains Tablets for stomach trouble and chronic constipation. After reading letters in Chamberlains advertising booklets she tried them and reports eating almost everything now. For sale by all dealers.
Sidney reader Mrs. S. Willis reports kidney and bladder trouble with intense backache improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She credits the medicine with restoring her kidneys to normal and no recurrence since. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY agents. Remember the name Doan's.
Causes of stomach troubles include sedentary habits little outdoor exercise insufficient mastication constipation torpid liver worry overeating and unsuitable foods or drinks. Correct habits and take Chamberlains Tablets and you will soon be well again. For sale by leading dealers.
Livestock prices at Union Stock Yards South Omaha show cattle receipts totaling 111 cars for today and 7,262 head for the week’s three days, with beef steers strong to $8.65 and veal calves up to 9.50. Hog receipts reach 151 cars with sharper prices earlier before packers held back, lambs up to 8.20 and ewes and yearlings showing gains, while feeders and cows move at steady to higher quotes.
Nebraska reports from 53 counties show corn acreage for 1913 up 7 percent over 1912, with 4,147,419 acres in corn this summer. County tables indicate favorable conditions and a strong average yield per acre, despite 1912 statewide totals and 270.5 bushels per acre. Other items note a Geneva telephone case, York telephone dispute resumes August 4, and a dog driving a car inquiry.
San Francisco reports two thousand troops including sailors and naval apprentices were detailed by the governor to combat fires along Mount Tamalpais. Eight coast artillery companies on duty, 1,000 sailors in reserve at Sausalito, and 176 Yerba Buena Island apprentices joined the effort. No lives or serious injuries are recorded, and Mill Valley and nearby towns at the mountain base are believed safe.
The National Association of Women's Tailors, after a twenty hour New York session, declares skirts will be tighter at the hem with an eight inch front slit while draping remains full at the top to ease over the hips and promote graceful sitting posture. The group approves changes in the grain schedule of the new tariff, including a countervailing duty on wheat and flour, as discussed by Democrats on the Senate finances committee.
Prominent Chicago railway promoter George Townsend reportedly ended his life by leaping into the Missouri River at Kansas City Kansas. Authorities note extreme heat may have unsettled his mental state.
Ninety four percent of 76683 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors backed a strike in a joint meeting with railroad managers in New York. Erie railroad withdrew from proceedings citing inability to meet any possible wage advance. The dispute threatens a walkout as talks break down.
Grand Island Nebraska July 2 The grand finance committee of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Nebraska reports three days of work clearing up affairs and replacing former Treasurer Robert P Falkner with Edward Dodder of Omaha The treasury shows healthy balances in both general and beneficiary funds with a reserve near 400000 intact.
Labor Commissioner Pool notifies superintendents of all factories and work establishments that immediate compliance with the fifty four hour per week law will be expected when it goes into effect in two weeks. Penalties range from 2 to 50 dollars for each offense.
Two Nanaimo bank clerks carrying 2500 dollars were robbed by two highwaymen while traveling to the Cumberland mining district. A posse surrounded two suspects marooned by high tide on a spit, as details emerged.
Seward Neb July 2 Irwin Connell and Thomas Heagney of Friend were seriously injured in an automobile accident near here. The car turned to avoid a wagon and overturned. Connell suffered a fractured skull while Heagney received several bruises and cuts, though his condition is not critical.
Cable advices from the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome to the Department of Agriculture indicate the winter wheat crop in European Russia this year is estimated at 277,683,000 bushels, up 13.8 percent from last year.
Leigh Neb July 2 John S Craig an early Colfax County settler and former county commissioner who helped homestead in 1869 collapsed and died at his Craig home due to heart failure He served six years as county commissioner.
Hastings and Northwestern railroad between Gibbon and Hastings begins local Kearney Hastings traffic in connection with Union Pacific and St. Joseph and Grand Island. A daily combination train runs each way until heavy through traffic capacity is ready. Stewart Co prepares to move crews to build the Union Pacific station at the center of a three block site in North Platte.
An Adjutant General Hall led calculation shows 131000 men can be mustered for war service, many with prior training and available under reserve militia. Seventy five officers could organize two regiments quickly, all having served in the university cadet regiment. The current organized state guard totals 1200 men and 152 commissioned officers.
Food Commissioner Harman travels to Grand Island and Holdrege on official business to enforce the new weights and measures law and advance the pure food department’s work.
Philadelphia on July 10 Dr Horace Jayne noted scientist died suddenly from heart disease at his Wallingford residence. Details indicate he was a prominent figure in science. Funeral arrangements pending. he was widely honored in academic circles.
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