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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1909
Page
4
In Columbia Missouri Mrs Sarah Anne Acton 64 marries Turner Acton 19. She says age does not matter and plans to coax and share duties. The couple, now on their honeymoon, deny controversy and plan a cottage home while relatives and newspapers follow their story.
A Singapore bound Empress of China junk off Johore is attacked by ten pirates in two prahus. Four passengers and crew are killed or wounded. loot includes $4, gold leaf valued at 80, raw bandy 90, six boxes of personal effects. Police recover two Chinese knives an ax and a heavy fighting blade.
Importations of lobsters into the United States in 1908 reached 8,212,945 pounds valued at 1,401,4449 dollars most of which came from Canada.
Stewart Purnell and Thomas Martin, two colored men cutting wood near Porter's bridge along the Pocomoke River, narrowly escaped seven rabid otters after fights that lasted into deep water. The animals, five to six feet long, stalked from the swamp and followed the boat, forcing the men to retreat without effective defense.
An engineer’s office on a Canadian barge canal houses a concrete safe to shield drawings, instruments, and records from weather and fire. It features a steel door, asbestos lining, a one piece molded concrete shell, and a detachable form construction for reuse. State safes measure about three feet in diameter inside.
Rear-Admiral Benjamin Peffer Lamberton, chief of staff to Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay, has gone blind. The former commander, now aged and frail, remains active in church work and family life at his Washington home. He was advanced for eminent conduct in the war with Spain and later became a rear-admiral in 1903.
Reported revival of the death sentence type execution in Beijing aims at Yuan Shih Kai ex viceroy and leading statesman. Dispatches claim Yuan poisoned the emperor and urge Prince Chun to depose him, with global Reform associations backing action.
Former U.S. circuit court chief judge James G. Jenkins urged replacing elected judges with appointments. He favours presidential appointment of federal judges and gubernatorial appointment of state judges, with lifetime tenure and pensions. Jenkins, Milwaukee resident, rose to prominence in 1893 after issuing a sweeping labor injunction against Northern Pacific employees.
Joseph Simon, formerly U S senator from Oregon, now mayor of Portland, is a longtime legal and political figure. He previously chaired the Oregon Republican Party, served as national committeeman, and led the state senate before a full senate term ending in 1903.
Rev Dr Ulysses G B Pierce named chaplain of the United States Senate succeeding the late Dr Edward Everett Hale. He leads All Souls Unitarian church in Washington where President Taft attends services. Pierce trained at Hillsdale and Harvard after editor work in Michigan. Hale was a Unitarian.
A playful exchange frames two birds in a nature studies vignette. The Phunnibeak Bird greets the Other Bird who identifies as a lyre through Tara's Halls, prompting a humorous back and forth about identity and sound.
Walter H. Cox of 16 Somerset St Boston recounts three months of terrible itching burning and cracking eczema on both hands and wrists. After failing to improve with a doctor’s medicines he used Cuticura Remedies and recovered in a month. September 25 1908. Potter Drug and Chem Co Boston.
Leading TB specialists across the nation state alcohol offers no cure for consumption. Dr S A Knopf notes alcohol never cures and will retard recovery. Colleagues Dr Frank Billings Dr Vincent Bowditch Dr Lawrence Flick and Dr Edward Trudeau concur.
At a Dunmanway rural council meeting a member criticized the official veterinary surgeon for swine fever in the area. The doctor reportedly failed to attend promptly, delegating the visit to another man who arrived a week late.
The term grasshopper refers to husbands who take over domestic duties when wives retreat to the seaside in summer. With domestic servants scarce, wives do most work while husbands shoulder cooking and chores, a shift likened to a grasshopper from the familiar grass widow phrase. Local usage highlights the seasonal division of labor among couples.
A Wichita man frets over aching teeth and reluctance to see a dentist. A friend insists the dentist will find the nerve anyway, highlighting a humorous exchange from the Kansas City Journal.
Mrs. Caroline Kessler of Paw Paw Michigan suffers kidney disease with backache rheumatism dizziness and dropsy until prostration. After using Deans Kidney Pills she fully recovers and shares her story. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A brief remark from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes fashion comments on big hats, joking about the nuisance of height and width rather than duration, reflecting a lighthearted take on style trends.
An 19th century drug advertisement touts Dr Mitchell's Eye Salve as a universal cure with a fixed formula. It notes patent registration and Serial No 70, claiming the product eases sore eye, cak and other ailments with a price of 25 cents.
A Plunkville philosopher explains why one should avoid gloom in public. He quips that standing in the street to talk pessimism risks both despair and danger when an automobile honks.
A note explains that an English statute once branded wandering actors through the right ear. The tradition of long hair grew to conceal the ear mark, giving actors a way to hide the decoration and continue acting.
An amused parent praises the trees for their green leaf dresses while the child wittily suggests they pack them away in trunks for winter. The light exchange reveals playful misunderstanding about nature and seasons.
A French astronomical paper publishes two photographs of lunar regions lit by earthlight. taken by M. Quenisset at the Juvisy observatory, these images aim to prove earthshine on the Moon though detecting it scientifically remains challenging.
Learned Justice Betts of Kingston New York says lazy men have a right to live. Our lazy men are potent, with history showing great figures often had indolent fathers. Yet powerful individuals rarely have many offspring, as power in a lazy man builds like a spring while leaving little for descendants.
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