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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1915
Page
7
The star chamber in Charles I era history is linked to a gilt star decorated roof as well as to the term starres or Jewish bonds once kept there, two explanations cited for its name and function.
Kearney Nebraska July 6 closing day of the midsummer racing meet featured the 2:08 pace in which Ovieda established a new track record by finishing the distance in 2 10 flat.
The Swiss system is compulsory and begins with schooling. At twenty, conscripts must pass literacy and military tests, including reading, writing, geography, and a running jump test. Those failing may receive extension up to four years. failure after that incurs a tax or alternative service, per the Kansas City Journal.
German forces push along the French front near Souchez and Verdun area with renewed assaults in Woevre. Reports from Petrograd note lively engagements in East Prussia and Galicia while Austrian operations against Warsaw railways face setbacks. Rome cites Italian actions against Carnic Alps forts and targets along the Pusteria river valley to block Alpine resupply routes.
The Anti-Saloon League at Atlantic City urges Congress to submit national prohibition to voters by state legislatures for ratification. The water wagon tour starts on the Lincoln highway heading to San Francisco, led by Rev Howard H Russell who founded the league twenty-two years ago.
A bandit robbed twelve Yellowstone coaches fifteen miles from the western entrance, forcing about 190 passengers to surrender money and jewelry. Soldiers were sent to the scene and two suspects were placed under guard as the robber disappeared into wooded country toward Jackson Hole.
Dun's Review of Trade notes that inventories and vacation season quietness temper progress, yet war-induced changes prevent the usual midyear lull. Industrial activity remains robust with weekly declines in idle machinery and unemployment, bolstering retail demand as wages rise. Iron and steel production nears full-capacity output, signaling broad economic strength.
Forty five people killed last week with fourteen missing in Cincinnati, totaling about sixty deaths. About 200 injured and roughly $3,000,000 in damage reported. Known dead include thirty one in Cincinnati, one in Illinois, seven in Missouri, four in Kentucky and two in Indiana.
The Atlantic transport Hner Minne haha carrying 15,000 tons of war munitions from New York to London caught fire after an explosion possibly caused by an internal device placed by Frank Holt, J P Morgan's assailant. The ship steamed into Halifax harbor and the blaze was extinguished.
The will of Dr. Fred S. Pearson of Great Barrington Mass leaves five hundred thousand dollars to Tufts College and one hundred thousand dollars to other charitable purposes. Pearson’s estate is about fifty million dollars, with most going to his two sons and a daughter.
A Dickens quote questions post office clerks indifference to letters. The speaker doubts mail clerks’ care for letters and imagines a postman delivering to himself without a proper knock, underscoring perceived casualness in postal service etiquette.
The department of agriculture estimated a potential wheat crop of 963,000,000 bushels for the year based on July 1 conditions. Corn production is projected at 2,814,000,000 bushels amid continued favorable weather.
No formal statement from J P Morgan or his physicians on his improved condition. Report notes speculation that Morgan may be out of danger, but emphasizes there is no official reassurance or definitive update.
Washington officials believe a crisis has been reached over Germany's U boat conduct and the Lusitania sinking. President Wilson quietly weighs policy while affirming neutral rights and cautious continuation of talks if Germany adheres to international law and rescinds aggressive actions.
The Telegraph Directory lists national and state officials across the U S Senate Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State State Treasurer Superintendent of Public Instruction Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings Railroad Commissioners post office leaders and judicial and county level posts in Sidney and surrounding areas including lodgepole Potter Gurley Potter and Lodgepole districts with names such as Altchcock Norris Morehead O Nea l Pearson Poot Smith Had Had Thomas Beckman Taylor Clarke Hall Ells Wood McIntosh Kelley and various school board trustees and village trustees including Fundingsland McIntosh Greenlee Martin and Fishman with noted roles as sheriff clerk coroner surveyor assessor and commissioners across districts and towns.
Officials from the department of commerce and the federal trade commission are devising plans to protect the new American coal tar dye industry from ruinous price cutting and foreign competition after the war. A general policy is expected to follow.
General Botha of the Union of South Africa accepts the surrender of all German military forces in German South West Africa. The surrender is unconditional following his ultimatum. Except for the occupation army, the citizen militia will be brought home as quickly as possible.
Listings show Royal Neighbors, Frank Welch Lodge No. 75, Providence Chapter No. 108, Sidney Lodge No. 911 C O F, Rebecca Degree, I O O F, Cheyenne Encampment No. 19 I O O P, G A R Chapter No. 12, W o f A, Sidney Lodge No. 19 AOU W, Kidney Tent No 6 K OT, Sidney Lodge No. 122 DoH, and other lodges meeting on varied weeks and evenings at Masonic Temple and Odd Fellows Hall with officers named including Elizabeth Greenlee, Mary McIntosh, J Hetwin, F C Johnson, F Griffith, and Isabelle Zimmer.
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