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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
3
A young businesswoman in Mitchell claims she was swindled out of 100 dollars by a man and a woman posing as clairvoyants who promised to work a charm. The duo left town after the theft and were tracked to Fremont where authorities will hold a preliminary examination.
Frederick Geis Jr a foreman at a Philadelphia publishing house was detained on suspicion of knowing details of Dr William H Wilson's poisoning death after drinking poisoned ale on June 26 He was examined by detectives with Superintendent Taylor saying the case is circumstantial but Geis likely knows more and another arrest including a doctor may follow
D Clem Deaver, superintendent of the homeseekers information bureau, plans a winter trip for the Burlington exhibit car starting September 1. The car will showcase Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming products with half the space for dry farming and half for irrigation. Wisconsin joins the route after visiting Iowa, Illinois and northern Missouri last year. A carload will depart Chicago, settlers to be gathered along the way. May topped records for homeseekers business in the west.
Prince Helle De Sagan filed intention to marry Madame Anna Gould in London. A calendar day wait is required and marriage may occur any day after, at the registry during office hours with a signatory registrar if not in an Anglican church. The couple remain private about plans.
The Democratic platform urges federal court reform and stronger interstate rail regulation. A sudden Beal's branch flood swamped the state penitentiary, damaging a warehouse, broom stock, and grounds, with $15,000 estimated loss and no injuries. The flood also impacted the fairgrounds track and the state asylum was struck by lightning without serious damage.
Oyster Bay reports show President Roosevelt and family taking provisions for a woods day. No Secret Service accompany the party, and Sagamore Hill absence prevents confirmation on a war statement attributed to R P Hobson. Secretary Loeb knows nothing of the hunting stories contract with Scribner firm, latest word unsure.
A Nebraska City report says western county storm damage exceeds initial estimates with thousands in losses. Floodwaters from a water spout swept from Unadilla to below Talmage, carrying away four houses and wrecking several structures.
Active work has begun on the administration building for the Lillian Nordica festival house to be erected by the singer at Harmon on the Hudson. The project forms the first of a group of artistic buildings to support a new musical institution funded by Nordica and a society of wealth patrons.
A roundup from West Point to Hastings, Albion to Columbus. Topics include a class of thirty-two taking first communion at St Marys in West Point. Henry Brixus injured in a buggy collision near Leigh. Mamie Taylor claiming $200 with a fund of clothes from Nebraska City. Albion opposes a special insurance assessment by Nebraska Mercantile Mutual. Ottum and Baldwin wed en route to Lincoln via Hastings due to floods. Fremont man Jacob Peterson jailed 30 days after a Fourth of July spree. Platte County reports 1197 dogs yielding $5900. Columbus counts June deaths at fifteen, births five. Beatrice's Lang Canning begins season. Table Rock wool shipped. Portmouth man jailed for shoplifting pants. Hastings editor change at Anselmo Enterprise.
John Hayes and his eight year old daughter were killed by Whitecaps on a claim ten miles north of Culbertson. Walter Long, a bachelor, occupied the nearby Walter Long claim which merged with the Hayes site after the Hay family moved their shack during Long's absence. Years of threats and fierce quarrels ended in a volley at the Hay home as the mother shielded her child, with shooting beginning inside the residence.
Fireworks in H. E. Weidman’s store exploded on the Fourth, wrecking the shop and injuring Weidman severely. Many people were inside but escaped with minor burns as several were knocked down yet crawled to safety.
A memorial movement in Chicago began with a Union League club dinner honoring Grover Cleveland. Speakers from major clubs and associations supported a monument, while some preferred a memorial instead.
A compact humor piece cites quips from the Philadelphia Press and Washington Star about bungled trips and restless housing. It also notes railway workers guarding station names, with jokes on sagination renting and public curiosity.
A brief dialogue features Mrs Gunson Count asking if American girls are suitable for foreign noblemen. The Count replies with a wry remark about social aspiration and fortune, highlighting class and marriage expectations in a playful foreign-view vignette.
The Washington Herald notes one great trouble with prosperity: it keeps everyone broke by forcing living up to high living costs and expectations, threatening financial strain nationwide. The remark highlights how economic gains fail to translate into real wealth for many households.
A short humorous quip from a father and son sketch contrasts genius and insanity with a sharp shut of irony the lunatic knows his board and clothes.
A comic strip dialogue features a one foot on the scale exchange about weight eighty or forty pounds and a passenger noting a man fell off a street car. The conductor dismisses the incident as paid fare. It includes Leap Year girls discussing proposals and ideal partners.
A witty exchange about a poet's vanity as a housemaid teases him about his preoccupation with self image and fame. The humor centers on a statue’s imagined unveiling and the poet’s selfregard underscored by a mirror motif.
A dialogue contrasts books on saving life while waiting for a doctor with the need for guidance for young doctors on saving life while awaiting patients. The exchange appears in Harper's Bazaar style prose.
A collage of short items covers aviation precursors, animal dispatch riders, real estate values in Manhattan, marriage fattening jokes, Japanese soy milk, alfalfa in Kansas, New Zealand half holidays, Confederate generals, royal incomes, a cat’s hunting feat, Mexican army desertion, Corn history in Kansas, Bourgmont’s corn, and a Balkan banquet watch joke. It blends miscellany from science, geography, and culture.
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