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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1905
Page
2
Miss Margaret M. James recalls six years in city schools with crushing overload and nervous collapse. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for restoring sleep appetite and strength after trying six boxes, now back teaching in Dayton Ohio and praising peers who also used the remedy.
Henry Frick donates $100000 to American Academy of Arts of Rome. France cuts letter postage to ten centimes. Eight killed and two injured in a frock blast on Pennsylvania Railroad improvements near New Cumberland. Murphysboro jail inmates try to blast free with nitroglycerin. Henry W Wilbur attacks tobacco at Christian Endeavor. Governor Hoch disputes Kansas treasurer Kelly’s bond repairs. Father of General Funston arrested in Kansas over saloon bombings. Scotland wins Mackinnon Cup at Bisley NRA tournament. Edward Bacon of Milwaukee urges railroads to accept just rates set by the railway commission. Philadelphia’s Priestley arrested for arson to collect insurance. Hoch asks delay for Kansas launching date to be moved. Paris duel wounds Senator Prevet over amnesty bill. Florida insane asylum staff dispute triggers walks out. Abbott sermon denounces materialism and class spirit. Rome rumors of Pope Pius leaving Vatican denied. General Horace Porter returns from Deutschland. Severe storm hits Rosebud region causing deaths and injuries. Sugar price cut in San Francisco. Burlington grants stopovers for Grand Army reunion tickets. Rev. R D Black dies in Oklahoma. Thirteen New York heat deaths. many overcome in Brooklyn. Cuba’s Palma vetoes budget for sanitation funds. German Emperor promotes Koester to Grand Admiral. Japan loan fund subscription advances in New York. Five dollar gold piece gift to Cleveland preacher from Rockefeller.
Ink spots on mahogany may be removed by touching with a feather dipped in oil and vitriol diluted with twice its quantity of water. The spot should be well and quickly rubbed.
A new railroad service, the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad known as the Salt Lake Route, operates a palatial vestibuled Pullman train from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles each evening. Passengers are urged to request the Salt Lake Route when buying Pacific Coast tickets and to obtain the illustrated booklet from J. L. Moore in Salt Lake City.
Nebraskan briefs report Beatrice wheat price at 415 cents, deaths of David City’s Simeon S. Baker and Seward county farmer David Smith Sr, plus dam failures, river drownings, and multiple local incidents. The Farmers canal project gains backing for irrigation and sugar beet trials across Nebraska.
Passengers aboard Campania bid farewell to John O Reilly aged ninety five and his wife Mary seventy as they land in New York. O Reilly vows to return to Dunkirk to reach his century and asserts American citizenship. He plans a future return to Ireland after living fifty eight years there. An Irish gardener is dismissed with a sharp rebuke from his Irish employer.
Moravia New York July 17 Special. Mrs Benj Wilson of Moravia weighed 200 pounds and dropped to 130 pounds due to Sugar Diabetes before Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Her husband credits the medicine with relief from pain and four years of illness after two doctors offered no help. He says five boxes cured her and calls Dodd's Kidney Pills a God sent remedy for Kidney Diseases.
Long ago on William Penns Canterbury voyage a doll traveled with the party as a prized keepsake. Letitia Penn gifted a court dressed twenty inch doll to a lonely wild Pennsylvania child Miss Rankin. The doll, kept in Montgomery County Maryland, remains carefully preserved and shown to visiting girls.
A Rome New York matron recounts severe adverse coffee effects including dizziness nervousness and stomach upset. She switched to Postum Food Coffee and reports rapid relief appetite return and sustained health with improved blood and mood. The testimonial cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and the booklet The Road to Wellville in each package.
Lincoln reports that tobacco trust plans a test case to challenge the new anti cigarette law. A district court in Douglas County or the state supreme court is expected to hear the matter within weeks. Omaha lawyers connected to the cigarette trust have been reviewing enrolled copies at the secretary of state.
Dan Dimich faced a preliminary hearing before Judge Robinson in Fullerton over the July 1 death of Vaso Bosovich in a box car near the Union Pacific depot. The court discharged him after evidence showed he acted in self-defense.
Burlington general manager Holdrege visited Wiles stock farm southwest of Plattsmouth and purchased one of the finest animals. He ordered the blooded stock shipped to his ranch in Perkins County.
The Nebraska Supreme Court overruled the attorney general's demurrer on Dr. Spinney's mandamus to compel Deputy Pierce to issue a certificate allowing the Bankers Union of the World to operate in Nebraska. The decision grants Spinney standing to require regulatory action.
Lincoln court overruled the demurrer to the Bankers Union of the World action. The state will be given an opportunity to answer next term.
State Treasurer Mortensen issues a call for warrants starting No 122954 dated July 12. The call covers warrants issued up to February 6 1904. A 1 year 6 month old son of John Dill a Tekamah area farmer drowned in a water tank. Dr Lukens arrived too late after a 15 minute car trip.
Perry Scott drove into a swollen creek near Lynch at night, drowning his five year old daughter. The water was deeper than he anticipated and the tragedy affected the family and local community.
A. M. Durfee wandered in his sleep and fell from a third story window to the brick pavement in a Plattsmouth hotel. He escaped with a sprained ankle and minor injuries.
The passage reflects on people who fail to fulfill the work God designed for them and view themselves as mere machines. It contrasts restless desire to change surroundings with the call to find purpose and make an impact where one stands.
Mrs. P. Hackett of Brooklyn reports a remarkable recovery for her mother from a severe ulcer once deemed incurable. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills the mother is said to be completely cured with a smooth clear face.
Wash off blackening from shoes and rub gasoline or neat foot oil into the feather until very soft. Apply a new oil rub and use shoe trees or stuffing with paper. Wrap each pair in tissue and store separately for the season.
Household buyers are urged that Defiance Cold Water Starch offers a full 16 oz per package for 10 cents, while rivals pack 12 oz at the same price. The product claims no harmful chemicals and notes grocers may push smaller sizes to clear stock. Defiance starchy without sticking to irons.
The imposing tower of St Cather ine's Church in Dantzie Germany built from 1326 to 1330 was struck by lightning on Monday and totally destroyed. Thirty five bells forming the chimes cast in 1634 were melted in the blaze.
By order of the Minister of Commerce all items sent to public laundries in Paris must be disinfected before sorting. A proverb notes the risk of trying to do two tasks with one effort.
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