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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
17
A satirical dialogue mocks efficiency experts led by Jendrickson, lampooning wage demands and social reforms like curfews and cold baths. It portrays experts as a threat to ordinary workers, while hobos evade their influence, and ends with a jab about quitting smoking for business.
A staged rat hunt in New Burlington Ohio ends with both sides claiming over 8000 rats slain. The losing side must host a banquet for the winners under the event terms. The piece notes similar hunts in England where sparrows and rats are targeted by the same clubs. It highlights a US effort led by Congressman Edward Everett Denison of Marion Illinois, whose terrier Sport reportedly killed 362 rats in one week. It calls for nationwide anti rat campaigns and outlines a five point plan emphasizing rat proof buildings and municipal action.
Boston citizens cheered a huge parade of work horses along Commonwealth Avenue. Hundreds of entries, well groomed and fed, impressed reviewers and spectators as drivers showcased the animals’ efficient bearing. The piece urges better care and sympathy for work horses and suggests Boston could become a national example.
A congressman at a Washington dinner raised a hand to quiet a heated prohibition debate at the end of the table. He invoked the Smythes in a playful exchange about youth, love, and restraint, prompting amused reactions from the table in the Washington Star account.
A district court trend shows foreign born men who claimed alien exemptions are now seeking citizenship but face rejection. Individuals including John Brachitta Charles Ernest Peters Phillip Roesel and Hans Jensen are remembered by Uncle Sam for evading service. The Midwest plans to record similar cases over time.
A compact overview notes the 1891 Bunka-kai literary movement in Japan formed by university students. It highlights Higuchi Ichiyo as a leading feminine writer, her realist style, and the group’s role in introducing Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Swinburne, and Pater to Japan, with remarks on Ichiyo’s fragmentary plots and lifelike detail.
The piece notes growing support for woman jurors as suffrage advances. It cites mixed court experiences with women jurors, praises women’s civic zeal in city campaigns, and predicts improved jury morale and outcomes when women are impaneled. It highlights women studying civics and seeking informed ballots. The Minneapolis Journal observes parity of progress and potential benefits to juror quality.
A New York reader questions the federal prohibition commissioner's order lifting liquor restrictions for Pueblo for thirty days as an emergency flood measure. He argues it contradicts drys’ claims of no medical value and calls the policy inconsistent and discriminatory while noting the impact on workers in various industries.
Reform Bulletin warns that traveling carnival outfits shift to names like fair or bazaar to dodge the stigma of carnivals. Winter bazaars run by the same groups recruit women to sell lottery tickets and aid gambling booths, drawing youths into gambling pools.
A brief humorous exchange features a woman challenging a man about flies in the house. He vows to kill three flies, insisting they are females, while she counters with skepticism about identifying gender.
Alliance five year old Charles Williamson gains fame as a paperboy advocate for a buffet Pullman theater. He slept through a dull film after doors locked, prompting suggestion that patrons deserve in-seat meals and lodging to avoid dangerous night travel. The author grants Charles royalties if the idea profits.
The piece discusses the Tulsa riot where a million dollars in property was destroyed and thirty people died. It argues that assault and battery are distinct crimes, noting assault is a mere menace and battery is the actual strike. It highlights misuse of the term assault to mean rape.
The New York Herald warned that sloppiness in speech corrupts language and fuels social trouble. It cites a Tulsa incident where a dispute over the word assault led to arson and martial law, urging speakers and writers to use precise terms and avoid misinterpretation.
Edward W. Redfield told the Philadelphia Art Club that Paris experts use X-rays to prove authenticity of dubious old masters. He cited a hoax tale where a dealer mislabels a Raphael as Rachel, claiming the painter used his wife’s name during hard times.
One lot of stylish strap pumps and oxfords sold for just 4.95 at Hink's Boot Shop.
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