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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1910
Page
2
A collection of cheeky vignettes and opinions touching on health scares, aviation hazards, and social mores. The writer lampoons weather bets, youth fads, and public figures while noting aviation risks, misers, and stagey jokes about marriage and crime.
A boy sails a dirigible balloon above City Hall Park as New York suspends business. Across the nation the airship becomes a country fair sideshow. Police rescue ten from a tenement fire using bulb sockets as a ladder. electric signs noted. devices aid eye doctors.
In Brittany a film company staged a tragedy to obtain a dramatic shot of a horse and carriage plunging from a precipice. Locals protested cruelty, operators fled to Africa, and the Lorient court fined the firm the maximum Grammont penalty of three dollars with costs against the company. The photographer was acquitted.
A feature on creative footwear suggests letting artistic girls paint kid slippers to match summer frocks. White kid slippers adorned with forget me nots or larger flowers. brocade with dull gold or silver threads. cloth of steel options. black velvet pumps with ankle straps. laced sandals seen as dress shoes reducing foot size.
A door scene unfolds with a man seeking Miss Passay. The maid blocks him, citing a toothache. He claims to be from her Gentist and carries her teeth in a package, prompting disbelief and a comic tension.
A physician urges dressing for the weather while a man with a cold jokes about not keeping up with the thermometer. The exchange highlights temperature concern and practical advice in a light, weather minded moment.
A survey of wills and probate in city and national history shows how heirs contest, forgery, and misleading provisions shape family fortunes. Notable cases include Russell family disputes, Dakota Dan versus Fresno Dan, and Patrick’s forgeries linked to Rice’s fortune.
Overwork and colds can weaken the kidneys and the whole body. Doan's Kidney Pills are promoted as a remedy for sick kidneys with a testimonial from Ted Hiatt of Oswego Kansas who avoided surgery after using them. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Jiggson jokes about selling coal at the north pole and ice in hades. Wiggson counters that such a sale is impossible, yet Jiggson imagines the high prices he could fetch.
An interfaith, anti gambling gathering in China drew hundreds of scholars and business leaders. Chinese officials and clergymen showcased a collaborative effort, with Christian groups aiding in demonstrations of recreation without vice and urging a national moral reawakening. Some men carry a sandbag because they are too proud to beg.
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