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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1915

Page

3

If Not Why Not Now Suit Offer At Premium Service

A sales pitch touts no extra cost for superior service and custom fit. Customers are promised choice of fabric and model with a finished suit guaranteed to fit or be returned.

Try $20 Suits This Fall For Quick Personal Change

There is no risk Whatever Try it this fall and see what a difference there will be in your personal appearance. Don't take our highest priced suits to start with spend $20 or $25 and convince yourself at this small expense.

Sidney

Visit to The Wonder Basement Reveals Big Value Buys

A department store offers surprising value on items priced at modest amounts. The ad encourages shoppers to explore The Wonder Basement for notable bargains and affordable finds.

Eastland Disaster Toll Hits 1220 as Probes Begin

Federal state and city investigations launch into the Eastland sinking at Chicago dock. Victims reach 1220 with 822 identified dead and 393 missing. Officials, including coroner and State's Attorney, pursue overload and ballast theories while relief funds of 200000 and 100000 from Red Cross and Western Electric are pledged.

Eastland Chicago Horne Moorhouse National Red Cross Western Electric Company Hoffman Indiana Transportation Company

Hitchcock's Statement on Wilsons Federal Appointments

Senator Hitchcock releases a statement commenting on Wilsons four federal appointments in Nebraska. He notes initial recommendations for internal revenue collector and district attorney, cites opposition from Bryan, and confirms final selections including Thomas S. Allen as state district attorney and Thomas J. Flynn as Omaha marshal. W McCune is named as customs collector at Omaha.

Hitchcock Washington Wilson Co. M Gruenther J C Byrnes Merton JL. Corey Clay Center Nebraska Bryan A P. Sprague York State Central Committee George Lt. Koomis Fremont Merton L. Corey Internal Revenue Thomas S. Allen Lincoln J. R. Swain Greeley Thomas J. Flynn Omaha W McCune The World Herald

Obstacles to Evil in Human Nature

Francis Wayland argues that fixed limits to evil exist in our nature and that real-world facts counter false theories. He says age cannot alter divine ordinances, and daily experience shows the worthlessness of vice as it fades from memory. The link between vice and misery resists efforts to make evil appealing and blocks its progress.

Francis Wayland

Frigga Worship Linked to Friday Namesake

A brief from the London Mail notes Frigga, source of Friday, held as a hunter and warrior in myth. She is pictured with a drawn sword and a bow, and in Scandinavia was called the Venus of the North while the sixth day of the week was devoted to her.

Frigga Venus North London Mail

A Shade of Doubt in Graduation Essay Banter

A Washington Star excerpt shows a young man asking for feedback on his graduation essay. His father quips that many will be bashful about offering plain wages to a nun whose intellect surpasses the average.

Washington Star

Woodchuck Laughs and Editor Hires a Chuckle

Quip from Chicago News about a woodchuck story shows a playful exchange with the editor. The young author reads aloud and the editor jokes of a woodchuckle. The quotation adds a light moment reflecting youth and wit.

Chicago News

Humble Mrs Mellen Seeks Tinned Salmon Truth

In a humorous note from the Christian Register a polite Mrs Mellen asks her servant to learn if the new cook ate the last can of salmon without asking her directly. The servant replies the cook has eaten it and she already feels uncomfortable.

Christian Register

Menace Rail Line Near Warsaw Stirs War Front Fears

British officials focus on a vast German enveloping movement in the eastern front with 20 000 cavalry that have moved from Riga toward the Petrograd Warsaw railway. The Times warns Warsaw's fall could indefinitely delay Russia's offensives as German lines press the northern and southern arteries toward Odessa. A Petrograd statement notes German setbacks on the Narew, while other fronts show limited activity except Italy claiming 1 600 prisoners.

von Buelow Riga Petrograd Warsaw Odessa London Times Times Russia Narew London

State assessor reports delay prompts action by official

Eight counties still delay assessor reports prompting anxiety from Secretary Bernecker of the state board. Deadline was July 10 for reports to reach the office, with letters sent to delinquent counties threatening enforcement. Names of remaining delinquent counties include Douglas, Garfield, Gage, Garden, Greeley, Holt, Knox, Loup, Otoe and Rock.

Bernecker State Board of Assessment Douglas Garfield Gage Garden Greeley Holt Knox Loup Otoe Rock

Berlin Notes Shape U S response to German U boat war

The United States warns Germany it will regard future submarine attacks that kill Americans as unfriendly. The note renews demands for disavowal of sinking the Lusitania and seeks reparations, while proposing U S mediation on maritime warfare rules. The Leclanan was torpedoed off Scotland with crew saved. later shots failed to sink it before it sank. The incident heightens tensions between Germany and the United States.

Germany United States Lusitania Leclanan Archangel Belfast Scotland Kirkwall

Mercurio appeals supreme court over streetcar injury damages

Vincenzo Mercurio appeals to the supreme court from a Douglas county district court ruling that denied his request for a judgment against the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company. He seeks damages alleged from injuries suffered while the company tore up stone paving at Sixteenth and Howard streets in Omaha when struck by a streetcar. He estimated relief costs around $5,000.

Vincenzo Mercurio Supreme Court Douglas County District Court Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company Sixteenth Howard Streets Omaha

Gathright's pardon hinges on governor approval

Clarence Gathright, serving twenty years for complicity in a policeman's murder in Omaha, could gain freedom in about six months if the governor accepts the pardon board's report. His sentence was commuted to thirteen years and three months, shortening time served.

Clarence Gathright Omaha

Both Legs Lifted. A rookie officer’s drill miscue

A young officer commanding a recruit squad orders lifting the right leg but a soldier lifts the left leg instead, causing the neighbor’s legs to join. The officer exclaims in astonishment that the man has lifted both legs, a humorous misjudgment captured by the Chicago News.

Chicago News

Lincoln highway dispute settled in Merrick County by Osterman tour

Head Consul Osterman and his party reviewed the contested western Merrick county routes and approved the Union Pacific path favored by Mr Glatfelder. Separately, the board of pardons rejected Sitzman of Cass county’s pardon request, noting a life sentence for a 1909 murder near Plattsmouth.

Merrick County Osterman Union Pacific Glatfelder Board of Pardons Sitzman Cass County Plattsmouth

The Real Sufferer in Sleeplessness Joke

A neighbor asks if the baby suffers sleeplessness and the man replies that the baby sleeps fine while he himself endures the hardship, a wry line from the Ladies' Home Journal showing dark humor about fatigue.

Ladies’ Home Journal

Yes She Will Excerpt Shows Tense Exchange

A brief quoted exchange shows tension between a sister and Harold. She refuses to say yes while asserting independence and mentions accepting Harold’s brother last night, attributed to Lehigh Burr.

Harold Lehigh Burr

Evolution of women boxing provokes debate in Washington Star

A Washington Star remark quotes a debate on women in boxing, noting that while some say women are not pugilists, one assertion claims a wife once valued as a prize by her husband now takes the ring as a prizefighter.

Washington Star

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Wonder Basement C. W. Hornaday Mdse Grain Department Store Pabst Blue Ribbon Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio Hal Hoyne Seoves Michigan City Lake Erie Longfellow Sidney Lumber CO U. P Rock Springs Hanna Coal Poland Eastern War Theater Berlin U. S Kaiser Jos. A. Wolf Court House Sidney, Neb Cheyenne County Abstract Company Joseph M. Swenson Cleburne Block Joseph Oberfelder Mercurio Gathright William M. Ivins New York American Press Association Ghichester's Lamond C. W. Zike J. C. Swatzlander, M. D Western Drug Co Calla Henry E. Gapen Law Office Gapen Glenn Bliss Bentley Building Myron L. Babcock Logan County Bank Building Sterling Colorado D. H. E. Mantor Office Stowitts Building William Ritchie, JR Bridgeport O Street Rug Co C. J. Hellwig
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