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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
10
Frank Verba of Beemer Nebraska spent about two weeks in the county and on his farm north of Potter he voiced high satisfaction with local prospects and neighbors. He planned a trip to Colorado before returning to Beemer.
Agnes Cecelia Hurley died last Thursday in the southwest part of the city after a bout with a lingering illness. Her mother Mrs. Marietta Hurley accompanied her during treatment at the C. M. Wright apartments. The body was prepared by Jones Undertaking and shipped on June 10 to Nebraska City, her old home.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thiemann arrived from West Gunnery to visit town on Monday. He plans to travel to the Springs near Denver seeking relief from rheumatism that has troubled him for some time. Mrs. Thiemann’s father, Claus Edens, is critically ill with little hope of improvement.
Mrs Esther Booth and her daughters of Sunol together with Mrs Fred F Lehmkuhl of Todgepole came to the city Friday and visited the ranch home of Bismark Range where George Sager, brother of Mrs Booth and uncle of the other women, lies in critical condition.
Mr Otto Kahn voices a blunt judgment that America lost faith in Europe after World War I. He argues America saw Europe as still driven by acquisitiveness and power, unwilling to abandon old ambitions, and predicts only a new generation of leaders can rekindle European reform and a rebirth of politics and society.
Former Secretary Daniels addressed reporters at the army and navy air race in Mineola noting the prevalence of selfish viewpoints in political questions. He recalled a Washington exchange about battleships, recounting a quip that battleships are needed to furnish lieutenants for dances at naval balls.
A historical note credits Mme. Curie with discovering radium and describes its role in cancer treatment. It explains radium as an energy rich element linked to uranium, noting the immense uranium required to yield radium and its potential to treat millions of patients, referencing carnotite deposits in Colorado.
Radium, worth its weight in gold, remains scarce with less than an ounce in existence. Gamma rays are used to treat cancer for their penetrating power, while alpha and beta rays are less so. New York state bought 21% grams of radium for $225,000 in August, delivered in a pocket-sized lead tube for Memorial Hospital in New York City, where daily free clinics report commendable results.
Charles Dillon writes in the Farm Journal from New York City urging readers to view rural life as preferable to urban misery. He cites 2,400 vacant farm homes in New York and thousands idle in cities, begging young people to avoid crowded centers and urgent joblessness.
This Forbes Magazine note argues that top earners may stagnate. Schwab warns against hiring those who feel they have “arrived” and settled. such reputations fade unless they still seek to earn more. Reputations are like brass and need constant polishing to stay bright.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph anecdote describes Willie waiting for meals and silently asking his mother if boys who starve to death go to heaven. The tale illustrates a child’s blunt honesty about hunger observed during a shared meal.
About 65c a day per student will limit meals at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University for three months. The saved funds go to famine relief in China. Men will abstain from tobacco and women from candy and motion pictures. There are more than 150 Chinese students at the two schools.
Eva Katherine Kaber and her daughter Miss Marian McArdle face first degree murder charges in the death of Daniel B. Kaber. A Sandusky woman identified as involved confessed to supplying poison and arranging a payment of three thousand dollars for the murder plot. The mother denies all accusations and asserts her daughter’s innocence. The two suspects were jailed in Cleveland after New York questioning.
In Springfield Massachusetts on June 18 Miss Lucy D Gillett sister of Speaker Gil lett of the national house of representatives was arrested by Chicopee police on a manslaughter charge after a car she drove struck 12 year old Irene Cote. She was released on bail of 5000 pending court appearance. She said she was driving slowly but the girl dodged in front of the machine.
Miss Elizabeth Ryan of California defeated Mrs Beamish of England in the finals of the women’s singles championship in Buckingham on June 13. The score was 9-7 6-4.
Markets report open high and low quotes across wheat flour butter eggs poultry potatoes onions cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago on June 1 with detailed price ranges for futures and wholesale goods including wheat types butter eggs poultry and cattle values, plus grain storage and delivery mentions. Names and figures include No 1 timothy prices, various wheat futures, flour prices, potato and onion quotes, and livestock price bands for steers hogs and lambs.
Spasmodic reformers push a set of “fourteen points” added to Woodrow Wilson’s program. The list targets social behavior and morals including speech, dress, dancing, drinking, gambling, and entertainment. The authors seek honesty and decency without new laws or officials, calling for a clean, fair society.
A witty exchange quoted from the New York Sun notes a speaker claiming they were too busy making love to judge a woman’s intelligence. The remark reflects light banter on judgments of intellect.
The South Divide Local No. 443 officers and members extend sympathy to the family of our deceased brother George M. Walker and resolve that these resolutions be entered in the minutes and a copy sent to the family.
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