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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1910
Page
9
The article notes National Guard branches in multiple states and widespread civilian clubs promoting rifle practice. It highlights youth participation as school boys increasingly engaged in the activity alongside organized groups and military units.
The article notes growing U S interest in rifle practice and marksmanship to arm citizen soldiers. It cites Secretary of War Dickinson as a key proponent and details Camp Perry matches with prizes, personnel, and funding, highlighting widespread participation by regulars, National Guard, and civilian clubs.
The Transvaal becomes the leading gold producer with output rising from 8.0 million in 1889 to 133.0 million in 1907. World gold production since 1492 totals about 6.3 billion through 1880, with current trends doubling in 30 years and potentially again.
The article explains two class based methods of courting in Mexico. In upper classes a man stalks a woman from the street to her home then through a month of signals, flowers, and letters culminating in a scented note. Lower classes meet with a brief push and a drink fueled by mutual devotion and enduring support.
New York state reports 5476 beds for consumptives up to May 1, followed by Massachusetts 2403 and Pennsylvania 2347. The National Association urges expanding beds to 35000 by May 1, 1911 to ensure all cases are cared for whether at home or in institutions.
A golf club secretary of diminutive stature faced a summer golf round where a very long driver repeatedly dropped balls near him. He confronted the visitor about the conduct, only to be told that cutting the grass would reveal him to be seen.
Jim Rice of Columbia crew praises a young freshman in a lighthearted tale. The coach recalls the awkward hair cut exchange with a barber who jokes the freshman took after his mother, not his father, in bearing and beard strength.
A Brooklyn trolley car scene shows a girl paying half fare then adding two pennies and declaring to the conductor that her statistics are her own. The encounter blends humor with a cheeky assertion of privacy.
A physician cites repeated cases where coffee triggers nervous, stomach, and bowel issues and urges readers to try Postum. A patient reports relief within weeks, improved sleep, weight gain, and restored energy after switching from coffee to Postum, noting family health improvements.
Patience notes storage limits for beef and eggs as winter furs require space. Patrice asks why and Patience explains the need to free room in cold storage for seasonal fur supplies.
A clerk promotes a new edition priced at $2 of Mendelssohn Song Without Words. Mrs Newrich asks if the price includes lyrics, prompting a clarification on whether the edition contains words.
The Minneapolis Journal quotes AG Wickersham at a Washington dinner criticizing a financier whose methods he calls deplorable. He likens the man to an old man before a country judge who refuses to provide witnesses, saying I had not, sah I don't steal chickens before witnesses, sah.
A dep utation pleads for weekly wages to avoid lumbago from monthly pay. Mr Skinflint questions the shift, while the clerk insists weekly payments prevent back pain. The dialogue, from London Answers, hinges on a humorously practical grievance about payroll frequency.
In Harper's Weekly scene a ventful moment at a pop concert interrupts the hush as a jealous suitor heckles lovers and vows to "pop or bust" while the orchestra plays Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. The audience shouts for music, tempering the tense flirtation with comic interruption.
The Yonkers Statesman notes a new self leveling table lets yeast billiards and pool be played aboard ships, as the device adjusts to every movement of the vessel. A tongue in cheek line jokes about applying the idea to a man's stomach to prevent upset.
The Tatler quotes a doctor telling McTavish that he must stop whiskey or lose his eyesight, and the old man reflects on having seen much in life.
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