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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
7
After The Pocket Gopher a cooperative effort is organized to exterminate pocket gophers in Blakely township. Farmers will sign written agreements to join the project. Poison will be mixed in bulk and provided to farmers at cost. County agricultural agent leads the effort.
A Birmingham Age Telegram fragment quotes a conversation about a boy who persistently asks questions about his mother and various odd terms. The exchange hints at the child’s curious nature and the parent’s weariness.
A short, jocular item notes Sue and her new husband beginning their honeymoon in a “veri tuble ecstasy” remarking on a joking question about a new make. It captures a light social quip from the Baltimore American era column.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary public grants oath in Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Medicine is taken internally and acts through blood. Send for a free sample. Ball's Family for constipation.
W J Bryan remains nonparticipatory yet influential as the armed ship controversy heads to a House vote this week. He will dine near the Capitol with Rep Bailey while Rep Stephens defends warnings against armed merchantmen, amid rules committee framing to table the Melemore resolution and allow a presidentially guided diplomacy.
In a humorous exchange the family dynamics are teased with William joking that his father has little say at home while the mother runs things, a line noted by the Boston Transcript.
A stormy attack on Lord Granville prompts Lord Riandolph Churchill to a perilous Channel crossing and near death from seasickness. The London Standard quotes his rueful remark as he gasps in fatigue and danger.
After a week off the grade school resumed with strong turnout in the upper grades while lower grades show few absences. Teachers enroll in Palmer Method writing, cooking room advances, declamatory program with Miss Webb, Miss Schulte, and Mr. Braham, and a planned March 17 preliminary contest in the high school auditorium. Debates on preparedness and a Sidney tournament win, plus a lively athletic program in the gym, including boxing, swimming, and a special train to Kimball for Lincoln-bound tournament support, netted $35.80 for the team trip.
State Auditor Smith seeks re nomination on Democratic ticket. Tecumseh schools led by W. F. Cook. Nebraska State Bank of Bridgeport gets charter. Holdrege hosts better roads meeting. Governor Morehead supporters push vice presidency via petition. Fire Commissioner Ridgell seeks railway post. Daniel W. Cook dies in Beatrice. Union Pacific bridge work to start April 1. Murdoch and Hunter named Omaha municipal judges. Wolf roundup near Plattsmouth nets six killed. Big land sale near Fremont at Mark M. Coadh ranch averages 153 per acre. Cr Bryan advocates municipal improvements and prohibition. Several criminal and legal actions noted including forgery conviction and jail condemnation.
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