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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1910
Page
2
A collection of wry observations on prices and modern life from higher costs to social trends. Notes on agriculture planes labor strikes and public figures suggest humor amid economic concerns. References range from shirtwaist strikes and taxes to Roosevelts dining and seismographs.
A wireless operator who sent C Q D signals across the sea shares a similar offbeat humor with smashing straw hats on stock exchanges, blowing tin horns, jangling cowbells, hazing at colleges, and pushing April food sales.
A Worcester Massachusetts aeroplane famed as a record breaker is expected to attempt 200 to 300 mile fights in broad daylight, promising a greater sensation with the tests.
Government scientists in Washington unveil an energy machine, a respiration calorimeter, to measure nutrition from foods like steak and potatoes. Experts led by Dr. A C True will test human subjects and assess digestion and energy across foods to cut costs for institutions, the army, and navy.
Don C Sowers and Prof C G Fuson completed an eight and a half month overland journey across China and Chinese Turkestan. They gathered valuable magnetic observations under the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The party traveled from Peking to Honan and Kashgar then crossed the Karakorum to Rawalpindi with the support of Chinese officials and foreign representatives.
Henry Luxton deputy clerk buys a $50 opal ring then trips injuring his ankle. The ring vanishes but later reappears as thefts unfold: a missing suitcase and coat, a robbed chicken yard, a stolen watch from a vault. The opal remains safe and is finally secured in the courthouse vault.
Rebecca Huber of Reading Pennsylvania has read the Bible sixty times and begins a new year by starting the volume again. At 81 she spends spare time reading and sewing and is a member of Salem Evangelical church. She has seven children, five living, and believes daily Bible reading would curb widespread wickedness.
Ocean Springs Mississippi reports a local physician using carrier pigeons to receive daily patient reports from surrounding rural districts due to heavy call volume and distant homes. The pigeons serve as a practical medical adjunct to monitor progress and coordinate care.
County Clerk Fred R. Morgan reports a Texas trapper asking for scalps of wolves in Oklahoma. Morgan notes the county pays 1 per wolf scalp and that using dogs or traps is acceptable, with wolves found mainly in hilly areas.
The diplomat follows a family pattern by marrying Miss Constance Moyt, daughter of the former Solicitor General Henry M. Hoyt. Hoyt is noted for beauty and grace. The marriage is set for spring and the groom to depart soon after for a new post as third secretary of the German embassy.
A southern penitentiary visit ends with a prisoner explaining his conviction for theft. The condemned man recounts a dandy alibi built by a lawyer and ten witnesses, but admits the sole flaw: the watch found in his pocket betrayed the defense. The tale, sourced from Tit-Bits, highlights a fatal lapse in a religious worker’s inquiry.
A remark from Recollections of M Paoll in McClure's notes the Spanish king Alfonso XIII maintaining a large appetite each morning with a rump steak and potatoes for breakfast, sometimes with eggs salad and fruit, reflecting on sovereigns as trenchermen.
James J. Corbett praised Jim Jeffries style in the Mauretania smoking room calling it a neat quick to the point meat style. He compared it to a little girl asking a minister during a long call if he forgot to bring his amen.
An assortment of old product notices includes Pettit's Eye Salve for inflammation and eye discomfort, Howard Bros Buffalo ads for druggists, Pazo Ointment claims to cure piles in 6 to 14 days with money back guarantee, and scattered literary quotes from Fenelon and Shakespeare are interspersed.
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