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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1915
Page
4
The Sidney Telegraph notes the retirement of Elihu Root of New York and L. Burton of Ohio from the sixty third congress. It criticizes executive control under President Wilson, calls the congress a mere recorder, and questions rural credit promises while forecasting potential action for farmers in the next election cycle.
The article notes Japan's strong position in Asia and the Pacific, aiming for prominent seats at a future international council. It emphasizes the United States watching another Pacific power’s stance during the global conflict and postwar negotiations.
The Secretary of War told a delegation that nationalizing armament production would benefit military nations and peace advocates alike. He warned the United States could face a disadvantage in war if it cannot rely on private manufacturers for guns and essentials. The piece discusses tariff reform, Mexican policy, and looming decisions on intervention versus inaction amid unrest.
In a public statement and a senate speech Senator Cummings of Iowa criticizes the sixty third Congress calling it transformed into a mere recorder and journal clerk. He says the legislative branch suffered executive domination from assembly to adjournment.
The final Congress action unanimously approved a resolution empowering the president to withhold clearances from vessels believed to carry fuel arms or supplies to belligerent warships, enforcing neutrality across all U S lands and waters. Strong penalties attach and collectors of customs will enforce the measure, signaling steadfast U S adherence to neutrality and urging other nations to respect it.
A historical note rails at the Democratic Congress for failing to aid farming interests. It argues the party promised rural credit legislation to win the agricultural vote and pledged measures to assist farmers if it gained government control.
Opinion notes that wedding anniversary excitement stems from approaching completion. It urges abandoning texts on United States history in American schools during foreign hostilities to avoid perceived favoritism. It argues histories unfairly favor England in accounts.
A Sunday service ended with the pastor praying aloud for an easy war end and the congregation responding with loud applause. The moment captured a shared desire for peace as the service concluded.
The piece argues that moral rightness comes from an inner conscience rather than social norms. It urges individuals to analyze guilt, assess whether it stems from own views or family conditioning, and to craft personal discipline based on honesty and integrity within their generation. It ends with a stark note on judgment and sanity.
The article notes the first cheerful signs of spring with a scissors grinder, a crippled pencil seller, and an artist who proclaims blindness, illustrating urban street life as the season changes.
A reflective line contrasts fatigue from conflict with the harsher, hidden crisis of addiction, noting gratitude for distance from both war danger and a dope fiend’s deprivation, underscoring the quiet daily tolls behind public turmoil.
Senator B K Bushee acquired a substantial block of Rodman Mortgage Co stock. The firm, with 25000 paid in capital, is a key money lending house in several western Nebraska counties. Officers include W S Rodman president B K Bushee vice president W M Rodman secretary and J A Rodman attorney.
Nikulaie Tzokol Mrs Louis Sams S Wells Mr J L Teal W H Simms Mr W S Helaney Mr Earl Easton J oT McIntosh Postmaster
The famous Bull Tractor Didle Bull offered with guaranteed horsepower ranges 5 to 12 and 7 to 20, priced at 395 and 585 dollars respectively. A Big Bull demonstrator will arrive around March 30. Co C Dimick, agent, Sidney.
The Modern Woodmen of America in this city have contracted with Mr Bentley to produce a three reel moving picture. It features the head office buildings head officers and views of the head camp M W of A Foresters encampment and the film The Man Who Came Back or the story of the Sanitorium at Colorado Springs. The date is April 13.
Mrs Ellen Burke went to Simin Morris county Wednesday morning summoned by a message announcing the death of her nephew the little child of Mr and Mrs Louis Scheutz. The family has been sick for months with pneumonia and complications and this is the second child to succumb while apparently improving.
An old Cheyenne County Nebraska court notice reports a bank balance statement with figures for capital stock surplus and undivided profits, plus a judgment foreclosure action by Sheriff J O W McDaniel against defendants John Eggert and others, with sale of real estate set for March 25, 1915, in Sidney Nebraska.
The opera house hosted a Friday declamatory contest with twenty entrants across three classes. Grace Foster won Oratory, Nellie Dedrick and Phyllis Corbett claimed top spots in Dramatic and Humorous categories, while the honor students were Clarence Wright, Roy Greenlee, and Albert Ruttner. The debating team defeated Ogallala, and a senior class play is planned for commencement week. Proceeds totaled 35 dollars, benefiting the debating fund and future Alliance delegates.
Election will be held in the Village of Sidney Nebraska on Tuesday April 6 1915 to elect three trustees for two years. Ballots may be cast from 9 am to 7 pm in the basement of the county courthouse at Sidney. Also at the same time and place the license question will be submitted. Dated Sidney March 12 1915. Leslie Neubauer Village Clerk.
In the County Court of Cheyenne County Nebraska Estate of Sara J Dry deceased. County Judge Chambers sets April 20 1953 and August 28 1975 at 10:00 a.m. for reception examination and adjustment of all claims. All creditors must file claims or be barred after August 3 1915.
Ida M Wharton files a foreclosure petition in Cheyenne County District Court on February 1 1915 against Theodore Wolf Emma E Wolf Henry P Leavitt Joseph P O Keefe and Walter V Hoagland to foreclose a mortgage on North Half and Southeast Quarter Section 23 Township 13 North Range 52 West and to bar redemption. Answer by April 26 1916 or default decree.
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