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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
6
The exposition president receives and dedicates the grounds in a formal ceremony marking the opening or renewal of the site. Officials and attendees participate as local leaders outline future use and public access plans.
A great parade of 11000 soldiers and 60000 spectators filled the Liberal Arts building and auditorium for the dedication ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. President Roosevelt delivered the dedication address praising national expansion and the Louisiana Purchase, followed by Francis and Potter speeches and a centennial aerial gun salute.
Washington report: Count Casini, the Russian ambassador, met with Secretary Hay at the State Department for a lengthy interview. The discussion on Manchuria was described as amicable and fully addressed, with the entire issue reviewed in a satisfactory manner.
The New York Produce Exchange reports April 25 visible grain supplies: Wheat 3,556,000 bushels down 1,125,000. Corn 7,724,000 down 610,000. Oats 6,505,000 up 16,000. Rye 1,137,000 up 173,000. Barley 1,355,000 down 263,000.
In Montreal the longshoremen strike grows tenser as about six vessels remain in port and work has begun on four. Non-union laborers are largely Italian and Jewish. Tuesday afternoon 340 men and sympathizers marched between slips shouting anti Jewish slurs, with police at piers firing revolvers to keep them back.
The trial of Joseph Trepani for grand larceny in collecting life insurance money on the supposed death of Cassimera Croone opened Monday. Investigators uncovered broad swindling operations with several Italians suspected of involvement.
In New York the anticipated May Day strikes did not fully materialize. About 30,000 Italian excavators and rockmen refuse work while engineers seek arbitration. Freight steamers keep moving but tugboat operations and ice barges face disruption. Teamsters report minimal participation as 4,000 were called to strike.
Dr Councilman of Harvard Medical School told the Boston Society of Medical Science that smallpox is caused by a tabro organism, tying it to malaria and distinguishing it from other bacterial diseases. The findings come from studies with Dr George Burgess Magrath and Dr Walter Remsen Brinckerhoff, with Boston Board of Health cooperation during the recent epidemic.
New regulations regulating matches took effect at midnight May 1. Licenses required to sell or give away matches. Retailers may not sell boxes containing more than 1,000 matches. Splints must be strong and ignitable with minimal noise. beads must not fly off. Violations carry a $5 fine.
A massive rock slide from Furtle mountain near the town devastates the valley. Thousands of tons of debris cover the mine entrance, killing all outside workers and trapping about twenty inside. Over 103 dead, including Mr Leitch and family, as floodwaters rise behind the dammed Old Man's River.
Letters from readers praise Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and urinary issues. Testimonials from Sam A. Dunauss of St. Louis and EB. K. Stevenson of Asrex Conc detail relief after sample use, with claims of improved urination, reduced pain, and overall renewed health.
A newspaper item notes the Ainos of Japan, bear idolaters clustered in Yezo and nearby islands, numbering about 18,000 and fading. It describes their appearance, origin myths, and the bear as their chief deity, contrasting with other Asiatic traits. A separate blunt quip mocks social niceties and flirtations attributed to a figure named Prince ton Tiger.
Governor De Forrest Richards died at his Cheyenne home on Tuesday morning from acute kidney disease. Born April 16 1840 in Charleston New Hampshire, he later moved to Alabama then Chadron Nebraska where he organized a bank. He later founded the First National Bank in Douglas Wyoming, served as mayor and state senator, and was elected governor in 1898 and 1902.
Sioux Falls judge Fuller of the Supreme Court faced strong legislative pressure to raise salaries. In Pierre a party leader warned him not to push the measure, arguing higher pay would lead voters to elect real lawyers to the bench. He dropped the amendment.
The Callao, sent from Canton to assist engineers, reports it was attacked by a mob and found broken instruments and books of the engineers along with an empty drifting house boat upriver.
A blaze at the International Salt company plant in South Chicago consumed the facility and three boats moored in the Calumet river. Fire crews battled the flames, with investigators reviewing the scene for causes and damages.
Turkish forces defeated a band of about 500 insurgents, partly in Bulgarian uniforms, near Radovitz on April 19 in European Turkey. The action took place as Turkish troops clashed with insurgent units in the Salonica region.
A group of young women at an Oklahoma City teachers convention learned a health lesson after quitting coffee. A sister teacher credits Postum Coffee with curing her stomach troubles and reports eight boarding-house teachers also improving their condition after switching. The speaker offers to share their names.
A shot in the wings during act three at Zeke de Lussan's San Francisco Carmen opening caused relieved sighs. The disappointed spectator declared Tennery's Don Jose at his limit, only to see the character reappear unharmed and jokes erupt about a missed aim.
Vermont senator Dillingham studies the weather map in the senate and capitol, noting the Gulf of Mexico as the source of much rainfall to the Eastern and Middle states and asking what would happen without it.
Friends of E J Couse laugh at seminary girls comments about his work The Peace Pipe Dream winning the Hallgarten prize One girl says she prefers the canvas and asks her mother to see it The exchange captures dinner-ish theater of the art show
Reports from Paris say Santos-Dumont is constructing a large balloon shed to house at least three airships. He bought 12 000 square meters of land facing the Seine at Neuilly opposite Puteaux, near the summer club for Parisian sportsmen.
Nostalgic advertisement for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders touted by Nurse Mother Gray at the Children’s Home New York. Claims cure feverishness bad stomach teething disorders move regulate bowels destroy worms sold by druggists 25 cents sample free address A S Olmsted LeRoy N Y. Also a joke line about laughter ending in a stitch.
Some grocers say they do not keep De fiance Starch because they already hold 12 brands in stock and know the 16 oz package cannot be sold to a customer who has used De fiance Starch before for the same price.
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