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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1915
Page
3
Victor the Grade Belgian Stallion will begin the season at the same location. Terms are ten dollars to insure cost. All precautions will be taken but the owner W N Andrews will not be responsible for accidents.
Lincoln May 3 The foot and mouth disease quarantine dispute between Kansas and Nebraska was not discussed at the state livestock sanitary board meeting. President J H W Bulla left for Kansas to pursue the matter there as Kansas representatives were expected. Guard Officers Elected by Company Lincoln May 3 Efficiency in National Guard promotions hinges on election by the company or regimental officers, not length of service, Deputy Attorney General Barrett rules.
Willis Boardman Zink of New York reports Nebraska as a thriving market for new underwear styles. He recalls selling in eight to ten towns, showing strong orders, and asserts Nebraska’s current prosperity and purchasing power, with Nebraska buyers buying in large quantities and supporting better outer goods and foods. A separate note mentions an investigation into Nebraska state board expenditures and officer earnings since 1913.
The report notes a secretary of state refusing to name a party over stamps misused in a Nebraska legislature case, and three Lincoln women plan a 2100 mile walk to San Francisco selling papers. Alfred Bourne, found in Lincoln, learns of a $7.5 million Australian fortune from a late uncle and will pursue the claim before returning to manage railway investments.
The twelfth annual convention of the First District Federation of Women s Clubs was organized at Bethany with president Mrs Charles Humphrey of Falls City in charge. Chancellor Aylesworth of Cotner University welcomed members as Mrs D E Wherry of Falls City responded. Professor Frederick A Stuff of the University of Nebraska delivered the address on The New Fiction Is It Cultural.
Lincoln this week hosts the forty-eighth annual session of the Knights of Pythias and their auxiliary the Pythian Sisterhood, while the Ancient Order of United Workmen also holds its convention at the Auditorium. Large attendance reported at both meetings.
Obituaries from Chicago to New Jersey report the death of Rev Dr George S Vibbert former temperance leader and Arthur Hoeber noted artist and critic. Major General Goethals leaves Panama for Washington while others die or face public events in Oregon Washington BC and Missouri.
John Tuttle charged with carrying concealed weapons and William Murray charged with robbing a schoolhouse escaped the county jail by picking locks while Sheriff Fischer and his son were away pursuing car robbers. No trace has been found.
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