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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
7
Farmers plant corn and break sod as BRONSON faces rain and snow. P A Pultz suffers leg injuries when a gate falls on him. A P Siebenaler transports him to a doctor. P V vs Gurley game set at Pleasant View school house next Sunday. local workers fill in for injured August.
Dr. C. C. Atkins leads the Peetz band as instructor for the bard boys. total instruments reach thirty seven after deliveries. A rain snow storm last weekend boosts soil for crops after dry prior weeks. Donald Koplin leaves L. E. Pilger store for Pilger Nebraska. J. B. Smith recovers from elevator injury on crutches. I O O F lodge to be instituted at Van's hall May 20 with about twenty five new members. work by Sterling team. Mrs. L. M. Gary returns from Beaver City after a month visiting.
An old newspaper ad argues rheumatism stems from blood impurities and promotes Scott's Emulsion with cod liver oil as a natural blood maker. It claims improved general health helps purge impurities and strengthen the body, urging readers to refuse alcoholic substitutes.
LEF Pilger buys furniture fixtures a new cash register and three glass show counters. A Ford touring car is also purchased by Mr Pilger. Pearson and Howard plan a cement block wareroom in the rear. Mrs Clara Watson and Miss Bertha Spicknall visit, Miss Spicknall resigns and returns to Sidney. Fred Potterville works as chef at Vienna Cafe. Mrs Potterville hosts. Strotmeyer and Schacht witness for Carl Schroder on homestead claim. U B Church marked Mother’s Day. Gravel piles spark concerns over sidewalk and crosswalk plans with Johnson brothers contracted to lay walks. Peetz population now over 100, expected 1000 in ten years. Livoni & Son advertise Colorado Farm Loans.
For sale or exchange a No 1 Emerson plane in good as new condition with original cost listed as 400. Also a Bee Bell Cream Separator barely used six weeks and fully guaranteed to perform well. Sold by J. F. Whitlock in Peetz Colorado.
Bandits believed to be Mexicano from across the Rio Grande removed spikes from three rails on the Southern Pacific near El Paso causing the eastbound Sunset express derailment. Six people were injured, three seriously. Texas rangers and deputy sheriffs departed on the wrecking train for the scene.
Members of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage rode a special western tour train and halted in Colorado Springs on the way east. They telegraphed President Wilson criticizing his focus on granting citizenship to Sioux Indians in South Dakota while not aiding woman enfranchisement.
Cattle receipts about 6,000 head with demand strong and prices at season highs. Best heavy and handy weights $9.60 to $9.65, others $9.00 to $9.30. Hogs opened about 10c lower. supply large and demand light. Sheep market set a new year high with Colorado Mexicans at $12.35 and clipped lambs near $10.15. Western and California lots steady, various lamb and ewe prices listed.
London Chronicle discusses Hamadan likely being Ekbatana, Persian royal summer residence where Alexander the Great stored vast Persian loot. It notes topographical doubt linking it to Herodotus described Ekbata na with a hilltop palace and seven color–ring fortifications where residents communicated by writing. The piece questions the historicity and exact location between Hamadan and Tabriz.
The French Draft Stallion is a dark gray four year old, weight 3900 lbs, listed for the 1916 season near Sidney. Terms ask $12.50 for a live colt. ownership changes or removal from the county trigger immediate service fees. owner N W Olson of Sidney Nebraska notes no responsibility for accidents.
News reel covers Wilson urging peacetime mediation, Verdun pressure, Britain Russia backing a relief plan, tax prep for war, labor conscription foes, and brokered US military buildup. Also reports rail and industrial leaders' deaths, robberies, lynching bills, and a catastrophic Waco crime.
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