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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
8
A miscellany notes a Queer Indian custom from the Charlottes with Raven and Eagle affiliations and matrilineal inheritance, then explains the term Blaize as polite metaphor. It adds a brief anecdote on mishearing speech and defines twin earthquakes in Britain as two shocks with a quiet interval.
President Wilson addresses a crowd in Charlotte while Allied forces face renewed German offensives in Verdun. Treasury receipts exceed estimates, and James J. Hill’s illness is serious. Congress passed the army bill and shipping bill. Texas and Oklahoma suffer storm losses. George B. Cox dies in Cincinnati. Greece objects to Fort Dontepe occupation. Carranza sends a friendly note to the U S. Haleau eruptions observed at Mauna Loa. Income tax returns near 120 million. Sweden assured on Aland island rights. Company M Minnesota mustered out for inefficiency. German submarine tonnage totals 671 500 from Jan 1 to May 1.
Dark gray four year old stallion weighing 1900 Iba stands one mile and a half west of Sidney. Season price 12.50 for live colt. If ownership changes or horse removed from the county, service fee becomes due at once. Precautions taken for pore cidemia.
Four jurors were sworn in from a 400 person venire in the Will H. Orpet murder case at Waukegan Illinois. The trial has been underway for more than a week. Celeste Youker, Orpet’s fiancée, will testify for the state to support the murder charge.
Dr. Arthur W. Waite a young dentist stands trial before Justice Shearn in New York charged with murdering his wealthy father in law John B. Peck of Grand Rapids. Swann the district attorney alleged Waite administered deadly germs and poison and applied chloroform to Peck’s nostrils until death in his opening address.
The Dutch government plans a strong note to Berlin asserting Germany's responsibility for torpedoing the Dutch steamer Tubantia, according to a Rotterdam dispatch.
A severe earthquake shock was felt at Athens Greece at midnight. The tremor caused alarm in the capital with reports of shaking structures and anxious residents seeking safety as authorities assess damage and aftershocks possible.
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