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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
13
The Sidney Telegraph argues the city lacks proper recreational facilities for children and urges citizens to prioritize youth welfare. It calls for school connected playgrounds, year round teacher supervision, and turning public spaces into supervised outdoor areas to ensure healthier, safer youth leisure and community responsibility.
In a street column a reporter notes how marriage costs have risen yet do not worry bachelors as much as the married. It cites suffrage leaders urging women to say little in the next national election and warns of party splits. It laments anti scandal rhetoric and jokes about men tilling the land.
Mrs Martha A Jones arrived in Sidney for a visit, contracted pneumonia, and died Wednesday at her brother Robert Jones's home on East Jancob Highway after a brief illness. Born April 17 1865 in London Kentucky, she was 52. Survived by husband J F Jones, two children Myrtle M Jones and Mrs Jones, mother in Cheyenne, five sisters and six brothers. Funeral service held at home with Rev Henry Ives, body shipped to London by train No 20.
Commissioner J L Reel attended the opening baseball game in Sidney. Yr FLA Barger visits homefolks in Ohio this week. Councilman A J Jorgenson drives a new Dodge Sedan, but the car reportedly belongs to Mrs Jorgenson with her at the wheel. W R R received no summons to Missouri due to his father’s death. he heads to Omaha with brother Sam. Mrs F J Hansen and daughter from Shelton Nebr travel to Bridgeport visiting her father, editor of the Bridgeport Herald, and spend the day with Mr and Mrs H F Freytag. Mesdames Easterday Jones Dedinger Killen Scanton Zimmer Granneman and others attended the district convention of the Woman's Benefit Association of the Maccabees, hearing Mrs Frances Patridge of Port Huron Mich, supreme keeper of the orders records.
BlueBird cleans garments in ten to twelve minutes with warm soapy water washing away soil grease and dirt. The process claims to require no effort from the user and costs only a few cents weekly, promising cheaper operation than other washing methods.
Paris reports great difficulty housing the surge of American tourists with many hotels fully booked into July and August. A woman visiting 21 hotels found no rooms. Shipping limits also curb travel, with 40 to 43 ships in service carrying 12 000 to 13 000 people monthly.
James Vinci, chauffeur of the death car linked to Maurice Mossy Enright's February 3 slaying, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 14 years. After four hours deliberation the jury rejected a death sentence, noting Vinci had no special interest in the crime. A stray line about a woman praising spring gowns appears as an extraneous note.
The Knights of Columbus initiation banquet at the To bin Opera house featured music by the Sidney orchestra and a series of speakers. J J McIntosh acted as toastmaster guiding remarks from Father Link, Miss Josephine Simones, Jack Cunningham, Rev James A Duffy, Prof D Ud Lewis and local officials. The event announced new knights including J Heywood and J McQuillan, ending with a promotional notice about the Red Viper performance at the Methodist Church.
Notes and Queries reproduces a Daily Express letter proposing the phrase derives from catadupe meaning cataract. The writer, Bertram Cooper Cannock, cites Greek Katadoupoi for the Nile cataracts and links it to heavy rainfall. Christian Science Monitor echoed the explanation.
Sidney Chautauqua plans a June 26 to 30 program as an advance agent forms an organization. J W Johnson new committee head with W R Repettver directing ticket sales and A B Phelps handling grounds. W J Weeden decor, J L Pisdell advertising, Mrs Ray I Witham children’s chair, Dr Ray E K secretary. department heads to appoint staff to ensure a successful event.
Miss Stella Hyman confessed to poisoning Ed and Mrs Bunch, her brother-in-law and sister, and a jury found her guilty of first degree murder after a brief 20 minute deliberation. The report also mentions stray anecdotes about dogs and a note on a church event titled The Epic Drama of the Melting Pot at the Methodist Church tonight and tomorrow.
The Red Viper at the Methodist venue prompts local chatter with an unusual title mixed with dental office details for Dr ML E Pettibone in the McIntosh block rooms 5 6 and a phone number 60, suggesting a quirky historical ad fragment.
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