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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1909
Page
2
A compact survey of wireless telegraphy across North Atlantic routes shows ships with modest gear can maintain contact with coasts and other vessels within about 200 miles. The piece also urges hygiene to curb tuberculosis and discusses court decisions on marriage duties and Swiss war on oversized hats classed as wheels.
A wartime tone piece reports Japan and Russia denouncing Count Leo Tolstoy as a danger to religious and political order. It argues harsh penalties for kidnappers, urging severe laws and punishment, and warns that sympathy for criminals is wasted.
The piece notes a drop in auto arrests in New York as a sign that a crackdown on the "scorchery" and baby slayers is taking effect. Chauffeurs fear enforcement of speed laws will curb deadly runs, while rural route waiters speculate Congress may remove garden seeds from the free list.
At a Philadelphia Bee Keepers' Association gathering about 10 000 Italian bees escaped their cage and stung Harold Horner of New Jersey. He continued the demonstration despite swelling hands and face, moving honey makers between hives amid a chaotic, buzzing scene.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Pepper tell of an alleged conversation with an omen that led to a message about a sick brother in Lincoln. The case is being investigated by the New York Society for Psychical Research. The wailing began as an unlocatable sound then answered to a direct question about Mrs Pepper.
Nine miles east of Pawnee Oklahoma a farmer named J G Adams roped and pulled a large bear from a tree. The bear was found in the woods and taken to Adams home.
In Worcester Massachusetts the town of Northbridge reports a mysterious moving light seen nightly near Wayside ledge. About 200 residents gathered as armed men climbed the ledge and chased the light which zigzagged along the hill, climbed a pine, and vanished into a nearby pond.
Maude Allen alias Harry Allen lived as a boy for eight years and taught in county public schools five years. She was found in a hospital arrested and fined 50 dollars, then ordered to wear woman’s clothing within 24 hours. She wore a blue serge suit and had cultivated a heavy beard. She said the deception began when she was 16 to pursue a better life.
The new sultan Mohammed V of Turkey is described as liberal and capable. He is the twenty ninth ruler from Osman and born November 3, 1844. The article notes his lineage, the line of succession, and the traditional titles he inherits as ruler of the Ottoman realm.
Ernst Haeckel resigns from his 48 year post at the University of Jena. He plans to write a history of biology and continue scientific work with his pupil Ludwig Plate. He will also complete the Phyletic museum at Jena to promote the theory of development and show life’s evolution.
Carrie Nation, famed crusader against alcohol, will quit campaigning. She has earned enough from lectures and hatchet sales to buy a large Arkansas farm with poultry, pigs, pigeons, garden crops, and fruit, and plans to enjoy a quieter life.
Dr Maurice Francis Egan, a leading sonnet writer and prose stylist, is favored to succeed Putnam as Librarian of Congress. He has been minister to Denmark and taught English at Notre Dame and Catholic University. He influences Catholic American literature and edits several publications.
Health guidance emphasizes right living, recreation, contemplation, and effort. The California Figure Syrup Co promotes its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a wholesome laxative, urging buyers to seek the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co through leading druggists.
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