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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
7
In Hickman Lincoln County a village leases its park for cow pasture. A cow dies after a park visit by two bovines accused of goring it. The cow owner seeks 100 dollars from the village and the animal owners. Twenty-two witnesses testify as a dispute over the lease and damages unfolds.
Mayor Charles W. Bryan of Lincoln declares no candidate seeking the April Nebraska primaries can win Party support if they back anything wet. W. J Bryan plans to tour Nebraska in mid March leading a month long prohibition drive. If a candidate refuses to declare or opposes prohibition a Bryan slate will be filed for the city forces to keep liquor interests from controlling the Democratic party.
The Boston Herald notes the Great Circle makes the San Francisco to Manila path 266 miles shorter than Hawaii routes. Navigators prefer the northern course via San Francisco and the Aleutians, despite hydrographic bureau advisories urging a central route to avoid fog and ice. The piece discusses Honolulu’s potential as a Pacific crossroads and warns against overemphasizing equatorial location.
Natives of Yap place "money stones" on view as wealth markers. The stones, quarried in Palau 200 miles away, are hauled by canoe after pacifying Palau's king and can take months to shape. Small stones buy a month's food. large stones require grueling transport, and stones even pay indemnities or fund neutral aid in war.
A masked ball request unfolds with a customer seeking a disguise and a clerk offering a “nice” item. The dialogue then shifts to a seeming aside about exercise as the chief source of improvement.
New York City plans a 1916 budget of about $214,000,000, roughly $15,000,000 more than 1915, signaling an eighteen point tax-rate rise. The five-borough average tax rate stands at 1.12, with overall city tax rate near 2.10 percent after state direct tax. Seven men are believed dead after steamship Leona foundered in the Gulf of Georgia while carrying copper ore from Howe Sound to Tacoma.
A forest fire began in Willow Park Colorado destroying ten acres of timber and still burning. Flames neared the timber line and officials feared it would circle Dear Mountain and threaten the Estes Park district.
Navy reports say an armed band in the Bahon vicinity threatens trouble while Colonel Waller leads Marines inland to urge disarmament. The general calm elsewhere in Haiti remains.
More than 3,300 horses were bought by England and its allies at East St. Louis last week. Since the war began, 174,285 horses have cost over 25 million dollars, purchased at East St. Louis by England and its allies.
Readers are offered a $100 reward if Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure catarrh a constitutional disease. The ad claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, strengthens the constitution, and lists Fr. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as makers with sales through druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Boston's William M Tufts chosen moderator of the New England Presbyterian synod meeting in Portland Me The article notes other items including Silvester Lanham chief of Travelers Insurance death in Hartford and a volcanic eruption at Lassen Peak California with top of summit illuminated for a half hour
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