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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1903
Page
7
A North Carolina superior court orders six new Bibles for use by white and black witnesses, with old Bibles to be burned. The judge mandates separate Bibles for white and black witnesses, a move tied to race fears rather than sanitation. The decision sparks debate on racial segregation in court proceedings.
Grim old Dom Paul Kruger, the former Transvaal president, lives alone at Mentone in a secluded villa. A policeman disperses camera bearers as he enters daily around noon after a morning in the garden. He is not decrepit and keeps to his own company.
A mixed item notes the price of Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold Laxative Bromo Quinines and a joke about General Logan's retort. It recalls a southern Illinois meeting before the Civil War where Joan A. Logan confronted an elder man. A pistol threat was avoided by a calm retort about lying.
An assortment of old advertisements praises Red Cross Ball Blue, Mrs Winslow’s Teething Syrup, Defiance Starch, and moral maxims. Claims stress quality and value, noting storekeepers prefer Defiance Starch due to quantity and quality for customers.
Complete returns from seventy nine of Nebraska’s ninety counties highlight statewide results. Reports cover saloon theft in Paul, county court actions, church pulpit exchanges in Fremont, a man’s accidental death near Plattsmouth, and a stalled irrigation taxation case.
LNCOLN A V Cole commandant of the Soldiers' Home at Grand Island has tendered his resignation to Governor Mickey and it has been accepted. Reports say the resignation was demanded, though the governor denies or confirms. Cole was appointed by Governor Savage and reappointed by Governor Mickey.
A resident from Omaha aimed to run a turkey raffle in Plattsmouth the week before Thanksgiving but Chief R. W. Hyers rejected the plan. Local police have long sought to curb gambling and will not loosen the antiraffling bars. In prior years raffling schemes operated in saloons without objections.
The United States recruiting station in charge of Sergeant Hall at Beatrice for the last month has been transferred to Grand Island keeping command continuity for the recruiting effort.
TECUMSEH Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews of the state university spoke at the Baptist church in this city as the first program in the Epworth League lecture series. The attendance was good and the address was praised for its thoughtful content.
Letters from John T. Sheahan and Jacob Fleig praise Peruna Medicine Co. for curing kidney catarrh or Bright's disease symptoms. The ad notes acute and chronic inflammation of kidney mucous lining and claims Peruna acts at the disease root, offering a free book on catarrh.
Hundreds of dealers praise Defiance Starch for offering 16 ounces at the price of 12, claiming superior quality and greater quantity. Advertisements mix quotes on discipline and virtue, urging customers to choose Defiance for more for the same money.
The World’s Fair Information Bureau opens at 1601 Farnam Street in Omaha under Harry E. Moores to furnish free information. A note mentions May Goelet's engagement to the Duke of Roxburghe and a tale about James Russell Lowell and Roxburghe over a favored cook, implying a witty connect.
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