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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1916
Page
11
After election returns and snowfall, Potter residents enjoy a busy week. The Guild hosted a successful election day dinner, while locals report visits, surgeries, new rooms at Dr. Carter's, and plans for Luther Day. Community chatter covers travel, horse racing, and local jokes amid weather records.
A fragment notes Jos Benish traveling to Sidney Tuesday afternoon to spend a few weeks with his daughter in Michigan. The terse item records a brief family visit with no additional context or details.
Twenty eight agricultural organizations will gather at the university farm in Lincoln from January 15 to 20 for Organised Agriculture week. A representative committee led by W R Mellor will print programs, publicize the event, and arrange activities. Last year about 6000 visitors attended. this year expectations are higher. A corn and apple show will be among the features.
A Nebraska extension guide advises using day old bread with crusts removed and spreading before cutting unless round shapes are used. Cream butter and add moist fillings just before serving. Keep sandwiches fresh by wrapping in a hot water moistened napkin, store in a cool place, wrap for transport in paraffin paper, and serve on doily covered plates.
The Nebraska Experiment Station Bulletin 157 reports average capital per farm for 195 farmers at $26,646 with 10 farms under $10,000 and 40 over $35,000. Capital per acre rises with farm size and larger farms show higher labor income, peaking when investment ranges from 25,000 to 38,000 dollars.
Earl Yates of Wayne is jailed after signing his father’s name to counterfeit checks totaling 57 dollars and passing them at Brandeis stores in Omaha. Officer Jim picked him up in Wayne and brought him to the city for processing. A separate report notes the 22nd Scottish Rite reunion of the Valley of Lincoln will run November 14 through 17 at the Lincoln Masonic temple with candidates from the fourth to thirty‑second degrees expected.
A country house Halloween gathering at Myrtle's hosts a twist as Jimmie Atherton arrives late and is found entwined with a guest. Gwen, the narrator, hides heartbreak while the party uncovers that Johnny Webster disguised as a woman, and the next morning Gwen learns of an engagement with Minnie.
Republicans hold a tentative four to five seat lead in the newly elected Sixty-fifth Congress with potential independents and a Massachusets member- elected official- voting with them on organization. Senate remains firmly in Democratic hands, shaping limited room for immediate legislation. Immigration reform, campaign finance curbs, and railroad law revisions are listed as priority items.
Congratulatory messages flood Missoula Mont from suffrage leaders as Republican Jeanette Rankin wins by about 2000 votes. Rankin, a University of Montana graduate, expresses pride in becoming the first woman to sit in Congress among 434 men.
At Anti-Saloon League HQ in Chicago F Scott McBride reports several states Nebraska Michigan South Dakota Montana Florida Utah and Alaska gone dry while Missouri remains wet Wets submit measures to permit licensed liquor in dry states Colorado and Arkansas Dry wins in Montana and Florida included electing legislatures and state administrations aligned with dry policy.
With 3372 of 3459 precincts reporting Gardner Democrat leads Lammy Republican by 3 441 votes for governor. Gardner appears assured barring changes in the official tally as the absent vote count exceeds projections and no late shifts emerge.
The pope will hold a Rome consistory on December 4 to create ten new cardinals. The Nobel peace prize will be skipped this year and added to next year. A barge sinking on the Vistula near Lublin caused 120 drownings. The Castalia sank near Manitou Island with 23 deaths and one survivor. Direct wireless link between Japan and San Francisco opens to the public this week. Count De Tarnowski is named ambassador to Washington. Hartford artist Charles Noel Flagg is found dead at his home. US wheat production 1916 to 1917 shows large totals. Coal relief measures gain backing from Commissioner McChord. The Gulf of Suez was sunk by a German submarine. A Cardiff peace talks rally was broken up by demonstrators. Framingham, Mass., chosen for tuberculosis study site. Canal earth movements deemed overcome by Gowthals. National Railway Development delegates urged more sheep farming to cut costs. Mrs. Thompson resigns as president of the National Federation of College Women. Mrs. Miller elected in her place. Minnesota to receive $250,000 in royalties from iron ore. Former bank president W. M. Boone jailed seven years for false banking reports. Railroads consider injunctions against the Adamson law. Corral at Laredo: Corporal Smith kills two, wounds another. four cavalrymen present. Jockey Danny Maher dies in London after long illness. Death of racing car mechanician Swartz at Santa Monica. Germany to investigate Marina sinking with American casualties. Swift & Co. fined over $173,000 for interstate commerce violations. Villa cruelty report: branded Carranza prisoners with a V C iron. Snowdrop superstition notes warn against bringing snowdrops indoors and gifting to the opposite sex.
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