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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1915
Page
3
The author describes a Swiss Thanksgiving in October as a peaceful, grateful observance. Churches decorate with vegetables and fruit, long prayers and sermons mark the day, and a brass band leads a procession through narrow streets. Crowds mingle in good humor, following from church to church in quiet celebration.
The Daily and Sunday State Journal adopts $3.50 annual mail rate with Sunday included and $2.40 without Sunday, replacing former $5 and $4 rates. Publishers cite savings from avoiding traveling solicitors and travel expenses, aiming for permanent lower pricing. The Journal touts extensive AP access, Washington coverage, local correspondents, and top editing, reaffirming Lincoln’s morning newspaper status and broad Nebraska readership. Sidney Telegraph will take orders.
A child thanks providence for small mercies amid hardship. The mother remains unharmed and the goose is secure. A suspended sentence for the father, a safe move, and a chance at a normal Thanksgiving surface among losses. The speaker notes minimal fear, a sixth-floor shelter, a sage barter of a cat for a sled, and a lone ten cent find.
A reflective note from Christian Work and Evangelism urges joy, reunion, and greeting during autumn cheer, then warns that conscious gratitude follows later for blessings received, prompting a deeper sense of thankfulness beyond the immediate festivity.
The history notes that the first French wedding banquet served turkey during the Charles IX era and that Mexican birds were transported to Europe and back to America as domestic stock. Explorer journals including Captain John Smith praise wild turkeys, seen from Canada to the seacoast, as plentiful and tame as English birds.
A birth notice records the arrival of a son to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Chambers on November 10. The brief item confirms a new addition to the family without further details.
Our nation is praised as the most blest of nations with nature’s gifts and abundant treasures. It speaks of a red blooded people proud of the past, conscious of a promising future, and eager to work toward it.
Ambassador Page relays official accounts of the Italian liner Ancona disaster. Forty five minutes were allowed for debarking before torpedo attack, with 299 saved from 507 aboard. Survivor names include Dr Cecile L Griel and Giuseppe Torriso. crews and passengers faced submarine fire and drowning while attempting to escape.
In a Baltimore American quip a first student hails Professor Gubby as a wonder linguist. An associate professor dryly notes it is Uls wife.
Alfred Jennings of Ellsworth Kansas is ill with what doctors term foot and mouth disease. Dr Crumbine secretary of the Kansas board of health announced a quarantine has been established.
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