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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1909
Page
6
The Youths Companion quotes Sir James Crichton Browne calling oatmeal the most nutritious cereal. He claims Quaker Oats strengthens the thyroid and builds brain and muscle, noting its prominent role in Scottish diets and a robust, well developed race.
A mixed page includes subscription rates, advertising terms, and legal notice pricing. Editor F A Gapen offers Thanksgiving reflections lampooning Standard Oil while urging resilience, gratitude, and civic sentiment amid local and national events.
Rev Combe Potter lies ill in bed since Sunday while Rev Grose from Sidney made a Potter guess Wednesday. Thornbury hotel opens a hotel and butcher shop. Women’s Guild of the Lutheran church plans a bazaar. Mrs Hansen and son traveled to Kimball Sunday. D H Schultz returned from Osceola on Friday. Hansen Bros building nears completion and will become a billiard hall. Lutheran church holds a business meeting.
Mr Dangherty toured Sidney on Monday while Miss Aura learned of her brother's death in Lincoln last week. Geo Hicks stayed in Sidney for a few days. The community faces small storms and cattle feeding picks up. E Quinn visited Sidney on Tuesday and residents ask if corn is out in the fields.
Higgins reports a big turnout at the Bennett sale on Wednesday. Several residents travel for Thanksgiving and visitors attend social events including a box social in Ickes and a masquerade in Dalton.
Bank statement listing assets and liabilities including loans and discounts overdrafts U S Bonds cash items and reserves totals with capital stock surplus undivided profits and deposits. Signed by cashier J W Hanver and directors Scanlon Greenlee Jones with notary seal dated November 1909.
Editor R D Wilson reports widespread disregard for prohibition in Kansas. Letters from Dr Joseph Pecival of Norfolk Nebraska and Dr J Callen of Pittsburg Kansan oppose prohibition, citing drunk activity and business harm. An Oct report describes a “blind tiger” operation near Rev Durboran’s church, with arrests and evasion, raising questions about enforcement and hypocrisy.
R D Wilson recalls a Kansas town once ruled by a two-joint system under a fine levy. Monthly arrests and fines failed to curb liquor, as bootleggers filled the gap after Sunday and late-night closures. Loss of license revenue left streets and the city in debt.
The Pittsburg Kansan notes state taxes exceed former levels by almost a million dollars. It questions public approval while warning the public that higher levies fund ongoing spending, implying political consequences as the fiscal situation unfolds.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska Leslie F Cunningham files a petition in county court alleging Elijah B Rodgers died intestate in Lincoln Lancaster County and left real estate in Cheyenne exempt from debts. The hearing is set for December 15 at the county courthouse. contest required to oppose the petition.
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