Unclaimed Letters List From Sidney Post Office Aug 25 1911
Sidney Neb Aug 25 1911 unclaimed letters at Sidney Post Office include Chas Anderson J A Corrigeun W R Jones and Mrs F E Campbell and daughter Helen of Norfolk Nebraska. Mrs Campbell departed Friday after visiting Mrs Campbell's sisters Mrs Atherton and Mrs Selch and may consider returning to Cheyenne County.
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Sidney. Neb
Sidney Poatoffies
Chas Anderson
J. A. Corrigeun
W. R. Jones
F. E. Campbell
Helen
Norfolk
Nebraska
W C T U Speakers Named for 38th Conference
Boston reports the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union sets Milwaukee as the site for the thirty-eighth annual conference beginning Oct. 27. The keynote address will come from president Mrs Lillian M N Stevens of Portland Maine, with speakers including Mrs Ella A Boole of New York Mrs Florence Richard of Ohio and the Rev Mary Kuhl of Illinois.
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Boston
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Milwaukee
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Portland
Ella A Boole
New York
Fatal Storm Ravages Charleston D C Causes Heavy Damage
A deadly storm struck Charleston D C killing seven and injuring many with property losses surpassing 1 million dollars. Several people are missing as wreckage fills the harbor and key landmarks including the customs house post office and St Michael's Church suffer damage. Winds hit 94 mph and tides rose eight feet.
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Charleston
D. C
Customs House
Postofice
St. Michael’s Church
Young man confesses to arson murder of family in Boonville
William Lee aged twenty two confessed to killing his father Richard Tre his mother and younger brother Clarence and setting fire to the family home at Boonville Indiana to hide the crime. He said the motive was anger over his parents opposing his marriage to Mina Taylor.
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William Lee
Richard Tre
Clarence
Boonville
Ind
Lee
Mina Taylor
Brooks Comet Brightens Eyes for Naked-Eye View
The comet discovered by Dr. W. R. Brooks, director of the observatory and astronomy professor at Hobart College, named Brooks comet, has grown bright enough to be seen with the naked eye and will soon appear without aid.
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Brooks
W. R. Brooks
Hobart College
Herr Wins Illinois Cup At Elgin Road Races
Donald Herr driving a National car won the Illinois cup at the Elgin road races. Charles Merz finished second, nine seconds back. Hugh Hughes completed 169 miles at an average speed of 644 miles per hour to win the Kane county cup.
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Donald Herr
Elgin
Charles Merz
Hugh Hughes
Market Closing Prices for Wheat Corn and Oats
Chicago markets show futures and cash quotes for wheat corn and oats with September December and May maturities. Wheat futures at Sept 93 3 8c Dec 99 1 2c. Corn Sept 6 1 2c Dec 62 1 2c May 64 1 2c. Oats Sept 42 1 2c Dec 45 1 4c May 48c. Pork Sept 15.75 Jan 16.10. Lard Sept 92 5 8c Oct 93 0 8c Jan 90 3 4c. Cash No 2 hard wheat 91 1 4 No 2 corn 64 0 4 No 2 white oats 42 1 4 43.
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Chicago
Cattle and Hog Markets Reported in Chicago
Chicago market notes show cattle receipts 22 000 with price ranges for beeves and cows and heifers, calves. hog receipts 26 000 with prices for light mixed heavy rough and sows, and a separate hog tally of 30 000 with natives westerns yearlings and lambs priced.
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Chicago
Cattle and Hog Prices Hit Mixed At Omaha Market
South Omaha cattle receipts totaled 15 449 with steers 5.00 to 7.25, cows and heifers 2.75 to 4.50, stockers and feeders 4.00 to 4.75, bulls 3.35 to 3.65, calves 4.00 to 6.75. Hogs receipts 6 700 with prices 5 cents lower, best bacon weights up to 7.40. Sheep receipts 29 350 15 to 25c lower, ewes 2.25 to 3.15, wethers 3.25 to 3.50, lambs 5.20 to 6.25.
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South Omaha
Local Social Roundup Reports Visits and Travels
Mrs. Fred Letts visited Mrs. Ziebert last Friday and Mrs. Merifield returned from Iowa on Tuesday. Don Ahrens plans to study law in Lincoln while H T Doran and family returned from a Denver outing. Burdette Sharp visits Crook Colorado and works at Libby and Wyatt garage. Frances Hart and Dorothy Hart returned from Cheyenne and James McLernon visits from Omaha. The T N Club met at Mrs. F A Jack’s home, and Mr and Miss Wolf left for a Denver vacation. Grace McFadden attends Kimball Institute and will teach there next year.
Shirley Wilson and family depart for Omaha after vacation
Shirley Wilson and family left Monday in their touring car for their Omaha home. They enjoyed a delightful vacation with parents and friends.
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Shirley Wilson
Omaha
Mrs Schad Returns With Her Mother From Denver Visit
Mrs. Peter Schad of Denver brought her mother Mrs. Anderson home last week. Mrs. Schad has been visiting friends in Lodgepole this week.
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Peter Schad
Denver
Anderson
Schad
Lodgepole
Victor Knox Recovers Pace After Suffering
Mrs. A. B. Knox and her son Victor visited Sidney on Wednesday. Victor appears sound and says he can run down rabbits and chickens again as he did before his illness.
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A. B. Knox
Victor
Sidney
Mrs Worden's five-year-old party honors Elizabeth
Mr and Mrs Worden entertained a number of five year old girls on Wednesday afternoon for their daughter Elizabeth on her birthday. The children played happily and the hosts expect the memories to linger.
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Mrs. Worden
Elizabeth
State Fair at Lincoln Showcases West’s Best Horses
This coming week offers reduced rail rates to Lincoln for the State Fair with six horse races daily. Highlights include aviator acts by Wright Brothers, concerts by Liberati Grand Opera and Ferranti Royal Italian Guards bands, vaudeville, aerial feats, and a 20 ring circus. Admission via cash turnstile. tents available for $2.50 per day.
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Lincoln
West
Wright Bros
Great Liberati
Ferranti Royal Italian Guards Band
Wilber
Fairbury
Hebron
Great Patterson Carnival Company
Cretes Trick House
Bary & Landon
Bar Artists
Wertz
Aerial Wonders
Zoltan
High School Horse
Patterson Elephants
Liberati Grand Opera
Sage Quote Emphasizes Feeding the Hungry Over Lectures
Mrs. Russell Sage urges aid to the needy with a simple act of feeding, stressing that lifting people from hardship should precede sermon or rhetoric. The message highlights charity as practical care rather than debate.
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Russell Sage
Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer publicity offer
The Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer is Chicago's weekly edition tied to a great daily paper. It features national and world news summaries, local pages on farms home and women and boys and girls departments, plus patriotic editorials from a Republican viewpoint. Subscriptions combine with The Sidney Telegraph for $1.75 in advance.
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Inter Ocean and
Farmer
Chicago
Sidney Telegraph
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Universal Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous membranes and offers a $100 reward for any failure to cure with testimonials from users.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Progressive party adopts platform at Mexico City convention
Delegates to the first National Convention of the Progressive party approve a platform pledging anti re election, reform of election laws and taxation, anti monopoly aims, judicial and educational improvements, and extension of Latin American relations. Francisco Madero Jr. may influence Central American policy. laboring class concerns gain emphasis with promises to raise working conditions and establish manual training schools.
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Mexico City
Mex
Progressive Party
Benito Juarez
Francisco Madero, Jr
Latin America
Riots in South Wales Looting and Police Bayonet Charges
The anti Semitic rioting continues in South Wales England with shops looted and wrecked. Police call on the military at Gilfac to suppress the outbreak and bayonets and batons are used. many injured. W H Simmons dies aged eighty three, once jailed for refusing to join the federal army and later serving in the Confederate army. He owned 1500 acres at death.
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South Wales
England
Gilfac
W H. Simmons
Doniphan
Mr. Simmons
Kansas
St. Joseph
Ban on shippers' count egg buying in Missouri
Dr. W. P. Carter state food and drug commissioner notified the St. Louis Butter and Egg Exchange of an imminent order banning the shippers' count system. He ruled that mixing good and bad eggs from country consignments and then candling to weed out the bad eggs violates Missouri food law.
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St. Louis
New Census of Chicago Shows Population Rise
Chicago’s population reaches 2,264,184 in the new city directory, up 78,901 from last year’s federal census, reflecting a steady urban growth trend.
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New Census of
Chicago
What Was Wrong and the Ellis Island Desk
A long time Ellis Island immigrant inspector gets a desk job with a secretary. The secretary shows a letter to sign containing the word erroneous. The chief asks what it means and the secretary replies it means wrong. The chief responds with a sharp retort.
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Ellis Island
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