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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1910
Page
4
The piece defends the open primary concept while calling for improvements, arguing the law benefits common people over old conventions. It supports party loyalty in primaries, rotation of candidate names, and cautions against wiping out the entire law. It notes Nebraska crops and prices remain strong despite seasonal blues.
The article reports Senator Carter of Montana blaming Pinchot for forest fires in a diplomatic tone. It notes officials vow maximum penalty of twenty years hard labor for those caught and hints at political maneuvering to remove Pinchot from public view. It also mentions Professor Garner of Chicago University and a remark on reform and mustaches. It ends with primary results showing W. W. Hoagland ahead of Stewart by 296 votes.
The Rev John S Allen of Marble Col Church of New York argues divorce cannot be abolished and is a necessity of modern conditions. He criticizes abuse of divorce laws but says the current laws are better than none and links the issue to moral and societal shifts.
Dean HARRY L. RUSSELL argues that public schools and colleges must carry modern agricultural science to producers. He warns rising prices and import dependence as Europe markets shrink and urges intensified local farming to raise output and reduce debt for the nation.
Theodore Roosevelt delivers dedicatory address at Osawatomie Kansas marking the John Brown battlefield as a state park. Tens of thousands fill the new pine bench hillside while speakers highlight reforms and a proposed statue placement in Washington. Roosevelt also criticizes Supreme Court decisions including the Knight sugar case.
The speaker argues that the court's decisions hinder national control of corporate capital in interstate commerce and strike down New York bakeshop regulations. He warns of a breakdown in liberty for workers under unsafe conditions unless remedies are provided, but expresses hope that the rulings will be reversed eventually.
Pottsville reports eight year old George Filler of Lavelle died after eating toadstools mistaken for mushrooms. His parents and an older sister and brother are in critical condition from the same cause.
A windmill tower sixty feet high at a Bruning picnic performance partly collapsed injuring thirty spectators. Two people died, two more were severely hurt, including John Knutzen with a broken back and Mr. Schrock with fatal internal injuries. James Meyer, Mr. Rasher and others sustained cuts, bruises, and broken limbs.
Blue River in Seward Nebraska reaches twenty six feet and climbs two inches hourly. Lincoln creek tops levels not seen in thirty years. Bridges submerged, mill dam at Boyes Hul shizer Co. lost, pile driver submerged. Wheat moved to the fourth story as flood expected to go higher.
In Utica Nebraska Mrs. Vergin mother of the mayor suffered severe burns when a gasoline stove exploded in her kitchen. She leaped into a rain barrel to escape flames and remains in uncertain condition as doctors treat injuries to her arms face and head.
In St. Paul Nebraska on August 27 a large Catholic gathering marked the laying of the cornerstone for the new church building of the St. Peter and St. Paul congregation with attendees from across the county.
In Lincoln, a Turk named Mike Sadon died while helping clear driftwood from Salt Creek area near Fourth and K streets. He fell into a sewer opening and was drawn into the drain as floodwaters concealed the entry. The surge forced evacuations and caused several thousand dollars in damage as Antelope and Salt creeks fell back.
The document lists loans and discounts, overdrafts, banking house value, amounts due from banks and bankers, checks and exchanges, currency, gold and silver coins, and totals. It shows figures such as 1 405 49 for overdrafts, 10 000 00 for banking house, 21 785 00 gold, 5 324 35 silver, totaling 96 955 OF.
Public notice of a proposed constitutional amendment to Section 1 of Article 7 of the Nebraska Constitution. The amendment would define qualified electors and allow certain foreign-born residents to vote until five years after U.S. citizenship. Ballot wording and adoption procedures for the November 8 1910 election are described.
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