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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1895
Page
2
The clumsy clipping cites Charles Callahan publisher in Sidney Nebraska and tidbits: General Campos boots Cuban belligerents, a Troy jaw bone clue, Chicago civil service delay, Bannock Indians in skirts, a Rochester law firm firing a stenographer for bloomers, and a diamond-frame typewriter.
Cornelius Vanderbilt owns 1100 chickens as a start toward a farming venture. With proper care and management, he may build a modest income. Richard Croker suspects corruption in Eslla politics and says he knows corruption when he sees it.
A four round portrayal of the Corbetts marriage facing court action with matrimony actions testimony and alimony referenced as parts of a legal dispute. The note mentions Jim in relation to the case context.
A Cleveland paper proposes naming New York East Chicago amid name debate. The western feminist movement grows visible as a man in Muncie sues his wife for cruelty and neglect. Mrs Henry Miller, longtime Portland area farmer wife, visits town after fifteen years and likely foray without bloomers.
The article notes that Holmes has been jailed and out of the disappearance promotion business for months, implying a shift in handling mysterious disappearances in the hemisphere.
Five Ohio legislators refused their salaries for the year citing no assembly session. They may have hoped to gain attention by posing as political freaks in dime museums, a move seen as seeking public notoriety.
English authorities claim Americans dislike sport but their new cockney pastime proves otherwise. The Americans derive great amusement from humorous antics that English audiences could not parody, showcasing cross cultural wit and lighthearted rivalry.
Mrs. Sarah Twogood, war of 1812 widow and Rockford resident, celebrated her 92nd birthday. She remains active and healthy, a rare example of longevity among veterans families.
Jerry Coleman a widower with ten children marries Maggie Fitzgerald also a widow with ten children in Green Bay Wisconsin. The couple’s blended family promises a very long dining table.
Johnny Weldon cashier at a Willimantic bank disappeared after locking up the bank and riding away on a bicycle toward the Canada road. Depositors totaling 3200 await news of his new address as authorities and townsfolk search for clues.
A Paris agreement assigns all Mediterranean Sweden and Norway kerosene trade to Russia. Russia will export 85 percent of kerosene to most of Europe while America supplies 65 percent in the rest. The deal consolidates key oil markets under a single trust controlling the global oil business.
John Radmacher of Westphalia Michigan was beaten by local whitecaps after abusing his wife on small provocations. They forced him to dance in the woods and he promised to reform. Some locals praise the act while others doubt the whitecaps’ deeds.
Among bustling Nebraska notes, plans for a sugar factory glad York residents. Rush of construction in Plattsmouth cited while Miss Lhatte Uta and other educators are noted. Tragic deaths including Unerton crushed, a boy killed on tracks, and drownings mark a string of local incidents.
Quarterly report of the condition of the state and private bonds of Nebraska at the close of business on the 1st day of August.
The State Department of Education will annually determine which high schools qualify for free attendance under the new law in effect this month. Superintendent Corbett announced a circular to high schools and county superintendents outlining the reporting process, though vacation absences delayed some submissions. A partial list classifies schools by size and required years of state course work, from Class A for 15 or more teachers to Class D for two or three teachers, with corresponding year requirements.
Hastings Dispatch reports a vast gathering at Camp Sherman with estimates near 40 000 attendees and a packed Camp Logan crowd nearby. The Womens Relief corps held a camp fire with Mary J Morgan presiding and Mary J Dodd delivering the welcome.
Jefferson county teachers adopt a new county council with three village and three country teachers. Ex-officio members include the teachers' association officers and the county superintendent as chairman. The council handles program planning and school welfare matters referred by the association or superintendent.
Con artists described as smooth soup salesmen operate in Johnson county promising cheap soap and a prize in chinaware after payment. Victims pay one dollar for soap, receive no prize, and the fraud is expected to spread to other areas. Renson is cited as a gifted speaker.
Dr Fraker the insurance swindler captured in Minnesota tells reporters his flight from Kansas City and Wisconsin, describes disguises and aliases including Sehnell, and blames newspapers for his disgrace while denying any fixed plan to reclaim funds. He suspects George Harry betrayed him and says he longs to return home.
Five suits filed by Vi. Iliaff against James F E Fraker executor George W Magruder trustee and others seek to set aside a judgment favoring the Fraker heirs. They demand repayment with interest and injunctions stopping further disbursement, with Judge Foster presiding in Liberty and clerks of the United States circuit court involved.
Governor Stone reports talks on forming a unified Friends of Silver in Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Iowa to guide a national Democratic push. Provisional committee member to coordinate with free silver Democrats and report names to chairman Harris for a new mobilization meeting.
The August 29 1894 Nebraska Populist State Convention met in Lincoln and nominated Samuel Maxwell for Supreme Judge Elia W Peattie Ames J Boydston and Lincolns James Kinney for Regents of the State University A temporary chair was elected Ed L Heath and a platform backed free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and opposition to gold contracts and corporate power.
John A W Russell, longtime resident near Duck River, was shot from ambush yesterday afternoon about a quarter mile from his home. He died at the scene as the killer, an unknown assailant, escaped. The family heard the shot and found him dead on arrival.
In Penny Oklahoma near Blackwell Nay county William Knapp and U S Oller, well to do farmers, fought over some share. Knapp struck Oller with an axe leaving him badly injured and later a pitch fork punctured his abdomen. Oller dies and Knapp is fatally wounded.
A Sandusky grocer sells eggs by the peck and old missionaries in Oregon drank morse meat from 1833 to 1844. Lapland outfits men and women identically in tunics and tight breeches. A cavalry gun weighs thirty pounds and fires 700 shots a minute. The spider’s web is so fine that 80,000 laid side by side would not cover an inch.
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