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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1910
Page
4
The article urges county residents to enter exhibits and invest in the county fair. It promises diplomas and ribbons as marks of quality, notes the fair’s role as advertising for wares and stock, and calls on country residents to support the event. It weaves in rural life vignettes and reflections on local issues of the time.
David Starr Jordan argues that government supervision of railroads is beneficial to both railroads and the public. He contends the federal interstate commerce commission should oversee large systems like the Southern Pacific, as states cannot manage such vast interests. He asserts railroads are creations of the people and deserve fair, square treatment under federal oversight.
A visiting Roumanian prince argues American women hold too much freedom and presume superiority while asserting equal intellect but different brains. He contends both genders deserve equality without one ruling the other.
Dispatches report Charles Townsend defeats Burrows in Michigan while Republicans win Vermont by about seventeen thousand. In Wisconsin Robert M La Follette storms renomination with four-to-one lead over Cook. Francis E McGovern wins gubernatorial nomination, defeating Fairchild Lewis Strange and Barker in a vote seen as a setback for county option and a win for insurgent reform. The insurgent cause gains with McGovern's victory and stafford’s defeat by Henry Cochems in the Fifth district.
White River Junction Vermont September 7 Lieutenant Governor John A Mead of Rutland was elected governor by a Republican plurality of about 17000 over Democrat Charles D Watson of St Albans. The Republicans won the rest of the state ticket and both congressmen while Democrats gained seats in the legislature.
In Detroit on September 7 Julius C Burrows of Kalamazoo lost renomination to Charles E Townsend of Jackson in a Michigan primary election.
News from Topeka shows C. W. Kouns appointed as general manager of the eastern grand division of the Santa Fe railroad succeeding J E Hurley who died August 16 at Carlsbad Fred C Fox moves from eastern division to general manager of the western division filling the vacancy created by Kouns appointment
In St. Louis the Burlington Overland Limited departed Union station for the Pacific coast when a lone gunman entered the last Pullman car. He shot and killed the rear platform flagman J. W. Wine of Clarence Missouri, and robbed the four passengers of money and valuables before escaping.
Special Commissioner Theodore Brace told the Missouri supreme court in the ouster suit that the International Harvester company of New Jersey acts as a trust and a combine aimed at eliminating competition in harvester machinery manufacture and sales.
A bleacher collapse at a Boston college field during a baseball game killed one boy and injured four others among a crowd of over 200 including many women and girls.
Lincoln and Havelock labor unions joined in a monster parade through Lincoln then proceeded to the state fair to celebrate and open the exhibition. Mayor Love declared a holiday as businesses decorated with flags and banners for the event.
The document records the condition of Potter State Bank Potter Nebraska with totals for resources and liabilities as of August 25 1910 including loans and discounts and other assets. Statements from cashiers B A Jones and J A Woten attest to accuracy and notarization.
Paul Gameson is named in an attachment order issued by IMD James Tucker county judge. The order attaches $44.8 in money in a case where Christ Mantis sues Paul Gameson. The hearing was moved to October 6, 1910 at 10 a.m. Sidney Nebraska.
Notice from the U S Land Office North Platte Nebraska dated July 25 1910 that James S Zimmerman of Sidney Nebraska filed intent to prove five year land claim for e sw e lots 8 and 4 and adjacent land in section 13 township 1 north range 4 west Sixth Principal Meridian before James Tucker county judge Sidney Nebraska on September 23 1910 witnesses named Paul Sgente Simon P Witters M M Kittne Ira S Kinell and others from Sidney Nebraska registered by J E Evans.
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