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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1909
Page
3
The Sidney Telegraph notes there being no active demand for war rumors and suggests Europe must consume its own supply. It remarks on varied topics from international romances this summer to rain pleasing farmers, and comments on taxation patience and public spending.
A plea stresses fresh-air funds amid extreme mid summer heat, urging support for prisoners of poverty and calling attention to hardships worsened by the season.
A man shot a friend recently, mistaking him for a woodchuck, illustrating critics who argue nature study deserves more emphasis in schools.
A reader questions whether humans can evolve beyond walking to achieve flight, noting a mix of animal traits and pondering if natural adaptation could render walking obsolete as a mode of movement.
Infant joyriders driving a borrowed car fatally strike a man in New York. Police say the case highlights dangers of joyriding and may prompt tougher sentences or stricter deterrents.
Gen Brun, French minister of war, believes military progress will center on air and submarine warfare. He asserts confidence that future battles will chiefly occur in the air or beneath the sea, citing recent developments supporting this view.
Confidence in the near term grows as a major shipbuilding firm lands an order to construct a 524 foot steel freighter with 9000 ton capacity. While many expensive Great Lakes steamers sit idle this year investors expect renewed demand for tonnage and rush orders when business strengthens.
The piece argues that Jews tormented in Kisheneff and other Russian towns may survive the current uprisings only if the czar approves a Stolypin signed appeal for improvement. It predicts a future Russia viewing such persecutions with horror.
An airship style balloon broke from moorings at Mount Weather Virginia signal service observation station. It floated away a mile high and has not been sighted. Anyone catching the wandering balloon should return it to the owner for mete or logical purposes.
The United States cattle breeders conference to meet in Denver next January will focus on the rising beef prices. Fears of prohibitive meat costs prompt aims to revive interest in the ranching industry, once declined. The topic appeals to those who value beef as described in scripture as strong man’s food.
Washington financiers analyze the governments finances amid a possible issue of three percent one year certificates. They watch the gold export trend and expect customs duties and silver coin demand to keep the Treasury balance around current levels. A rapid rise in prosperity may trigger a fall downturn in autumn, with fears of speculation and a surplus of paper money unsettling business.
A hostess insists Mr Scoresby can stay all night during a heavy storm. The dinner guest declines, noting he has an umbrella and the rain may end. The hostess politely offers sleeping arrangements including a library lounge and attic mattress for Willie and blankets for Mr Brown.
Thousands of Americans protest the sale of egrets seized by customs officials in New York. The National Audubon Society and National Federation of Women’s Clubs back the campaign to block government sale and protect nesting mothers and their young. Officials in New York and other states are urged to enact stronger laws to prevent trafficking in plume merchants’ wares.
Ernest D. Shove obtained an injunction from Judge Donovan restraining Lily Burden a Flint Rock school teacher from calling on his 17 year old son or engaging him in conversation or aiding his affections. The father claims the youth has suffered mental instability from her influence and says the affair led to a prior resignation and local scandal. Health officials later investigated hogs kept within city limits but the board ruled against discrimination and ordered Andrews to remove them.
Wilmington health board approves a true application after John Andrews trains two young pigs for weeks. The animal trainer seeks vaudeville acts or sale to a showman as the pigs perform various stunts. The pigs were progressing well.
In New York the Kurtz family celebrates Yetta Steinberger's 57 years of service. Isaac Kurtz found her hungry and homeless 57 years ago in Battery Park and brought her into his home where she has served successive generations as a faithful household helper.
Sam Smith of Cheyenne Wyoming faced burglary charges and was shot twice while escaping arrest. He was sentenced to five hours in the penitentiary and fined 500 dollars. He spent the past year in hospital and jail awaiting trial. The sentence is reported as the shortest ever in Wyoming.
Louisiana faces strong orange market competition this year as growers anticipate a crop near 500000 boxes, aiming to rival Florida and California.
In Lakeview Ohio the village savings funded a flock of ducks to replace a street sweeper. The lean birds were released to forage, eating rubbish along the streets as they moved from one end of town to the other.
Mrs Walley Ole son of Marshalltown told Des Moines reporters her bridegroom was with her when she fainted and was pronounced dead by a physician. She suddenly revived and said she met her father and angels, then died again before dawn.
A local company messenger was summoned to a fashionable Washington apartment by a prominent society girl to assist with fastening the back of her dress. The maid had deserted her, and the girl did not reveal the exact purpose of the service.
Two Braids Apache chief seeks U S citizenship restoration revealing he is Thomas Stringfield a white Texas native captured 44 years ago in Mc Mullen county. He reunited with his sister Ida Hatfield and travels from Fort Sill to examine his past while raising funds for a memorial to his parents.
Boston and Worcester lodges along with others in Massachusetts will receive charts of King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem via the Boston Herald. The gift is from Mrs. Aaron Morley Wilcox of Washington to honor her husband. Each chart includes a folder with numbered keys detailing the temple’s historic significance from outer wall to inner chamber.
A humorous exchange features a balmy headed Johnny with little cash telling Dolly he can imitate others. Dolly replies she plans to be taken to supper by someone, and hints at preferring self-deprecation over his act.
Miss Ann Pearsons of Northfield VI reports severe eczema around the ear spreading to the face and neck. After three doctors failed, Cuticura Soap and Ointment healed her skin in under three months. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston sole properties.
Large insurers push education and care for TB. Metropolitan Life sought a policyholder sanatorium but was denied by New York officials. It distributes 3.5 million pamphlets and promotes TB awareness. Provident Savings Life operates a health bureau offering free medical advice. Fraternal orders also consider building sanatoria for tuberculous members.
A Dover lawyer recalls Hon. H. L. Dawes as a young man a poor speaker. In a North Adams case before a crowded justice of the peace the judge, sweating and flushed, shed his coat and asked a rival attorney to sit so Dawes could speak, joking that he would thin the crowd.
In Pasadena area circles it was revealed that Miss Katherine Traphagen married her stepfather Cyrus M. Davis of Los Angeles. The bride had lived in Altadena with her sisters and was a notable YWCA member and director of the short story club.
A reader recounts quitting coffee for Postum after poor digestion in telegraph service left him a wreck. He reports immediate improvement, can eat anything, and endorses boiling Postum 20 minutes with cream. The piece invites readers to look for The Road to Wellville and notes such letters appear from time to time.
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