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Newspaper
The Sidney Republican
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1902
Page
4
A collage of satirical notes and curiosities on nations and finance. It jokes about Argentina’s government, US mint earnings, Morgan’s ventures, Li Hung Chang, dueling in Germany, Americanization in Europe, Carnegie’s gifts, Russell Sage’s paltry total, Mina and Henry in Holland, and a quip on life in prison for presidential assassination, ending with Rockefeller’s wood chopping for health and profit.
A remark questions federal spending on Native tribes while noting a Wisconsin tribe allegedly eats twelve meals a day, illustrating satire on government aid and native life.
A Michigan political figure advocates women’s election to Congress while raising questions about fiscal integrity, asking whether female lawmakers would refrain from misusing government funds to send Christian gifts.
In Santa Paula, California, a group of hobos allegedly stole all the Christmas handkerchiefs from a local store. The item theft prompts talk of securing collars and neckties in safes at night to prevent future losses.
The piece argues that reformers will persist as the short Anglo-Saxon term spit chafes at the long Latin ex pectorate. It urges reviving the musical spittoon to reclaim a throne long usurped by the term cuspidor in literary vocabulary.
A beauty contest now at Chicago Hyde Park High School is described as the outgrowth of football. The piece muses on how feminine pulchritude could become entangled with the unsymmetrical forms that build human pyramids on the gridiron, a mystery for the young to ponder.
The report says the emperor intends to prohibit beer drinking in German factories by imperial edict. The move would mark him as the first emperor to challenge a national institution and would showcase bold resolve despite past questions about his courage.
An article laments American influence invading Europe through toys, music, and culture. It warns of commercial invasion eroding national pride in Britain, Germany, and Canada while noting Canadians’ mixed feelings toward England.
Four movement has been started in Liverpool to replace foreigners on British ships by British sailors. Also notes multiple reports from around 1901 covering fires in Catoona Oklahoma, New Year events, Boer casualties, and various international political and military items.
Late Washington items report a favorable committee action on a permanent census bureau bill and note a San Francisco Bay tunnel proposal for freight and passengers. Also covered are Arch Clark’s death at 78, immigration bill actions, postal franking privileges, and various Senate and White House exchanges on military, tariff, and foreign policy.
Rev Charles S Olmsted of Philadelphia elected coadjutor of Colorado diocese by diocesan council with 22 ballots and a near unanimous lay vote. He is 48, a conservative high churchman, poet, author of a book of sonnets, and rector of St Asaphs Bala near Philadelphia awaiting confirmation by bishops and standing committees after Easter.
Eighty editors from the Western Canada Press Association arrive in Denver in two Pullman cars. They tour the state capitol and city landmarks, attend a reception at the Albany, and plan a three week Western swing through California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake, and Ogden. The group showcases Canadian grain and products, boasting a strong prairie belt and Winnipeg growth.
The Denver Record reports 20,000 head cattle hay fed in the Denver area with markets opening in spring for beef and corn feeders. Chicago slaughter last year reached over 13 million animals, while Fort Collins lamb feeder Joe Foy expands purchases in New Mexico. Arapahoe County fruit crops valued at 500,000 with 4,976 bearing acres and 17,000 trees planted. Poultry receipts in Denver totaled 577,262 pounds for the holidays, with Kansas supplying 75 percent and Nebraska 15 percent. The International Forestry Society promotes perpetual forests. railroads like Rio Grande, Colorado & Southern, and Illinois Central plan extensive tree planting, while Colorado reports pine bark beetle damage and forest-fire losses at about 50 million dollars over two years.
Albert Gabrin, a Denver legislator and noted Colorado labor advocate, died after attending a gathering at Herman J. Gabrin’s home. A wine punch at the event left several attendees violently ill, including Gabrin’s sister Agnes. Doctors cite gastritis as the official cause, while a chemical analysis is pending to confirm wine as the trigger.
Fall River Massachusetts January 9 Jerry Healy a twenty four year old tramp who left here three years ago with six hundred dollars inherited from his uncle John Healy After his Uncle Joseph Healy the police commissioner and mill treasurer died he was left twenty two heirs each receiving a share of two hundred fifty thousand dollars Despite a three hundred dollar bank balance he drifted across the western states Circulars were sent to detain him to aid the heirs in settling the estate He was arrested several times but released before records could reach his relatives
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