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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1876
Page
2
A reflective poem by Sherman Smith praising a wife as time ages her yet deepens beauty and virtue. The speaker vows devotion as life’s storms pass, noting love strengthens, guiding through aging with grace and unwavering fidelity. The verses honor enduring partnership and inner strength.
Judge Pitman recounts the post election onslaught by the Argus and illustrated papers. He describes chicken theft accusations from youth, a crooked nose linked to prize fighting, and a mock refrigerator scene from Gettysburg. The campaign lampooned his war record and expenses.
A political reminiscence recalls nightly riots, drunken clubs, and paid campaigns that boosted a person’s election but left the author facing public scorn. The speaker complains of noisy gatherings, damaged property, and false accusations of vote buying, ending with a threat of insanity if re elected.
The article portrays A T Stewart as a meticulously exacting retailer whose strictness covered every detail from wrapping paper edges to bundle strings and store ventilation. It notes his personal enforcement, vast clerical oversight, generous wages, and pensions for loyal staff while highlighting his foresight in cash handling and market knowledge.
An isolated remark notes a merchant’s deliberate policy to favor middle-class and poor women customers at the Fourth Avenue entrance. He instructed clerks to treat them with particu lar courtesy to win and keep their patronage, a strategy described by the New York Tribune as largely successful against Bowery competitors.
In a Pennsylvania coal region tale Judge Potts's brother Flomas Potts attends a mine owners meeting, becomes drunk, loses his hat, and a miner places a lamp in the hat to light the dark street. Potts, unable to locate the light, discovers it in the hat rack mirror. After smashing lamps, an umbrella, and the hat, he learns the lamp was left by miners who broke in to his house. He urges legal action against the ruffians.
A stock company forms in town to build a Gatling style military machine delivering over a thousand shots per minute. It features six revolving barrels, a crank driven hammer, and a belt of seventy five cartridges. One operator suffices though field dangers could be mitigated by removing the lock. Inventor T L Bailey has Washington patents and European patent interest. Navy tests and East manufacturers have evaluated the model. A $250000 joint stock plan seeks $50000 subscriptions to fund two machines and European deployment.
At Point Reyes California a 45000 acre dairy farm with 9000 cows is partially rented to tenants. They clear 1000 to 2000 dollars per year after expenses. Cows yield is excellent with some butter ranches averaging 80 per cow across a 200 head herd. A witty quote from the N Com Ado references Drew.
A playful verse from Our Young Folks and Youth's Companion imagines spring: willows bow, meatow violets bloom, waters flow, and robins prepare for warmth. Children imitate nature, the scene brightens the grass as streams wander in shade and sun, unaware of the world ahead.
A reflective essay urges young women to maintain refined manners and avoid slang, nicknames, and coarse talk. It contrasts genteel behavior with coarse speech observed in society and cautions against adopting boys’ slang, urging precise language and respectful address to elders and friends alike.
Two men from Boston named John Cameron and Thomas Fran kier were taken in by four strangers in Chicago near Clark and Washington streets. The group posed as travelers to California and bank clerk, coaxing $100 from the Bostonians after promising a safe money transfer. Police were notified after the men waited for a return that never came, leaving the victims with only a description of the bunko artists.
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