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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1879
Page
3
A visiting editor at a small office is teased by the reporter who brands Memphis fever as a hoax. The reporter exposes the post office quarantine on letters from Memphis and jokes about newspapers carrying disease. The intruder panics after reading Memphis Avalanche and flees toward Leadville.
An incident in La Veta court featured a Chinese witness whose confused replies to questions about the oath were deemed understanding enough. The judge admitted the testimony after the exchange about who goes to heaven or hell and where a Chinese man goes after death.
A German clergyman traveling stops at a tavern famed for jokers. Guests tease him with wit while he quietly dines. When asked if he heard the taunts, he reveals he is the chaplain of a lunatic asylum and endures the mockery without effect.
A Weird mix from The Persimmons includes a Rus sian woman with amputations, birth and christening details, a keg party, and local reaction. It also quotes satirical notes from North Iowa and New York papers on dancing, weather, almanac quirks, and a fisherman joke about truth and punishment.
A garbled, humorous piece shows a Yonkers acoul boy’s invented spelling about dogs, elephants, and circuses read to his class. The clipping includes stray quotes from Youker ere Gazette Fulton Times and a Hays City dying wife remark, forming a collage of oddball phrases and misspelled lines.
The lithotomy operation to remove bladder stones was successfully carried out Tuesday on Henry Ilbits of this city by Dr David Kennedy of Rondout NY. Mr Pitts, long troubled by the condition, witnessed the surgery and is reported to be recovering well with improved health. The Rendout Freeman notes the wound closure on the eighteenth day and credits Dr Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy for aiding recovery, urging early use to prevent stone formation. The notice promotes the Favorite Remedy as a bowel purifier and female health aid, sold by N P Hazen and Chicago wholesale druggists.
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