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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1898
Page
5
A fragment lists Treasurers clerks sheriffs surveyor coroner and attorneys alongside trustees from Roared Village and Stoney School. It names Miss Justina Whiteherd Miss Minnie Cliise Miss Julia Meladden and Mrs Lb Shelton among teachers with principals and department heads in a district setup.
The Telegraph Directory lists the national body and state officers including U.S. Senate members Thurston and Allen, Madison and Nebraska district representatives, state governor Holcomb, lieutenant governor James E., secretary of state Wak Porter, auditor John F. Covell, treasurer B. Meserva, attorney general C. J. Smythe, superintendent WR Jackson, and other public officers. Also shown are judicial district details for the Sixth Judicial and other official positions like stenographer H. Schormann.
Polyglot community notice listing Methodist and Catholic services, Episcopal schedule, and numerous fraternal organizations. Includes camp, lodge, and chapter meeting times with officers and locations, inviting attendees to weekly and monthly events.
The Child Culture Department assists mothers and teachers to study each child’s characteristics as a guide to proper development.
An overview from the Journal of the American Medical Association on aging, vitality, and the link between self indulgence and reduced life quality. It argues age varies with vitality, notes physical changes, and warns that overeat and underdrink accelerate lithic acid buildup, harming liver and kidneys, with pneumonia and cancer among common causes of death in the elderly.
The London Chronicle recalls Dewey pausing at Manila Bay to let crews eat, linking it to Britain’s famed pre battle meals. It cites Howe off Ushant and Wellington’s quips about regimental incentives, noting the Anglo Saxon habit of fighting on a full stomach and the role of meals in morale.
A poem titled Roses of Seattle by Eliza Archard Conner appears in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer praising Seattle roses. The verse likens blooms to paradise and laments time, aging, and loss while celebrating enduring beauty.
A 1801 Catskills case tells of Ralph Sutherland born 1701 who was condemned to die at age 99 with a hanging noose worn until execution. He survived past 100, and was found dead with the rope still about his neck, haunting his decades of self punishment.
In 1860 Garibaldi pursued his Sicilian expedition as Neapolitans clamored for a constitution. A Sorrento guide explained that after nearly 20 years of guiding visitors from many nations he believes a constitution brings wealth, noting many countries already have one.
A Longmont Colorado Ledger line notes the cycle of labor show friction between coal shoveling and lawn care. The more coal he shovels the more ashes he carries and the more water he uses the harder he pushes the mower. It ends with a wry observation on perpetual chores.
A fragment cites Phyllis with hair fixing and aidding rule to arrange rather than fix. It then references an English magazine noting Britain's control of 31 of 100 square miles worldwide and 24 of 100 in the American continents. The Sandwich Islands area is compared to New Jersey.
An Atlanta Constitution recounts Colonel Gib Wright’s midnight sortie into a Union camp in South Carolina near the war’s end. Wright led a small Confederate group to free prisoners. a camp alert betrayed the ruse as a captured Confederate yelled the famous cry, drawing fire and causing heavy casualties before Wright and most of his men escaped.
Edward Everett Hale quotes the duke's 18 inch wide iron camp bedstead remark and argues against it. Hale cites devices to wake sleepers automatically and notes a friend who rigged a bed to dump clothes as the alarm.
The London Graphic profiles conductor Elaus Richter noting his keen vigilance and recognition of good work. It recalls a St James Hall memory when he signaled a Brahms overture to restart after a miscue, then publicly admitted the mistake was his, drawing applause.
The excerpt shows an exchange where the speaker turns to Stern dale Bennett, asking if others know him. The reply is negative and dismissive, followed by a critical remark about musicians as an empty, windbaggy crowd.
Description of “gooseberry” as a dating term where a third person joins a couple on a walk. It notes variations where the invited friend accepts or declines, and mentions the phrase gooseberry fool for the lad. Also notes gooseberries prepared as a dessert called gooseberry fool.
Do you want a cheap farm outdoors in shirt sleeves ten months a year with stock that forages itself? Write to P. Sid Jones, Passenger Agent, Birmingham, Vin, or Dr. R. B Crawford, Traveling Passenger Agent. 6 Rookery Building, Chicago, IL. Louisville & Nashville Railroad offers excursions on the first and third Tuesday each month to Garden Spots. Send 10 cents for a copy of Garden Spots to Mr. Atmore Central Post Office Agent Louisville, KY.
The great violinist Joachim was introduced to Carlyle by a mutual friend. On a long Hyde Park stroll Carlyle steered the talk to Germany and its great leaders Moltke Bismarck and the Fredericks.
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