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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
4
A satirical roundup notes mixed views on tariff revision featuring Roosevelt and Uncle Joe Cannon. It laments court gallantry, domestic warfare, fire building, and wealth’s pain, while mocking officials and speculating on Chicago University’s wealth creed and political misfortunes.
The Norte Platte Telegraph condemns mail order houses as harming local industry. It argues buyers who favor catalogs hide origin, sending profits out of town and weakening communal bonds. It calls for local purchasing to support neighbors and preserve regional labor.
The speaker urges residents to patronize home merchants and firms for bridges, churches, telephone lines, and town improvements. He argues merchants invest in the community, pay taxes, and fix mistakes, while mail order houses drain local commerce. Buy locally to keep money circulating and strengthen the state.
Quoted maxims from the Atchison Globe reflect on envy secrecy labor debt illness and social ties. The fragments juxtapose gendered chores and moral judgments while noting thieves regret honesty and the shifting value of friends across prosperity and adversity.
The Gentleman's Magazine notes a 1000 guinea wager settled at Newmarket on Wednesday August 20. The challenge required a 4 wheel carriage drawn by four horses at 19 miles per hour, completed in 563 minutes 27 seconds. Each horse carried a jockey, and a fifth jockey rode behind the carriage to steer via handle-like bicycle controls.
At Dighton, Massachusetts, a granite boulder eleven feet long and five feet high lies in the Taunton river tidewater. Known as the Dighton writing rock, its one smooth face bears dozens of chiseled symbols, hieroglyphics, and pictures, attributed to a prehistoric engraver. Archaeologists have not deciphered the carvings, but their antiquity is beyond doubt.
A lecturer proclaims his pride in being among the men behind the guns. A voice in the gallery asks how many miles behind, prompting a startled reaction.
A Cleveland Leader quip asks what authority proves Shakespeare is immortal. The reply notes his survival after being murdered by bum actors for 300 years.
Misa Lena Jessen traveled from Lodgepole to spend Thanksgiving with her relatives, enjoying a holiday gathering and family moments.
A London Globe report notes crowded desks in the British Museum reading room with about 20 000 reference volumes. Theology leads demand with around 300 volumes, followed by topography, history and biography, Essays and criticism, fiction, and science, revealing reader priorities.
The article warns dogs do not sweat and describes symptoms of rabies in canines. It details panting, salivation mistaken for foam, and a sick dog’s withdrawn behavior. It advises cornering the animal and keeping it away with a broom until secured for safety.
The Second Dragoon Guards known as the Royal Scots Grays hold a storied, world renowned reputation. From Waterloo to the famed Union Brigade alongside the Royals and Inniskillings, their bold deeds and the iconic uniform are widely celebrated, epitomized by Sergeant Ewart’s eagle capture from the Forty-fifth French line.
A reflective passage on language wealth and diction from Marcus Ordeyne condemns the hoarding of rich vocabularies and the use of slang. It laments the neglect of linguistic history and the saber rattling of trivial speech as if coinage.
A humorous exchange defines a jiffy differently by gender. The woman’s jiffy ranges from fifteen minutes to two hours while a man’s jiffy spans one to five minutes.
A classroom exchange asks about the rhinoceros origin, with the teacher guessing a country and a student replying England. The humorous dialogue references attire and misinterpretation as a teachable moment.
Grayce hints at possessing confidential information about Mabel while Gladys presses for details in a brief exchange from the Fittsburg Post. The dialogue suggests a tease about a truth kept private.
The article traces tongs from China around 1122 BC to Egyptian monuments from 2200 BC and notes their use in India since 900 BC to handle corpses on funeral pyres. Seventy pairs, bronze and iron, were recovered from Pompeti ruins.
A brief Dallas News dialogue reveals a woman planning to perform next month and a friend noting few women seek grandmother parts, implying limited stage chances.
A ceremonious Spaniard explains his absence from a funeral by saying he was owed a call. The remark, noted as humor, reflects the cultural appeal of witty retorts in royal or noble contexts.
The quote asserts that economy itself generates wealth, presenting frugality and prudent use of resources as a key revenue source. It frames restraint and efficient management as foundational to financial strength.
A sensational claim notes a $25 000 payment for exclusive printing rights to a single story in a weekly edition with no book publication rights. The piece compares Sir Nigel to Conan Doyle's White Company and Sherlock Holmes, noting the Sunday Magazine feature begins next Sunday in The Record-Herald.
The Union Pacific in connection with the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake R R offers daily through Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car service from Omaha to Los Angeles via Salt Lake City. The train leaves Omaha at 8 55 p m and features 16 section, wide vestibuled Pullman cars in first class condition with connections to Portland en route. Inquiries to ALVA B Capy agent.
About May 1st 1005 a light gray mare six years old with no visible brands is offered to the owner who proves property and pays all charges. Inquiries accepted at the office of Sidney Telegraph.
Daily from October to October Blot 1905 the Union Pacific offers one way fares from Sidney Nebraska to western destinations including Ogden Salt Lake City Spokane Wenatchee Huntington Nampa Portland Tacoma Seattle Vancouver Victoria Ashland Astoria San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego with through tourist cars and low fares to many California Oregon Washington Montana Utah and Idaho points. Through tourist cars Also double berth service available from Missouri River to Pacific Coast. For further details contact Agent Atva B Capy at Brown's.
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