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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1897

Page

5

National Body Directory of State Officers and Officials

The Telegraph Directory lists U S Senate delegate Jno M Thurston and others. It includes Madison constitutional officers and state officers such as Governor W L Green, Lieutenant Governor Holcomb, Secretary of State Harris, Auditor Porter, Attorney General Messorve, Supt Public Instruction Smythe, and Public Lands Commissioner Jackson. U S Land Office names John M Adams as Register and P B Griffith as Receiver.

Holcomb James E. Harris Wm.f. Porter John F. Cornell B. Messorve J. Smythe WR Jackson

Sidney Officials and Trustees List Static Post

Public notice listing Sidney officials including Treasurer A Pouse Sheriff Tayler McAleese Clerk and other county roles. Details show multiple district representatives and village trustees with names such as J J McIntosh J E Hart and W F Bassett.

A. Pouse Sidney Tayler McAleese W. C. Bullock Lodge J. Neubauer C. BP. Chambers Colton H. Willis Camp Clark Bassett Gapen J.J. McIntosh J. E. Hart

Unclear Names and Roles in School Staff List

Fragmentary OCR lists multiple staff names such as P Grittithous Dawson Neubauer Baker McIntosh Chase Whitehes Blanchard McKee and various Misses. Also mentions Principal Assistant Minnie Chase and Grammar Department roles for both Intermediate and Primary levels.

A. Pea P. Grittithous T. B. Dawson J. Neubauer John Baker James J McIntosh Ohas Dorun

Religious and fraternal notice board listing services and lodge meetings

Local notice lists Methodist Episcopal and Catholic Mass times, Episcopal services, and a long roster of fraternal organizations with meeting dates. Includes Rev Allen Kenworthy and various lodge officers, councils, and camp notes across churches and orders. Visitors encouraged.

Methodist-Episcopal Church J. Osborn Epworth League Allen Kenworthy

Hasheesh and Ether Use in European Drug Habits Described

A New York Mail and Express piece recounts Johnson a wine and spirits expert who discusses hasheesh as a mind expanding drug used in parts of Europe and the Orient. It also details ether intoxication and deranged usage including ether drinking in Ireland and a morphine to cinchonidia tapering cure method.

Johnson Travela New York State Fimn Europe Ireland Patheen New York Mail and Express

Duels Through English History Across Centuries

The Cornhill Magazine account recaps famed duels and dueling culture from 1701 to 1885. It highlights Arnold, Camelford, Fox, Hastings, Macartney, Wilkes, Canning, Grattan, Roebuck, and Henry Bate as notable participants, noting outcomes and the era’s eye for honor and risk.

Benedict Arnold Kilburn Wells Lord Lauderdale Arnold Lord Camelford Byron Symonds Camelford Best England London Charles James Fox Adam Fox India Warren Hastings Philip Francis Bombay Lord Macartney Mr. Sadler Council Board Macartney Earl of Talbot John Wilkes Red Lion Inn Bagshot George Canning Castlereagh Putney Henry Grattan Corry Roebuck Black Morning Chronicle Henry Bate Morning Post Fitzgerald Temple Barris Ter Stoney Robinson Cornhill Magazine

Unlucky Thirteen and Other Numbers in History and Myth

A Boston Journal led note argues that numbers carry varying fates, citing 13 as unlucky yet linked to sacred origins, 18 for a Paris bazaar fire, 2 as both dread and luck, and 3 as divine yet dangerous. It contrasts historical curses with celebrated numerology and laments Captain Fowler’s departure.

Paris Booth 18 Nansen England Ethelred George II Napoleon Pythagoras Hadea Cerberus Ocean Boston

Daniel Webster's Wit in Roger Perkins Will Defense

The Green Bag recalls Daniel Webster defending Roger Perkins of Hopkinton by challenging a physician's death timing. Webster cited medical authorities showing doctors disagree on when dying begins, quipping that life starts with birth and death begins then. The opposing counsel asks for a doctor supporting that theory, to which Webster replies with dignity that the moment we begin to live we all begin to die.

Daniel Webster Roger Perkins Hopkinton Webster de Watts Mr. Webster

Religion Versus Politics and a Free Rail Pass

A Brooklyn Life item notes a clerk offering a man a half fare ticket to Chicago, then revealing the man is not a clergyman but a railroad official. The exchange ends with a joke about a free pass and gendered commentary about speech.

Chicago Myene Brooklyn

The Naval Chaplain and Naval Burial Etiquette

The chaplain serves in the sick bay and at naval hospitals, offering care and consolation. Deaths in service require Christian burial with rites, ships hove to, flags at half mast, and a funeral procession with escorts, guards and the last taps. The ritual at sea or in hospital graves emphasizes reverence and prayer for the departed.

Donahoo

Slate Pencils Made by Boys in Wood and Steam Process

Slate pencils undergo a multi stage production where boys perform much of the labor. Slate is crushed to powder, mixed with flour and heat, kneaded, rolled, cut into lengths, dried, baked, pointed, and finally packed in pasteboard and wood boxes for shipment.

Philadelphia Times

Royal titles and longevity noted in historical survey

The article explains old royal styles in England and translates several titles such as king and emperor. It then cites an astronomical journal listing long-lived figures like Casini, Caroline Herschel, Newton, Mary Somerville, Halley, Humboldt, Fontenelle, and others, arguing regular study habits aid longevity for astronomers.

Cassini Caroline Herschel Sir W. ‘Herschel Newton Mary ‘Somerville Halley George Airey Sir David Brewster Sir. E. Sabine Humboldt Schwabe Santini Fontenelle

Remarkable Claims on Voice and Stamps

A playful exchange notes a tenor with a long held note and jokes about the value of Mauritius and Hawaii stamps. The editor puns on measurement units and eye distance in a quirky, newspapery aside.

Cleveland Plain Deal

Also Mentioned on This Page

the Telegraph Directory U. 8 Senate Jno M. Thurston Weesse William VY Allen Madison Hasrional Bint W.L. Greent Kearney U.S. Land Office John M. Adams PB. A Legislature Board Villiage Trustees Catholic Church Ogalin The Monnth McCarthy Episcopal Church Sidney Lodge O. FE Greenlee Richard Kreughr Rebecca W. Neubauer Sec N.G Valiant Lodge K. of P HH. E. Gapen K. R P. Sanders U. K Pierre Sanders D. F. McKee Col. Joseph Conrad Garrison Regular Army and Navy Union of the U. Ss F. J. DeCastro Thos. Welleman aAdj E. V. Summer Osgood O.P. Davs Adj Henry A. Morrow P. R. Borgquist A.J. Davison v.Sumner A. J. Haskell Maggie Snyder M. W.of Jas McMullan Allen Kenworthy V Kidney Lodge Herman Schroeder W. M J.G. Griffith Vision No. 1 A.O. HL Eei McKea V. Sanders Forrest Prest Wm. We. Chowina HH. J. Snyder R- K Providence O. E Masonic Hall P. Davis Ellen Davis Sidney Lodge No U. W P. Ball Corner Myrtle Atrees Carrie Peterson H. ‘Bxagix Brinnan Liccorder Are You Ues Pareeslogical Cals Cp Fowler & Wells Publishers New, York MR. Johnson Mailer Bet Biles Omera Rome Victoria Henryv Henry VI Edward IV Henry VII Henry VIII King Kaiser Czar Caesar Samoderebeta Duke Emperor Hospodar Khan Landgrave Margrave Nizam Pharaoh Shah Sheik Sultan Antrom Colns Mauritius Hawai McClure’s Magazine Chas. A. Danna Dana Lincoln Stanton Grant Shermsp Lincoln Rudyford Kipling Mr. Kipling Rudyard Kipling Anthony Hope Rupert of Hentzau Zenda Mr. Kippling Robert Barr Wiliam Allen White Tan Maclaren Octave Thanet Stephen Crane McNeavenaste Heeads VIG Edison Vin Selma Yuares i Edison Herbert H. Humblin Hamilon Garland Mark Twain George E. Waring, Jr New York South African A._— B. Frost Peter Nowell Andree North Pole McCnune's Frost Peter Newell C. 2. Gibson Howard Pyle Kenyon Cox Co Ko Lisson IW. D. Stevens Alfred Brennan South Africa Edigon S. S. McClure CO East 25Th Steel Joh the Telegraph Institute Harry N. Russell Kearney, Neb Malle Atterns Scalls Ciest McCall Company West 14Th Street Fifth Avenue Briington Ita Peoria St. Joseph Kansas City St. Louis Western Corzet CO Nt. Louis Ry Fairbanks, Morse & Co Farnam St Omaha Neb Lee Otvlces Gean-micu Eldredge Belvidere National Sewing Machine Co Ace Broadway Fis Homer Brant
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