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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
7
Billie, a young newsboy raised by an Irish widow, secretly plays policy to buy his friend Ben a back brace. His growing losses push him to riskier bets until his life is drained. Burk, the shop owner, confronts the boy and learns the grim truth as Billie loses everything and collapses.
A dying Burk pays Billie the newsboy one hundred dollars to buy a back brace, but the moment of relief is crushed by the boy’s impending death. Billie asks to see a slip with numbers, Burk forgets, and in the morning the boy is gone leaving the roll of money as a fading token.
A college baseball anecdote recalls slugger Kelly who bet $5,000 on a home run. In a tense ninth inning Yale and Princeton peers watched as Kelly hit the ball for a decisive run, declaring afterward I knew I could do it. The tale extols self belief and measured confidence.
A married couple in a Stray Stories piece quarrels over money and love. The husband accuses his wife of marrying him for money while she reveals she wed to spite his former fiancée Kate Scott. They reconcile by dinner, their mood turning sunny again.
A lyrical poem from Ainslee's Magazine evokes autumn scenes and homesickness. The speaker recalls a beloved season and memories of a distant home as gray hills and Norland landscapes unfold.
Various product pitches and anecdotes appear, including Defiance Starch promotional lines, Put-It-Off cough remedies, a Bromo Quinine laxative, Hall's Catarrh Cure touts internal benefits, Red Cross Ball Blue, and odds about roosters and patrons. The spoofed quotes mix marketing copy with health advice and moral observations.
Advertises half rates plus $2 for one way or round trip via Wabash to many southern and southeast points with sales on the first and third Tuesdays. Mentions reduced winter resort rates and urges asking nearest ticket agent for routing. Provides Omaha contact and general manager’s name. Also includes assorted testimonials and promotional snippets about medicines and odd observations.
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