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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1889
Page
4
Scattered items include Christmas wishes and tax critique, immigration and illness notes, committee assignments, a new local paper debut, and a World’s Fair hosiery joke. Reports mention Nebraskan editorial meetings, a divorce petition, prohibition illness, and a Nebraska man firing on Chicago assailants.
The piece rails at Brazilian republicans under Dom Pedro, hints at slavery restoration, and notes a split in the Womans Christian Temperance Union over prohibition. It critiques prison reform advocate Charles Dudley Warner, mocks libel plaintiff Jason Culver, and ridicules faith cures while suggesting a Sidney agency to test the cure on stubborn adults.
The journalism world mourns Henry W. Grady of the Atlanta Constitution. A leading light of the south, Grady's death marks the close of a brilliant era in southern press and public life.
A historical tribute to Mr Grady highlighting Confederate roots, southern revival, and reconciliation with the north. It quotes his reply to Senator Ingalls, praising loyal unionism, memorials, and shared destiny, noting Grady's death as a national calamity and urging steadfast loyalty amid postwar harmony. Also includes brief advertisements for Ballard's Snow Liniment and other remedies.
Baggage car and vestibuled palace sleeper planned for San Francisco with limited first class seats. Train runs Chicago to New York and Portland via Union Pacific connections, 107 hours to San Francisco. Tickets at reduced holiday rates, sale dates December 24 25 and January 1 1890, return by January 3 1890. Inquire via Union Pacific agents or E L Lomax Omaha.
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