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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1879
Page
3
A meditation on weakening ritual and ascetic fasting as true divine aid lies within each person. It questions external creeds and empty penance and elevates conscience, justice, mercy, and the individual soul as the path to goodness. The poem contrasts Sinai thunder with inner blessing.
A child describes a wedding between a doll from Boston and a one legged lad. The scene features white silk and lace attire, red rocco shoes, velvet and gold braid, a cake bursting with raisins, apples and cookies, and a heat squeezing the dolls as Jenny and the narrator hold them before a red seated priestess with mamma nearby.
Congressman elect Robert Taylor, a famed fiddler in North Carolina, wed Miss Sallie Baird, niece of Governor Vance. The match followed a romantic pledge that framed Taylor as a surprising Democratic nominee in a strongly Republican district.
Pettibone accused of collusion with local rings during a heated district campaign. Taylor, starting with five dollars, gained wide support aided by music and public fealty to democratic principles. Taylor won by about 1500 votes, flipping a Tennessee district and boosting party fortunes.
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes on moral judgment argue that corrupt minds cannot understand a pure woman. It denounces deceitful writers who claim to portray human nature from a tainted perspective and warns readers against trusting such depictions.
The Emir of Cabul Shere Ali heads a harem of 300 women including slaves. His son Ya koob Khan was recently released after years of imprisonment.
The emir with eighteen daughters ten married to vassals generally lives in Cabuil. He holds town revenues and resides in Balar Hissar, a medieval fortresslike palace. He also has Mogoul Hissar for unmarried daughters and the harem, and Sadshel Omrah for his father’s harem. His aged mother lives with him.
A humorous portrait portrays General Butler as the mule carrying a howitzer. The creature moves rapidly in circles when discharged, sweeping the horizon multiple times. The mule bears cipher dispatches at the muzzle and defies anyone to predict the weapon's direction.
The article mocks a bar association gathering noting a new joke rule about giving a client money for fare home. It then praises Dr. David Kennedy of Rondout and his Favorite Remedy, a vegetable tonic advertised as harmless and effective for common ills, priced at one dollar a bottle.
An advertising pitch claims Brown's Vegetade Liver pills outperform eastern remedies for biliousness headache and bile removal. It touts the West made superiority and notes sales through N F Hazen and Carl E Borgquist Sidney Neb with mentions of Sarisparijla Dandelion and Iodide of Potassium as cures for blood skin disease rheumatism and liver complaint.
State of Nebraska Carrexnx County County Court notices heirs must appear for February term to approve final settlement of the estate of E B Miller deceased administrator Nf W Redington and Umar Kanx attorneys Sidney Neb January 6 1879 threatening distribution of remaining funds after debts and costs
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