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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1900
Page
3
E Charlton Black, newly named head of Boston University English, was mentored by Dr John Brown author of Rob and His Friends. A classmate of Barrie in Edinburgh and friend of Stevenson and Crockett, he later lectured at Harvard.
A collage of satirical quips and product pitches from Brooklyn Life and Life magazine style blurbs. References span Squashrville dinners Mrs Asterbilt and Aunt Miranda Dew to laundry starch and medical ads.
Thomas McGeehan, a former leading stoker on HMS Doris, was flogged at Simon's Town for malingering while imprisoned on HMS Penelope. After eleven lashes he collapsed. a staff surgeon halted the punishment. The incident prompts calls to end flogging in the navy and questions officer fitness for such powers.
A New Orleans hotel bellboy keeps a bone handled umbrella for three days after a traveling drummer forgets it at the lobby. The drummer offers half a dollar but rewards the honest staff with a quinine and iron capsule for three days of faithful hold. The scene ends with a mood of begrudging humor.
Senator Allen of Nebraska recounts a campaign moment when a trotting ostrich at a fair grounds stole the show. The crowd cheered the bird as the senator’s oration was drowned out, forcing him to yield and let the ostrich take center stage.
The map of New York City opened to public view ahead of the Paris exposition. It covers about 1,000 square miles and depicts every house in the city including farmhouses in outlying districts.
The article highlights La Porte Texas set to formally open February 14 to 17 as a new Gulf seaport with its dry high ground contrasting the Gulf Coast, attracting Northern and Texas crowds. It notes interest from American Land Co of Chicago and rising deep water port and transport importance, amid regional trade tensions.
A Paris note recounts Louise Michel entering her seventy second seat and delivering lectures on Concord Between Nations and The Traffic in White Slaves. The rest lists varied items from an election in Pennsylvania to astronomy advances, Grain-O coffee substitute, Magnetic Starch, and multilingual Mexico, all reflecting a mixed 1900s newspaper snippet.
Barbara notes that Mr Softhead mentioned flats during his last call, suggesting possible interest and future housing plans discussed between the two.
A Minnesota congressman Eddy embraces the label of ugliness while defending his honesty during a campaign. He quips that if he had two faces he wouldn’t show the one he has. An Ottawa dispatch notes treason talk among French Canadians.
Buckle links Scottish men of science to a priori reasoning and, in a Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman anecdote, defends poets from Scotland with a wry remark about Shakespeare. A proverb notes that a person without friendship lacks its powers.
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