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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1900
Page
4
The issue lists subscription prices and advertising rates for The Sidney Telegraph and Peotas Poniard Consoli of Sidney Nebraska. It includes display rates, professional cards, and legal notices, with editors CHAS CALLAHAN and FRED A. GAPEN. It also mentions the Paris Exposition and political topics from 1890.
The article notes an anticipated presidential proclamation offering unconditional pardons to rebels who surrender by a date, warning those with arms after that date will be treated as brigands. It argues for protecting peaceable locals and asserts the U S government will not negotiate for neutrals or contraband at war. It recalls the Hague peace conference proposal on private property at sea.
After Spain left Cuba on January 1, 1889 a modern postal system formed. US forces opened thirty two branches under the New York post office, reporting by June 80 with seven steamship routes covering 2,563 miles and thirty rail lines totaling 1,046 miles. Ninety offices employed fifty nine Americans and four hundred seventy six Cubans.
The Globe Democrat notes rapid post improvements in Cuba with 23 cities and 96 carriers, 37 cities with the money order system, and a dead letter branch once unknown. Havana received new quarters. over 18 million stamps and a million postal cards were sent there in six months.
Chicago Chronicle reports on seed vitality with professor L H Laimmel noting seeds lose germination power over time. Data show barley best preserves vigor eight to ten years. wheat 20 to 100 percent germination in one to four years. rye and corn decline sharply after five to nine years, with corn losing germination after twenty years in sealed vessels.
New York Tribune notes the lobster molts its shell in a multi stage process. Young crustaceans shed repeatedly, while older specimens adopt a new suit each summer. Convulsions begin with back breakage and progress to head, shoulders and tail emergence before a new shell forms. The event renders the lobster soft and highly prized when exposed.
The fragment presents a maxim on character, noting that passions fade while steady habits grow stronger, attributed to H Leckey. The concise line reads like a proverb emphasizing self discipline over fleeting impulses.
A fragment describes Ambrose Parey’s early surgical theories and brutal methods. It details humors, spirits, and drastic cures with cold water dousing and mummie preparations. Notably, Nicholas Micart’s shoulder-setting ladder method and witchcraft references punctuate the account.
A fragment from Brooklyn Life notes a man described as generous by taking someone to Fouctvon yesterday and letting them order everything themselves, while another reader calls it pure recklessness reflecting differing opinions on his actions.
The New York Tribune recounts comedian Billy Crane recalling prankish years with John McCullough. Crane left a card labeling him an actor, provoking a playful street confrontation. McCullough later teased Crane about the lie, then Crane won nine consecutive seven up games against him.
A Maine native recalls a peculiar crime where a husband chose poison over divorce to kill his wife. He prepared a lethal lemonade and served it with affection, remarking that the best was at the bottom as he observed the precipitate in the glass.
A Chicago News excerpt explains shrapnel shells as elongated projectiles with a powder bursting charge at the base and 260 to 600 half inch bullets inside. A time fuse triggers the charge after firing, sending bullets in a conical shower to the ground.
London Letter notes the Almanach de Gotha as a supreme directory whose pages list a few exalted individuals. It emphasizes that having a name there confers high status and that only a select handful include their portraits within its scarlet covers.
A young man persuades an old guardian as his daughter consents to marriage. The old man believes she is too young, while the suitor insists on immediate nuptials. The piece weaves social tension with a moral about patience and agency. It also notes Italy's vast vineyard acreage, about 8 million acres, as a cultural aside.
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