This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1897
Page
7
In a shifting tale of love and suspicion, Charles Carriston implicates Ralph Carriston in a plan to drive Madeline Rowan to madness and death. Madeline races to London to reach Carriston, learning he survives and awaits her at a West England refuge, while Dr. Brand contends with a visiting Carriston seeking restraint.
Miss Rowan rises before seven and drives alone to the town for feminine necessities after her aunt's funeral. With a brave, refined bearing she leaves the farm with a confident path homeward, trusting Carriston will soon hear of her plight and bring aid.
The article praises Whistler's dining room as a daring color symphony in blue and yellow. Walls vivid blue with greenish tints, lemon yellow woodwork and hearth, blue and yellow matting, rare yellow curtains, and Japanese blue ceramics create a bold yet inexpensive scheme that critics call an artistic triumph.
A brief sketch recalls Captain Wgaffin's career and notes his death after sustaining wounds from Japanese shellfire. He earned commendations for valor and leadership during service with allied forces.
Captain Philo McGiffen, who commanded the Chinese ironclad Chen Yuen at the 1894 Yalu battle, shot himself in New York's Postgraduate Hospital. Once confined for months due to mental illness, his death ends a career marked by early heroism and later controversy over wounds from prior combat.
Mrs. Bradley Martins ball at the Waldorf Hotel drew thousands of guests and police presence. Detectives guarded the area but no trouble occurred as the grand event eclipsed past society gatherings and marked a remarkable epoch in New York social life.
Torexa Kan Feb 12 Senator Harris prepares a concurrent resolution to urge Kansas senators to vote against ratifying the general arbitration treaty with Great Britain. The move argues the agreement is unwise unnecessary and a departure from Washingtons farewell warning to beware of entangling alliances.
Armand Castle Mary collapsed and died while singing the role of Tristano in Flotow's Martha at the Metropolitan Opera last night. The incident occurred before a large audience, but the event was kept quiet and largely unnoticed by many spectators.
Lonpoy Feb 12 by a 206 to 349 vote the House of Commons rejected Mr Wilson Liberal bill to close public houses on Sundays. The measure would ban Sunday opening except for a mid day and Sunday evening allowance.
Severe earthquake shocks hit the city of Brava in Uran on February 12 at 6 o clock as the bell of the courthouse tapped five times. The quake was felt as far north as Logan, marking the heaviest tremor in the valley.
From Havana on February 11 reports challenge Weyler's statements of pacification in Pinar del Rio. Insurgent forces in Catalina Cuevas area total about 1200 led by Varona Rivera and Luis Perez, with Lazo commanding 600 in Jaucia Mula, and 500 more under Videl Ducasi in Bayas Rio del Medio Manganacos Pena Blanca and Pan de Azucar. Rumors of peace talks are unfounded, while many Spaniards tire of war though some profit from it or hope for gains if insurgents win.
In Walmycroy Feb 11 report the Senate executive session discusses Morgan of Alabama offering to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty via the arbitration treaty and arguing the old pact is obsolete. Another amendment by Bacon of Georgia would modify article 8 to shield Southern bonds from arbitration claims. Morgan controls the floor as he presses his points.
Speaker Reed plans to preempt other business at the extra session by naming two committees on ways and means and mileage and delaying other panel appointments until the regular session. Officials say the move, though unprecedented, would be legal as Congress has proceeded with committees before.
Indianapolis February 11 The Rev T De Witt Talmage visited the city yesterday and voiced support for major entertainments raising large sums. He argued that spending about $100,000 on such events is justifiable, noting that $90,000 would benefit the needy, and framed his stance beyond moral considerations.
The Mouse committee on post offices and postroads completed the postoffice appropriation bill for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1897. It carries 95,611,711 dollars, up 3,040,150 from the current year but 1,903,695 less than the postmaster general’s estimate. Free delivery allowance rises to 12,595,006 dollars.
Bert Shepard of Detroit Michigan and Louise Steep of Cincinnati Ohio, members of the Fannigan Ball company, were wed during a performance at the opera house in Mexico Missouri last night, officiated by Reverend D B Sipple.
In Mo Jorrenson Crrr Oregon Cox introduced a bill in the house to compel each sheriff to keep two bloodhounds for tracking fugitives. The dogs would be permanent appendages of the sheriff's office and pass to successors when a sheriff leaves office.
The Washington and Lee University board of trustees unanimously elected Pestmaster General William L. Wilson as president in place of the recently resigned G. W. C. Lee at Tuxinatoy Virginia on February 12.
A Vienna dispatch to the Daily Telegraph confirms that Sir Michiel Munkeesy the renowned artist is hopelessly insane.
The joint session at the Capitol counted the states electoral votes. William McKinley received 271 votes for president and Garrett A Hobart 271 for vice president, with Bryan Sewell and Watson totaling 176, 149 and 27 respectively. The session lasted fifty minutes without incident.
Scio, Neb. Feb. 11 Two well dressed men from the East checked into the best hotel and one registered for both. By noon the pair lay dead in their room with all gas jets open. High jet could not have served lighting. The men were identified as Hugh Palin and Charles Lehman merchants at Scotia.
Public officials in London and across Europe view the Crete situation as serious and capable of unsettling peace. A Turkey versus Greece collision could test neutrality of the powers, with papers urging stronger pressure on Greece to curb further Turkish provocation.
William Black, aided by fifty Louisville state troops, faced trial in Lebanon Kentucky for criminal assault on Mrs J D Clark. Black pleaded guilty and received seven years in the state penitentiary. The husband, armed in court, had no chance to act as the trial and conviction finished in about one hour.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.