National Body Directory and Local Government Listings
The Telegraph Directory lists national Senate officers and state officials including Governor ROP Savage and Geo Marsh, with local county officers, school boards, and church and fraternal memberships in Sidney and surrounding counties. It compiles names for judges, clerks, treasurers, and commissioners along with church services and community organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rop Savage
Geo Marsh
Chas Weston
Win SteuiFer
Fob Prout
Public Instruction
Wmn
K. Powler
Public Lands
GD Vollmer
Hair styles through ages and a frosty memory of a wedding anniversary
The article surveys hair length as a social signal in ancient and historic groups, noting long hair as honor and short hair as submission. It shifts to a whimsical vignette about a husband and wife recalling their wedding anniversary with a humorous misremembered date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Cresar
England
House of Commons
Ezekiel
Sheridan the playwright shoots ducks for a bargain
A famed writer Sherman Sheridan, on a shoot excursion, buys a duck shot from a farmer for half a crown. The farmer rents his ducks to be shot, but the farmer notes the ducks are not his. The encounter ends with Sheridan claiming a bargain while the ducks remain unowned.
Russian Peasant Wedding Festivities Across Villages
A peasant wedding in Russia becomes a village festival with neighbors invited to join. Weeks ahead, bridesmaids gather to help the bride. the groom treats guests to nuts and sweets. A test of generosity arises as a guest offers a plate for a compliment filled song. silver coins earn praise while copper sparks mockery.
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Russia
Peculiar Venice Custom Notices Deaths
In Venice a practice posts placards outside the deceased’s home and nearby streets naming the person, age, birthplace and illness, stating the death, that the deceased received the holy sacraments, died a good Christian, and requesting prayers from the faithful.
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Venice
Plaint of the Landlady quoted remark
Harlem Life notes a landlady who jokes about poets being eccentric. She recalls a tenant who could hear grass grow and hear crickets talk, yet refused to heed her bill or a hint to move, despite plain English warnings.
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Harlem
Pocketbook Misplacement Sparks Honest Servant Debate
A humorous exchange credits a servant as honest yet warns her honesty may backfire. The line from Filegende Blatter humorously notes a pocketbook left under a pillow could end with the servant handing it to the wife.
Rival golfers spar over time and practice
Two golfers debate commitment. The first notes he is too busy to practice, while the second suggests neglecting golf for business invites poorer results.
Osage Orange Used For Bow Limbs In Indians
The bows of the North American Indians were usually made from a species of osage orange. After a man reaches fifty a year seems to be about three weeks.
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Atchison Globe
Mistletoe tale and shipboard knife salute in port
The article blends a naval anecdote from Port au Prince where a mess pot of knives and forks was fired in a blank salute, narrowly missing guests at the Grand Hotel, with a science note explaining how mistletoe reaches trees via bird-dropped seeds and the plant’s winter leaves retaining life.
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Port Au Prince
Grand Hotel
Aimny Darrow
Value of Education Crow Fable Teaches Cunning Fox
A crow atop a tree with cheese resists a fox's flattery. The fox praises her beauty to induce a song, but the crow delays singing until after dinner, echoing a moral about the value of literary education. The tale from the New York Herald frames education as worthwhile.
Barber Oversteps In Drunken Shave Gone Wrong
A barber, after selecting a drunken operator for a shave, causes harm by nicking the customer with a cuticle. The victim laments the effects of hard drinking while the barber nonchalantly comments on tender skin. The exchange notes the dangerous lapse and its consequence.
Brown Danube Surprise Confounds German Research
Austrian poets praised the blue Danube but a German scientist who studied the river for a year found the water varied in color many times and never matched the poetic hue. He reported brown 11 times yellow 46 times dark green 59 times light green 45 times grass green 25 times greenish gray 69 times and other greens 110 times.
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Blue Danube
Stovetop Blacking Tips For Home Use
The article advises applying stove polish only when the surface is warm not hot or cold. Thin the polish with turpentine, wash greasy stoves with borax water, and use a teaspoon of molasses for roughened surfaces. Wear mittens to protect hands.
Blundered Into It He and the Professor Marriage
The heroine recalls a tangled engagement with a professor after a college proposal in Greek. A cousin recalls the moment she refused and how she ended up accepting by chance, and now she refuses to acknowledge the blunder.
Mrs Van Dauber and Mrs Smith in Courtroom Exchange
A judge notes Mrs Smith appears spiritless while Mrs Van Dauber critiques her condition. The husband lets her wear her gown without question, highlighting domestic tension in the exchange.
Women and Men Suffer From Kidney Trouble
Kidney trouble affects mind and spirits, reducing ambition and vigor. Swamp Root, a remedy marketed by Dr Kilmer and Co, claims quick relief for kidney and bladder issues in both women and men, with sample offer and testimonials.
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Sens
Tell- Home of Swamp Rooting
Dr. Kilmes & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Bustle and Slouch Portrait of a City’s Grim Face
A vivid, satirical sketch describes a city under a perpetual pall, where light is rare and industry dominates. The writer follows a newcomer across bluffs, marshes, and prairies as grimy factories, elevated rails, and smoky streets frame a bleak urban horizon. The piece culminates with a reference to Lenry GB fuller in Outlook.
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Lenry GB. Fuller
Absurd Fashions in France Under Queen Marie Era
Describes extravagant fashion in Marie Antoinette era with feathered hats and comical court styles. Notes how royal hunt attendance sparked resistance, including Princess of Monaco using her headdress to mock the decision. Mentions Louis XVI limits and humorous royal coach parody.
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France
Marie
Mme. Campin
Louis XVI
Conches
Monaco
Galters
Louis Philippe
Duc de Beaujolais
Conundrum Duel Between Miss Jannie and Dudekins
In London Tit-Bits an ongoing prank leads Dudekins to challenge Miss Jannie with a self made riddle. He presents a clever conundrum about why his clothes resemble the moon and the answer hinges on differing opinions about a man in them.
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Dudekins
Jannie
London
Zeno’s Paradox and Motion Debate
The passage recalls Zeno’s paradox that motion is impossible by asserting a body must be in a place where it is or is not. It notes that despite the argument bodies do move, and this challenges the paradox.
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Zeno
Cheyenne
Nebraska
uUtheen
Colorado
Sidney
Neb
Jt Jains
Remarkable Barber Shop Lightning Tale Despite Fire
A playful Exchange notes a rash of lightning that barely scorched a boy yet tells of a barbershop incident where lightning singed hair and hit the cash register total, making the tale unexpectedly fiscal and humorous.
Mocking birds savoring varied fruits in Key West
Birds like mockingbirds feast on oranges berries palmetto fruit china tree apples pears cherries and peaches. In Key West they consume prickly pears causing bright red coloration of their bills heads and throats resembling vermillion.
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Key West
Quarrel Over Marriage Ends With Witty Retort
The exchange features Mrs De Blinks-No vehemently denying consent for her daughter and wishing misery upon the suitor, while Mr Hicks responds with a sharp counter suggestion about becoming her son-in-law.
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Mrs. de Blinks
Mr. Hicks
Obelisk carvings show figures on two wheeled vehicles
A remark compares ancient Egyptian obelisks bearing figures mounted on two wheeled carts to velocipedes, noting human delight at faults rather than perfection.
Unscrambled OCR Fragment Hints at Vague Local Item
Fragmentary text appears from a historical page with unclear names and places. Readable bits suggest a brief item about a local matter, but specifics such as people, locations, dates, or actions are missing.
Rheumatism Sufferer Found Help in Pain Balm
Hamilton man Wesley Nelson recalls LT visiting Mr. Blackmon's drug store and recommending Chamberlains Pain Balm for rheumatism. After using as directed, Nelson says he was cured in a week and has remained symptom free. the product was sold by D J Scanlon.
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D. J. Scanlon
A Cascade Drug Gist Endorses Chamberlain Tablets
Prominent Cascade Iowa druggist J H Weber praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets calling them a strong recommendation from repeated users. He urges readers to try them for dullness after meals bad taste biliousness loss of appetite and constipation with promised prompt relief. Sale listed with D J Scanlon.
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Chamberlain
J. H. Weber
Cascade
Iowa
D. J. Scanlon
Stomach and Liver Tablets Endorsement by Mrs Geiger
Mrs Geiger of Dunkerton Iowa reports taking many stomach trouble remedies and says Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets gave her the best results. For sale by D J Scanlon.
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Joy Millard
Omaha
Neville
North Platte
US. Land Office
R. D. Harris Register
J. LU. Mclintosh
Wm. J. Manecly
Lot
Grimes
E. A. Cury
Lehmkuhl
Iity Ho Rabb
Weyerts
James Burns
Bayard
James Tucker
Chianbers
Whits
Hridgeport
M West
IE Gapen
Emanuelson
Lodgepule
Rowan Sidney
Lindberg
Redington
Board Village Trustees
Wi. Mancely
Churciles
THE
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ll Ofeloch
Waome
Tadoeloch
LiAmMen
Methodist Episcopal Church
PF Osborn Supt
Hoa Om
Kieiter Peague
Epworth League
Pone
Kev Toon Gappin
Catholic Church
Ogalula
Christ Church Episcopal
E.R. Earle
TL Denkard Mission
Masonite Hatt
Ao SrixGnuer
Cheyenne County
American Bible Society
Murlless
Sidney Bibles
Roy
Annie WincGit
Oracle
Nellie Tucker
Frank Welch Lodge
C. Callahan
M. Leas Neubauer
Sidney Lodge
N.G. A
R Greenlee
Rebecca Degree
C. F
PS Neson
Misa Edna Murness
E. V. Sumner
Joan Mone
A. Granneman
Agjj
Cal
Henry A. Morrow
Cie
Mercrnens
Ww. Grosvenor
W. KR. C
P Hal
Maggie Snyveer
Axnib Wirranry
Sec
Sidney Camp
M. W. of A
Wiiantz
Voc
M. J. Sanders
Clerk
M. W. Wa
K.O T.M
A. H. Suypen
Providence
Hanna Cberfelder
W. MM. Kizzie Davanegrry
Sidney Lodge No
Loyal Mystic Legion of America
J. C. Hopson
W.C. Epdna Marness
Euteam
Macauley
the Telegraph
Ernes
Louisville Courier-Journal
Che
Sheriden
Gan
Sheridan
Professor S. Co Selymucker
Ladies’ Home Journal
Danuube
Chicago
Milwaukee
Racine
Rockford
LaCrosse
Dubuque
Higin
Freeport
Madison
Jamesville
Shwinneey
Milwaukee & St. Paul
H.W. Howell
Trav
Deeightair Pass
W. Pepper
Alllovers
Musica Vag
Vatema
Natawitrees
J. W. Pepper
Locust Sta
Philadelphia
Roy Snodasuup
PoloMsas
Lavater
WENTS
Ottor Poo
Noel Mane
Joseph Engel
Olof
Bertlog
District Court
Utne
Ani
Plialnthy
Stulney
Nebo
Sake
Franklin
Sun
Aames Bants
Neb Pebi, Tue
Thomas CG. Burke
James M. Woolworth
Sidney Nob
Pebruipy
G. Bunks
RAV
Keep
N. Woolson
Ned Sidney
Ned
Austria
Union Valley
Mexico
D. J. Scanton
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