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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1897
Page
5
The page lists national and state political districts with names like Thurston Allen and Adams, plus local lodge and fraternal group details. It also provides church service times for Methodist, Catholic, and Episcopal parishes and lists numerous fraternal organizations with meeting nights and officers in Sidney and North Platte.
A former showman recounts paying 100 advance to a supposed Georgian beauty for a traveling museum. The father swapped daughters, and the wife proved unsuitable, but paint and powder saved the show. The tale unfolds with deception, comic misdirection, and a successful museum act.
The article describes Maori moko facial tattoos as intense, painful rites tied to status, with legs inked, and the practice linked to the sale of dried heads called mokomokai. It notes 1881 legislation ending head trade and recounts a captain’s head purchase episode. It also mentions Scythian origins of face patches inspired by Thracian women designs winning admiration.
The 1729 case notes a seven year old boy who matched a twenty year old in every way except intellect. His body grew rapidly from age four, becoming a mature man by seven, yet his intelligence remained at child level and he died before ninety. Premature aging followed early strength, ending his life early.
Catholic World notes harsh wage structure in Moscow factories where women earn three quarters of men's pay and children earn far less. It compares monthly earnings, hour rates, and cost of living across England, America, and Russia, arguing minimal Russian wages expose humanitarian injustice despite longer hours.
A brief exchange shows a boy taunting about his mother doing laundry and implying the father’s imprisonment. The lines reflect a sharp retort from a first boy and a curt reply from a second boy in a Strand Magazine piece.
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