01 Jan 1876
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1876
Page
1
A reflective poem from Oratio N Powers printed in the New York Independent contemplates a year of happiness blending with grief. The speaker recalls a child’s infancy and the deep bond with a beloved figure whose radiant presence persisted in memory. The piece ends with a prayerful trust amid doubt, seeking guidance from God.
In a sunny New England afternoon Debora with her sewing basket watches Mark and Totty ask to gather strawberries. A sudden storm drives the family into the wood as father, mother, and faithful dog Gyp search for the two children amid thunder, rain, and fear.
A storm drives two children Totty and Mark to a pond where they disobey mother Deborah. Totty sleeps on Mark’s arm until a dog leads rescuers to the couple, revealing Totty and Mark alive after the family home is struck by lightning while away. The scene ends with a bedtime return to a damaged cottage and prayers for safety.
The piece discusses William M. Tweed seeking asylum outside the United States and the network of extradition treaties. It lists fifteen governments with treaties including Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium, plus Caribbean and Pacific possessions. It notes gaps with several powers and hints Tweed could evade capture by fleeing to untreatied states.
A centuries old temple in Poorce Orrissa with sacred status for Hindus faces collapse from plant roots and time. Repairs are planned but the project risks weakening faith. priests remain wealthy with an annual income around £48,000 and the Rajah withholds consent for certain safety measures.
A Topeka romance unfolds around Lieut Philip Reade nephew of Ben Butler and Minnie Beals a Topeka singer. He funded her music career then they wed and vanished, each pursuing fame abroad. The story traces their separation after a dramatic early union.
An old Springfield Republican paragraph extols open fireplaces as the prime ventilator and source of radiant heat enhancing health and cheer. It argues that even in hard times costed comfort matters, urging builders to plan for a sunlit hearth with a full mantelpiece to foster hospitality, social warmth, and well being, especially for the sick room.
A fragment recalls Mrs Barber a fortyish woman whose contented smile masks personal unhappiness with her husband. The narrator, noting the calm surface, records her tearful confession that she cannot endure further misery and will seek no comfort in the world.
A narrator recollects neighbors and spouses as martyrs to petty domestic disputes. Examples include a husband arguing over towel placement, a wife clinging to broom position, and others debating door mats and snow shovels. The piece satirizes marital stubbornness and petty grievances, ending with the narrator declaring his own struggle with domestic foibles.
The mahwah tree in northern and central India sheds its foliage in late February leaving bare branches. Soon pale yellow flowers emerge, producing fleshy berries and a musky odor. Flowers are processed into cakes, wine, and a rudimentary Scotch whisky spirit, while most crop is dried to make flour kits. By April the tree bears a fruit resembling an almond, with a violet envelope and a hard shell enclosing the edible nut.
The mahwah nut yields prized oil for Bombay markets and its bark fiber makes ropes while wood resists termites for building. In the Vindhyan and Arvali mountains it is worshiped by Ghounds Bheols Mbairs and Minas, who gather under its shade, offering lances and plowshares and defending the tree as a sacred living resource.
The article surveys foreign fashion in woolen undergarments including pink and blue silk edged garments, scarlet flannel skirts, and leather wool ensembles. It notes cost ranges from five to ten dollars, mentions innovation in silk underpetticoats, wool vests, and the growing comfort movement with full body coverage from neck to ankles. It also highlights ceny of felt skirts, quilted silk options, and the use of chest protectors for winter warmth.
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