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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1916
Page
7
A fragment notes a Medical Journal assertion that human eyes can move noiselessly and precisely to any object within the visual field, countering common notions of a snapping eye movement and emphasizing controlled ocular motion. The source cites the Journal of the American Medical Association as authority.
Pittsburgh press reports a scene in which a speaker pleads for a loan of ten shillings, promising repayment next Saturday, while a lender recalls a prior fifteen shillings loan secured by tangible collateral and asks for better security this time.
A humorous domestic exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal advises hosts to pace hospitality. The father cautions the mother not to push guests too hard, and the mother asks what to do. He replies to cultivate sociability rather than an endurance contest at meals.
A pair of quotes from the Kansas City Journal reveals a lighthearted plan to boost women’s fashion, joking about adding chiffon to overshoe tops as part of a playful shoe-garment scheme.
Readable fragment notes a public sale event titled Combination Sale to take place on Saturday January fifth with likely notices of participation and venue details. No further specifics are available in the text.
War bulletin reports gains by the czar’s forces and ongoing actions across Mesopotamia Gallipoli evacuations continue and King Edward VII sinks after a mine. Russians claim gains in Galicia while Austrians press near Chernowitz. Nancy shells spark panic. Britain contemplates leadership and Ireland politics amid conscription debates and labor strikes fears.
A French aircraft returning from a recon over the enemy lines engages two German taubes in a fierce aerial duel. Both sides fire. anti aircraft guns barrage the skies. The French plane is damaged and lands with the pilot wounded, while German taubes retreat amid shell bursts. Bombs fall on camps causing minor casualties.
Etchison testifies in the Frederick Price murder trial recounting the 1914 East River cliff death of Mary Fridley Price. He says Price pushed her from a cliff, kicked her dog after her, and used a rock to end her life while Etchison aided and later claimed the cover story.
Fanny Dickens sister of Charles Dickens was among the first students at the Royal Academy of Music when it opened in 1925 at Tenterden Street. She lived at the academy and traveled home only on weekends. The future novelist once helped by visiting her in Maarshalsen prison where the family stayed as creditors caused their father Ar to be imprisoned. Fanny won a prize at the academy while Charles Dickens watched, then earning seven shillings weekly labeling plucking pots.
A Baltimore American quip mocks a character named Jones, remarking that he needs an oculist rather than an answer. The line captures newspaper humor and period voice in a brief, satirical aside.
Two women queue to see a melodrama. They discuss life and realism before watching five acts filled with sensational violence, a diamond, poison, and a duel. In the end the curtain falls to wedding bells as they agree it was life, not far fetched. Detroit Free Press.
A brief Baltimore Aweer report notes a domestic scene with a mistaken intrusion as a character searches a room for an egg to bake a cake. The exchange reveals tension and a request to depart swiftly. The fragmentary text hints at a humorous or domestic moment within a larger daily issue.
On a train voyage Subbubs chatted with a stranger who noted many new structures. Subbubs replied that new buildings are the only kind they put up, delivering a dry witticism in typical Kansas City Journal style.
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