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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1899
Page
5
A fragmentary local directory page lists state and district officials including Governor, Secretary of State, and various public officers. It also catalogs church services for Melhourist, Catholic, and Episcopal congregations with schedules, pastors, and meeting times.
A long OCR fragment lists meetings for Camp No 12 Royal Neighbors and multiple lodges and orders. It notes monthly and weekly meeting nights, officers, and locations including Masons, Odd Fellows, Redmen, and Daughters of Honor across several lodges such as Sidney No 91 OU QO FF, No 1 I.O.O.F, and Sidney Tent No 2 KOTM with details on second and fourth Thursdays or Mondays, plus references to Masonic hall events and auxiliary chapters with officers names in a local fraternal calendar style.
The Child Culture Department assists mothers and teachers in studying each child's character as a guide to proper development. It provides methods to observe behavior and nurture growth, emphasizing early guidance and constructive activities.
Advertisement notes refund policy and authenticity mark LU B Q on each tablet. Mentions druggists refund money if it fails to cure and 25 cents price. Includes instruction to verify genuine tablets by Lu. B. Q. on each piece.
Poem fragment expresses a longing to leave a cramped earth for the vast heavens. The speaker, a vagrant rover, seeks the untraveled routes among restless stars and longs for a final inn where God may greet and a door can be closed behind. Arthur Jo Stringer inscription appears in a zine.
A Lake Erie pilot aboard the Susan E Peck grounded the vessel on a clear course after a string of successful runs. Investigations showed the pilot’s artificial leg, reinforced with steel, interfered with his navigation, causing the miscourse and near disaster. once replaced, the pilot regained standing and confidence among skippers.
Criminologists and scientists study a feared atmospheric condition called death by own action wind or avicide wind. A warm moist air allegedly drives people to madness and self inflicted deaths rise during its presence, with reports of personal crises and crimes clustering in affected areas.
A Pennsylvania frontier newspaper recounts a reader's feud with the editor. The man halted the paper, traded corn below market value, faced tax sales, bought forged notes to advertise warnings, prepaid years of subscriptions, and forced an editor agreement to crush further stoppages.
A Scottish preacher lampooned his sleepy congregation by pausing mid sermon and joking that if he goes fair and honest he may win a fair chance. He warned the crowd to wake up or risk more yawns as the talk resumes.
An Expert proclaims his craft with pride and humor as he answers a guest's question about specialties Sausage and omelets. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a sober truth contrasting amusement with daily toil and recalls sixteenth century fencing where right hand held an award and left a dagger for defense.
The article explains Korean heating relies on underfloor fines and flues rather than stoves. Fires start in an outer fireplace, heat travels via curved ducts to a rear trench and chimney, with concrete floor stones covered by oil paper. Warmth comes from stone floors, used for sitting and sleeping, while shoes stay at the door to keep the floor polished and brown.
A Victorian tone summary notes Maori women have limited voice in choosing husbands yet can change partners. Courtship is brief, wives sing and tell stories, widows sometimes kill themselves at husbands’ graves and are honored. Divorce is simple and remarriage common. girls are often betrothed from infancy.
A nephew questions why lightning rods remain on a booze barn and home, while Uncle Joab defends them as perfectors against pesty lightning rod sellers, noting belief despite modern theory being exploded. The item reflects rural dialect and period newswire style.
The Waldorf Astoria in New York begins each day by preparing breanfase for about 1,200 employees. The meals are served before the earliest guests rise, with breakfasting seen as a quiet ritual in the hotel’s morning routine.
Mrs Simarte complains her husband is the worst man to go shopping. She recalls he recently bought a flute that arrived home full of holes, a pointed example of his misfortune.
A quip from a medical record frames a grim joke about debt and loss. The wife proposes she would marry the doctor if the husband dies, reflecting a dark humor of medical expense fears.
A London Lit Bits column excerpt examines lottery lore and superstition in Europe. It recounts cases where winnings brought tragedy or misfortune, including a man who died before collecting an 8000 pound prize and a German banker who chased a three on tickets only to miss the top prize. The piece highlights how luck, belief, and fate intertwine in lottery culture.
A St James Gazette tale recalls a young barrister questioning a witness about her mother. He asks if she is the prisoner's mother and then the prosecutrix's mother, receiving sharp refusals. The witness declares she is "Nobody's" and a single woman, provoking laughter and tension in court.
Dialogue from the Tacoma Ledger features Nelly questioning why getting one’s feet wet would cause a toothache and Jack replying with a humorous, outdated medical quip about tooth root reaching to the toes, reflecting old newspaper humor style.
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