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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1876
Page
2
The excerpt describes African American beliefs about luck and death, including cats, birds, and the turning of a sifter in a ritual oracle. It recounts taboos about building near graves, changing rooms, and leaving doors open, and notes the strong faith in witchcraft and divination as social power on plantations.
A New York reader cites a widow with two children who, after her husband earned $4,000 yearly, lived beyond means until his death left them in poverty and debt. The column argues lack of foresight, not blame, but warns against repeating the pattern, noting similar cases nationwide and the value of prudent planning for future security.
A city tale mirrors a wager over wealth as a baronial bequest to the Theosophical Society fades to myth. Theorized fable recalls a Saratoga joke where a man faked a $92,000 income to win a bride, causing a fashionable marriage and later scandal. An old Scot crone proclaims she is a thousand at any rate, hinting age vanity.
A historical account traces the mahogany tree from its discovery before 1600 to its European use a century later. It details origins in Florida and the Bahamas, Jamaica, Honduras, and Yucatan, noting logs weighing up to 15 tons and prices reaching thousands, with makers like Broadwood purchasing logs. The text shifts to a Detroit police court vignette featuring Jackson Porter’s barroom dispute, a high-spirited exchange, and a $5 fine for disrupting the scene.
In a Detroit Police Court scene Bijah, a teller in a hot room, meets an old man asking for an overcoat. The exchange highlights truth versus lies as the old man speaks of extreme heat and desertion of farm deeds, claiming past sunbaked experiences from Mexico to Midwest summers.
An elderly Rhode Island native named Camp, living in Nebraska for 25 years, watched his first locomotive at the Union Pacific Depot. He had never traveled more than 25 miles from home and will celebrate an unusual milestone as he visits Sarpy County on his journey.
A collage of witty notes and anecdotes notes on fortune and fame unearthed. Quips about digressions on wealth, disease in cattle, Philadelphia pickpockets, and a press raid on Spitz dogs populate the page. Jokes about canons velocity and the word Effendi mix with playful banter from Burlington Hawk and more.
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