National and State Officials Listing in Telegraph Directory
The Telegraph Directory presents a roster of national body U S Senate members Jno M Thurston and William V Allen and sixteenth congressional district W L Greene. It lists state officers Governor James A Holcomb Lieutenant Governor James E Harris Secretary of State William F Portes Auditor J N F Cowell Treasurer J B Moderve Attorney General O C Smythe Superintendent of Public Instruction W R Jackson Commissioner Public Lands and Buildings J W Wort and U S Land Office figures Geog W Hoist and Reptior Brod Yarils in partial entries.
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Senate
Jno
M. Thurston Eee
Omardia
William V. Allen
Madison
W.L. Greene
Kenney
Esccenee Sius
W.R Jackson
JV. Wort
Political and School District Officials List In Fragment
A damaged OCR fragment lists senatorial district names, representatives, judges, clerks, sheriffs, surveyors, attorneys, village trustees, and school staff. It mentions Sidney and Bronson areas, with several titles and unclear names, including teachers and administrators.
Community Church Services and Local Lodge Notices
Church notices list Methodis and Epworth services, Catholic Mass times, and Episcopal schedules with Sunday school at 10 a.m. plus evening prayers. Fraternal groups including Royal Neighbors, Odd Fellows, and G A B hold meetings monthly. election of officers and secretaries noted. Community calendar shows regular meetings at Masonic hall and X of P ball with dates and times.
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Catholic Church
Ogallula
D. P. Herrington
Debutante Miss M's Secret Entrance to Society
A Winter debutante mimics a rich Philadelphia cousin’s wardrobe to attend musicales and teas. The ruse sparks social fever, but letters reveal the ruse and Mrs M’s shock as society credits a non existent daughter, forcing explanations to preserve reputations.
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Miss M
Philadelphia
Misa M
Mrs. M
Mra M
Semson
Washington Star
The Latter Day Jerusalem Seen Through a Returnee's Eyes
A traveler recalls arriving at Yafa and being struck by Jerusalem’s filth and squalor. He describes beggars, lack of heating, and pervasive odors, vowing not to return for pleasure due to the dirty streets and harsh winter scenery.
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Yafa
Holy Land
Amon
Jerusalem
Surprise Inn Phrase Echoes In Atchison Globe
A clipped line from the Atchison Globe reflects on prudent action versus unpredictable folly. The quote suggests that while a sensible man can guess outcomes, the behavior of a fool remains unknowable.
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Atchison
Mouse Fear Of Elephants In Ancient Folklore
A New York Sun excerpt describes tiny chacanas that supposedly feed on a sour berry and terrify elephants. The text notes the creatures’ claws embed in elephant flesh during feeding and claim inflammation and death, with elephants fearing mice in captivity.
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New York Sun
Ways of Actors and the Stage at Rail Stations
A Cornhill Magazine reflection on actors in society noting how railway platforms become stages for performers. It compares Elizabethan acting wealth with modern lucrativeness, mentions Shakespeare and A Leyne, and ponders actors adopting others’ names, especially women, for stage careers.
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Elizabeth
Shakespeare
andAleyne
Dulwich School
Alice Burne-Jones
Cornhill Magazine
Traveling Freedman Contrasts English and French Travelers
The Petit Journal of Paria compares British travelers as calm punctual and purposeful with minimal luggage to the French traveler who is restless, impatient, and overloaded with parcels. It notes the Englishman travels as a desire, while the Frenchman views travel as fatigue and ennui.
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Petit Journal of
Paria
China
The Pope and Rome Explains Papal Street Presence
Osservatore Romano explains why the pope avoids street presence in Rome. Demonstrations of respect and hostility would arise, with applause, hisses, and factional tumults. Military honors could not sustain protests in the pope’s dispossessed sovereignty.
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Osservatore Romano
Rome
Telegraph pole heights and sag per mile details
The text notes pole counts per mile for minor and main lines, heights set to keep the lowest wire at least 12 feet from the ground, pole lengths from 20 to 22 feet above ground after setting 4 to 6 feet in the ground, and an average sag of about 14 feet depending on pole count and weather.
Pursued by Fate and Bad Luck Half Dollar Tale
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls McGuffin convinced he bears more misfortune than others. He notes a special bad luck instance when a counterfeit half dollar always lands in his pocket due to his wife picking it. The fragment hints at superstition and domestic detail within a humorously grim vignette.
Thrilling early Pittsburg tale of Negley tavern raid
A woman recalls a early 19th century night near Negleys tavern east of Pittsburg where bandits planned murders and robbery. The traveler was slain, the innkeeper’s group fled, and the story ends with the woman guiding authorities to disrupt the gang.
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Pittsburg
Kowledge
Pennsylvania
Old Fort Pitt
Mather
Culberson
Negley
Alleghany
Monongshere
Negleyville
Rising Sun
East Liberty
Liberty
Ataira
Sarah P. Farmer
Woman Walks 400 Miles to Reach Uncle's Home
Mrs Lizzie Goodman walked from Memphis to St Louis with her crippled son. After her husband died in poverty a farmer near St Louis offered a home. Along the road farmers shared food and lodging. In St Louis women provided shoes before reaching Baden to stay with her granduncle.
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Lizzie Goodman
Memphis
St. Louis
Baden
Boston Woman's Journal
Infringement of Infant Diet and Historic Austria Count
The passage notes a domestic scene with a princess and a fairy granting invisibility by match. It cites a French law punishing feeding infants under one year without a doctor’s written prescription. It then recalls Austria’s population change from seven villages with over 20,000 residents to 82 today.
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France
Infanta
Debated Spanish Demands Spark Outcry Over Desertion
The text criticizes calls to execute Lieutenant Hobson and his comrades for deserting the Spanish flag, labeling such demands as a harmful remnant of a disgraceful chain of evidence and condemning the notion as the product of a pseudo brain.
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Hobson
Union Pacific Announces ICC En Deavor Tickets to Nashville
For the 1898 International Christian Endeavor Convention in Nashville, Union Pacific offers one free ticket for a round trip and $2 from Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah points. The line promises fastest travel and best accommodations. For ticket details visit agent E. R. Breisch.
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International Christian Endeavor
Nashville
Union Pacific
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
E.R. Breisch
Buckeye Pile Ointment Promises Cure for Piles
Claimant touts Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment as a universal cure for all forms of piles including blind bleeding itching and protruding with thousands of prior successes. Sold in 50 cent bottles or 75 cent tubes at Scamlan's Drug Store and marketed across Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah with Union Pacific travel promos and schedules.
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Tabler
Scamlan’s Drug Store
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Quick Home Relief
Ballard's Snow Liniment billed as a universal remedy for backache rheumatism soreness neuralgia and injuries. A Galveston Texas salesman claims two bottles cured three months of rheumatism and urges buyers to choose Snow Liniment with no substitute priced at 50 cents and sold at Scanlan's Drug Store.
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B. E. Morse
Galveston
Texas
Ballard
Scanlan’s
Overland Route Sleeper Cars Offer Fine Accommodations
The notice touts the Union Pacific Overland Route from Missouri River through California to Puget Sound, with Pullman Palace Sleepers Dining Cars and upholstered coaches for first and second class passengers. It lists service to Colorado Wyoming Utah Idaho Montana and Pacific Coast points and provides agent contact KK Breisch for sales and ads.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Denver
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Portland
Puget Sound
Union Pacific
E. KR. Breisch
Sidney
Neb
Missouri River
California
Montana
Pacific Coast
KK. Breisch
One Boot to Clean and the Soldier’s Simple Grievances
Max O'Rell recalls a French soldier's simple desires for justice and provisions. He notes how small comforts like tobacco or a kind word uplift spirits amid hardship, and shares moments of wartime kindness toward wounded or crippled officers and their keepsakes.
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Max O’rell
Theatrical Villain in Yonkers Statesman excerpt
The Yonkers Statesman quotes a theatergoer detailing a disruptive actor who crawled over her lap to exit during a performance. The piece also notes a French law forbidding night frog capture.
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Mr. Crimsonbeak
Mrs. Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Statesman
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