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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1904
Page
5
A Kansas City Independent reader recalls a Finnish seer in Vadso who foretold a seaman's unfaithful thoughts a letter from his wife and impending illness and death in an asylum. The witness notes the uncanny accuracy and asks how the Finn could know these details without prophecy.
Advertises return fares from multiple cities including St Paul Atlantic City Cincinnati Detroit Louisville with various sale dates in July August and September plus extended season rates to Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Minnesota Wisconsin resorts Deadwood Hot Springs and the Black Hills. Includes contact J A Kunun A G FP & P A Omaha Neb for information and circulars.
A church dinner ended with a spill as the society president, dressed as a waitress, toppled a platter of butter balls onto a guest. The plate landed between chair and guest, causing embarrassment. The waiter expressed frustration, declaring the butter balls unusable.
William Huggins scolds his wife Liza over coal dust on his evening hat. She argues the dust is harmless while he laments the hat leaves a black band on his forehead when he takes it off in public. The quarrel highlights social manners and daily life in a factory town.
The Union Pacific offers everyday round trip tickets to St. Louis and back at low rates. Fifteen day tickets are available through Nov. 30 with a 15 day return at 29 dollars. Season tickets through Nov. 15 cost 36.80 dollars. Inquiries directed to agent W. D. Cairnox.
A stream of property transfers is recorded, listing buyers and sellers such as B A Jones to H R Fuller, Ida M Baker to J A Briggs, and Laura A Parker to C L Deuell trustees. Amounts range from 400 to 1075 dollars with lot and section references in Bridgeport Lodgepole Oberfelder additions and various townships.
The Omaha Bee reports that UP redistribution will move several assistant superintendents and other officials. Vickery, now in Ellis Kansas, may relocate to Junction City. Stenger could shift from North Platte to Grand Island. Whitney may transfer from Cheyenne to North Platte.
Lord Orford kept a team of red deer stags driven by a light coach on a road from London to Brighton. A pack of staghounds pursued them to Newmarket and inside the Ramian yard caused a spectacular smash. The coach was destroyed and the driver hurt. Lord Orford later took to horses.
An able but impractical Kansas City lawyer, recently retired from politics, finds his poker habit drains his income. A visiting colleague confesses that every cent earned at poker is lost in law practice, while the other laments that every cent earned in law is lost at poker. The exchange underscores their humorous view of each other’s misfortunes.
Daniel Drew dismissed Sir Morton Peto’s railroad schemes after a grand dinner. Drew listened, then told the gentleman beside him that they would not adopt any of the plans, ending the matter.
British artist William Simpson recalls accompanying the army in the Crimean War. Lord Cardigan dismissed his Balaklava sketches as wrong, yet Simpson persisted and earned Cardigan’s admiration after revealing he highlighted the commander at the front of the brigade.
Trotter questions why Bailaw has not visited, and Bailaw admits fear of being seen as a reminder of money owed. Trotter apologizes, claiming he forgot about the debt and that it troubled Bailaw.
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