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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1885
Page
6
A glowing account of Elizabeth Zane who braved enemy fire to fetch gunpowder for the fort at Wheeling. Her daring rescue is praised as a deed of national note and celebrated in period recollections.
In a humorous tale, a self styled scholar recruits a sidewalk telescope vendor for practical astronomy lessons. The plan collapses when his wife reveals the gag a fraudulent telescope, a kerosene lantern, and a fake moon photograph. The couple’s prank ends with the vendor jailed for vagrancy after pursuit of truth exposes the ruse.
William P. Thompson, a Maryland farmer in Allegheny County, was fatally attacked by a wasp nest while tending a cornfield. He struck a stump, drawing a swarm of 500 to 600 wasps that covered his head and body, including a sting in the left eye. He died within hours after the attack.
A Philadelphia narration tells how Charles Hunter, a 23 year old bookkeeper in Langfield Turner and Andrews leather goods, hid his masculine disguise while nursing a baby and facing moral danger. He is confronted by employer Alfred Turner and confesses via a startling tale of deception and a concealed family life.
A man described as the husband had left the employ of his house before Decoration Day and was observed giving him a coded character. The report notes the unusual departure and the mysterious gift as part of the brief item.
An anti waist reduction tirade arguing that women need room for vital organs and strength. It condemns corsets and whalebone in favor of natural body health, dignity, and the humane treatment of the female form.
An April afternoon sets a moisture laden scene as lovers perch over a fence. After a fifteen minute pause the girl Mary Jane returns home where her mother quizzes her about crumbs and cleanliness. The girl replies she stayed out to see the beautiful rainbow, reflecting a light humorous tone from Louis Magazine and The Rambler.
A 19th century tale recalls a young poet who mocks the imperial court. Emperor Alexander II summons him to read his verses aloud before the Empress and grand dukes, sparing Siberia only to hear the poem. A conspiracy sentence ends with the reader freed after a grim ordeal.
A fragment from Petersburg correspondence retells a Mongolian tale where a holy lama cures a nomad's daughter. After vows are broken, troops attack, yet the lama prays to turn attackers to ground. The czar departs, and the reeds give birth to the Hussmans, white-bodied people with yellow reed stems who rise from the land.
Madrid correspondent reports a feud between two families near Caceres escalated after a murder. A pitched battle with revolvers knives and stones left the heads of both families dead, multiple injuries and mutilations, and baggage scattered along the road before police intervened.
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