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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1896
Page
5
The Telegraph Directory lists National body members including U. S. Senate and key state officers. It mentions Governor Jus A. Ulcombine, Lieutenant Governor Robert C Moore, Secretary of State De A. Piper, and other offices with names such as Eugene Moore, Joseph S. Bartle, Arthur S. Churchill, Henry R. Coch et, Henry O. Russell, John M. Adams, and Reece Verce in Broken Bow and surrounding districts.
The document lists district and county officials across Nebraska including J S Hoagland for the 40th Senatorial District, FeP Morgane for the 4th Representative District at Chappell, H M Grimes as judge for the 1st Judicial District, and A Pease as Treasurer with others like Sidney Sheriff Mantel McAleese and Sidney Supe. It names public institutions, surveyors, attorneys, district and village trustees for Sidney, with multiple names and posts such as W R Woods Weyerts, J W Harper Bronson, and H E Gapen among others.
A local newspaper fragment lists church services for several denominations and a school staff roster. It mentions teachers in grammar, intermediate, primary, and kindergarten departments, along with Sunday services, Sunday school times, Epworth League, prayer meetings, and names of pastors and church officers. It also notes Catholic Mass times on Sundays and third-Sunday visits, plus Episcopal services and Sunday school.
A dense OCR style notice lists numerous fraternal and veterans groups with their monthly meeting dates and officers. Organizations include Prank Welch Lodge No 75 A F and AM, Sidney Lodge No 91 I O F, Rebecca Degree No 66, Valiant Lodge No 98 K of P, Sidney Division No 31 U R W of P, Garrison No 33 Army Navy Union, G A R posts, VFW camps, M W of A, A O U W, and others with specified meeting days and officer names.
A Cairo letter by Rev Dr L M S Haynes describes an early breakfast, Nile bridge ride, and ascent of Cheops pyramid with guides Solomon and Abraham. He recalls crowds of traders, the high stone steps, and the perilous climb ending mid ascent before descending to camels. The sphinx visit is described with vivid, cautious travel impressions.
The history of cochineal traces to Mexico where the insect was raised by indigenous people long before Spanish arrival. It is cultivated in Mexico and some West Indies islands, harvested mid December, and dried by heat. Cochineal yields crimson and scarlet. a purple dye forms when used alone, later turning red with tin in nitromuriatic acid. An accident in a Leyden workshop spurred the discovery. a dyeing innovator then perfected the process, and a Paris dyeing house followed. The event is dated about 800 years ago.
A lone Mexican War cannon, once part of a bay edge fort near Broadway and Sansome, survived dismantling and Fourth of July salutes. After Battery Street was cut through, the cannon was rolled to the curb, muzzle down in a hole, where a patriotic drayman and volunteers have kept it as a memory of the old fort.
Dr William C Ussery states in the New York Tribune that typhoid damages the small intestine lining causing ulcers and thinning walls. He cautions against solid or high waste foods and promotes bananas as they are highly nutritious yet easily absorbed, providing strength without irritating sores.
The article notes Hon. Benjamin Harrison states the president should not interfere with murder verdicts if trials were fair and no new exculpatory evidence appears. He explains the president weighs written records, not witnesses, and recalls the agony of relatives pleading for mercy.
In Cleveland Plain Dealer dialogue, Mr Bange suggests pulling down parlor shades for ten days away. Mrs Bangs rejects the idea, noting neighbors would still visit to leave cards, refusing to gratify the habit.
The St. Louis Republic recounts a Talmudic legend where Lilith, created from dust like Adam, becomes a demon after infancy. She deserts Adam for demonic authority, then pairs with Pluto, later feared as a specter of darkness. Her alleged evil centers on harming infants, with amulets used by some Jews to ward off Lilith.
In This Country of Ours, General Harrison outlines constitutional impeachment rules for high officials and notes seven attempts. The first trial was Senator William Blount in 1797, followed by Pickering in 1803, Chase near that era, Peck in 1880, Humphreys in 1862, Andrew Johnson in 1868, and Belknap in 1876. Only Pickering and Humphreys secured convictions.
The St Louis Republic reports a deadly Oct 7 1887 storm that toppled the sacred lo tree of Ceylon. It cites Fa Hiam the Chinese traveler describing the tree as 702 years old in 414 A D and notes the bo tree’s age exceed 2175 years at the storm’s end.
Legal notices announce a ten mill property tax levy for general revenue within Sidney Nebraska. The ordinance details levy, collection, and payment into the village treasury and states it takes effect upon passage and publication.
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