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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1876
Page
3
A nostalgic reminiscence of old tunes and memories across places from a cottage by a sea shore to distant Egypt and Valette. The speaker recalls childhood friends, a mother’s Bible, grandma’s sampler, and Yankee Doodle in famous venues, contrasting past choirs with present grandeur.
In Plumfield during a salt July, Ruth tends a ministerial boarding house while loving Tom Babson. A lost opal ring tests faith and fate as harvest duties, social duties, and a seaside dream collide. Tom reappears with the ring at a harvest husking, implying a promised life together if luck holds.
A Black Hills miner lists Custer’s visible commerce: about 100 business houses, 14 saloons, 3 real estate offices, 1 assay office, 2 carpenter shops with ~50 carpenters, 7 baked shops, 5 boarding houses, 11 grocery liquor stores, 5 tobacco shops, 3 grocery dry goods stores, 2 dancing houses, 3 hotels, 3 gambling houses, 2 clothing stores, 2 hardware stores, 2 wholesale grocery stores, 2 blacksmiths, 3 doctors, 3 drug stores, 2 storage and commission houses, 2 boot and shoe shops, 1 sign painter, 10 restaurants, 2 lumber offices, 1 pony express office, 2 breweries, 4 meat markets, 2 barber shops.
The Prague area Czech musician known for popularizing the polka, Neruda, and his wife were murdered by thieves after a retired life in the country. The note mentions his residence near Prague and documents a violent death. Creditors of Strousberg, the failed German railroad builder, show liabilities of 18 million dollars and assets of 90 thousand.
The Pittsburgh Leader recounts a Baltic voyage episode in October where voters aboard elected Gen Sherman as President of the United States by acclamation, then he declined the office. A priest and a poker-playing inspector oversaw the mock polls, with Sherman eventually rejecting civil office despite cheers and praise.
A venal portrait of Marie Antoinette from Avenel's Life of the Queen depicts a youthfully beautiful yet idle princess. The narrative contrasts her lively tastes with her dull husband, noting her fondness for dogs, riding a donkey, scandal with ladies, and neglect of education and manners.
A Brite Mail report by Jewis & Paut notes ivory imports into Great Britain rose in 1875 but remain far below ancient levels. Billiard balls rely on ivory. prices for good teeth ranged from 275 to 335 dollars per cwt, with walrus and rhinoceros teeth also selling in varied figures. Total probable value this year under 2.5 million dollars, with Egypt the main supplier.
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