Journey Notes From Sidney to Hastings Banked on the Rail
A reader recounts a rail journey from Crete to Hastings and Sidney in February 1877. The writer details delays at Kearney Junction and meals, describes rapid development at Sidney with rising land values, numerous carpenters and new hotels, and mentions transit to El Dorado and Indian Agencies, plus a meeting at Liverpool Geological Society.
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Sidney
Cheyenne
Denver
Salt Lake City
Omaha
New el Dorado
Here
Deedwood
United Gates
IAT EE
Gold
Lamp Post Tongue Gag Ends In Slapstick Injury
A tale from Sedalia Bazoo recounts a prank where a boy, inspired by an old lamp post gag, stuck his tongue to a cold lamp post outside Col. Reids residence. He yanked away, losing half his tongue and returning home bleeding amid townspeople's laughter.
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Col. Reid
Misapprehension in Disorderly Conduct Hearing
A chaotic courtroom scene shows James Snowball denying identity and claiming a case of mistaken arrest on Clinton Street. The judge cautions him to plead, while Snowball insists he was in an alley and not at the gate. The officer’s actions and the misidentification lead to a comic, unresolved moment as a different man faces the charge.
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James Snowball
Clinton Street
Bagan
Dar
Fremont
Snowball
August
The Nanter's Stratagem
A fragmented historical narrative recalls a time when white men first crossed the Rockies and prairie Indians knew little of free arms. A fugitive hunter named Fitz faces a pursuing war party in the wilderness with slim chances of escape. The text reads like a memory of bold chase and peril.
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Rocky Mountains
Invulnerable Conjurer Fitzpatrick Rescues Shot Survivor
In a dramatic frontier tale from Denver News, Fitzpatrick is tied by Indians who disarm and threaten him. He appears to stop a bullet with a previously placed pellet, prompting awe and fear among the tribe before they release him and depart. A bartender quips about life’s illusions as the scene closes with a comic riff.
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Willer
Fitzpatrick
Denver News
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Sipser
Neb
Friesp Weuis
Hastings
Kearney Junction
U. P
Crete
Union Pacific
Pullman
Strol
Second Street
Dewey Eye
T Saline Co
Apberra
Liverpool Geological
Hooley
Wales
Saeta
Cepia
Sedalia Bazoo
Sal
Nanter
Joe Lane
TC. Bowers
Sidney, Neb
Pikom
I. Axe, & CO
Prtabieks
Geatewair
Cnet
Dr x. Lud
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Nebraska
Builders and Contractors
Wilbelock & Wilton
Front Street
Jenkins
Guiennes
Primrose
Missouri
Kentucky
H. Williams , CO
Enle
Kelley & Cameron
Ww. J. McDonald
SID &Y
Pratt & Ferrie
Sam
Scar & Cooligure
Eure
Isis
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