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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1897
Page
5
The Telegraph Directory lists U S Senate entries with Jack Thurston from Omaha and W jam V Allen from Madison, plus Congressional Sixth District note for Wol. Greene in Kearney.
A North Platte notice identifies L Stebbins as representative for the district and H M Grimes as judge in the 16th Judicial District, detailing an electoral or official appointment structure in the area.
Vague OCR lines show district names and officials: W. R. Woods Weyerts A. Rowan Sidney 3d District W. Harper Bronson. The fragment lists district and person labels without clear actions or results.
Local churches list weekly services with times for Methodist Episcopal Catholic and Episcopal congregations. Sunday school notes 0 45 p m and 2 0 m. masses at 9 30 and 10 a m and third Sunday at Orallala. evening prayers and sermons scheduled through the day. prayer meeting Thursday night.
A dense listing shows Trank Welch Lodge No 7 A F and A M meets first Tuesday monthly. Various lodges and orders including Stewarts M Sidon Lodge 911 O O F meet Mondays, Wednesdays, or specific dates with secretaries and grand officers named. Announcements cover K P, G A R, W R O, M W of A, AOUW, O E S, and other societies with monthly or biweekly meeting nights and officers listed.
The New York Tribune describes Berlin’s Quisicana company system offering coin operated drinks and foods via glass stands and revolving shelves. Customers supervise cleaning, select items by coin slot, and receive meals without human waiters, while hot and cold drinks are stored in tanks and glass vessels.
The annual clearance sale of missing mail items in Washington draws crowds as bundles sell for a few cents. Bids rarely exceed a dollar and buyers seek diamonds, dresses, or silverware amid odd bundles. The dead letter office holds vast keepsakes like photographs, hair, and small sums of money, while millions of letters miss stamps or clear addresses.
The Boston Transcript notes a dispute over Biglin's $10,000 yearly salary. It argues Biglin lacks education and natural ability besides his earnings, while Duddy defends the salary as justified by his work.
London Tit-Bits explains rail travel costs revealing each mile costs the company over half an acrow. A London to Edinburgh trip costs about £50 to operate, with fares yielding a profit of roughly £50 per journey at typical passenger counts.
A Moscow dentist Dr Zamensky describes false teeth that grow to anchor themselves. Teeth of gutta percha porcelain or metal are fixed by drilling into the jaw and allowing a soft granulated growth from the jaw to fill the tooth holes. The growth hardens to hold the tooth firmly.
A Contemporary Review profile depicts Abdul Hamid II as a fearful ruler who trusts few and moves through a labyrinth of guards and hidden sleeping quarters. The sultan stays awake to dawn, reads French detective fiction, believes conspiracies, and conceals his whereabouts with multiple beds and iron doors. Two guard dogs guard the door, and the imperial harem is kept imprisoned with no air change or travel among palaces.
General Horace Porter recounts a staff officer known for carrying novels into battle and debating the merits of Les Misérables. The officer flirts with a woman, mispronounces Sees Miserables, and faces a running joke about his literary obsession amid Civil War chaos. A Yonkers Statesman joke about ostriches is cited.
Local chatter recalls a big win of 500 dollars on the ace of hearts and a heist report of a jewelry crib break last week yielding five tons of diamonds. A proverb on cheerfulness and a note on hand carved orange wood toothpicks from Japan end the snippet, with a claim that a Japanese worker can whittle 12 to 20 dozen daily.
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