Alliance plans fine hospital and local civic projects
Gapen notes Alliance aims to build a hospital and highlights Kimball's Fraternal Hall costing nearly 4000 dollars. Lincoln representative Geo McAllister backs the primary election bill. Julesburg trustees require cement sidewalks with Sidney already using them. Sterling rumor of a beet sugar factory contract and upcoming contractor arrival.
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Geo. McAllister
Lincoln
Sterling
Ruimor
Twenty Years Ago in Tar Trenecrawa Heart of March 7 1885
Tar Trenecrawa notes snow big in recent weeks. A benefit ball for A. E. Schultz netted 109. Pacific Hotel fire minor damage from a defective flue. About twenty emigrants arrive and settle north of town. Mrs Disney of North Platte to open millinery in Mc Evoy building Front street. A. L. Schultz sues Wyoming Stage Co. for 10000 over freezing injury to feet on duty as stage driver. Cheyenne county bounded by Kieth county Colorado Wyoming Sioux county. County dimensions east to west 103 miles north to south 70.
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Sidney
A. E. Schultz
Pacific Hotel
Lincoln Letter on Hold-Up Bills at the Capitol
A Lincoln letter reports a gang of eight at the capital selling corrupt bills by threat and graft. Public exposure forced most gang members to flee, halting the scheme. The write-up notes this old trick recurs across sessions and delays from late 20th century.
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House
Bridge lobby grows bolder as session nears end in Kansas
The piece notes intensified lobbying by the bridge trust to block legislation, with money spent to entertain lawmakers and pressure officials. It cites Senator Cady moving a binding twine bill with bonds backed by the permanent school fund, and mentions resistance to corruption efforts and theater tickets amid a broader fight over regulation and primary reform.
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Senate
House
Cady
Kansas
Standard Oil Trust
Bridge Trust
Lincoln
Potter News and Local Happenings
John Adams visits the southern home while Kemp children return from school due to sickness. Elquists visit in Bayard with Mrs Elquist's parents north of Potter. Minnie returns, and telephone lines reach the south divide connecting Vandivers and Leddinghams to the central office. Miss Whitehead falls ill. school resumes. Methodists hold quarterly meeting led by Rev. Mr. Hageman from Sidney.
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Kemp
Charlie Elquist
Bayard
Elquist
Qilson
Potter
Minnie
Vandivers
Leddinghams
Whitehead
Grippe
Mr. Hageman of
Sidney
One Way Rates From Missouri River Terminals 1905
Daily March 1 to May 15 1905 Union Pacific offers one way fares from Council Bluffs to Kansas City and other western points with prices ranging from 20 to 25 dollars to Ogden Salt Lake City Butte Helena Spokane Wenatchee Huntington Nampa Tacoma Seattle Portland Vancouver Victoria Ashland Astoria San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. Through tourist car service available daily with double berth 5.74. For details contact agent W W Aldridge.
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Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Butte
Helena
Mont
Spokane
Wenatchee
Wash
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
Vancouver
Victoria
Ashland
Astoria
Oregon
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
Washington
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Duion Pacific
Pacific Coast
W. W. Aldridge
Los
The Glass of Fashion Distracts With Polished Mirrors
A Providence Journal piece quotes a town figure mocking a high priced tailor and his “deadly polished surface” mirrors. He jokes those reflectors reveal every flaw and tempt customers to buy new outfits, even driving him toward a Turkish booth.
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Providence Journal
Ecclesiastical Bans on Mutilation in Early Canon Law
Historical notice notes that early Christian councils restricted mutilation as punishment. Merida 600s forbade bishops and priests from cutting church servants. Toledo 675 barred capital penalties and mutilation of serfs. Frankfort 794 banned abbots from blinding or mutilating monks.
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Merida
Indie
Toledo
Frankfort
Pearson's Weekly
The Fishing Frog and Archer Fish Do Dinner
Field and Stream describes two river predators. The fishing frog hides in mud and weeds with a wide mouth to lure line, then snaps shut on a fish. The archer fish shoots water to dislodge a fly from a leaf, causing it to fall into reach.
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Fishing Frog
Archer
Mumming Traditions From Danish Origin to English Christmas Customs
The article traces mumming from the Danish mumme meaning mask to Roman Saturnalia. In early English times burlesque sports followed Christmas dinner with masked mummers disporting before guests. The custom persists in parts of England, especially Northamptonshire families going house to house during holidays and miming various characters.
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England
Northamptonshire
Beliefs On Waves From Persian Gulf To South Seas
The Persians hold that gulf waves come from caves with subterranean outlets under the sea. South Sea islanders say a thunder god stirs the oceans, once killing their chief deity and binding him beneath the waves, whose rage causes the rolling sea.
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Persian Gulf
Musical fish of the Indian coast and Bombay harbor
The daily waters of the coast around Ceylon teem with many fish whose faint sounds form a gentle chorus. In Bombay harbor a fish is noted for a song likened to an aeolian harp, the images evoking delicate, bell like tones.
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Ceylon
Bombay
India
No person named in bank presidency quote
A Philadelphia Ledger quote notes a father praising his son who holds a bank position and could become president, complimenting the boy’s signature that is unreadable to others. The anecdote highlights ambition and secrecy in a young professional.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Dividing the Tank and Fissure in the Program
Dialog notes a playful reconciliation with flirtatious banter between characters. The exchange hints at prior experience and an upcoming stage direction, reflective of lighthearted domestic comedy. The Cleveland Leader quotation frames a humorous moment of relationship negotiation.
The Meeting of Mr Sappy and Miss Snappy
Dialogue from the Houston Post quip contrasts wit with a witty misprint about meeting and demeanor. The note anchors a literary aside referencing Henry and a reflection on greatness tied to goodness.
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Snappy
Mr. Sappy
Houston Post
How a German Baby Is Swathed
Strand Magazine describes German mothers as the most diligent in swaddling and padding babies. It notes a long narrow pillow swaddled to cover the feet and chin, three bands of blue ribbons tied in bows at the chest waist and ankles, and the baby placed as an ornament on beds or dressers. The piece cites German babies appearing in picture books dolls and Easter dough treats in bakeries.
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Europe
Strand Magazine
Bank mail efficiency cut postage costs in Chicago
A Chicago bank demonstrates careful handling of cents by batching stamped postage cards and routine letters. The entire daily mail is assembled in the afternoon and mailed in envelopes, saving about 2 cents per item and totaling roughly £25 to $80 daily.
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Chicago
Lead Pipe to Keep Razor Sharp
A Philadelphia Record item quotes a barber promoting a lead pipe for razor sharpening. He suggests using a small soft lead pipe rubbed along a leather strop, first on the unfinished side then finishing passes on the smooth side to achieve a sharp edge. He offers no scientific explanation, but asserts the method is beneficial.
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Philadelphia Record
Stereotypes and trivia on peak visitors and old English records
An Alpine guide contrasts nationalities at mountain summits. A German seeks exact heights, a Frenchman acts enjoyably in awe, and an Englishman asks for food after descent. The origin of the phrase the length of the law comes from long parchment rolls. A single statute from George IV’s reign unrolled over 900 feet.
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Great Britain
George IV
Ibsen compares poets to a glass with a scorpion
In a published letter, Ibsen recalls writing a play with an empty ale glass containing a scorpion. When sick, it feeds on soft fruit, attacks the food with poison, then recovers. He likens this to poets whose minds respond to nature's laws in the spiritual realm.
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Ibsen
Maiden six letters sentence puzzle demonstration
A long sentence uses the six letters from maiden to form a wordplay narrative. It presents Ida a maiden and Ned Dean among others crafting phrases, mending a die and dime, minding a mine in a dim Maine den.
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Ida
Ned Dean
Maine
Kearney Suffers Severe Leg Injury Shown
Report from Philadelphia Press notes Casey recounts a serious leg trauma where doctors considered removing the entire leg but decided only part must be amputated behind the ankle and knee.
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Casey
Kearney
Casaldy
Philadelphia Press
So Much For Mamma and Papa in a Gossiping Exchange
A dramatic dialogue depicts a daughter and mother arguing about discipline. The daughter complains of a strict mother who once taught school and hints at past marriage lessons. The exchange implies social scrutiny and family strain.
Sixth sense debate echoes in humorous exchange
Geeult Powern asks Miss Witherspoon Do you believe in a sixth sense and Mr Jimsby replies with a playful term home sense. The dialogue hints at instinct and perception in a light social moment.
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Miss Witherspoon
Mr. Jimsby
Jimsby
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