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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1897
Page
5
United States Senate and congressional district entries appear alongside state and federal offices with names such as Jnn. M. Thurston, William V. Allen, and John M. Adams. The page also notes the U. S. Land Office roles of Register P. A. Griffith and Receiver.
Local ballot page lists Joth Senatorial District HQ Boltz Opalalla JATH Representative District NOrth Platte 13th Judicial District Hi M Grimes Judge North Platte Treasurer Sheriff Searing A Pease Sidney Daniel Nich heave Sidney WCB Dodge Pole fede Mee noe Sidney Chambers Colton Robt Willis Camp Clark V.F. Basett Sidney FE Gapen W.R. Woods Weyerts F. A. Rowan Sidney W Uarper Bronson District 2d District J.J. McIntosht Chairman J E B Hart Member H.T. Doran W.F. Bassett Treasurer
Sunday and weekly services listed for Methodist Episcopal Catholic and Episcopal churches. Various fraternal orders meet monthly or biweekly with officers named. Public notices invite participation and list meeting times, locations, and secretaries or commanders.
The Culture Department helps mothers and teachers study characteristics of each child to guide proper development.
A poetic reflection by Emily Selinger in the Boston Transcript compares vision and love to light and life. It ponders how beauty and joy lose meaning when the beloved is absent, likening absence to darkness and ruin without the loved one.
The article traces spoon origins from ancient times through the thirteenth century and the Restoration era. It notes varied spoon designs such as blunt and split handles, apostle spoons introduced around 1500, and a famed coronation spoon in the Tower of London valued around £20,000.
The New York Tribune notes that Manchuria now unlocks vast coal deposits once shunned as dangerous. War and Russian activity have spurred enterprise, with ports at Port Arthur aiding commerce. The region’s climate and terrain support a growing, diverse population, and a Russian railroad through Manchuria could elevate its global status.
The New Zealand Gazette reports census results with 702 288 answering. Episcopalians 281 166 Presbyterians 159 952 Methodists over 73 000 Roman Catholics over 97 000 and others far lower. Unitarians 375 Our Fathers Church 80 and a few unusual beliefs noted. Nearly 16 000 objected to stating their position.
A dialogue fragment shows a woman refusing a marriage proposal and a man admitting pain, claiming a $100,000 bet on her answer, then the woman teases with “only joking” and asks when it shall be. The exchange reads as a sharp, theatrical negotiation of engagement framed by a bold wager.
The five principal fortresses in Bul garia are Rustchuk Silistria and Widden on the Danube Vilnna on the Black sea and Shumla in the interior. Edinburgh is 8 275 miles northeast of Washington.
A Philadelphia Press report profiles a basement studio artist who earns a solid living painting vivid beggar portraits and grisly scenes. He charges 3 to 12 dollars per piece, completes works in hours, and prefers beggar painting to a higher artistic path.
The Watchman recalls a quip about the Greek preposition eis meaning into. A pupil recalls a rival professor’s claim, prompting Kendrick to admit the other professor may have erred on eis.
The earliest bricks made by Virginia colonists in 1612 were used for a Jamestown church and the governor’s residence. A portion of the church remains, bricks well preserved, showing colonial intent to craft weather resistant structures. James Crichton, famed as the Admirable Crichton, mastered multiple arts and languages before his death at 38.
A reminiscence on 19th century American medical training and practice. It contrasts apprentice life with scarce libraries, hands on bedside care, and self made remedies, noting the doctor as a central community figure who rode through storms and tended families with limited formal schooling.
The Association Alimentaire of Grenoble operates a municipally owned kitchen offering meals at cost. Dining rooms vary by decor and price from 3 cents for bread and soup to 12 cents for a full course, with wines at about 8 cents a glass. The city profit is none, prices cover materials and upkeep.
A discussion in English papers claims the banshee wail was heard in East Kerry before the fatal boy moved. A correspondent cites Archdeacon Whately who said he distinctly heard the wail while administering communion to a dying man in an Irish country parish.
An old man asks a cabman if the horse prefers standing or pulling. The cabman replies the horse would rather pull the cab, since he reads shop window names and finds them amusing.
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