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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1896

Page

5

Telegraph Directory National Body Snapshot in Nebraska Offices

The list enumerates state officials from governor to county officers, judges, and educational staff across Nebraska districts. Entries name A Holcomb governor, Robert Moore state, Henry Cobett judge, and various district reps, public lands, commissioners, and school staff. It reads as an official directory style roster of titles and names for government and education in North Platte Chappell Sidney and nearby areas.

Omaha Madison Boken Bow Slas A. Holcomb Robert F. Moore A. Piper É . Fugene Moore Joseph S. Bartle Arthur Churchillie Henry R. Cobett Jonor Public Lands Henry C Russell

Community church schedule and fraternal lodge notices

Local church services listed for Methodist Episcopal Catholic and Episcopal congregations with times. Nearby fraternal groups including Odd Fellows Masons Knights of Pythias and G A R lodge meetings and officer names are provided. Community notices include meeting nights and secretaries for the various orders.

Methodist Episcopal, Church

Man Sees His Own Heart After Haymarket Injury

Charles W. Whitney, a Chicago police officer wounded in the Haymarket riot, saw his beating heart in a mirror during surgery. He recovered, later endured a rare operation to remove a shell fragment near the heart, and resumed public service with a pension.

Charles W. Whitney Chicago Haymarket Chicago Desplaines Street Stanton Bowler Haymarket Square Whitney J. B. Murphy Murphy Goodrich School Carter Harrison Philadelphia Times

Old quarrel ends with handshake on Michigan Avenue

Two men burst into a brawl on Michigan Avenue, trading boasts about revenge and a plan to mail a 20 pound stone from California. The smaller man apologizes, they shake, and reconciliation follows, ending the incident.

Michigan Avenue California Express C. O. D Detroit Free Press

Public House Challenge for a Blind Beggar

A London Tit-Bita vignette shows an old compassionate lady asking if the blind man has been treated and a blind beggar sighing that such treatment is rare, noting the stigma of going into a public house with a blind companion.

London

Marriage Ceremony Loudly Interrupted by Witnesses

A humorous court-style register notes witnesses at a wedding in Lesehalle speaking loudly and prompting the humorous wedding interruption. The remark, Ladies and gentlemen, if you won't be quiet, I shall marry the lot of you, showcases the festive disruption during the ceremony.

Lesehalle

Limited Engravings Spur Rings to Share Two Part Mottos

Mrs Webster notes engraving space is small so couples favor Mizpah and short phrases in Hebrew French Latin or German. Two rings often carry halves of the quote read together, with popular lines including Take me just as I am I will defend thee Semper fidelis and Une jo servirai.

Garrett Webster Ladies’ Home Journal

Ragman Mick O Flannigan’s Irish Oration Falls Flat

A London Telegraph blurb recounts Mick O Flannigan of Liverpool, once a soldier, now a ragman. He speaks at a local meeting arguing even a savage state is better than Ireland’s current condition. A child’s zinger causes his collapse amid laughter.

Mick O’flannigan Liverpool Mick Ireland Africa London Telegraph

Insects in the Wardrobe from Bulawayo Memoirs

A Bulawayo correspondent recalls Rhodesia as a place for clothes where a rat gnawed holes in an evening dress stored in a wardrobe. She notes pests like wasps and caterpillars invade domestic items, doubting whether fine raiment is wasted in the region.

Bulawayo South Africa Rhodesia

Petrified Forests of the Little Colorado River Region

Geologists describe petrified forests in Arizona along the Little Colorado River. Stone trees, once buried under marl to a depth of 1000 feet, now resemble intact trunks or lie in collapsed piles, preserved as fossilized wood after the marl washed away.

Colorado River Arizona

English Press Notes Coincidence in Wounds of Leaders

The piece recalls President Kru ger losing a thumb and Gladstone losing a finger. It cites Gladstone describing amputation with a remark that the absence of pain can be pleasurable, recounting his experiment with relief when surgeons stopped the pain.

Kruger Gladstone

Desert Arabs Prefer Stagnant Water Wonders

A curious habit is described where Arabs in the desert avoid running water and rely on stagnant pools. Even poisonous looking water agrees with them, while pure running water makes them violently sick.

Desert

Austrians Strictly Regulate Barbers in Vienna Union Rules

The Barbers and Wigmakers' union of Vienna enforces strict standards for all barbers including women who wish to continue their husband’s trade after illness or death. Apprentices must spend three years in Vienna learning before opening shops, pass exams in shaving and wigmaking, and endure a formal razor-sharpening test.

Barbers Wigimakers’ Union of Vienna Cnde St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Will it pay to remake old clothes for ladies

A 19th century homemaking note urges evaluating time and cost before reworking garments. If feasible, assess whether a refurbished item will look satisfactory, and whether adding new material helps avoid a shabby appearance. Calculate expense and potential value, then proceed to rip, cleanse and make.

Tournal

Real blood remedies defied by obstinate rheumatism claim

The ad touts S. S. S. as a real blood remedy for rheumatism and other blood diseases. It features Asa Smith of Green Castle Indiana detailing severe sciatic rheumatism improving after three bottles and returning to health, claiming cures from cancer to scrofula. The Swift Specific Company offers more details and books from Atlanta Georgia.

S.S.S Asa Smith Greencastle Indiana Swift Specific Company Atlanta Georgia

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