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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1896
Page
3
The Chicago Record notes a space telegraph breakthrough by W H Preece enabling reliable communication between the mainland and Fasnet lighthouse on Ireland’s southwest coast. A non continuous system runs the cable up the exposed rock, with currents traveling sixty yards to two bare wires dipping into the sea, solving prior chafing and isolation issues.
A Cynic's opinion in the St James Budget argues women seek notoriety across public life. He cites examples of women chasing sensational acts to gain attention and contrasts originality in dress with natural behavior. The piece critiques social striving and the urge to be talked about, likening it to Yankee splurge.
An old remedy is recommended for babies cutting teeth. Mrs WissLow’s Soornino Synvur for Children Teething is urged as a trusted remedy in the reader’s observations.
A shop keeper with both stuffed animals and live creatures directs his boy to summon the master when a customer seeks a living animal. A man demands a live monkey, the boy points to the taxidermied stock, and the master is summoned. Also promotes the Racycle Presidential Puzzle offering a $100 prize through the Miami Cycle and Mfg. Co.
In a tense scene, Arch confronts Sharp in a house where Trevlyn’s diamonds lie hidden. A fight ends with Sharp slain by Trevlyn, and Arch, torn between vengeance and mercy, vows a new life as he saves a partner from a fire. Margie remains wary of Linmere as she guards her future.
Margie Trevlyn endures her guardian Mr Trevlyn’s insistence on marrying Mr Linmere, her late father’s chosen fiancé. He pressures her with duty and wealth, while she recalls her father’s deathbed promise and her lack of love, guarding her patrimony until she turns twenty-one. Linmere arrives for dinner, inspecting her beauty with a connoisseur’s gaze.
A Metropolitan opera house warded by Chief O Briens new detectives notes that high class New York thieves attend performances for crime and pleasure. An advertisement offers a 25 dollar reward for a blue kersey overcoat returned after a Monday night theft. A notorious thief exits with a richly dressed woman while new observers warn against enjoying himself near the opera house.
The note recalls the 23 year-old Cuba crisis with Spain ending in the Virginius affair. An American steamer was seized, crew tried and shot by court martial, sparking threats of war before Washington pressed for release and the matter was settled. Relations since then were described as friendly until recent days.
An advertisement touts Mostot ter's Stomach Hitters as a remedy for billiousness sick headache and irregular bowels. It claims to cure dyspepsia rheumatism malaria complaints nervousness and general constitutional issues. Daily use yields the most satisfactory results after a fair trial.
A rustic recipe advises drying bread scraps in the oven to make a light grainy nibble. The page promotes Hall�s Catarrh Cure with a rewards claim and lists other generic remedies and testimonials. Also includes © medicine ads and assorted lines about courage, patience, and miscellaneous products.
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