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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
2
The piece argues that in modern America a growing habit of wealth accumulation raises living costs and narrows comforts for the moderately ambitious. It notes the rich aspire to pleasure and pose risks of degraded morals among the young and the poor, while insisting readers should spend freely without external dictates.
The New York Sun praises San Francisco telegraph operators for staying calm and steadfast at their keys during the fire, calling their ordinary duty heroic and urging the public to honor their discipline and service.
The speaker argues that societies need farmers and merchants more than fighters. He notes millions of capable citizens ready to defend the country in a quarrel and predicts Japan will not challenge the U.S. until it feels strong, concluding that national power should focus on wealth and labor rather than war.
Professor Brander Matthews argues audiences now catch jokes quicker due to better stage lighting. He notes eighteenth century theaters were dim with oil lamps, making expressions harder to read for comedy.
A reflective critique arguing there is no pleasure in work that degrades self worth. It laments milled illusions and tolerance of folly while noting civilization as a makeshift. The text contrasts humane aims with base belly concessions and urges clear convictions.
Talk of forming the Association of Deans of American Letters includes plans for a formal annual dinner and smaller spreads on birthdays for figures like Howells Clemens Hale and potential Vice Deans from states. Arts and book trade notes report rare editions sold at auction and forthcoming deluxe thesaurus editions.
A rainy afternoon scene in the Ellen Musee New York features Edith Wharton and Ellen Glasgow discussing literature and life. They muse on writing spaces waxworks and the Chamber of Horrors while plotting a collaboration for a novel titled Es lebe der Tod with references to The House of Mirth and The Wheel of Life.
Charles Dana Gibson details color experiments shared with Robert W Chambers. He describes discovering that blue and yellow yield blue green and introduces a unique tint named Endymion found while scraping a palette. He plans to send it to Otho Cushing for Olympian fashion plates and contemplates a poem about the lost tint.
The list of best advertised novels includes The House of a Thousand Candles The Reckoning Hearts and Masks The Storm Signal and The Christy Evangeline Book with quotes claiming strong impact and literary merit. The Houston Post notes upcoming magazine launches by Frank Munsey and ends with a quip about cork legs and cost.
The piece surveys urban peril and decline in New York with gas sewer hazards and subway risks, then shifts to Joe Jefferson’s art and rising value, and ends with suburban farmer Gebhardt selling his farm for 200000, finding New York loneliness despite wealth.
The 16 foot tusked mastodon, once housed in Boston’s Spencer collection for 50 years, has been purchased by Pierpont Morgan for 30000 and donated to the Metropolitan Museum. It stands as a symbol of early giants and marks Morgan’s ongoing philanthropy fueling the museum’s rise to global prominence.
The piece notes 800 families evicted under a tenement house commission edict as sanitary upgrades are planned but unfinished. Courts granted time extensions to avoid disastrous immediate evictions while the old tenement issue lingers. New tenements are few as New Yorkers keep arriving, raising a dire housing question for Manhattan.
The piece argues war loses its glamour as uniforms fade and drums vanish. It notes the French army banning drums and a talk of abolishing sabers, while war songs grow rarer. Painters and writers lament, yet peace advocates rejoice at the muted spectacle of conflict.
An era of rising kidney disease among women is noted with a call to early treatment. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is promoted as the key remedy, with Mrs. Emma Sawyer of Conyers, Georgia cited as a testimonial and Pinkham offering free confidential advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
A collection of numerical facts covers human sickness, marriage milestones, population by race, geographic densities, hen egg production, aging in Europe, cable networks, and offshore cable costs. Figures include 1 168 156 white and 2 308 255 black in British South Africa, 225 000 miles of undersea cable, and 1000 dollars per mile to lay.
A Success Magazine credo on attaining goals, urging readers to bend toward the target with intensity and persistent effort to approximate success.
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