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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1876
Page
3
The passage argues pronunciation is a subordinate concern compared with written language shifts. It warns against hypercritical judgments of others elocution and urges adopting common sense, tolerating differences, and avoiding censoriousness while valuing education and merit.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports on how rocking and cradle sounds align with the heart and circulation rhythms. It notes the brain rests during healthy sleep and digestion aids sleep, citing examples of lullaby cadences calming infants and sleep resuming when sounds pause.
A Neos Recete account describes Plutes and EWushones burying a dead mother and her infant together after a squaw dies at Yankee Blade. The infant is laid on the mother's breast and the grave covered with brush. The restatement notes that the child is deemed useless and will die, with the Indians defending the practice as traditional. A white observer refrains from interference, citing ancestral custom and potential white reproach.
A long description of a child named Frank Flynn, son of Edward Flynn formerly of Greene, born in the county. The writer compares him to Tom Thumb and Commodore Nutt, noting extreme small size, two pairs of stockings, and a wrist the size of an ordinary man’s thumb. The piece centers on the astonishing diminutive stature and the marvel of his appearance.
A Norwich Gazette account quotes the Utica paper describing a remarkable infant who appears no larger than a one year old yet weighs and stands impressively. The child shows unusual vigor, climbing chairs and moving with humorous personability, drawing comparisons to a tiny adult in a full suit and a grandpa’s bearing.
In a lecture on Early Chicago, Long John Wentworth recounts using the franking privilege to dodge postage costs. A young suitor sought to mail letters to Wentworth via a ruse with a courtship, leading to a $1.75 conscience-fund payment to the Post Office. The anecdote ends noting seven siblings and a wartime casualty in the family.
A sixteen year old English girl Elizabeth Tracy, servant to a farmer, is accused after a shed fire she reportedly caused by dropping a brooch and a match. Despite no motive found and her innocence, she is held for trial at the next assizes, then left in custody for seven months before a jury acits her. The piece argues reform is needed.
A Rochester donor provides the University of Virginia with a fully equipped cabinet of natural sciences valued at 23, and a building estimated to cost 22 thousand. Prof Ward places the cabinet and plans a world tour to complete the project before July 99, 1877. The donor, acting through Ward, wishes anonymity and has also given 10 thousand to Washington and Lee College.
The apawal report from the Boston School Committee proposes grading teachers pay differently. It suggests not cutting current salaries but setting minimum rates for inexperienced or lower quality teachers while granting annual increases to those who prove superior by competitive tests.
The piece reports growth in the Ohio Open Communion Baptist Association to 184 churches and 7,000 members. It notes forthcoming events: a health and educational program at Saratoga June 22 to July 8, the United Universalist biennial session starting September 12, and a Centennial Sunday-school Convention in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, July 22-30. It also mentions baptisms, church counts in New York, and a father and mother with five children joining at Woodside Church, Troy, New York. It highlights church statistics in Philadelphia, church ownership, and denominational breakdowns, and concludes with a discussion on personal contact in education and President Chadbourne’s views on individual responsibility in learning.
A compilation of curio tips from Scientific American and others detailing practical uses of chemicals and materials. Methods include cyanine potassian for gold tarnish prevention, gum arabic solutions with sulfuric acid to curb decay, grease and zinc slings to rust proof iron bolts, bending amber with hot beeswax, preserving pencils with candle tallow, and cautions about arsenic green pigments in wallpapers. Also described are skin preparation steps, a German waterproof enamel method for photo cards, and the importance of avoiding arsenic greens in homes.
The text warns of danger if collodion is applied while the gum is wet and notes that gum arabic dries to a gloss. It explains that gelatin can replace gum arabic with similar results, though it yields less gloss.
In a Detroit Free Press tale a corpulent woman Augusta Skake quarrels over a nose dispute with a neighbor. The judge sternly fines her five dollars after a humorous exchange about a fence clash and a “beautiful waltz” among ash barrels.
The programme lists Grand Commemoration ceremonies on July 4 and trials of harvesting machines in June and July. It includes exhibitions of horses and mules, burned cattle, livestock shows in October, poultry in late October, and main exhibition closing November 10 with removals by December 31. Various society meetings, parades, regattas, and congresses are scheduled through September and October, including temperance conventions, international cricket, and the International Rifle matches.
An elderly inebriate visits a drug store asking for whisky and a doctor's prescription. The kindly druggist pretends to oblige, creating a prescription blank for spirits. The man pockets a half pint, pays a dollar, then exits with a wink, leaving a warning about not mentioning the tale to avoid trouble. The piece notes ice exports from the United States to equatorial countries dating back to 1805.
Frequenters of Fulton Market note the abundance of green turtles in season, with shipments from Key West and the West Indies. Markets rely on restaurants and hotels while weights range from 75 to 125 pounds. winter stock comes from Key West, summer from the West Indies and Cuba. Prices average 18 to 25 cents per pound, and turtles arrive in large numbers aboard steamers and fish cars.
The Baltimore Sun reports a ten pound solid gold and silver alms basin inlaid with stones used at St Pauls church for Easter. After thefts two years earlier the basin was formed from donated gold and silver by Rev. Dr. Tredges. The piece weighs hard to read but features eight gold medallions and a diamond star Bethlehem. Intrinsic value about 1500 dollars. work cost about 800 dollars.
Excavations near two lake dwellings between Anvermiér and Colombien, Switzerland uncovered a chamber under stone supports containing ten or nine human skeletons and a bear and wolf teeth, a bone dish, two serpentine stone hatchets, a bronze needle, a small ropper ring, and four bronze bracelets. The grave, dated between the Stone and Bronze Ages, offers insight into lake-dwellers burial practices.
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