Telegraph Directory Entry Summary
Listings show political districts and officials including U S RENATE Jno M Thurston Madison CONGRESSIONAL SIXTH DISTRICT WL Greene Kenney Register Geo Wo Heist Receiver D Harris SENATORAL DISTRICT FLQ Feltz REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT North Platte JUDICIAL DISTRICT A M Grimes Judge H Schermann Official Stenographer North Platte Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Renate
Jno
M. Thurston
Williamm V. Allen
Madison
WL. Greene
Register Geo
Crereee
D. Harris
Soeaee
Feltz
Oralida
L.stevins
North Platte
A.m.grimes
North Platte Co
H. Schermann
School Board Officers and Teachers List
The notice lists officers and staff including Treasurer A Pease and Director J Neubauer. It names school staff such as Principal Miss Justina Whitehead and Assistant J A Neubauer with the grammar and primary departments led by Miss McKee and Miss Julia McFadden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justina Whitehead
Weee
Minmie Chase
Church notices and fraternal lodge listings
Local church services on Sunday with Sunday school times and prayers listed. Numerous fraternal groups and orders meet monthly with officers named and meeting nights including Royal Neighbors K P Lodge A F & AM and other societies. Notices include camp and division meetings and secretary contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. Astoria
T. m . Epworth League
Moone
A Pirate's Fitting End in The Buccaneers of Our Coast
In St Nicholas Frank R Sockton recounts L Olonnois French pirate shipwrecking on sand banks then attempting to build a boat from planks. The voyage fails, mutiny results, and in Cartagena a brutal fate ends his career at the hands of a fierce Indiana tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Frank R. Sockton
L Olonnois
Honduras
L’olonnois
Stockton
Alemois
Lota
L’olenhois
Nicaragua River
Indiana
L'Olonnois
Cartagena
L’alouois
L’clonnois
Beecher's Sermon Prep Revealed in Harriet Beecher Stowe Heroic Study
Annie Field portrays Dr Lyman Beecher as a restless organizer. He socializes all day before evening sermons then bursts to the top floor to scribble hieroglyphic notes. He rushes downstairs in coat awry and races to the church amid crowding aisles and pulpit attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Beecher
Annie Field
Harriet Beecher Stowe
How Gold Was Found on the Klondike
John Sidney Webb recounts how Bonanza and El Dorado creeks looked like ordinary streams yet hid gold. Moose hunters and river travelers passed by until Stick George Cormack and relatives found gold by accident, prompting a discovery at Forty Mile and a rush to claim mines.
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Klondike
John Sidney Webb
Bonanza
el Dorado Creek
Alaska
Forty Mile
Circle City
George
Cormack
Seedy and Well Dressed Pairs Over Taxes In Somerville
A local cartoonish dialogue depicts a homeless man asking for aid and a well dressed man replying with a $200 overdue tax bill he cannot pay, reflecting concerns about poverty and taxation in Somerville Massachusetts.
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Somerville
Mass
Bach and Organ Music Reach Climactic Heights
The article asserts Bach stands at the apex of organ music, shaping polyphony and musical progress in Germany. It extols his skill as organist and composer, noting his works remain technically demanding and that Bach created a broad, enduring stream in music history.
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Bach
Germany
Ream
Uren
Cord method to stop leg cramps recommended by doctor
The New York Ledger reports a doctor advising patients prone to leg cramps to use a strong cord or garter. By looping the cord around the cramped leg and pulling firmly, the cramp reportedly ends instantly, allowing the patient to sleep through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rsea
New York Ledger
Peculiar Trade Customs Across Asia and Tibet
The article notes Armenian and Jewish reactions to sales with wailing or tearing garments. In Asiasic Russia shopkeepers delay selling to patrons while the buyer tries to persuade. Tibetan merchants engage in a hand to hand fight over large deals, refusing initial prices, then settle after blows and a handshake.
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West Asia
Asiasic
Russia
Tibet
Sailors and ball players aboard the Vandalia in Samoa
During the Apia hurricane, Lieutenant Carlin of the Vandalia sought volunteers to carry a line to the main yard. A night-in-dark response echoed that many sailors preferred ball players, not sailors, reflecting the crew’s sport enthusiasm amid disaster.
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Carlin
Apia
Samoa
Craw
Mare Island
Eailore
San Francisco Argonaut
A Shady One. Good Soul Dialogue Passage
A fragment from the Boston Transcript presents a dialog in which one speaker justifies not preserving reputation, claiming they would be better off without it. The exchange centers on reputation and personal conduct.
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Littlemind
Boston Transcript
Quill Factory Remade to Toothpicks Turns Out Millions
The former quill pen factory at Paria now produces toothpicks and sells about 20,000,000 yearly. In Brooklyn Life a humorous note recalls Mias Higher’s embarrassing offstage moment as she sang The Cows Are In the Corn and her voice grew husky.
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Brooklyn
Paria
Postcard Variety Surpasses Eight Thousand Worldwide
A century of philately shows over 8,000 postcard varieties issued in the world across the last 85 years, reflecting diverse designs, publishers, and cultural themes. Collectors note wide range from early pictorials to modern photographic cards.
Smock Marriages Move From England to Maine Customs
Bangor lawyer finds colonial Wiscasset records revealing smock marriages once used to shield husbands from wives debts. Examples cite Bradford 1788 with witnesses and clothing supplied by the groom, noting most brides were widows and practice widespread in Maine during the George III era.
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Bangor
Wiscasset
England
Birmingham
Essex County
Bradford
James Bailey
Mary Bacon
Catate
Lydia
Eliazer Burbank
Mary
Thomas Stickney
Margaret
Caleb Burbankail
Abe
William Rice
George III
Maine
Massachusetts Bay
Lincoln
York
Marri
New York Sun
Curious Statistics On Food and Smoking Habits
A New York Herald item states that a healthy man living 70 years eats and drinks about 964 tons of food and 1,280 times his weight in consumption. It estimates cumulative mechanical work from food and tobacco and notes the wasteful cost of smoking over a lifetime.
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Forth Bridge
Edinburgh
New York: Herald
The Cave Dweller as an Artist
George du Maurier recalls lines in nature as symbolic tools for wood engraving. He cites a distinguished sportsman turner artist in John Leech’s vein who etched mammoth tusks from life, shaping a long accepted black and white visual shorthand.
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John Leech
George du Maurier
Harper's Magazine
Notice to Pupils of Cheyenne County Scholarship Exam
Examination set by County Superintendent on Saturday June 1 1898 to compete for the University County Scholarship. Scholarship may include privileges or be free for pecuniary need with matriculation fee only. Subjects: English Composition Literature, General History, Algebra, Plane Geometry, Botany, Physics. Notify by June 4 to compete. Ors D Lyon County Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ors D. Lyon
County
Frigid Papal Auxiliary Catches Cold
Ethel accuses the pope of a treadful cold while Charlie notes the old man’s frigid nature when alone. London Tit-Bits offers a humorous aside about the papal figure and his chilly demeanor.
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Papal
Ethel
Charlie
London
Union Pacific Route Highlights Best Nebraska to Puget Sound
The Union Pacific passes through Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah as the quickest route to Denver Cheyenne Salt Lake City San Francisco Portland and Puget Sound points. It offers quick tire unequated service magnificent equipment double drawing room Pullman palace sleepers Pullman dining cars free reclining chair cars Pullman tourist sleepers. For timetables pamphlets and fare details contact B R Breisch Agent Sidney Neb.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Denver
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Portland
Puget Sound
Union Pacific
B. R. Breisch
Sidney
Neb
E. R. Breisch
Buckeye Pile Ointment Promises Quick Cure
Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment claims to cure blind, bleeding, itching, and protruding piles with inflamed surface relief and swelling reduction. It is advertised as safe, non surgical, containing buck eye active principle, priced 50 cents per bottle and 75 cents per tube, available by mail and at Scanlan's Drug Store.
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Scanlan’s Drug Store
Valuable Prescription in Electric Bitters Advise
Worthington Indiana editor lauds Electric Bitters as a cure for constipation and Sick Headache calling it a system tonic. Mrs Annie Stehle of Chicago recovered from stomach issues, backache, and fatigue after using six bottles. Available for 40 cents or 31 62 with local dealer W F Bassett.
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Morrison
Worthington
Ind
Sun
Annie Stehle
Cottage Grove Ave
Chicago
W. F. Bassett’s
Dro _ tova
Stop to Pain Ballard Snow Liniment Ad Card
Advertises Ballard's Snow Liniment for rheumatism neuralgia and pains with claims of fast relief and bone penetration. Mentions price 50 cents and Scanitan's Drug Store. Also includes Union Pacific western travel details and E R Breisch as agent for schedules and information.
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Ballard
Scanitan’s
For Sale: Salmon Salve Claims Worldwide Cure
The advertisement promotes a universal salve described as the best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and promises to cure piles or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box and sold by W F Bassett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W F. Bassett
Opening Day transit rates to Omaha via Union Pacific
Opening Day rates to Omaha via Union Pacific for the Trans Mississippi Exposition opening on June 1 1898. Rates limits on tickets and full information available from E R Breisch agent.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
E. R. Breisch
Suited Him and a Long Engagement
Irate father quarrels with his daughter about six month engagement to an actor. She teases that his profession favors long engagements. London theater history notes Drury Lane opened 1668 and other venues follow with Sadler's Wells 1683 Haymarket 1720 Covent Garden 1782 Lyceum 1795.
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London
Drury Lane Theater
Sadler’s Wells
Haymarket
Covent Garden
Lyceum
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Eng
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Oxford
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Frank W Gunsaulus
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University of Chicago
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