29 May 1880
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1880
Page
1
Message from Chaplain-in-Chief in Watertown Mass announcing a Decoration Day hymn circular dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic. The text honors the dead, prayers for guidance, and pledge of loyalty and Christian charity as the nation remembers its fallen soldiers.
A colored penitentiary bird named Thos White escaped last Friday but was recaptured Sunday. A farmer near Lincoln wrecked by a gravel train, a boy near Beaver City fell into a weir but survived with a broken arm. Cemetery floral thefts spark outrage. North Nebraska Eagle changes format to six columns. Elon Church Howe injured in Brownville accident. Plattsmouth rail yard engine error endangers crew. Robertson arrested for cattle theft near Lincoln. case awaiting Grand Jury.
A remarkable escape plan near Deadwood jail was foiled when janitor Tom Manoilog, brother of Lawrence County's sheriff, and his wife uncovered a tunnel leading from a cell to beyond an onion patch. The digger, aided by dirt concealment, nearly enabled an inmate to flee before discovery.
The Hudson Tunnel project led by Hudson Tunnel Railroad Company aims to connect New Jersey and New York with a double barreled tunnel. Dewit C. Haskin presides over a $10 800 000 capital endeavor. Three gangs of forty men push progress at three feet daily as 1883 finish target nears for access during the centennial fair in New York.
A Jacksonville girl fed a daily nightingale, which mourned her death with a final song before dying itself, echoing a similar Chicago tale of a man’s household items and a deathbed bird melody. A Dakota City incident follows, with two brothers drowning near a water tank.
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