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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1896
Page
3
The directory catalogs public offices and district officers for Sidney including state offices, legislature members, county officers, school board and teachers, church services, and numerous fraternal and veterans organizations. It notes appointments, meeting nights, and positions across public instruction lands and buildings, land office, and local governance.
Poem fragment recalls memories of a loved one, with vivid scents and lingering thoughts. Arthur Symons echoes a perfume-like memory that remains while other moments fade away. The speaker emphasizes that only thoughts of the beloved stay, preserved as a hidden sweetness in the brain.
A prominent oculist lists recent cases of eye injuries from parrot pecking, stray wire contact, a tail entangled cow, an airgun accident, a street stone blast, and other odd events. The note includes stray reflections on language and a variety of brief anecdotes and excerpts from period papers.
The article estimates the world population at about 1.2 billion, with 385 million deaths annually and 86.7 million births per year. It notes near equal sexes, average lifespans around 88 for both genders, and that one third die before 17. It also gives per minute and per hour birth and death rates. 100,000 reach age 100, six to seven in a hundred reach age 60.
A Goethe countryman in England tries to say a pleasant greeting and uses blooming in a German sense of charm. He is shocked when Britons react negatively to the phrase as harmless ignorance amid English slang usage.
The retired agricultural statesman worries about making a living from the farm as his wife notes the shift from farming for policy to farming for crops. He reflects on prior pride in constituents and the difference between farming ideals and practical livelihood.
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