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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1887
Page
2
San Francisco host notes Dennis Kearney seems a bigger figure in the east than in California. Rev C H Spurgeon reportedly declined an offer of 90000 dollars for 100 fectures to be delivered in this country.
A. K. Darrow of Bradford Pennsylvania, an oil producer, has constructed a river steamer intended for a two winter hunting expedition on the Anuthaven Nens SC Orn Livors river route.
Ex Minister Tomas of Maine wed Mrs. D E Thornblad in Stockholm on the 11th instant. Tomas is described as wealthy and connected to a Swedish political celebrity lineage.
Dr Burton of Hartford delivers his last sermon in lively health and quotes the poem If I Should Die To Night.Robert Louis Stevenson plans a cold weather retreat at Sarana Lake after a prolonged Adirondack sojourn. Mrs Joan Astor pays her chef seven thousand dollars a year and endures troublesome dyspepsia.
GilBert quips a jab at bishops earning £5,000 yearly claiming many must be good for nothing. The remark targets clergy salaries and literary circle dynamics with sharp humor.
The article portrays Governor Bopnett as a typical Yankee in appearance who bargains hard. It notes his marble quarry wealth and claims he amasses wealth when not performing official duties.
The wife of Robert P Porter reportedly earned $2000 in the past twelve months from writing for newspapers. It is noted that none of her three handsome children cried for maternal affection. Her earnings last week totaled $155.
Gladstone passes everyone on Regent Street as he walks to stay strong. Lord Salisbury moves from the Foreign Office to the House of Lords, traveling at a slow pace of about a mile an hour without using his carriage.
Grerce W. Cuixps of Philadelphia admires two letters written by Mrs. Cleveland after her visit to Wootton. He treasures them and often shows them to friends, noting their felicitous wording.
A St Louis reporter tallied the president's handshakes at a public reception noting seventy people per minute for three hours, totaling 12 600 shakes without rest for the president.
Wilkesbarre, Pia. coal operator Coantes Parris registered at a Philadelphia hotel. An elderly practice of signaling reporters with a dot beside a name is noted as revived, recalling past public arrival notices used by prominent men to inform the press.
The article notes Roscor and Conkling draw attention at the Hoffman house with their display of resilience. Conkling, once famed for faultless garb, now wears a heavy double-breasted pea-jacket and a shaggy slouch, presenting a brio that evokes a cowboys’ flair as he shares the spotlight with figures like the Nymphs and the Satyr and Billy Edwards the former champion pugilist.
A Turkish minister in Madrid informed Spain’s minister of instruction that a Turkish scholar will travel at private expense to examine Spain’s public libraries. The visit aims to copy Arabic law manuscripts, including Hebrew transliterations, held in Seville and Toledo archives, with several valuable works noted in the Esen Tal.
Wyoming notes the decline of cattle business since former years. The governor discusses lard shortages and food scarcity driving changes in farming and winter provisioning. He predicts increased domestication of livestock and a shift toward intensified local production.
A nostalgic verse from Beasie Hill in St. Nicholas October issue proclaims a dog’s dignified autonomy. The speaker upholds a loyal, self respecting canine loyalty over showy adornments and being treated like a toy.
In London Graphic style a garrison town tale follows Lily Landon enamored with soldiers. Two officers Castor and Pollux flirt with a seaside cottage and a madam duenna schemes a rescue while Mr Landon guards his wealth and reputation. The plot threads through a mad asylum, a loyal poodle, and hints of elopement and larceny.
Two officers stage a mock drowning as Lily Landon witnesses from a cottage by the sea. Pollux and Castor pretend to rescue, sending the scene into chaos and prompting Miss Landon to rush to the pier with Bridget the maid.
In a chaotic scene Bridget and others stage a late night rescue after two officers are found in Mr Landon’s bed amidst churchgoing misadventure. A noble lineage peeks through chatter about Lord Castor and Pollux while Majuba Hill echoes with the fallen, as Lily and Miss Vizard fret over love and war news.
The Champ de Mars works for the 1884 exhibition advance rapidly under M. Eiffel. Foundations for major buildings are laid and the Tower of Babel rises from the ground. The first story, about lay toe in height, should be completed by December. full completion targeted for October next year. About 600 men work at 2 1/2d to 3 1/2d per hour amid blasting due to unremoved remnants of the old Exposition building.
A Buffalo Courier column outlines a young man facing the choice of how to provide his wife with money after engagement. The debate covers fixed allowances, small installments, or letting her request funds as needed. Readers weigh women’s opinions, and the piece notes the difficulty of an equal arrangement without surrendering control of finances.
A New York Mail and Express report quotes a physician endorsing woolen underwear over cotton or linen. He cites warmth retention, skin stimulation, and better heat regulation as benefits, arguing reform could aid public health though not a universal cure.
A passage from Thackeray, cited in an October Scribner Magazine, extols peace beyond death and the soul’s continuity. The essay argues sorrow fades and a serene climate awaits, with imagined unity of loved ones across distances and a lucid intelligence persisting after the body’s removal.
London Truth reviews Misa Mary Anderson as an actress and compares her dramatic pose to a marble statue. It notes a powerful scene after a thunderstorm where her character learns her son Mammilius is dead, describing a dramatic lift and fall of a veiled figure. The piece praises her beauty and potential if she matches her acting with consistent altitude in performance.
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