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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1887
Page
3
A fragmented verse speaks of secret love and blooming flowers as symbols of enduring devotion. It conveys intimate emotion, longing, and spiritual solace found in a beloved presence and shared moments. The text preserves archaic style and personal sentiment.
In Scuddy on the Kansas border the Acme Opera Company arrives to boost town pride and spite rival Badgerton. A yellow haired tenor, burdened by a feverish baby, performs amid disapproving crowds until the child dies as he sings in a ramshackle theater. The crowd learns the truth behind his sorrow, and Jack Bates reveals the singer’s wife died recently, leaving him with the infant.
In a tense scene a yellow haired man confronts Jack Bates and a group of cowboys over a found dead baby. Bates and the riders claim the infant belongs to the man and reveal a hidden pile of money, gold and silver, wrapped in a soil stained handkerchief.
The Chicago Inter Ocean lauds ex Minister Washburne for guiding 30 000 German residents of Paris to safety during the siege. He kept the American legation open as a refuge for oppressed nationals and earned honors from Emperor William and several governments. Washburne served nearly nine years in Paris with strong U.S. government backing and international praise.
A New York Letter notes foreign delegates at an International Convention in Washington observing Dr. Milton Josiah Roberts demonstration of a rapid amputation instrument. The device uses cocaine anesthesia, electricity, and a fast saw to sever a leg in about five seconds, promising relief compared with longer wartime amputations.
Practical tips on wood ashes value fend fertilizer potential, potato pit storage, safe feeding of horses with green fodder, and risks of overfeeding. Notes on cattle losses from last winter roundups, Green Bay cabbage yields, sheep shearing risks, home poultry killing, and smart stock feeding contrasted by milk producing cows and steers.
The article advises delaying premium feeding until market time, using ordinary rations to fatten cattle and hogs efficiently. It emphasizes tracking individual requirements, feeding to promote growth in barrows, maintaining sows in good health with fat reserves, and avoiding oversupply of corn when not needed.
A Country Gentleman writer details methods for winter storage. He notes burying potatoes in heaps or pits, protected by straw and earth, and warns against poor layering that traps moisture and foul air. A farmer succeeds with a thick straw layer and minimal earth, ventilated at the apex, storing up to seventy bushels per heap.
A discussion on modesty in young women notes that blushes signify sacredness to proper womanhood. It argues that even virtuous girls face insinuations and unavoidable obscenity, and advises them to adopt a guard of dignity, sometimes being deaf and dumb to offensive scenes.
A Chicago note argues that women should devote more time to rest and family life rather than chores like baking. It warns constant homemaking wears them out physically and mentally and leads to neglect from their children as years pass.
A Toronto Globe reflection urges women to pursue their natural strengths. It argues that real achievement comes from fitting talents, noting many regret wasted effort on ill-suited skills. It warns against forcing broad accomplishments without genuine fit.
The season brings back long gauze veils and sealskin fur as top street wear. Felt hats with two-tone brims return, while heavy serge coats and green billiard cloth jackets with gold buttons appear seaside. Intricate collars mix fabrics, and velvet patterns shift with changing lights. Polonaise silhouettes feature camel hair and velvet skirts with left-side drape and pleats. Draped vests and roped silks stay popular for fall and winter gowns.
The article notes fall and winter woolen goods show unusual brilliancy of tone with small Muaffs and fur trimmed dress materials. Blouse fronts remain popular in plush sealskin astrakhan, while long plush cloaks with pelisse or redingote shapes and bell sleeves rise in fashion. Vests and waistcoats vary from long narrow to short styles.
Gray outfits of every tone sweep autumn and winter wardrobes with Parisian gowns leading trends. An importer displays a dove gray dress with plush panels, silver silk lining, and a Hungarian tunic drapery looping at the sides, finished by a cuirass bodice and a heart shaped biboy with a coinlike silver gorget.
The New York Herald notes the vast American dairy industry including 21 million milking cows producing 7.85 billion gallons annually and 1.35 billion pounds of butter with 6.5 million pounds of cheese. Dairy value nears $500 million, supported by 100 million acres of pasture worth $2.5 billion, underscoring 4 million farmers as key to national welfare.
Gen. Philip Kearny was killed instantly at Fredericksburg in a report tied to new statements by Gen. Pierce Young of Georgia. Young, a former Confederate officer and U S consul general, says he and his command unexpectedly surrounded Kearny and his staff and signaled an escape which came too late.
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