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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1899
Page
4
The Sidney Telegraph dated February 1 1898 lists subscription prices and advertising rates. It notes one year and six months postage paid options and displays rates per inch for display ads. It also mentions professional cards and statutory notices, with editors and post office details.
Report from a rural precinct covers candidates visiting, hogs and cattle shipping, and residents voting. Charles Lowe and Cy Duncan are named as local movers while J E Trinnier boosts turnout. Voters total 58 with Bryan's prospects seen dim this district and Fred Gapen backs the Republicans.
Transfers recorded in the Cheyenne County clerk's office include Chas B Brown to John King for section 3t with 400 dollars, John W Leggy to J Ro Phelan for multiple lots totaling 1 000 dollars, Clara E Scherer to Valeav Klem for 24 18 50 at 250 dollars, right of way deeds to the Nebraska Wyoming & Western Railroad Co with Charley D Reed and John W Reed at 50 dollars each, and government patents to heirs of Percy Stephen, Chas B Brown, and Harvey Stephens.
A Sidney Nebraska corps records regret over Bima Hall past junior vice president and chaplain leaving to make Blair her home. The resolution praises her service and urges publication in the Telegraph along with a minutes copy. Committee members Maggie Snyder Annie Wright and Julia McFadden sign.
A 4 000 mile winter trek by Marcus Whitman from Oregon to Washington in 1842, with dangers from snow and ice, helped spark U S claims to the Pacific Northwest. His mission with Narcissa Whitman and the Whitman party influenced U S policy, aiding settlement and the 1869 boundary treaty with Britain.
The piece recalls slow trains as folklore across regions, including a Vermont route famed as the huckleberry train. A conductor is linked to a tale of hens and eggs for markets, and an engineer allegedly fired two partridges from his cab with the fireman retrieving them.
In a domestic exchange the speaker scolds Mrs. Higsley-Clara for sending Mr. Grantey away late after 11 p.m. Clara admits trying to urge him out early but notes his lingering impression of about to reveal something awaited. The aunt reproves the situation as awful exasperating.
The article notes the Pamirs snow buran a meteorological phenomenon with sudden darkness and drastic temperature drops, citing 14 degrees B in an anid summer and 45 degrees below zero in January 1825. It adds that earliest pottery with printed American designs was made at Liverpool in the late eighteenth century.
A reflective excerpt on human perfection and forbearance contrasts with a South African hunter's odd taste notes. It mentions the wise man bearing foibles and the need to forgive, then shifts to bizarre dietary descriptions of young giraffe and cow flesh, including the tongue and marrow bones as luxury.
In California prisons, convicts who wear red shirts are stigmatized as escapees and face severe penalties. Guards, bells, and bloodhounds track them, yet some red shirts are famed for daring escapes from San Quentin. The lure of freedom keeps many plotting, with tales of courage and camaraderie among inmates.
A west end justice of the peace issued a warrant for a woman’s arrest for slander but faced questions of jurisdiction and proper procedure. The squire fretted over law vs. authority while releasing both parties on recognizance as court action loomed. The piece includes a digest of the dispute from Pittsburg News.
The page contrasts a dramatic sea wave description with a humorous moral riff on death fears and a quote about living bravely. It notes waves 209 feet high and 60,000 pounds per foot, a ship’s vulnerability, and a line urging songs to lift others. It also mentions the U S postal card usage.
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