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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1898
Page
7
Citizens of Berne show strong concern for Armenian orphans and contribute generously. A German professor at the University of Berne condemned the seemly gesture and sought Berne naturalization, but his bid failed 300 to 200 on a city vote.
The Khedive is described as a short, round faced boy who is dark and serious in appearance. He enjoys long drives and owns magnificent horses, with rapid driving. He shelters hundreds of purebred horses at his Cairo palace stables, including a gift from Col. North and a queen’s prize winner.
A Missouri preacher who visited a bathing beach during vacation preached on the horrors of vacant bathing suits. He declared he watched a woman disport in the lake for an hour and wrote of chivalry as protecting a woman from all men except himself.
Five passengers travel by coach when two bandits threaten the group. A Quaker detective foils the robbery using calm authority and Derringers, recovering the loot and unmasking the ringleader as a disguised middle-aged gentleman. The episode ends with the band in custody and the night’s danger turned into a public service.
Russia pushes the Siberian railway across the continent to access oceans and fill interior spaces with producers. The policy links land occupation with cheap transport to overcome peasant poverty, offering migrants ultra-cheap rates for long distances, plus land grants and sustenance until crops grow.
A brief Detroit Free Press dialogue records Rumley recalling a vacation time. The question asks about treatment by a visiting friend and the reply notes that while hospitality was good, it was not frequent enough.
A humorous notice from The London Standard describes a gentleman whose wife and daughter have disappeared on holiday, leaving him to care for a baby as he hopes they will return soon. The passage also notes lake areas and a quoted exchange about a man named Dawson.
Naples gripped by renewed Vesuvius activity as fears of eruption mix with health quackery. Advertisements tout Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure all while promoting tonics for women and barrenness. Other lines push tonics, tobacco cures, and services from barber colleges with bold claims and odd sales pitches.
The article notes America may soon surpass France in frog consumption. It cites New York City as consuming 600 000 hams of frogs yearly, with delicacies sold in tin boxes like other conserved meats.
A brief exchange quoted from the Boston Transcript shows a debate between First Reformer who supports a single tax and Second Reformer who advocates no tax at all. The dialogue highlights opposing fiscal philosophies.
A lady praised the late Archbishop Magee calling him saintly in the pulpit and a martyr in the pew, followed by a lighthearted note about President McKinley wearing a black tie for twenty years. The cloak model is described as facing a trying situation.
A report mentions a female monk bicycling at Vienna's Prater zoological gardens alongside a note about Diamond C Soap as a high grade laundry product fit for hard or soft water. The piece also reflects on the challenge for women to maintain quiet composure amid shortages and cautions against judging by covers.
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