Stove Explosion At Wood Theft Alarms Community
In Sidney Telegraph report, Deacon Johnson recounts a Sunday evening incident where a stove explodes while a family cooks supper after a neighbor’s wood theft. A note left by a boy leads to suspicion of a white man who allegedly planted powder in wood to trap a thief. Local residents express outrage as the family’s meal is ruined and the stove and tea kettle are destroyed.
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Brudder Jackson
Deacon Johnson
Brudder Johnson
Nevkuk
Amos Bookkeeper and the Ames Boy Story in Plantations
A enslaved boy used to manage accounts and meals, while a master complains the book learning will enslave Black people. The bookkeeper is charged, and the boy is reappointed to saw wood for board, illustrating the tension over literacy and ownership.
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Amos
Dellarg
Dog follows ship forty miles to New York coast
Captain Bruce of the Lennida owned a large Spitz named Jack, picked up years earlier swimming miles offshore. After a mishap, Jack leaped from East Neck wharf as the ship sailed toward New York. The dog swam after the vessel, arriving exhausted but watching from the deck in New York on the second day.
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Capt
Bruce
Lennida
Jack
East Neck
New York
Great Trunk Line Pennsylvanian Rail Route to Centennial
The Pennsylvania Railroad proclaims its Great Trunk Line as the fastest direct route to the Centennial Exhibition with a Grand Centennial Depot at the Main Entrance and stops at Elm Station for Patrons of Husbandry. It touts double and third tracks, iron and stone bridges, luxurious cars, broad service from Chicago to Erie, and expansive equipment to meet demand. Excursion tickets at reduced rates will be sold nationwide, with ready Pennsylvanian route guidance and officials Frank Thomson and D.M. Boyd Jr. leading the initiative.
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Philadelphia
Exhibition Grounds
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ita
America
Wast
Northwest
Southwest
Pennsylvania
Frank Thomson
D.M. Boyd
The Old Pioneer Route Promotes Northwest Travel
Travel advice favors the Iago and Northwestern Pioneer Route between Omaha and Chicago. The line touts steel rails and an early Chicago depot arrival, offering Pullman sleepers and day coaches. Tickets via Marshall Cedar Rapids and Lincoln provide Northern routes, with agents Moonrain in Omaha and Strenner in Chicago for schedules and maps.
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Itt Cana & Nonth-Wratery
Tirkota
Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Lintow
Pamta
Hlingsa
Wisconsin
Fulton
Kieagoe
Iago & Northwestern
Trates Pullman Meepers
Carabow
United Stars
Jff Moonrain
Omaha
Neb
Jf Srenxerr
Chicago
Snake River Ranch at Black Hills and Sidney Stage Route
The Snake River Ranch near the Black Hills and Sidney stage route, 64 miles from Sidney Nebraska, offers new buildings ready to furnish and equip first class accommodations for man and beast. Ample stable space, hay and grain, a well stocked bar with cigars and liquor, REA access at all hours, reasonable terms. En route to the Hills, travelers are advised to stop for grazing lands and water year round. Proprietor J. W. Dear assures comfortable halting point.
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Black Hills
Sidney
Nebraska
Red Cloud Agency
J. OW. Dear
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Vg Co
Sidney Barracks
McFadden’s Restaurant
A. L. Strangc
Western
U.S. Wind Engine and Pump CO
Alliday Standard Wind Mills
Farnham Street
Milton Gold
Milton Geld Jewelry Co
England
von Hl
William Wy. Sei
Plaase State
Fairmount Park
Great Trunk Line
United States
Ealm Clark & Son
FT. Calhoun
Waterloo Mills
Fourteenth and
Dodge Streets
Snake River Ranch
J.anderson
Metropoitan
Griffin
Sounern Hotel
U.P. R.R. Depot
Ninth Street
Gerhart Althouse
Loomis & Jorgans
Second
Omaha Bee
Daily Bee
Far West
the Bee
Ths
Weekly Bee
Cape
Rosewater
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