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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1899
Page
5
A fragmented roster lists state officers and local posts in a long directory style. Names span Governor to county clerks, educators, clergy, and fraternal groups with numerous committees and lodge officers noted.
A succinct reflection compares advertising to steam power for machinery, citing Macauley as the source of the analogy and framing advertising as a driving force that powers commercial progress.
A collection of light anecdotes features a poet lamenting earning a living by writing and recounting his six months board for poems. a Mug House club member guessing Wall Street odds. a New Street operator praising brokers’ commissions. a traveler famed in Belgravia circles. a queen of Boorabuloo joke about her six maidens. and a groom who enjoyed a wedding trip by selling unwanted presents.
A New York Press report notes a downtown east side owner earning over 20 percent net on invested capital. Ground floor rents to a saloonkeeper guarantee income while upper floors host sweat shops with window tenants paying five dollars per window. A freight elevator aids heavy garment work, boosting demand for the building’s floor and window rentals.
A confident youth rejects dull duty and vows to blaze a new trail. The schoolmaster cautions about danger of ambition. A comic aside recalls a friend named Stentor prospering, claiming a patent invention will attract buyers at a bankruptcy sale.
The passage discusses gambling theory the house edge and capital percentage with an 1850s New Orleans Times Democrat reflection. It also recounts Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas debating at Knox College Galesburg noting Douglas use of fixed speeches and Lincoln’s adaptability in audiences.
A curbside farm scene shows a mixed breed terrierish dog retrieving a fallen red apple for a harnessed wagon horse. The dog stands on hind legs to deliver the apple, and both animals share a quiet moment before the dog returns to its nap on the wagon seat.
A quirky exchange contrasts a razor joke about hollow grounds with a superstition claim from an Ohio man who was rainstorm drenched in a $13 suit. Other clippings joke about a lazily made bed at 4 PM reflecting newspaper tone.
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