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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1897
Page
6
Meditative monologue from an older woman celebrating gratitude for simple living. She reflects on loneliness abroad yet finds contentment in seasonal joys, travel, and a life of service. She expresses thankfulness for love, peace, and faith, and plans to observe Thanksgiving in a timeless, old fashioned way.
A narrator recalls a Thanksgiving trip with Chicago party guests on the Flam bleaux river in northern Wisconsin. After deer hunting success and a looming storm, he prepares to move downstream by canoe, packing supplies and leaving early guardrails against fate.
A narrator recounts fleeing down a river in a canoe during a sudden storm. Torn by icy rain and roaring rapids, he targets shore near a lake with a floating island. After sleeping briefly, he wakes to a lynx attack and a deadly struggle that ends with a desperate climb to safety.
The speaker recalls waking in the early gray dawn after nearly drowning. He crawled to safety, observed a ten foot circular hole and water fifteen feet below, then paddled to shore and fled toward camp. He expresses deep gratitude for surviving the treacherous shore and the life saved.
Two children, Teddie and Nell, drift through a chilly village on Thanksgiving Eve. They peer into shop windows, dream of feast and fur warmth, imagining grand buys while hunger lingers. The tale ends with a plea for pity for those who must imagine to feel warmth and food.
A grandmother recounts the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving tale to her granddaughter while an amused grandfather debates whether there were five or six grains. The family quarrel turns humorous, culminating in gratitude for whatever grain they had. Florence K. Pratt.
The quotation argues that social agents should nurture a child’s musical gifts to elevate moral and intellectual agency for future generations. It contrasts parents who fail to cultivate talent with those who openly display their abilities for benefit.
The article compiles historical percolation tests from Dalton to Pfaff, noting ranges from 11 to 42 percent of rainfall percolating, with evaporation dominating in many trials. It also warns on cleaning milk pails, recommending tin or white iron pails over wooden or rosin-rosinized paper variants for better milk quality and easier sanitation.
N J Shepherd argues in Nebraska Farmer that fall plowing improves soil condition and drainage, enabling earlier spring seeding and better yields. The plan enhances manure incorporation, reduces labor, and helps crops like oats and corn succeed when seeded early. fall plowing also reduces washing and promotes quicker soil warming.
A historical note warns that common milk pails cause pollution as acids from milk saturate wooden or paper containers. Even clean appearing pails quickly become worthless for receiving milk, highlighting the need for advanced dairymen to use better equipment.
E C Powell notes the idea of medicines injected into tree sap to cure pear blight reappears in Rural New Yorker based on Illinois grower experiments. One tree was killed by strong substances, another saved by pruning and careful treatment. Bordeaux spray and trimming, burning afflicted parts, plus balanced feeding with potash and phosphoric acid are recommended to curb spread and strengthen wood.
Prof. Craig of the Experimental Farm Ottawa argues cold storage will transform the apple industry. He predicts cooperative cold storage buildings modeled on World’s Fair facilities will consign winter apples to redundancy within two years. Duchess of Oldenburg and ripe summer apples were seen in cold storage. California pears in Montreal were noted. Also brief notes on wool fiber quality, cabbage cultivation, and wild horses in Arizona.
Wong Chin Foo, Chinese commissioner, offers to cast the Nankin bell replica at the Nebraska exposition for 50000 dollars. He plans 330 Chinese iron workers, a Saturday casting schedule over fifteen weeks, and material and machines from the exposition to complete the bell before closing. He also proposes a twelve stroke national commemorative schedule. The proposal awaits the department's decision.
State Board of Transportation secretaries announce a hearing on cattle carload to hundred pound rate changes. Omaha conference reviewed railroad records showing under current rates compensation may be lower than under carload rates. Hearing set at Omaha Stock Exchange South Omaha starting November 22, 1897 at 10 a.m. Shippers and others urged to submit information from Lincoln.
Pierce county officials and the state house discussed a bill to elect district court clerks in counties by population using 1896 general election votes. The measure failed to pass but was certified to the governor and signed. The supreme court asks Attorney General Smyth to brief Barrett Scott questions. The case mirrors issues in the Bartley bondsmen matter.
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