Train Timetable Notices from Omaha Nebraska
GOING SOUTH. No 001 Passenger Daily No 308 Passenger Daily 3356 p m No 305 Local freight 1 b700 a m GOING NORTH. No 802 Passenger Daily 12 45 a m No 904 Passenger Daily 825 a m No 106 3 Freight 1 45 p m Passenger trains Nos 30 and 302 will not make local stops between Sidney and Bridgeport and Sidney and Sterling Local extra daily except Sunday will carry passengers Sleeping dining and reclining chair cars meats free on through trains Tickets sold and baggage checked to any point In the United States or Canada For information maps time tables and tickets call on or write to M A SHIPMAN Agent or to L W WAKELEY General Pass enger Agent Omaha Nebraska
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Sidney
Bridgeport
Sterling
United States
Canada
M. A. Shipman
L. W.wakeley
Omaha
Nebraska
Reptile Eggs Noted For Odd Shapes In Birds And Balls
A Scientific American note describes reptile eggs with varied appearances. Crocodile and tortoise eggs are pale or white and birdlike, the nopher tortoise egg is perfectly spherical like a golf ball, while many snakes lay soft skinned eggs brown in color resembling new potatoes.
Balm of Gilead in Historical Context
The dried juice of a Syrian shrub is described as the real balm of Gilead. It is highly valuable and scarce with at most sixty drops yielded per day from one shrub. Josephus links the balm to the queen of Sheba’s gift to Solomon. Ancient Jewish doctors used it for dyspepsia and melancholia.
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Gilead
Syria
Josephus
Sheba
Solomon
John Deere Binder Promotion Notice
Have you seen the John Deere binder call on Transfer Co. Fundings fornd Transfer Co. Sidney for the best constructed binder ever made.
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John Deere
Ardmore Blast Kills Forty Fires Wreck Central Block
A gasoline tank explosion in Ardmore Oklahoma detonated dynamite causing a catastrophic fire. The disaster halted martial law as fires burned blocks, with 200 injured and up to 40 confirmed dead. Swift & Co and multiple buildings were ruined along Main Street. workers struck the tank causing the fatal blast.
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Ardmore
Okla
Santa Fe
Main Street
Whittington
Swift & Co
Deny Blame for Border Fight at Progreso Texas
United States army officers boosted precautions near Brownsville to avert more outlawry after the Progreso clash. Carranza authorities deny Carranza troops took part. Private Richard J Johnson of troop B, Twelfth Cavalry, remained missing, feared kidnapped or killed. Major Edward Anderson was notified at Harlingen. The body of Private Henry Stubblefield, killed at Progreso, was brought to Brownsville.
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Brownsville
Tex
United States Army
Progreso
Carranza
Matamoros
Richard J Johnson
Twelfth Cavalry
Edward Anderson
Harlingen
Henry Stubblefield
State Water Control Resolutions Adopted in Portland
The majority report of the resolutions committee was adopted by the western states water power conference at Portland Oregon. The resolutions call for state control of water power resources and oppose any leasing system on the public domain. They urge Congress to pass a declaratory act recognizing that the federal interest in the public domain is subject to state jurisdiction.
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Western States Water Power Conference
Portland Ore
Congress
Our Eccentric Phrases in Phrases and Meanings
A compact note on odd word pairs in English. The author ponders phrases about coats before vests and shoes before stockings and about signs for wiping feet. A humorous aside notes a father promising to warm his jacket instead of his pantaloons.
Gibson the Dwarf. Seventeenth Century Painter and Court Dwarf
Dwarf artist Richard Gibson who served Charles I and married Ann Shepherd is traced from his birth to his death in 1690. His wife Ann was court dwarf to Henrietta Maria, and their nine children included five of ordinary stature. One painting, The Lost Sheep, led to a royal incident ending Vandervoort’s suicide, after which the work was found. The couple measured about seven feet together, a noted brevity of stature. Indianapolis News notes Plymouth Standard twine offers.
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Charles Stratton
Tom Thumb
Europe
America
Richard Gibson
Gibson
Charles I
England
Ann Shepherd
Henrietta Maria
Vandervoort
Indianapolis News
Notables in the Limelight Navy advisory board includes Edison
Secretary of the Navy Daniels forms a 23 member naval advisory board of inventions with Thomas A. Edison as president. Other members chosen by eleven scientific societies include Peter Cooper Hewitt of New York, inventor of the mercury vapor lamp, who touted a new vacuum rectifier to boost wireless telegraphy and telephony. Hewitt, son of Abram S. Hewitt, is a former New York mayor and long-time congressman.
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Daniels
Naval Advisory Board of Inventions
Navy
Thomas A. Edison
Peter Cooper Hewitt
New York City
Inventors’ Guild
Cooper
Abram S. Hewitt
New York
Congress
Peter Cooper
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
N. J
Columbia University
Remarkable Raleigh Name Variant Signatures 1587 Deed
In a 1587 Raleigh family deed the signature variants reveal how the name evolved from Ralegh by the father to Rawlegh by the elder son and Rauleygh by Sir Walter. Queen Elizabeth signed Rawley, and in Sir Walter’s lifetime it appeared as Rawlye, illustrating early spellings of the Raleigh surname.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Senior
Sir Walter
Ralegh
Rawlegh
Switch Rate Hearing Delayed After Peters Milling Complaint
Hearing before the state railway commission on Peters Milling company of Omaha versus Great Western Railway over switching charges has been postponed for a couple of weeks.
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State Railway Commission
Peters Milling Company of
Omaha
Great Western Railway Company
Gone Far Enough Wisconsin hat dream caption
A brief Wisconsin State Journal item notes a playful exchange about a new hat from a milliner. The dialogue underscores light social chatter and domestic humor in a local newspaper snapshot. The piece centers on fashion and the characters John and a Frau, illustrating everyday life.
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Wisconsin State Journal
Testing Typewriter Ribbon Quality in Ink and Alcohol
A New York World note explains typewriter ribbons come in carbon and aniline forms. A simple test using alcohol and blotting paper reveals soluble aniline by a spreading black spot, while carbon remains insoluble with a surrounding moist area.
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Typewriter
New York World
Horace Quote on Adversity Revealing Talent
A historical quotation states that hardship brings forth talents that prosperity would hide. The line attributes growth under pressure to the ancient writer Horace and summarizes a universal observation on human potential.
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Gibson, the Dwarf
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