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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1903
Page
7
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Dieppe’s baths gained fame through Henry II and hydrophobia cures. Duchess of Berry popularized Dieppe from 1824 to 1830 and once joined a notable beach ceremony led by the royal medical inspector in evening dress.
A historical note traces the first Bible printed in America in 1068 at Cambridge under English monopoly laws. It highlights Eliot's Indian Bible, 1500 copies now rare as dead-language texts, and Newman’s Concordance crafted by pine knots in a Massachusetts frontier cabin.
A judge-friendly scene unfolds as a rich father offers to wed Sadie to the count and proposes a staged payment plan. Sadie weeps, blaming their plebeian origin for the arrangement, while the family debates a counterfeit marriage deal.
A New York man recalls a young boy from the east side who visited Coney Island with a charity outing. The child stood watching the waves and, with a sigh, said this was the first time he had seen enough of anything.
Professor iascart reports to the Paris Academy that birds in large cities such as sparrows and swallows abandon urban areas at the onset of serious epidemics, supporting a long held belief by ancient writers that pestilence drives birds away.
A witty exchange questions whether the leisures of society people are more or less nonsensical than those who mock them. Misa Cayenne reflects on the pretenses of high society and the ease of mockery in social circles.
An idle man never encourages good citizenship or progress or peace or decency. Idle men hanging around a town are pests and mischief is easy to stir up, hindering every useful and progressive man.
Characteristic to the Laat reports Squibbs-Creesus, known as the miser, drowned last evening when he fell from a steamboat. He refused help saying he had nothing to give and sank after Hibbe asked for his hand.
The Toledo News-Bee remarks on Hanter’s return to vaudeville after a fiery manager praised his Hamlet portrayal. It suggests Hanter is back in the vaudeville circuit, with the manager highlighting his intense performance spirit.
A quote from the Philadelphia Ledger notes a man’s extreme wealth makes him avoid eyeing women to prevent potential breach of promise suits.
An Atchison Globe quip warns not to skip the bill from the fid dler after dancing, noting the Oddier never forgets and will expect payment.
A Portsmouth railroad tale from the 1859 New Hampshire trains describes a conductor selling smelts along the route to Concord. He shorted a customer then retraced steps seven miles to fetch an extra fish, finally delivering six to the old woman who paid for five, before continuing to Concord as the train returned to service.
The piece traces how sentinel and hussar arise from Latin and Hungarian roots. It explains sentinator as a pump operator keeping a ship’s hold clear and shows Matthias Corvinus’s 15th century tactic of drafting every twentieth man to form his Hussar guard.
The writer discusses the paradoxes of mistaken usage in language. He notes that claiming error when corrected is common, and questions whether another can be mistaken about him. The passage explores self awareness and linguistic misinterpretation in Notes and Queries.
The piece portrays Morocco as fanatical and dangerous for Christians. It says Christians are hated nationwide, Tangier is unsafe to roam, Moorish Jews control coastal trade wealth, and Christians should stay in Jewish quarters or be escorted by soldiers in Morocco City and Fez.
The piece extols the good red grouse as a vertebrate peculiarly British and unmatched elsewhere. It notes the bird’s status as a noble game species, hardy and magnificent in flight, with no true grouse existing outside the United Kingdom.
A writer notes the extraordinary stamina of Chinese coolies who bear heavy loads for long hauls. After twenty seven hours without food and sustained burden, they still offered to carry a man fifteen miles further.
A business man explains he would sign a petition if the signer’s name is included. Another man mentions a previously signed pledge from someone pressuring signers not to put their name on any petition for one year. The dialogue highlights coercion and formalities in petition signing.
A tense scene shows a daughter fearing her father’s rage after he becomes furious at her suitor Adorer. The girl urges someone to go inside and appease him.
A humorous exchange features Miss Nancy and Cousin Tow debating why callers swear, with a Boston Transcript quip about parrots teaching profanity. The snippet captures a light anecdote and playful banter.
A provocative critique arguing that curiosity defines women as a curious, gossip prone group. It claims educated women suppress mental growth to fit traditional roles, contrasting Civilized women with earlier stereotypes and linking gossip to self focus and success.
A tale recalls Eugene Field presenting to a sister poet who questions his status. Field replies with a witty exchange, naming himself Field and hinting at a modest literary career. The woman retorts she hasn’t heard of him, prompting Field to suggest pretense as a courtesy.
The text surveys the nebular hypothesis and notes the lack of consensus on how cosmic change began. It acknowledges agreement that a solar nebula existed but questions its state and the process by which it organized into spheres and produced structured space.
A Kansas City Journal snippet notes a man boarding a car and critiques the self-styled postmaster general. The exchange mocks his claimed rank, arguing he lacks uniform, brass buttons, or stars and is no real general but the man delivering letters at general delivery.
A model, who knew nothing of James McNeill Whistler, claimed she could extract a painting from his studio for $50. Whistler, poor and quarrelsome, exclaimed Fifty dollars when told of the bounty. The model then produced one of his finest works, provoking his anger and a comic turn in the studio.
A narrative recalls W Eenley born 1819 who lost a foot to disease early, sought treatment at Edinburgh Infirmary after hearing of Dr Lister. Though penniless, he arrived third class and by faith in Lister saved the remaining leg. He remained a cripple yet resilient, inspiring Robert Louis Stevenson’s John Silver sketch.
Quote from the Milwaukee Sentinel attributes value to a husband only when his wife reminds him he is somebody.
Subscribers can get one year of the Prairie Farmer weekly and Prairie Farmer Home Magazine monthly supplement plus Taw TeELEURAL for 150 dollars. The Prairie Partner seeks 500 new subscriptions and promises a valuable family reading package with stock reports and illustrated content.
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