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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1899
Page
5
The Telegraph Directory lists officials and candidates across Nebraska including Governor A Poynter Lieutenant Governor AB Gilbert and Secretary of State Win Porter. It records US land office entries and government staff in districts and counties with names such as Thurston Maynard Greene and Connell alongside educators and local officials.
Sunday church services at Chill Rctles Methodist and Catholic Mass schedule with Epworth League and prayer meetings. Epworth, Episcopal and Catholic clergy listed along with lodge activities for Royal Neighbors, Masons, Odd Fellows, and related organizations in Sidney, with meeting dates and officers noted.
Union Pacific and partners add a Buffet Smoking and Library Car to the through train to Portland Oregon. Dining Car Service from Chicago and Council Bluffs also inaugurated. Train features Palace Sleepers Free Reclining Chair Cars and Coaches with direct connections to Tacoma and Seattle. E R Breisch Agent.
A Washington Post tale warns a daughter against giving a stamp box to a navy officer. The story recalls a veteran officer who faced a serious penalty for mailing a resentful letter, implying stamps can tempt decisive mistakes. The moral cautions youth about imprudent communications.
A naval captain in charge of a troopship from India settles a dispute among eight passengers, including three officer wives, over the use of a single large wash basin. He rules the oldest wife should have it, and the basin remains unused for the voyage.
An anecdote from early acting days recounts Broncho Bill in a company with indians and a missionary seeking moral guard. A dinner table exchange reveals Bill’s brusque wit and blunt self description, ending with a joke about his background and weapon.
Popular Science Monthly portrays a West Virginia mountaineer living close to nature. He forages juicy berries and nuts, gathers sang gin seng as a revenue source, tends cows to pasture, drinks from a cool brook, and crafts tools and shelter from pine knots mud and stones.
The Dean of Aristol quotes Admiral Boyle recalling dinner talks with Lord Gage's great friend. The admiral notes the shipwreck of St Paul as an appalling lesson and argues a captain who mishandled his vessel would face court martial and dismissal.
A young man attacked his wife with a poker but was stopped by her screams and a passerby who summoned the police. The major notes the scene as a poker game with the man passing and the woman calling for help.
A Chicago Tribune quote shows a father urging prudent spending and a son offering to help. The exchange highlights the tension between earning and managing money and the burden of financial responsibility.
A Nature essay quotes Linnaeus on strawberries relieving gouty attacks. It notes his severe episode improved after strawberry consumption, followed by remission. later recurrences also responded. The piece argues strawberries supply potash and mineral salts, with diuretic and laxative effects, supporting varied medical opinions on gout management.
A prominent New York patent attorney arrived in town for a caveat case and dined at a well known Washington attorney’s Colum bia Heights home. He praised the meal and wines, joking that he could make a meal of a little snack.
A vivid account tells of a fierce Mississippi River boat race between the Prairie Rose and the Minnesota Belle. Engines fed bacon to stoke ferocious fires as crews jockeyed around a bend. The Minnesota Belle wins the race, though parts of its engineer were injured when a boiler exploded.
A metal polisher recalls a country editor who rises from a noisy boy of ten to a 25 year old publisher leading town projects. By fifty he lies in a cheap coffin with only two cases of type behind him. a crowd of 500 delinquent subscribers marches past, saying he was public spirited but could not save anything.
In a vivid dramatic moment cited by the Detroit Journal a man pleads for a yes and declares he will seal the beloved’s lips with kisses while she answers no with cool scorn born in New England.
A terse exchange describes a man named Ware as dead with a street side sign reading Tall Dyed Here nearby. The dialogue comes from a Kansas City Independent report fragment noting the uncertainty around Ware's status and the observable sign.
A Columbus State Journal excerpt notes a department store clerk in charge of a button counter in Wholeblock's shop. An Atchison Globe column praises ambition and recounts the British Museum's clay pipe collection from the sixteenth century with Dutch waxed pipe ends first seen about 1700.
The article notes Sardou as a leading stage manager and compares him with Sir Henry Irving. It describes Sardou's precise direction at rehearsals, his ability to take over a part briefly, and his occasional outbursts when his wishes are unmet. It also mentions Cassell's Magazine observations on animal tail signals and how dogs and cats use tails to express intent.
A local paper published a long obituary for two men in the community ending with a phrase about a procession to their last roasting place. The family asked for a correction to roasting but the editor refused, citing seven years of back subscription owed by the deceased.
A dialogue shows a wife persuading her husband to pursue a gold cure for drinking. He claimed he could quit anytime, but she convinces him to take something to increase his motivation. The exchange highlights social attitudes toward temperance remedies of the era.
A curious coastal practice in the West Indies ties a line to the tail of a sucker fish without a ring. The fish is thrown overboard and swims to a turtle, attaching itself as the fisherman hauls in both turtle and fish.
A Chicago Record item notes a man teased for spelling words as he has since youth. He says he has always spelled aloud as if in slang, and jokes that people now call him ignorant due to the mispronunciation.
A one acre grave in Vearto Cortez Honduras marks the burial site of a wealthy woman. An iron railing surrounds the plot and a tombstone centers the area. Sixteen wooden figures of the deceased are arrayed across the grounds giving a ghostlike view at night. The will reportedly specified the land size and decoration.
The phonograph and a gift from a merchant reached Lhassa where the Buddhist chief, startled by a recited chapter, later spoke the prayer God in the Flower which the device repeats daily for the faithful’s edification.
Experts note acetylene gas loses illumination when stored 12 to 24 hours, a condition dubbed tiredness of acetylene. They offer no explanation or practical cure for this fading power after resting in reservoirs.
Valentines in February flood markets worldwide with German produced cards. In some regions production runs year round. One factory alone prints over 10,000,000 of the comic cards each year.
A Chicago News feature quotes Edna expressing doubt about trusting a boy named Freddy with valuables while stating confidence in him with her life. The dialogue frames a tense judgment of character and reliability.
A legal advertisement announces a sheriff sale of real estate in Sidney Nebraska to satisfy a judgment of sixty five hundred seventy eight dollars and six cents plus costs. The property begins at the northwest corner of lot 2 in block 2 and runs forty four by one hundred thirty two feet with sale set for October 9 at 2 oclock pm in front of the Sidney courthouse.
In Thirteenth District Court Cheyenne Nebraska guardian Neto Whiter seeks license to sell minors estate in northeast quarter of section township 21 range 62 in Cheyenne county. Hearing set November 7 before Judge Hal Cristis at North Platte. kin and interested parties to be served 14 days prior and notice published four weeks in The Sidney Telegraph.
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