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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1877
Page
7
This fragment compiles moral maxims on temperance debt and virtue alongside scattered dialogue about lunch invitations and a comic mishearing. It mixes aphorisms with a humorous scene featuring Cornelia and Mr Spinke, hinting at a small town newspaper page.
A Nevada bank tale recounts Uncle Billy O'Brien being teased into opening a personal account. After multiple refusals and comic frantic efforts to borrow funds, he persuades Flood & O'Brien secretary Gager to authorize a $1,000,000 check, then finally signs for a personal account. The episode ends with Gager confirming Uncle Billy’s new balance well over two million dollars.
In Memphis a remarkably aged pair wed in a quiet ceremony with the groom claiming four score and six years and the bride a decade younger. The groom, bald and dignified, and his partner, dressed neatly, accepted congratulations from Esquire Egner before departing in a spring wagon.
During the France versus Germany war, Bismarck, famed as a cigar lover, is said to have given his last smoke to a wounded dragoon. He allegedly lit the precious cigar for the man when no other aid was available, declaring personal poverty and pride in sharing a final moment of solace. Another quip pits a Marshall opponent against his father’s trade.
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