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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1904
Page
12
In a Kansas City Independent piece a Finn in Vadio reads a mate’s fortune and foresees letters from his wife, a death in a madhouse, and a voyage end. The story recalls the man’s later death at Gaustad Lunatic Asylum, prompting questions about prophecy.
At a church dinner the missionary society president in waitress attire carried a platter of butter balls. A buttered mishap toppled onto a guest in black silk, with the platter following to the chair. The trainee waitress reacted with surprise and humor saying she could not use the butter balls.
William Huggins argues with his wife Liza about the coal dust staining his hat. He insists he wears the hat only in the evenings and fears being accused of washing his face with it on, while Liza counters that extra coal dust in the hat is trivial. The exchange is shared in a London Fun blurb.
A Kansas City lawyer with a shrinking practice due to poker losses jokes about fortunes reversed in law and gaming. Sir Morton Peto’s railroad plans provoke Daniel Drew to bluntly dismiss the proposals with a sharp quip.
A cavern rat from Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is bluish with white neck and feet, has large black eyes and no iris, and dies in bright light. It relies on sensitive whiskers to navigate darkness and feeds on pale yellow cave crickets, remaining blind in its natural habitat.
In Washington a naval officer’s family passes a tale about the two sisters and an engagement. The youngest daughter jokes that she will miss her big sister, adding with wit that Tam “advanced a number” as a clever line about a naval promotion.
A mathematics professor dreamed his son was under a radical sign and could not be freed. A Boston drawing teacher had a similar episode at night. Her sister heard her muttering about the room and drawers as she sought the vanishing point in her studies of perspective.
A Scottish minister recently back from a long holiday with his wife faced an awkward moment at a prayer meeting when an elder thanked the Lord for bringing the pastor safe home and his dear wife too, followed by a blunder about preservation of man and beast.
Quote by Vierre Vorillard on the enduring fascination with race horses as both sport and business, noting the lifelong pull that politics money and social life cannot dull.
A Boston Post clipping quotes a clergyman asking if the groom will take the bride for better or worse. The groom replies it is too early to tell and asks for time before proceeding, delaying the marriage vows.
A light note affirms human joy and sunshine on earth, celebrating laughter as a natural right and a reminder of everyday happiness.
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