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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1895
Page
3
Lawrence Hunter brings pink country roses to Alma Bentley. A romantic scene ends with Alma confessing a bee sting caused her distress, not past heartbreak. The incident leads to a vow to favor artificial roses, as Hunter proposes to become her poison tester and ally.
The article explains Sir John Herschel's illustration of the sun's heat and imagines an icicle forty five miles wide and two hundred thousand miles long plunging into the sun. It notes such a colossal icicle would melt in less than a second, containing vast volumes of ice and spanning distances from a Missouri county to near the moon.
A brief hometown tale follows a bright suburb child who saves pennies and spends a birthday in the city with an aunt. He admits eating only two of his two dollars worth of bananas, but spends the rest skimming and tossing the rest to dogs, delighting in the joke.
A Georgia drummer entertains a crowd with a raw frontier yarn about working in a field with an African American coworker. He recounts a blue snake scare that ends with a swollen hoe handle yielding vast quantities of lumber and materials. The scene blends humor and rural hardship in a clipped Southern dialect.
A jokey exchange between a young farmer and a irreverent youth unfolds over the coinage age question. The youth retorts he is too young to sell a gold brick, a barb that lands as a personal jab in Indianapolis Journal reporting.
In an interview Philadelphia shipbuilder Charles H Cramp argues electricity cannot yet feasibly propel ocean steamships. He notes the cost and efficiency hurdles, explains early electric locomotive limits, and says electricity may only power small launches for the foreseeable future while urging gradual progress toward broader use.
John Onil, 75, of Eaton Ohio requests his daughter wear garments. his wife Mrs Onill objects and cuts off his whiskers in a bitter quarrel. She first attempts to pull others hair but fails.
On the upper West Side in what is now Harlem, a row of thirteen oaks stands where Alexander Hamilton once planted thirteen trees to honor the original thirteen states. The trees form a tricky maze. counting them accurately defies casual sight, inviting locals to bet on the puzzle and share a drink or prize with the unwary seeker.
The piece portrays General Frank Wolford as a quintessential Kentuckian blending Davy Crockett and Bishop TPascom. It notes his biblical recall and humor at Chamberlain's restaurant, and praises his ideal soldiering despite poor troop discipline, boasting he could whip any two regiments through Tennessee in forty eight hours.
John Miller of the Citizens National Bank of Big Run recalls his childhood balky horse. The animal would move on level ground but halt on hills. He describes whipping and turning maneuvers to force the horse to back up or descend, ending with the horse going down the hill.
A Philadelphia barkeeper recalls a brass 10-cent piece worth $1 weekly to the bar. The owner returned it with change and a loyal customer kept returning, until the proprietor discarded the piece after a drawer check. Losing the coin cost the bar both the saved money and the customer.
General Poillenc De Saint Mars of the French Twelfth army corps urges regimental bandmasters to train men to sing as they march. He calls for national, warlike and sentimental songs with mandolins accordions or other portable instruments suitable for marching.
The ptarmigan changes its plumage three times yearly with distinct spring spring and summer coats for camouflage. By early November it assumes the final seasonal plumage, aiding concealment in sparse vegetation from falcons overhead.
A Berlin restaurant introduces a practical coat and hat safety system. Clothes hooks are arranged to lock with a snap lock at the upper hook or hat rack after placing a coat. Regular guests receive a key, while contentious visitors must ask a waiter to retrieve their overcoats.
It is said that on every voyage of a first class ocean steamer about 3,000 pieces of glassware and crockery are broken. The remark reflects a view on the scale of waste or loss during sea travel.
The text portrays Cecrops as guiding ancient Athens from savagery to a settled city state. It notes Athens’ early accomplishments in farming, family life, and religious instruction, built atop the Acropolis with walls for defense. The people are described as advanced for their era, yet unnamed as to their city and patron gods.
A historic revival exposes a Marie Antoinette cloak with an ultra wide hooped hood and long cloak. The piece draws astonished reactions on hotel piazzas and in travel wear, as designers and travelers glimpse its dramatic silhouette amid fall wardrobes.
The Ohio auditor reports annual animal returns by county with notable shifts. Sheep drop to 3,005,403 from 3,555,182 last year, horses fall from 24,840 to 795,895, and cattle ease to 1,252,901, down 43,204. Hogs rise to 1,437,303 from 1,331,169, up 106,224.
A Greek legend ties Athens name to a noble snow white horse said to be the first real horse. Some doubt that he was the first animal of his kind, yet locals imagine him leaping from earth at Cecropia’s feet near the Acropolis.
On Aug 29, Sept 10 and Sept 18 1895 Union Pacific System will sell tickets from Council Bluffs and Omaha to south and west Nebraska Kansas and to Colorado Wyoming Utah and Idaho east of Weiser and south of Beaver Canon at very low rates. For rates and limits contact A C Duss City Ticket Agent 1502 Furnam st Omaha Neb.
An historic elk record recounts a massive animal once owned by G. R. McKenzie of Sunilivas County New York. Lengths and weights cited include head and body seven feet six inches tail six feet three inches and shoulder height five feet four inches with an estimated weight near 1000 pounds. The hide is at the American Museum of Natural History and will be mounted by Mr Rowley.
Burlington Route offers round trip to Omaha at one way rate plus 50 cents admission. Tickets on sale Sept 13 to 20 at stations in Nebraska Kansas Iowa Missouri within 100 miles of Omaha. Omaha State Fair promises brighter displays, nightly electric lights, and pageants. Evening programs run Sept 16 to 19 with parades and the Mondamin Ball. Information available from B and M RR agents.
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