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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1902
Page
6
A humorous domestic line contrasts allowed and forbidden acts in a playful quip about filling a polar hand with an ash tray. The remark reads like a lighthearted banter note from a household scene.
An odd ad chatty fragment compares Defiance Starch with cold water brands claiming it contains 18 per cent more starch per package. The text shifts to quotes from Alcott and notes Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry noted for treating digestive complaints, amid unrelated reflections on widows and mourning.
Builders found a wooden cellar floor under a foundation dug forty five feet deep between West and Washington streets. White pine timbers measuring 18 by 10 inches used brass spikes and seams caulked like a ship to keep out water at high tides. The discovery is hailed as a relic of aristocratic New York from a hundred years ago.
The city will receive a home for orphan boys funded by the late George Xavier Poststant. Mr. Carstairs, himself an orphan from a young age, left a large fortune to support the objective, and his effort will aid disadvantaged youths in New Orleans.
A concise ad-like line laments the difficulty of finding an honest partner free from deceit, highlighting concern for trustworthy collaboration.
In Bed Three Months Ooultic Ind Sept 15 Mrs W A Verry reports a severe kidney trouble leaving him bed bound for months. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he improved quickly and regained mobility. He urges sufferers to try the remedy and claims it best for kidney and bladder issues.
From September 1 to October 31, 1902 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers second class one way colonist tickets from Chicago to all western points via Montana Idaho Utah California Washington Oregon British Columbia and intermediate stations at reduced rates. Choose routes via St Paul or via Omaha. Tickets available through coupon ticket agents or by contacting F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
The text appears garbled with references to talks, novels, an accident, a Dr Thowns and a collection or backers. No coherent event or facts are discernible from the readable material.
John N Baldwin of the Union Pacific accuses strikers of violent acts, threats, and intimidation to stop workers. He cites specific assaults near Cass street gate, harassment of workers and their families, and warnings of dynamite against the new smokestack, calling for protection from city and state authorities.
About twenty years ago Castinan proposed plans that faced strong objections for opening ground said to spoil the land with pollution. Local residents and officials argued the project would harm the environment and livelihoods.
A cradle incident near Trieste reports an infant taken by an eagle. While the mother worked elsewhere an older child watched the infant. A search party later found the eagle's nest with the child still in the nest, reportedly devoured.
In the Paris Matin M de Blowitz recounts a professional letter writer who posed as multiple characters to beg for money. He drew on the Encyclopaedia Britannica to craft credible backstories, including a tale as a potter poisoned and unable to wage war, using a single word Kaitlin to seal his ploy and gather bank notes and postal money orders.
Wavar Schnk of Rocky Ford plans to take his bee operation to the World's Fair. He will move 640 hives and about 6,600,000 bees to work from the expo opening to closing. Mr. Swink proposes constructing a miniature Colorado State House hive display.
In less than twenty years the nation moved from no steel ships to private yards able to build great battleships and a navy yard preparing to start a 16,000 ton vessel. The note cites rapid progress and asks what greater outcome could be hoped for amid this transformation.
German marine biologist Pro HNensen reports bacteria that keep seas fresh by consuming excess organic material. Other studies at Mankton show seas rich with life where fish and birds feed on detritus. Minute organisms exist even near polar regions, forming matter and coloring the waters.
Secretary Wilson, returning from a western tour through Nebraska Illinois Indiana and Ohio, reported abundant crops with a strong corn crop near frost, heavy yields in Kansas Nebraska and Indiana and an excellent grass crop. He said cattle numbers have risen in the last decade and predicted lower meat prices but not as low as past lows due to prosperous demand and English appetite.
Young Theodore Roosevelt returns from a western hunting trip and says farmers he met were kind and hospitable. He reports no accidents or accidental gun discharges on the trip and describes the journey as very pleasant.
The Venezuelan government issues a decree declaring General Matos a traitor and ordering his trial for piracy and seeking outside capital to control state finances. The report cites the Venezuelan consul at Liverpool and notes the comparison to Egypt.
Cattle receipts light with strong demand from packers and feeders. good grades sold well while common types lagged. Bulls veal calves and stags steady. Hogs weaker late session after initial firmness. most good hogs 7.40 to 7.70, packing grades 7.40 to 7.45. Sheep prices range with yearlings 6.75 to 7.63, lambs 7.75 to 4.25, ewes and feeder stock shown in narrower bands.
Cattle markets stay steady to weaker with native steers around 1.25 to 2.95 on Texas and Indian stock, cows from 2.00 to 3.10, and calves to 5.35. Hog market ranges from 7.25 to 7.60 in bulk sales with packers near 7.45. Sheep records rise modestly with muttons at 3.15 to 4.00 and lambs at 5.70 to 4.95, ewes around 4.05.
The Call reports the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will next January 1 formally demand higher wages. The group is not allied with the Western Federation of General Committees. Pacific system engineers meet in San Francisco as talks continue with Southern Pacific contract renewals.
Senator Hanna leaves Cleveland by Lake Shore road for New York to join President Griscom aboard the International Navigation company yacht. He will attend a conference at Oyster Bay with President Roosevelt and Senators Allison and Platt to discuss Cuba and the interoceanic canal.
On Rear Admiral Higginson’s request the Navy Department named a court of inquiry to probe the loss and investigate the Brooklyn accident in Buzzard’s Bay during maneuvers. The court consists of Rear Admiral Watson president, Rear Admiral Clarke, Captain Chester, with Lieutenant Commander Roy Smith as recorder.
British chargé d affaires Mr. Salkes, newly arrived in Washington, met Acting Secretary of State Mr. Adlee to arrange the reception of Sir Robert Bond.
London dispatch reports the King has improved health since the coronation with a strictly regulated diet and reduced character. Observers note his vivacity and cheerfulness exceed years past and some call the illness a disguise that may extend his life.
Secretary Moody received a telegram from Commander Potter of Ranger reporting revolutions near the railroad line in Panama and a serious situation. Transit across the Isthmus remained open. The Navy also got a dispatch from Commander McLean of Cincinnati about departing Cape Haitian for Colon.
General Firmin issues a violent proclamation to his partisans after the death on the Crete-a-Pierrot of Admiral Killick. He urges a sustained fight against the provisional government of Boisrond Canal, accusing it of helping Germany and of destroying the Crete-a-Pierrot with the Panther.
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