State Officials and District Officers Listed
A fragment lists state officers including Governor Savage Secretary of State Marsh Auditor Steuffer Treasurer Prout Public Instruction Fowler and Lands and Buildings Pollmer with land office registers Harris Mclntosh and others. Legislative and judicial district designations appear with names like Owens Evans Grimes and Cury in North Platte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P Savage
G W. Marsh
Cco Te Ohus
Weston
Wim. Steuffer
Public Instruction
K. Fowler
Pollmer
Jsth
Hl. M. Grimes
North Platte
E. A. Cury
Officiu
Local Officials and Church Notices Mixed in County Ledger
A roster lists names for treasurer sheriff clerk judge and several Sidney officials, public school staff, and church and fraternal groups. It includes commissioners surveyor coroner and legal officers, plus church schedules and club meeting times across Sidney and Lodgepole communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Letumkuhl
Lodgepole
Frank H. King
Lapeer
James Hurns
Camp Clarke
M.dr. Sanders
Sidney
D. Lyon
L. J. Bordwell
WF. Bassett
H.E. Gapen
Famous frontier riders Aubrey and Jim Moore feats
The article recalls Aubrey's 1851 ride from Santa Fe to Independence covering nearly 500 miles in five days and nineteen hours, a test of endurance that cost horses and left Aubrey in a stupor. It also praises Jim Moore, a pony express rider of the era, describing his athletic build, speed, and the grueling 280 mile route he completed in under 22 hours with a partner ill in bed. An anecdote about General Jackson accompanies the piece.
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F. X. Aubrey
Plaza of
Santa Fe
N. M
Independence
Aubrey
Plains
Jin Moore
Moore
Jim Moore
Midway Station
Betwee Fort Kearney
Cottonwood Vorings
Jed Tilles
Ceek
Avery Tyre
Aviteh
Julesbury
Lidbours
Tulesbury
Ile
Sable
Midway
Ben Holliday
USA
Wreck Tale Adverts Offer Odd Coastal Lodging
A London Storning Post page features a breezy advertisement for a seaside lodging at a treacherous Atlantic coast point. The mis-spelled, sensational copy touts a rock bound property near shipwrecks and Death stove with three reception and seven bedrooms and “every modern convenience” for 10 guineas a week.
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London
Irou
Favorite Dish Turns To Contribution Plate
In a humorous exchange from the Ohio State Journal a pastor asks Mrs. Frontpew for her favorite dish. She guesses chicken but the answer is the contribution plate as the Rev. Longface replies absently.
Remembering Life's Small Moments in Happy Times
A London Spectator reflection argues memory mostly records daily life and that happiness outweighs sorrow. It questions valuing painful moments over cherished ones and notes how few hours in a life would be blotted out. The essay elevates humane recollection and the insignificance of many pains.
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London Spectator
Execution in China A Japanese officer decapitates Chinese prisoners
An account from the Canadian Magazine describes a gruesome execution in China. Prisoners kneel at a pit edge with hands bound as a Japanese officer uses a sword to decapitate each victim. The heads are later displayed on poles as a warning to onlookers.
Quotable moral tips for happiness by Sarah Grand
A reflective excerpt praises happiness as a collection of small virtues. It emphasizes love in marriage fidelity in friendship affection in family courtesy duty and sincerity as ingredients of a happy life. It also cites Persian precepts guiding actions to reach paradise through thoughtful deeds and words.
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Paradize
Sarah Grand
Parrot Scares Reader in Bath Time Tale
A correspondent recalls visiting and planning a bath when a blunt voice asks if he is going to bathe. He freezes, frantically covers himself, and sees a parrot calmly blinking from its cage in the window, turning an awkward moment into a humorous memory.
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New York Tribune
Karroo Bush of South Africa Described
The Karroo bush provides drought resistance through underground roots reaching deep below. After months of drought the surface crust bakes, yet breaking a dried stalk reveals a pale green tissue thread still alive inside, according to Fortnightly Review.
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South Africa
L Fortnightly Review
Misinformed child asks if family owns a planet
In Town and Country dialogue, Little Mabel questions if their family owns a planet after a teacher says a bright object is a planet named Ma. Papa dismisses the notion as nonsense.
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Little Mabel
Papa
Ma’s
Locomotive Drawings Prompt Curious Exchange
An exchange between a boy and his uncle centers on a slate drawing. The boy explains a locomotive drawing while the uncle questions whether cars should be drawn, noting the locomotive draws cars in his explanation. The scene captures a playful moment of misunderstanding and learning.
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Freddie
Maiden of the Smile
Poem excerpt recounts a woman whose steadfast smile endures through pain and death. The speaker notes her tenderness of heart and serene deathbed smile, framed by imagery of Rhine landscapes, olives, and prayer. Alfred Austin is cited as the contributor in Independent.
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Jove Orst
Theu
Alfred Austin
Independent
Self Flame of Jewels Phosphorescent Diamonds Tell New Tale
A diamond trader recounts how stones can glow in darkness when heated or stressed. He recalls Amsterdam workshops showing internal phosphorescence in rose cuts, noting yellower diamonds often glow more strongly. He ponders ancient alchemists and the mystery of phosphorescence in gems.
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Amsterdam
California
New York
New Orleans
Vidnes-Democrat
Eye reading on traits and temperaments from eye shape
The piece outlines old fashioned eye signs linking lid position and iris visibility to mental states. It claims upper lid coverage signals cool deliberation while wide apart eyes mean intelligence and memory, and warns of instability for rapidly moving or fully visible irises.
Sunday School Story and a Cruel Boy Tale
A Sunday school teacher asks her class to quote a Bible verse to illustrate a weekly incident. A girl rises and solemnly cites Whatsoever God has joined together let no man put asunder, shared as a moral lesson from Carthage Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Tress
Scottish farmer tested school class with odd questions
An elderly Scottish farmer elected to the local school board visited the school and tested the class with questions. He asked what nothing is, and a boy answered in dialect, saying it is what he was given for handling a horse the other day.
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Iis
London
Informed Brother Dickey Denounces Education
A member of his race was sentenced to the penitentiary for forgery, and Brother Dickey exclaimed that such punishment proves the value of education. He admitted illiteracy and declared he would never learn to read or write, reflecting on his stance as quoted in the Atlanta Constitution.
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Brother Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Coffee Named From Kaffa District In Abyssinia
In Abyssinia the coffee plant grows wild in great profusion and derives its name from Kaffa, a district of that country.
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Abyssinia
Kaffa
What She Wanted A Minnesota woman seeks a wife in a letter
A Minnesota man advertised for a wife and received a letter from Venus listing odd requirements. She wants a husband lighter by ten pounds, black eyes if possible, home nightly, tall enough to avoid nails on sidewalks, earnings at least 25 dollars monthly, not called Mu, and cold feed plus a liver pad. She signs off ready to begin hostilities at once.
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Minnesota
Siman
Heigth
Venus
Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver
Three day celebration led by Zebu lon Zoon and followers will fill Denver with music and revelry. Burlington line sells round trip tickets Sidney to Denver at low fares for travel Sept 29 to Oct 6 with return by Oct 6.
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Zebulon Zoon
Denver
Burlington
Sidney
San Francisco
Episcopal Church
California
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana Point
Burlngton
J. Francis
Omaha
Neb
Reluctant Candidate Nominated Three Times in German Town
A local election snippet from Tit Bits recounts a man who, after three nominations at a German town desk, finally admits he will not decline. He repeatedly answers himself as the nominee and declines at first, then accepts after being urged by fellow citizens.
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Atyself
Donnerwetter
Tor
Origin of a Worn a western man asks for whisky at a New York bar
A New York Times anecdote recounts how a western patron sought a horn and learned the drink was whisky. He explains that Tennessee’s first distillery in Davidson county sparked the term. gamblers at the Red Helfer reportedly called a dram a horn of the heifer, later shortened to horn, spreading westward.
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New York
East
Kentucky
Tennessee
Davidson County
Alleghanies
New York ‘Times
Blue Silk Garters and Wedding Luck Traditions
A worn garter is said to bring luck to the wearer and a bride should wear a blue silk garter. After the ceremony the garter is either cut or hidden. if hidden, bridesmaids hunt for it and the finder is promised marriage within a year. If cut, it is shared among bridesmaids for luck and a devoted husband.
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Germany
Arnica Salve Cures Railroad Worker Burns
Dr. A Kellett reports a railroad laborer in Williford Ark suffered a severe facial burn. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly healed the wound and skin eruptions. The ad claims it cures burns boils piles and all eruptions with a 25 cent price and druggist availability.
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A. Kellett
Williford
Ark
Bucklen
Injury Care Ad Promotes Quick Healing Claims
An old advertisement for D. J. South touts a remedy described as quickly easing cuts and bruises. It claims to numb pain and hasten healing for minor injuries, saying only severe cases may persist.
Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea After Thirty Years
John Bollowars of French Camp Mississippi says he suffered thirty years from diarrhoea. After using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy several bottles he was cured and urges others to obtain it. For sale by D J Seanlou.
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Sys John
Bollowars
Chamberlain
D. J. Seanlou
Electric Bitters proclaimed lifesaver by Texas lawyer
Henrietta lawyer E B Munday recalls advising his ailing brother to try Electric Bitters. He credits the remedy with curing malaria jaundice and restoring health. The ad claims malaria expulsion disease germ killing blood purification and health benefits with a 50 cent price at drug stores.
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E. B. Munday
Henrietti
Tex
Night of Terror Amid Pneumonia and Recovery
Mrs S H Lincoln recalls a fearful night when General Burnham of Maching Me faced death from pneumonia The doctors feared she would die but Dr King s New Discovery saved her life curing consumption and she slept through the night The remedy promises to cure throat chest and lung diseases with 50c and 1 00 bottles and trial bottles free at drug stores
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Burnham
Maching
S. H. Lincoln
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the Telegraph Directory
U. & Renate
CL. Deltrich
Hastings
Millard
Orbe
Congressional—Sixth Distiller
Wau
Neville North Platte
Land Office
R. D. Harris
J.L. Mclntosh
Kteeulver
J. Muneely
Noth
Owens + bee
J.B. Evans
Rabt
Emanuelson
Lodgepole 24
A Rowan
Fred Lindberg
Redington
Board Village Trustees
Mclntosh
Charmian C OM. Wright
A. K. Greenlee
Re. D. Warris
M J Sanders
E. Gapen
Leroy Murtha
B. McLerpen
Neubauer
Dawson
Mac Radett
Stowiltts
James J. McIntosh
Ylachers
L. G. Cassy
Princip
Delia Clyne
Evangelical Lutheran
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Hoek S Leamer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oba. Pr
Britton
Tia Om
Pworth League
Austin
Sumlay
Nem
Ounthula
CNS
Orduch Episcopal
Toby
Keetar
Dunrard Mission
Maiy
Fermon
Suse
Lafiyy
Diy-Echord
Doch
Aasontie
Giadd J Uo Siindi Rer
Mider
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Eowa
Callahan M
Leslie Maubagar
Hebecen
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Cretary
Wenry
Wa Grosranan
E. V Sumner
W. RC
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P. Hagl Yass
Sidney Camp
M. Woof A
Wageuuis
V.C
M. J. Sanpene
Hidney Lodge
D. Sanders
M W. AW
Kidney
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Comemaunder
L. H. Borowets
Providence
G. E
Masonic Hall
Haswa Canreld
Uzaie Dancourry
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Oorner
Myrtle Streets
Tinta Acaslon
H. Reset
Mystic Legion of
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the Telegraph
Jackson
China
Recipes
the Maiden OF the
J. P. Lingaard
U.P. Depot
Sidney, Neb
What
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Chicago
CHIAG /Muwauneey
Union Depot
Wdereas F. A. Nash
General Western
Farnamst
H.W. Howell
Tray
Chamber
Armee
Burr
D. J. South
Death
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