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Newspaper
The Sidney Republican
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1901
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text references national Republicans and a congressional district. Mentions Wm. Neville and North Matte, with garbled lines about districts and representation. Unable to determine a complete event. record reflects a partial directory entry with names and district hints.
Fragmented OCR text listing several state officials with unclear roles, including secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general and superintendent of public instruction. Names appear partially obscured or garbled, making precise identifications difficult.
In a terse notice the court appoints R. D. Harris and Receiver Williams in MaNEENY proceedings with clerk details shown in the fragmented garbled text. The item records a judicial action and assigns roles to named officials.
Fragmentary OCR text mentioning FD Owens and Corag Mith Re mane... Evans. Napth Platte. Partial items hint at a legal or legislative note with unclear names and places.
In a routine hearing Judge Germos presided with HM Cary and officials from Northljotte. The case involved local matter and potential orders anchored by a request from Northljotte authorities. Further proceedings were scheduled for a later date.
County officials include Treasurer Jahmkuhl Lodgepole Sheriff Frank King Lapeer Clerk James Burns Camp Clarke sludge M J Randers Sidney Supr Public Inst C D Lyon Sidney Surveyor LH Bordwell Sidney Coroner 7 1s W P Bassett Sidney Attorney H E Gapen Sidney Commissioners 1st District Robt Emanuelson Lodgepole 2d District Frank A Rowan Sidney 1d District Fred Lindberg Redington.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church schedules preaching every Sunday morning at 11 and evening at 7. Sunday school starts at 10. Prayer meeting is Wednesday evening at 7:30. Pastor J. Leaman leads the congregation.
Sunday morning and evening services listed for a Protestant church with Sunday school at 9:45 led by Brittany as superintendent, Epworth League at 6:30, preaching at 11, prayer at 7:30, pastor Rev W. Austys. Catholic Masses Sunday 10 am with regular third-Sunday mass noted. church notices invite all. Episcopal service details include weekly communion and sermons at 11 am, morning prayer and sermon at 11, and evening prayer at 7. All welcomed by Rector E R EANLE.
The Dunkard Mission holds services every Sunday afternoon with preaching at 3:00. Singers or delegates appear at 2:00 for fellowship. Elder J. U. Suine appears as the presiding elder.
Various lodge and fraternal group meeting times and officers listed in a scattered OCR extract. Mentions include Royal Neighbors Camp No. 12, Frank Welch Lodge No. 7, T. O. O. F. Sidney Lodge No. 91, G. A. R. Camp No. 42, M. W. of A., and K. P. Ball among others with irregular dates and names such as Neubauer, Nelson, Wright, Grosvenor, and Shoemaker.
An author, Geoge M. Smith, defends a remark about Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre in a Cornhill piece. He recalls Thackeray's alleged slip during Bronte’s London visit, when he supposedly introduced her as Jane Eyre. Bronte reportedly scolded him, then later confronted him in a drawing room with sharp wit.
Crowds along rail lines for the McKinley funeral train placed coins on the tracks to identify the journey in years to come. Mutilated coins were gathered later, with collectors and bystanders hoping for a share of crushed money. A Shadyside resident reportedly left a $10 gold piece, ripped slightly by the passing train, to become a prized exhibit in his collection.
The Galveston Daily News notes the duck season opened along the coast but emorgui toes reduce interest for pot shooters. Sabine markets welcome fat ducks from rice fields north and west of the city. Reports describe Joe Marty firing 343 ducks in 2 hours 15 minutes. A H Best tallies 68 ducks in 1 hour 20 minutes. Ben F Johnson and Henry Townsend also posted high counts.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans recalls a strange premonition from a sailor named Flannigan on the Powhatan before the Fort Fisher assault in January 1863. Flannigan gave Evans a smallpox box to deliver to his sister Philadelphia and warned he would be killed ashore. During the charge at about 800 yards, Flannigan was wounded and died, and the smallpox box was delivered as requested.
A fragmentary account from Youth’s Companion recounts General De Wet guiding Boer wagons past a British crossing. He signals troops to pull aside and invites surrender without a shot fired, as trains of wagons and prisoners accumulate under cover near the riverbank.
London gold and silversmiths busy making coronets for peers with jeweled lozenges and silver balls to suggest royalty. Most peers own no coronet yet expect elaborate headpieces for the coronation, priced around 73.50 dollars.
Henry Grier Bryant and Walter Dwight Wilcox led an expedition from Banff to the Mount Assiniboine area in the Canadian Rockies. The party aimed to reach the 12,000 foot peak via the south approach, reached 11,125 feet, and left with the summit still unattained after five weeks abroad.
Nearly all syrup flavors from soda fountains are adulterated with substitutes. Analysis shows even cheap flavors are often unwholesome. True vanilla costs high. vanillin substitutes from turpentine or other substances are common. Authorities warn metallic water contamination poses greater health risks than flavor adulteration.
The article notes strong support by female college Greek letter fraternities at Vassar, Wellesley and other schools, with investments in home properties totaling more than 3 million dollars. Chapters often rent or own homes, including a Queen Anne house at Sycamore university and a Lambda Alpha Theta chapter in Vermont. Projection favors more chapter houses within ten years as two thirds move to home ownership. Also mentions Tacoma’s largest grain fleet loading 20,000 tons of wheat and total Pacific wheat exports reaching 100,000 tons.
A. Wharton comments on Andrew Jackson's marriage to Mrs. Robards, noting legal confusion in Virginia at the time and Kentucky court action. The piece suggests Jackson failed to verify legal terms, leading to scandal and later attempts to “heal” his image through forceful rhetoric.
A Chicago Chronicle note laments decline of traditional domestic arts in England. It argues generations ago women taught cooking, sewing, brewing, and careful food use, but now these skills fade as cottage work gives way to service jobs. The piece warns of eroding female craft and pride amid modern labor shifts.
The article describes a primitive Finnish bath method practiced by northern Norway communities. A windowless 15 by 18 foot bathhouse hosts weekly steam baths driven by heated stones and water poured over them. Men sweat and are whipped with birch switches, then a roll in snow cools them. no changing rooms, clothes, or lighted spaces inside. Philadephia Times.
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