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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
6
Lioyds Column bets on when the war will end with a spread of predictions. May 1 1915 odds 2 to 1 against, June 1 1915 evens, Sept 1 1915 10 to 1 against, Dec 1 1915 10 to 1 on, Mar 1 1916 115 to 1 on. Germany taking Paris 25 to 1 against, Warsaw 5 to 1 against.
A Sunday style column recounts a preacher's fiery stump speech about faith and action, with a comic take on Goliath, the tithe parable, and habit shaping wealth. It also cites John Jacob Astor on sleep, work, and honesty, plus a damning Damascus sanitation quip from a Turkish province tale.
A traveling salesman at a hotel table with legislators is asked formal questions. He endures quiet for ten minutes before jokingly asking the waiter to pass butter from the “gentleman from Ethiopia.” The cartoonish scene, from the Norfolk Pilot, satirizes cramped decorum.
A notice promotes Minnesota Red River Ohio seed potatoes free from scab and dry rot, enough for five acres, with delivery at 90 cents per bushel. It urges testing with Mr. Seidell and ordering now, alongside guidance on controlling potato diseases including dry rot wilt and stem rot.
A German remedy called Hamburg Brust Thee is sold in pharmacies. Drink a cup of boiling water poured over a tablespoon of the tea to relieve congestion, open pores, loosen bowels, and drive a cold from the system. Safe, inexpensive, and plant based for cold relief.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick, harmless cure for backache lumbago and sciatica. It promises relief after rubbing a small amount into the pain and claims the ache ends within fifty counts.
The text outlines handling seed potatoes to prevent disease, warning against fungal sclerotia and scablike tuber injuries. It prescribes treatments using corrosive sublimate and formaldehyde solutions, with safety precautions and detailed mixing steps, including quantities, processing times, and drying or ventilation requirements.
In a large shallow pan center of the cellar pour the formal. Stir briefly and leave the cellar quickly with the door shut. After 24 hours open doors to vent gas before reentering. Precaution place pan to avoid boiling over onto potatoes.
First class blacksmithing and horseshoeing offered at a new shop in the alley behind Rodgers' store. Mr and Mrs George Curfman visited from Oshkosh and Mrs Curfman entered the cancer sanitarium in Hot Springs for treatment.
The text touts Sage Tea and Sulphur as a natural hair darkener that restores lustre and stops dandruff. It promises gray hair will darken naturally after simple applications, with a bottle sold at about fifty cents and a claim that hair becomes thicker and younger looking.
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