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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
6
Miss Gertrude L. Bull of Union Grove Illinois describes a long, failing health from pneumonia and a disabling cough. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pure People with restoring strength within weeks and months, noting improved blood health and recovery from debility.
Denmark ships about 2,500,000 pounds of honey abroad each year, highlighting the country’s strong apicultural trade.
A testimonial claims Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured a severe scalp humor and restored hair, with the user Frederick Busche of New York City endorsing continued use. Also notes that three million song birds are killed yearly to trim hats with plumes.
An old advertisement promotes Yake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets that claim to cure a cold in one day. It offers a money back refund if the cure fails and bears E. W. Jave’s signature on each box.
A pasted 1900 advertisement invites readers to write Eugene Moore in St. Louis Missouri for details on a 000 acre plantation and stock for sale with 8 percent dividends guaranteed. It also seeks active managers and agents.
The Nebraska Legislature recommends passage of several bills including HB 328 for Loomis relief, HB 305 on bridge control, HB 309 for a permanent school fund amendment, and HB 182 the independent telephone bill. It also discusses HB 351 aiding independent elevators, SB 9 binding twine plant, and various other appropriations and amendments.
The house approved a night session schedule and passed measures raising the county physician salary, dissolving the Soldiers Home visiting board, and tightening flag use rules. Also remitted Hamilton County taxes prior to 1891 fire losses and barred under 15s from carrying firearms. Senate moved bills on stock unloading, tax sales, and county superintendent standards, plus funding for Peru normal. House action included rail rules, charter bills, and a call for a constitutional convention.
The 24th session saw bills to empower the state printing board for emergency supplies under 100 dollars per department, adjust county clerk salaries for 18 000 to 25 000 populations, designate the Douglas county assessor as ex officio tax commissioner, and other measures. Senate passing noted including revenue and salary revisions for several state offices and a sweep of irrigation, bridge, and railroad access items.
An Omaha ad extols City Savings Bank as state supervised and safe with 4 percent interest on deposits. It notes mortgage backed investments and accepts deposits from all, inviting readers to mail for information and receive needles or testimonials.
Rich remote corners of Alaska and British Columbia yield remarkable wildlife including the Kodiak bear the largest on earth the immense moose the sea otter and the inland white Alaskan mountain sheep thought to be a new bear species not an albino of the black or brown varieties.
Housekeepers are urged to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use. Each 16 oz package costs 10 cents, offers a full pound while competitors sell 12 oz or 14 oz at the same price, and contains no injurious chemicals. Grocers may stock smaller sizes to clear inventory, but Defiance clearly prints 16 oz on every package.
The piece describes the AP's wide reach from St John to Seattle and Duluth to New Orleans and Mexico City. It notes 700 papers use the service, and Melville E. Stone explains the organization and its aims. The Century will feature Europe operations and diplomacy behind its efficiency.
In the March Pearson's Magazine Dr. H. W. Wiley discusses experiments of the poison squad testing adulterated foods and their effects on health. Also featured is Galvestin, the City Reclaimed, detailing flood recovery and municipal reform. McClusky, New York's ex Chief of Detectives, recounts notable cases from George McClusky's career.
The March Arena from Trenton presents a study of the German dramatist Gerhart Hauptmann by Professor Archibald Henderson, the second in Arena’s series on great modern dramatists. Also featured is a Paris radical meeting report by Mrs Frances Hardin Hess with portraits of Jaurès Anatole France and de Pressenssé.
A giant crab measured 2 feet 7 inches across with formidable claws, purportedly the largest caught in the North Sea. Details on the capture and location were not fully disclosed.
New York reports Mr. N O Nelson has established a health camp for consumptives at Indio California to aid poor invalids. The camp covers 125 acres with artesian wells and irrigation, offers tents and meals, with low rents and optional board, and plans work programs to prevent burdens on the camp. Residents may lease or buy land on installment or share basis as they recover.
Dr. S A Knopf of New York condemns the idea that alcohol cures tuberculosis. He warns alcohol poisons the system and damages the stomach, hindering digestion and recovery. He cites tragic cases where families starve the ill to buy liquor instead of nourishing the patient.
Dr Knopf explains four at‑risk groups for tuberculosis and urges intelligent battle against the disease. He cites hereditary predisposition, weakened systems from intemperance, illness‑weakened constitutions, and workers in certain trades as most vulnerable.
New experiments show that men doing precise mental work needing little physical effort require almost no more food than resting individuals. Excess food may poison blood, waste tissues, and impair brain and nerve functions, causing clouded thinking, restless sleep, and nervous exhaustion.
The article distinguishes lethargy from fatigue due to overindulgence and work. It notes many chronic invalids suffer from fatigue, and restoration comes from a simple diet and gradually increased outdoor exercise, not rest alone.
A physician from the US Department of Agriculture notes tiny amounts of copper sulfate can stop algae in lakes and reservoirs and destroy typhoid and cholera germs. He questions hygienic adequacy and suggests boiling and Pasteur filtration as better, while warning coal and gravel filters are unreliable.
Dr. C. E. Hastings cautions that the body contains no unoccupied space and tight corsets force organs to shrink or crowd. He argues nature’s processes are interrupted when the body is compressed.
Simple breakfast toast baked slowly until crisp and golden. Cocoanut cream is made by extracting coconut juice with hot water, creating a milk substitute to pair with grains and desserts. Strawberry egg nog combines egg yolk and white with sugar lemon and strawberry juice for a meringue topping.
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