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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1897
Page
3
A Napier reader sends J Labouchere's Truth a copy of the new bathing by law. It requires every person bathing in the sea or any water within or within one mile of Napier to wear a decent bathing dress extending from shoulders to knees, and forbids white or blue color or net garments.
A grand scale lawn tennis club is to be established in Paris. It will have eight courts with two covered for winter play, plus dining rooms dressing rooms and baths. The club will hold two annual tournaments inviting English players. An English professional will oversee town affairs and coach players. Subscription starts at 150 francs for the first 100 members rising to 200 francs after.
A dinner conversation praises a still life including a table, book, pipe, and purse. A bank bill is remarked as perfectly pasted. The host claims it is an authentic artwork bought from an artist.
A New York Broadway restaurant displays the sign live broiled lobsters attracting curiosity. The phrase has been explained for standard phrases but this variant remains unclear to observers and critics connected with animal welfare.
The sanitary inspector sent by the Spanish government reports Lisbon is experiencing an Asiatic cholera outbreak imported from the Cape Verde islands after a long inquiry.
A fragmentary newspaper snippet mixes ads and satire including Star Tobacco praising enduring use, a cold cure claim for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with refund promise, a humorous exchange about debt, and an optical ad from Columbian Optical Co at 211 S 16th St Omaha.
An ornate London timepiece sent by the East India Company president to the Chinese emperor appears as a chariot shaped case with ivory figure a clock, a tiny bird wheels, a silver bell hammer and a diamond button enabling chimes. The ornament features a gold dog figure and flying birds, all richly decorated with precious stones. The article also notes upcoming Century serial by Mary Hartwell Catherwood on Jeanne d arc and McClure's April issue with General Sherman letters and Hamilton portraits by Henry Cabot Lodge.
Dialog hints a young relative traveled west a decade ago and now serves in Congress. The excerpt includes old ad blurbs and punny jokes about daily life with a courtroom edge, mentioning teething syrup and laxatives in a misty, period-voice style.
Mrs. Crumpet and Mrs. Brown, once close schoolmates, visit Baltimore and New York. A guest room curtain theft fear leads to a misread yarn about trust and appearances with a final caution not to trust what is heard or seen alone.
Reverend M. St. C. Wright argues that higher culture and education breed greater sensitivity and risk of self destruction, claiming civilization carries the cost of progress. A Tacoma Endeavorers mission band forms to aid city rescue missions.
A returning Dakota visitor chides Washington residents for quarreling over water. She explains saving water by buying it by the cord in winter and by the barrel in summer, melting ice in the yard as needed, noting the high cost and murky water elsewhere.
A Monday afternoon train arrives at Waldoboro depot as a woman carrying bundles moves toward the car’s end indicated by a brakeman and then the conductor at the opposite end asks. The woman cries out in confusion, asking which end.
The write up denounces laxatives as ridiculous and harmful and promotes lpstetter's Stomach Bitters as a gentler remedy. It claims the bitters relieve constipation without pain and benefit the stomach liver and vowels. It warns against chronic constipation if untreated.
An editor proposes placing bread in iron boxes with ten newspaper coupons to grant a starving person access to a key. The enterprising publisher outlines this charity scheme in a discussion.
The ad touts No-To-Bac as a miracle remedy to quit tobacco easily and forever. It claims the product makes weak men strong and promises nerve and vigor with a guaranteed cure, listing druggists and offering a booklet and free sample from Fuerling Remedy Co in Chicago or New York.
An English editor announced plans to publish a serial story The Prettiest Girl in Town in the paper next issue. More than a hundred girls wrote notes urging him to omit their names or face consequences. The item reflects a public reaction to serialized fiction and readers’ privacy concerns.
A note in Puck contrasts French women’s freedom from marriage with American expectations. It argues that women must endure pain to marry then gain no further autonomy, warning of obedience to husbands despite claimed equality.
Ad offers No-To- Bac tobacco habit cure for fifty cents to one dollar with claims of making weak men strong and blood pure. Mentions drugsists and hard work as time-killers.
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