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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1906
Page
3
The Calumet Baking Powder Trust sells at 45 or 60 cents per pound and may be identified by that high price. The product is warned as a menace to public health because foods made with it contain large quantities of Rochelle salts, a dangerous cathartic drug.
A humorous piece notes that a thin man attracts unfeeling comments and sympathy to the fat man is scarce despite distress. It cites a horse doctor in Iowa who authored a celebrated poem and jokes about finding poets to treat a horse with heaves.
A Tipton West Virginia resident reports success with Dr Williams Pink Pills for weakness and anemia linked to a lingering malaria fever. The piece also mentions Sevills tower of gold prison and a Ducktown Gazette aside on bridge prospects. A quip notes how a girl’s niceness can mask favor.
Estimates show paupers in the United Kingdom cost ratepayers about 2,865,000 pounds per year for clothing. The figure reflects enduring welfare burdens and public relief allocations in the period.
A narrator recalls meeting Jean Valdermere aboard the ship International. Valdermere proposes a mystical order and a mistress to ease heartbreak, hints at the narrator’s Jewish lineage, and provides a ten year lead on his whereabouts. The exchange ends as the narrator resolves to seek him in England.
In Chattanooga I chase news of Jean Valdermere and meet a sinister envoy named Duvalle who bears a ring and claims secret order ties. The exchange reveals cautious secrecy and possible passage toward Valdermere as the encounter ends unresolved.
Francois head coachman to James Hazen Hyde, famed for towering stature, recounted a dinner tale of racing figures. He tells of a girl who asks bookmakers about returns, hearing odds like 60 to 1 yielding 61 dollars and 20 to 1 yielding 21 dollars, then wonders about starting at 1 o'clock.
The Merkel Mail reports a dangerous folk remedy for rattlesnake bites used in Texas. The method involves soaking the wound in kerosene until the oil turns green, then applying a salt poultice soaked in oil and keeping the limb submerged for about an hour, despite medical warnings about venom risk.
Joseph H. Choate hosted a dinner for his clerks and, after coffee, was asked about the top qualifications for a managing clerk. He replied that the two essentials were to shave daily and stay as far away from him as possible.
A sharp observer notes a house once used as a teacher boarding house by pointing to a balcony wall fringe studded with chewing gum balls near the dining room. The exchange hints at the property’s past use through a small detail.
A Cleveland Leader piece advises wives to warm their husband’s slippers by building a strong heat in the kitchen range. The method includes lighting a coal fire, adjusting damper, monitoring temperature, rotating slippers, and finishing on a range with a boiler lid before presenting them to the husband.
A patriotic poem reflects on public anxiety about looming troubles yet notes daily light and cheerful nature. The speaker swears to worry but finds time is spent amid optimism and the world’s small joys.
An absent minded clergyman recalls guiding a diffident youth as a neighbor’s daughter invites him along for a ramble. The moment stirs the bashful lover to declare his desire for a church ceremony if Maud consents, ending with his sudden resolve.
The author questions autumn reports on urban school overcrowding and half time systems. It notes London experiments where pupils who work part time progress faster than full time students, and asks if society pressures youth to mature too quickly in schools.
Mrs. Charles Goldzier of Bayonne New Jersey asks Mayor Garven to hire women on the police force. The mayor pledges to consider the proposal. Goldzier, active in clubs in New York and equal suffrage circles, is well known for her advocacy.
The Internal Revenue Commission has exempted Peruna from IRS license requirements. The decision follows reviews by top medical and pharmaceutical authorities in the United States. The Columbus Dispatch notes the product still carries Columbus' name and maintains its status as a recognized medicine respected by local merchants and friends.
Curly hair is a constitutional hereditary phenomenon. Curly hair curls because it is flat while straight hair is cylindrical. The flatness of the follicle causes a spiral shape. cutting has no effect. Hair from a slanting crooked follicle becomes flattened and twisted.
A quoted maxim from Fuller extols learning through hardship over theoretical study. It argues that true judgment of human affairs comes only after enduring fortune's blows and uncovering its deceptions. The line frames experiential wisdom as superior to scholastic theory.
The oldest university in the world is at Pekin, named the School for the Sons of the Empire. Its antiquity is great and a grand register of stone columns, 320 in number, holds the names of 60,000 graduates.
A 1886 Toledo claim by Frank J. Cheney of the firm J H Corner & Co sworn before A W Gleason asserts the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Mann’s Catarrh Cure. The notice promotes Chaney’s remedy taken internally as a blood and mucous system treatment with testimonials. Also mentions Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
A miscellany of pithy sayings on folly ambition love and virtue. The collection mocks traits like vanity vanity and greed while praising restraint patience and prudence with sharp social observations. The tone resembles a veteran columnist compiling pointed quotes about men women work and temptation.
A Philadelphia woman describes coffee jags that caused nausea nerves and insomnia and credits switching to Postum with curing her ailments after years of coffee dependence. She recalls trying Postum in a restaurant and later preparing it at home to strong flavor and health improvement. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek endorses the product and notes restaurant cooks’ failure to boil it long enough.
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