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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1893
Page
7
A collage of brief anecdotes and ad blurbs presents witty dialogue about teachers, casual flirtations, and social manners. It includes a Boston teacher deflecting introductions, light humor about bootblacks, patent medicines like Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup and Syrup of ipecac, and short quips on editors, paving ideas, and a flirtatious scene by a fire.
A Broadway hatter notes the soft hat’s urban popularity, sparked by the Evening Sun trend. City dwellers praise its comfort, adaptability, and resilience in street life, with sleepers on crowded transit using the hat as a pillow and shade. The piece touts hair health, ease of reshaping, and the soft hat’s departure from rural roots, predicting it will endure.
A historical note discusses wig wearing among Christians and priests, citing Leyden professor Jtvers who said a Christian must wear a wig or be lost, versus Catholic Dr Thiers opposing wigs. It traces ancient Egyptian use and early Christian views from A D 427 to 917, and cites Tertullian and Clement of Alexandria on head coverings and sacred blessing.
The text notes similarities between Malagasy proverbs and other cultures. It cites bird imagery like birds of a feather and a bird in the hand as proverbs. It mentions a saying about unity and guineas, hinting at common folk wisdom across languages.
A satirical piece argues taxation of the stomach is unjust and echoes a call for revival through Quack advertising. It promotes Hossitter's Stomach Motvers as a superior tonic, claiming it strengthens nerves, aids digestion, prevents insomnia, and cures chills fever rheumatism and kidney troubles through benign invigorance and increased digestive activity.
A cryptic exchange unfolds as a woman questions a lover’s sincerity while he insists his feelings run deep. She challenges him with a striking line about loving a man with a glass eye, then she faints, leaving the moment charged with emotion and mystery.
An old style advertisement touts Kemp’s Balram as a cure for coughs and consumption. It urges readers to visit their druggist for a sample bottle, offering large bottles at 50 cents and 1 dollar. The copy also mentions Baker’s Cod Liver Oil and promises to restore “new blood and flesh” with sale through druggists.
The ad argues second class baking powders cost less due to impure materials and haphazard mixing. It contends Royal is pure, refined, and properly blended, offering the same price for inferior powders with a demand for price reduction if buying the cheaper option.
Proprietors offer 500 dollars for an incurable catarrh case proving their remedy cures the worst fuses. The claim asserts a perfect and permanent cure, appealing to readers to submit cases for verification.
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