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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
6
A fragment from a playful scene shows Bhanty Sue querying about a silk garment while Nora objects it was watered silk. Jimmy pretends to be important at Goat Til. a boy seeks an office job and saves for a snowy day to buy a sled. The Chapel Critics discuss a bride and a toastmaster’s joke request.
A humorous exchange about a new automobile opens with a boastful motor car enthusiast. The amateur motorist describes the car as loud and unwieldy like a steam roller and traction engine, while the admirer eager to buy the same make offers his old vehicle as a gift.
Magistrate notes the defendant proposes paying $5 for a black eye as settlement. Plaintiff agrees and jokes about striking the other eye if amused, prompting further court consideration.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat account recalls a tense exchange as a convict declares he has four wives and questions authority while a landowner demands shooting over his land. The exchange centers on a threat to shoot and the owner’s insistence on protecting property.
Meandering Mike asks a traveler’s tip on choosing a photo to sell a car, claiming he only needs a “mersbeen” for the ad. Mabel comments that the dark photo is best, though the others resemble him more.
A reporter recalls a case from Woodsville Conn in 1905 where an infant suffered terrible sores covering face and body. After about two months of Cuticura Soap and Ointment treatment the child recovered fully and has had no sores since. The note attributes the cure to Cuticura products. The piece also notes France’s snail farming and Belgian soil bringing up unknown weeds.
Officials in Germany have concluded through analysis that eighty percent of patent medicines lack medicinal value while twenty percent are harmful. Tonics are deemed especially detrimental due to their alcohol content. A Swiss scientist reports mountain air above 2000 feet is free of microbes.
Nearly 300000 new arrivals reach Canada in 1907 with about 60000 from the United States. Factors cited include fertile land at low prices, government land grants, mild climate, strong markets, good schools, and social liberties. Winnipeg and Edmonton cited as parallels to Chicago and Omaha in the American West.
In St Petersburg Russian officials contend American consul Fred D. Fisher in Harbin refuses to recognize Russian authority in Manchuria. Washington officials say Fisher acts under a State Department plan to secure recognition of Chinese sovereignty and maintain the open door. The dispute touches Russia Japan and European powers with implications for rail zones and municipal control.
The American car in the New York to Paris automo bile race, with driver George Schuster machinist George Miller and Captain Ifans Hanson, arrived in Seattle on the steamer City of Pueblo. Warnings about winter trail conditions between Valdez and Nome prompt the Alaska leg to be abandoned and the party may sail to Vladivostok to travel by the southern Siberian route.
Coal operators meeting in Pittsburgh decide to close mines until a full wage and working agreement is reached. Because local scales vary, a general suspension is expected to begin in the district on April 1.
A health brief extolls an ethical family laxative praised by physicians and the Well Informed of the World. It promotes genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. and sold by leading druggists.
Lena V. Henry of Norristown Ga. credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her from surgery and curing her female troubles after trying the remedy. The note urges all sick women to write for advice to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts. Generators and household tips follow including a push for home lighting and farm work routines.
Advice to carry a small Cascarets box in your pocket and take one when bowels feel off. Drugstores offer the product with a satisfaction guaranteed refund. Priced at 10c, 50c, and 286.
In Lisbon seven people killed and about a hundred wounded as fighting erupts after disputes over vote counting at St Dominique’s church. Guards fire on mobs, infantry and cavalry join, and chaos spreads through the streets amid clashes between republicans and monarchists.
Mrs. A Holzman living about three miles east of Valentine Neb was seriously injured in a runaway when the buggy shaft broke loose frightening the horse. The buggy upset, she was thrown beneath it and sustained a broken arm and crushed shoulder. An artery was severed, placing her condition in jeopardy.
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