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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1896
Page
3
Special inducements are offered for those seeking fertile lands in southwest Missouri. The region reputed for rich mineral, fruit, and agricultural potential promises productive soil and abundant pure water. For details contact J. M. Purdy, manager, Missouri Land and Live Stock Co., Neosho, Missouri.
An ingenious woman suggests making a jelly strainer from a wooden chair without interior rails. Turn the chair upside down on a table, lay a clean cloth over it, tie the four corners to the chair legs, and place a crock underneath to collect the jelly. Dip the cloth in boiling water before use. jellies may be strained a third time if needed.
Excerpted remarks from the Detroit Tribune assert women’s potential beyond traditional roles, arguing that education could enable mastery of language. The note follows other 19th century guarantees and a teaser about E Glave’s Congo ventures with Century magazine, recounting his year with British troops pursuing Arab slave traders.
Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue advertises a 4 cent stamp for the catalogue and free grain samples for fall sowing from A Salzer Seed Co LaCrosse Wis. The note also mentions McClure's Magazine August with fiction by Crane Thanet Ross Thomson and Eliot and previews stories about The Red Badge of Courage and Perry's Lake Erie battle. The Stark Brothers Nurseries in Illinois advertise growth of beehive style operations and canvassing outfits while Mrs Stowe is celebrated in Atlantic Monthly August Reminiscences by Mrs James I Fields.
Personal appeal stating that anyone aided by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills may receive valuable information by writing to Pink Pills P. O. Box 1592 Philadelphia Pa.
A bewhiskered man in a hotel chair recounts that a father, two sons, and an uncle all ran for office in the last election. A bystander asks which part of Ohio he hails from, illustrating local curiosity about political families.
In the San Joaquin valley, winter irrigation dominates alfalfa and grain, with limited summer watering. The soil holds moisture deeply, enabling crops to mature with minimal top-soil moisture. Overwatering leads to damaged orchards and wasted water, while proper, modest irrigation and cultivation boost yields. Farther north, Tulare county shows smaller checks and varied layouts, with rich soil and a landscape of many farms relying on Kaweah’s dependable water.
City engineer receives lighter load of snail shells from Mr. Curtis of Eustis for an experimental paving layer atop Alachua rock pavement on Main Street. The shells were donated by Mr. Curtis.
A storm halted the 2d avenue to Bensonhurst trolley near Ulmer Park. A middle aged woman in white repeatedly asked conductors for transfers amid rain fears. She later moved along the stalled cars as the downpour worsened, her dress turning soaked.
A Cleveland Leader cartoon quote lampoons a new music teacher. The gag hinges on a pupil asking how the teacher is, with the child noting the teacher criticized a tune as needing a week more practice to offset the harm done.
An Bath amateur on stage mocked the cabbage thrown at him by declaring the person who lost the head could come forward. The Lewiston Journal notes the incident as a sharp, ready retort amid the crowd.
A scattered digest mentions Jerusalem's modernization with eight printing offices, a very old lime tree in Nuestadt, a bicycle lesson offer in Eastbourne for five shillings, and a storm warning habit in Albany Missouri. It cites Leuwenhoek on animalculae, Paris meat horse casualties, leap year reckoning in England, Wyoming plans for a new national park, a Shoshone Arapahoe land treaty, and Siberia's vast size compared with Europe and the US.
The article notes royal approval broadening women’s clubs in London. It highlights the Green Park Club as premier and aristocratic, with a portrait and autograph from the queen. It also mentions the Ladies International Club in Bond Street aiming to host visitors from England, abroad, and especially the United States, attracting New York clubwomen.
The column touts Mostetter's Stomach Bitters as protection and remedy for malaria areas and digestive issues. It advises care in malarial regions and promotes other remedies for children teething, fowl care, and a questionable claim about a fruit and milk diet promoting rapid flesh gain.
A garbled snippet mentions a general trusted in war and a promised hard fight with tire puncture tactics, plus a New York Sun reference. It also lists a glycerine cure for various ailments and a crude aside about understudies, suggesting a miscellany of ads, notes, and prose.
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