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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1890
Page
7
An eclectic collage reports on patent medicines promising cure for indigestion and related ailments, followed by a social snippet about Anita McCormick and Begsle Ross, heiress of a Chicago fortune, highlighting appearance, education, and golf prospects. Other items mention two warned accidents and a druggist claim about a cold remedy.
Fragmentary note asserts Castoria was given to a child multiple times ending with a period. No clear person or institution identified. The text mentions Castoria and a vague precaution but lacks verifiable details.
A Times reporter meets a bearded beggar on Twenty seventh Street near Broadway. The young Exeter, NH man, shaved late and dressed well, lies about his job hunt to fund a shave, then reveals begging as a fallback after losing his money. He recounts how he survived by soliciting alms, bartering portraits and songs, until illness and death felled a key companion. The piece blends urban slyness with hardship and the beggar’s inventive hustle.
The narrator recalls African fever aboard a crowded boat tied to a night mooring. Hippo noises wake the sleepers as the crew endures delirium and sleeplessness. Milne, a strong British sailor, succumbs after days of fever, leaving a personal wound for the narrator who depended on him for guidance and rifle handling.
The Pike's Peak Cog Railway advances toward completion, replacing the burro train with a steam cog-driven system. After two failed local capitals efforts, a robust syndicate in Manitou Springs funds grading from Ute Iron Springs west of the resort, up Ruxton Creek to the summit, nine miles distant. The line climbs 4,336 feet, averaging 926 feet per mile, with a station near Halfway House and a summit hotel at 14,336 feet. An elevated railway connecting Manitow to depots is planned to be ready alongside the cog line.
Theodora Childs Summer Holidays recounts Stamboul streets crowded with yellow mutilated dogs. Puppies scatter underfoot while mothers defend their litters, and locals dodge the animals along hills and gutters in the heat. The tramway rails draw mangy dogs to rest as drivers plead softly for their removal.
Louis Crawford a farmer near Birmingham Alabama guards a razor-back hog he values at 100 dollars and says it behaves like a dog while his possum-hunting dogs prove their skill with fifty hides this season. Australia’s contralto Hiclon Rane captivates Melbourne audiences with a notably rich voice.
Eugene Field notes in Chicago News that Wilhelm II, avid reader and monarch of Germany, receives fifty European newspapers daily. He clips items with scissors, pastes them into scrapbooks, and indexes them to track influential writers and outlets. The Paris Viguro is said to be of particular interest.
A newly found catacomb near Kertch in Tahtur quarter sits about fifteen feet underground and features three chambers with frescoes of worms surrounded by winged gems and domestic life scenes. An inscription echoes Shakespearean tributes, pledging that Sarak’s bones were not robbed, but the site has already been looted.
The July 9 Galveston Tex News notes two Galveston residents each won $2,500 from a Louisiana State Lottery prize of 100000, with one man at 159 Twenty-seventh Street and the other George Weiss a Fox's Bakery delivery man. The piece also praises Morse's Shoe Factory and western manufacturing, urging readers to ask storekeepers to source goods from Morse & Co., Omaha, and advertises small newspapers for Western towns.
An Old World style ad touts Monse's Senoox Snors made in Omaha Nebraska claiming longer wear and better fit than rivals by widening the toe. It markets 150 women and children styles and 150 men’s goods along with Goodyear rubbers and a reward for shoddy leather. The piece also promotes Syrup of Figs and Idaho crops with promotional boasts and miscellaneous ephemera.
A persuasive ad-style plea targets women who doubt patent medicines. It praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as proven to help delicate, weak women, claims thousands cured, and offers money-back assurance if not as represented. The piece invites readers to try and avoid skepticism.
An ad notes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a gentle yet thorough liver stimulant. It claims to regulate and invigorate the liver stomach and bowels, presenting them as best liver pills for gentle holistic digestion support.
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