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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1905
Page
2
Gossip and notices from 1900 era press cover deaths in Paris and Huntsville Texas fire losses, graft probes in Milwaukee, towanda hanging, Prince Louis arrival prep, Heyse and other notables, dynamite river blasting, sheep seizures, and political appointments.
Odette Tyler, noted American actress and playwright, endorses Doane's Kidney Pills in a grateful note. She calls the remedy valuable and says the experience has been gratifying to her and her friends. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo markets the pills at 50 cents per box.
A law student abandons legal studies to pursue opportunities in the son-in-law business, signaling a shift from legal work to family-network driven enterprise.
A Lakeside New York resident, Miss Nellie Vander Wiele, praises Cuticura after months of severe facial sores. She says two cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment cured her, following ineffective prior remedies.
A London police court hears a man claiming to be William Shakespeare among drunk and disorderly prisoners. The judge asks if the name is real or a nom de guerre, and the man says the name is not his birth name but bears no dishonor to a respected name.
In a London bookshop a woman asks for Browning works. The bookseller replies he cannot stock books he cannot understand. She asks if he has Praed. He answers he has prayed, and that does not help him.
An English statesman argues that fostering character and the spirit of self reliance are the most effective remedies for unemployment. He suggests individual resilience as a key path toward durable work and stability.
In country districts a number of reservoirs supplying English cities have become crowded with water fowl and are well stocked with valuable fish. The article notes increased population of birds and thriving fish life amid rising water storage.
The piece warns readers about imitation cereal coffees copying Postum’s style. It notes hundreds of imitative factories have failed over nine years and urges consumers to trust Postum as the original, scientifically prepared cereal coffee endorsed by physicians and the public.
Reports from southern Ohio crown Sweet Brown, a carpenter and reputed robber, as the region’s most absent minded man. Tales recount him sealing himself inside a corn crib, mislocating roof leaks after climbing the house, guiding a cow to a spring while the cistern repairs, and forgetting the cow at dawn.
Henry Swayze, age unknown, of Orange New Jersey, almost drowned after being pulled into a canal while fishing. He had fallen in previously three times that year, with rescues by John Abbott and Alvan Dor man. He lost his saved money as the incident ended and plans to curb his water habit were announced.
A mother sings to her child beside a rose scented cottage by a southern sea and again in a wind blown wigwam by Lake Temagami. The verses express enduring love as seagulls fly and deer roam, praising a child who grows adored with each day. Cy Warman notes these lines in the New York Sun.
George visits Mabel in a country setting during a two week vacation to plan marriage within a year. They find the woods safe and calm away from city noise and bustle as their engagement continues.
Harold A. Loring of Portland Maine has been appointed by the secretary of the Interior as supervisor of native Indian music. He has spent time with the Sioux on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota and will travel to western reservations to carry out his duties.
A movement to create a Toronto university residence for men is launched with a $15,000 gift from EB C Whitney of Ottawa. Organizers aim to raise $200,000 to build four or five halls housing fifty to sixty men each.
Demand for gas grows in Germany reaching towns as small as 3,000 inhabitants. Last year eighty new gas works were established in these towns at costs ranging from $22,500 to $30,000.
In 1855, during the Crimean War, G. Benson appeared in Sheffield, arranged with a local printer to start a daily paper, bought it, ran it for ten days, then vanished. The founder of one of England’s leading papers remains largely unknown.
In 1698 the 1800 foot summit of Carguatrazo collapsed leaving two horned crater rims. The surrounding area suffered desolation over two square miles with liquid tufa and argillaceous mud trapping dead fish.
The tale recalls a father described as the most original and slovenly man in France who mocked his son with a mirror remark. He said God made you a gentleman the king made you a duke and you should at least shave.
In Cleveland Arkansas July 31 a local man A E Carlile testifies after 23 years of kidney trouble that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best remedy for sick kidneys. He says the pills cured him and frees him from back ache and Bright's Disease fears, urging others to try them.
A short aphorism notes that singing at certain times brings sorrow the next day or night. It presents warnings about singing on waking or before breakfast leading to crying later. The piece uses rhythmic caution about daily habits and emotional outcomes.
A patriotic argument extols American independence and self reliance as keys to prosperity. Lion Coffee is portrayed as the trusted, leading package coffee favored by grocers and households, symbolizing American preference for the best and purest.
A columnist argues that many men gain more real enjoyment from street piano music for a dime than from paying three dollars for an opera ticket, reflecting on value and accessibility of entertainment.
Fragmented lines show Mrs Ivinslow's Soothing Eyrop for children teething. Other items mention Ascot ties and FARMS FOR RENT OR SALE ON CROP payments. A signature J MULHALL Stroux City In appears with existential line about heaven.
An advertisement claims Defiance Starch delivers stronger washing results and offers more value for money. The copy contrasts the product with rival brands and includes a satirical line about religious hypocrisy versus revenue.
A garbled blend of quotes mocks remedies and opinions with scattered references to Dr. Kennedy, B T Trowbridge, sunrise in Harlem, Uintah settlement maps, homeseekers guide, and Piso’s Cure for Consumption amid 1900 era chatter.
The story recounts Bishop Peck of the Methodist Episcopal church dying after overeating Mrs. Brown’s alleged harmless mince pies. He collapsed at home following a large supper and expressed he was not afraid to die, but ashamed. The tale frames a moral about indulgence and reputation.
Private Hopkins initially refuses to walk further among the Blankshire Rifle Volunteers under a sweltering sun. He then dashes after his unit as a maddened bull seems to spur him on, reaching the bus just in time and proving he did not walk a step.
A poem narrates a "little crooked black man" shadowing the sinner, unseen by the sinner but visible to others. It exposes fear, guilt, and judgment, suggesting the sinner’s sins include a lack of love and moral blindness rather than explicit misdeeds. The refrain urges the reader to look behind and confront hidden wrongdoing.
British actors complain of exclusion from the royal inclosure at Ascot races. A spokesman notes that actors lose their prior qualifications for royal presence once they join the theater. Knights in acting gain court access, while unknighted actors remain outsiders, unlike painters sculptors and musicians.
An investigator finds a 1567 Paris document by Catherine de Medici proving the Chaillot aqueduct was built by TherNard Parissy, not by ancient Romans, challenging long held scholarly beliefs. The evidence, authenticated, shifts the origin of the famed waterwork.
Over one million acres in the Uintah Indian reservation will be opened to settlement on August 28 with registration from August 1 to August 12 at Grand Junction Colorado. The Colorado Midland line from Denver Colorado Springs or Pueblo offers the shortest route to Grand Junction and to reservation points.
Butchers in Putney England unveil a new cattle killing tool resembling a single barrel pistol but discharges a solid bolt instead of a bullet. The bolt travels the barrel to penetrate the skull instantly stupefying the animal, avoiding gunshot damage to the head.
A North American Review excerpt discusses mind and grain as master and servant with mind proving mastery by replacing one servant yet preserving integrity. It argues death as eclipse and defines genius as a degree of energy and its control rather than insanity or imbecility.
In Stoke Park near Guilford England an oak tree hosts an annual missionary meeting. People seeking mission work step forward there and many regard the tree as a turning point in their lives.
This Iowa clergyman and his wife describe lifelong coffee use ending after switching to Postum Food Coffee. They report removing vomiting episodes that plagued them since spring 1896 and say nine years of Postum brought lasting health, praising the product from Battle Creek Michigan.
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