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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1908
Page
10
A florist discovers a simple cockroach trap using a pint fruit jar with bacon scrap left in a greenhouse. Morning results show a dozen or more roaches stuck to the jar walls as they climb the slippery glass. A paper label provides the foothold needed for the insects to enter the trap.
The article describes filling cracks and dents in wood with a paste made from softened white tissue paper and glue. Ochres shade the paste to match the wood, then calcined magnesia is added and pressed into cracks or holes to form a firm, smooth finish after drying.
Stemmed batter pudding requires eggs milk jor flour salt sugar baking powder melted butter and dried raisins steamed two and a half hours with a creamy sauce. Also includes fried steak method using round cut rubbed with salt soda soaked overnight rinsed and fried in hot fat with optional gravy.
Fragmented page lists kitchen tips and medicinal mixtures and food ideas. Entries include a rice batter, sulfur and molasses tonic, egg custard, dates for breakfast, potato pudding, and methods for preventing boil-overs plus notes on buttermilk and potato leftovers.
The article recounts the life of Johnny Appleseed, the erratic genius who spread apple seeds across Ohio and the western frontier. It describes his seed gathering from cider presses, travels by horse and on foot, planting methods, and his habit of trading trees for clothing and food while giving religious books to settlers.
The article contrasts rural life in Normandy and Brittany with American towns, noting quiet sweetness, orderly villages, and frequent beautification. It highlights neatness, window boxes, flowering borders, and the absence of clutter, as peasant life and small towns blend with nature.
A fragment from a Boston correction notes Bilkins moving from New York to Boston. It parodies a morning request at Dutcher's for a porterhouse and a urbane proprietor denies service. The piece includes mock quotes about cablers and shoe prices with muddled dialogue.
A fragmented ad style item extols Pe-Ru-Na praising a queen of actresses. It blends gardening tips on picking berries and grapes with instructions to spray Hor deaux and schedule crops. The text reiterates product praise amid scattered farming guidance.
An advertisement style item promoting Peruna claims digestive and nerve benefits. It cites Julia Marlowe’s endorsement and includes testimonials about relief from nervous dyspepsia after using the remedy. The text weaves in additional quips about diligence, weather, and a curious Alaska candle-fish note.
A Manning woman, Mrs. T. C. Willadsen, writes that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her years of female ailments after doctors failed. She says the remedy restored her to perfect health and urges other sick women to seek advice from Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
A mosaic of quips and snippets features a leap year flirtation promise a trader stamps joke about an old wed couple a chorus about winds and acting a cream gag a car buyer tale exaggerated engines and fog machines a paper tale on spruce for NY papers tenacity thrift and a roadside lesson pun about climbing and birds eggs all in quirky newspaper style
A playful, whimsical note likens a frog to human charm and coy behavior. The speaker muses on resemblance and flirtatious tone, with a mock warning about reputations and the oddity of comparing a dog and a lover.
A fragmentary dialogue shows visitors in a cell block and a playful exchange about a first story and a sweet answer. A waiter joke about steak repeats last week’s order, and a cryptic line hints at a chat with a sibling.
A fragmentary dialogue touches on gossip about a Cashits story in the Baltimore American while a line hints at a limited time sale and a mother congress remark. The scene mixes gossip, journalism, and a sales pitch in a bustling public setting.
A customer praises a dairyman whose reputation rests on his butter after a sample proves the product meets expectations, underscoring the craftsman’s solid standing in the market.
A Detroit Free Press item jokes about a warden showing a guest around a prison garden. The conversation notes a former graft polich clan member and a wealth angle tied to soil removal and odd appeals.
A fragment from Baltimore Amel Jean depicts a stage scene with a careless fellow and a stage manager questioning an earlier eject event. The stage carpenter recalls catching a person striking a watch near a fire-pro curtain while others remark on a man lying under something described as argent in a peculiar way.
A street scene features a talkative old-fashioned woman and a young woman claiming she is “out making spread” while her mother stays home. A student boarder and a bill collector join the wry humor as they discuss the Pilgrim era and its legacy.
A street scene shows a proud driver boasting of past harm as he claims to have run over six people without damaging his car. The dialogue features a teasing chief and Dandy Bumpers apologizing for grease stains, blithely missing the danger.
A garbled dialogue snippet features characters Just the Thought Ardent Suitor Pretty Girl Percy and Miss Rose discussing acting farm dramas and diaries. The fragment includes playful banter about old New England theater, diary keeping, and odd lines about a teacher and a baseball umpire.
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