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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1898
Page
3
Aguinaldo, a 27 year old Philippine insurgent leader, rose from poor parents who funded his education. He joined the Kati Pun a specialist unit years ago where an arrest attempt failed after he shot the officer and converted the troops, sparking the revolution.
A Birmingham family servant explains she sleeps slowly and takes a long time to wake, after being reproved for oversleeping. The remark comes from a Tid-Bits collection.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer at $2 a bottle from 931 Arch St Philadelphia with claims of nerve relief and offers prizes including a gilt mantel clock. The item also cites Diamond C Soap and contrasts tea quality with commentary from Fliegende Blatter.
Sophia Blenkins abandons her conventional husband Jack for the dashing Eugenio FitzJones, only to find passion yields neglect and control. Jack dies after a cold, but Sophia discovers a new love with Eugenio who dominates, clubs, and squanders affection. She dies a year later, heartbroken.
Boys returning from the river found a beehive in an ancient oak about twenty feet from a farm road. They smoked out the bees, harvested honey from a twenty gallon stand, and uncovered a pot of gold valued at $2,000 inside the tree, likely placed during the 1865 war. Spain Slowly Evacuating the West Indies and American occupation plans follow as Havana and San Juan host military withdrawals and civil duties expand across districts.
Twenty years ago American shoes were unknown in Germany. Improvements in machinery and a focus on style and comfort boosted U S footwear to the front rank. U S shoe imports to Germany rose from 1666 in 1880 to 59000 in the first five months of this year.
In a humorous exchange, Farmer Grout defects from the common joke about his name and calls it sarcastic while Mrs. Grout dismisses the joke as foolish. The couple remarks on how others react to the nickname suggesting they value their privacy and dislike company.
The New York Journal notes the admiral's last words were not spoken as the sailor recalls his wife aboard the vessel. The exchange hints at a final moment amid duties at sea.
A collection of witty quotes and notes on various inventions and devices. Highlights include a remark on respecting bald heads, Howells on society’s interest in future, and small innovations such as clothing hangs, ice creepers, egg cups, curling tongs, potato cleaners, diving dress rings, pipe cleaners, shoe lace cores, and a Diamond C Soap prize note from Cudahy Packing Co., Omaha.
An assortment of oddities appears, including travel prompts to Florida, a Chicago address for information, mispronunciations of Psyche, a Dr SETI note, Arnold's Cough Killer claim, a Minnesota seller, a miscellaneous household tip, and a mistaken Everest height of 20,002 feet in Thibet.
A list of home remedies for common ailments suggesting cod liver off in tomato catsup for flavor, a silk handkerchief against wind, a cold cloth for sore throat, walking with hands behind to ease bending, and breathing turpentine or carbolic acid fumes to relieve a persistent cough.
The text questions why dialogue becomes dull and why truth seems unreachable, asking metaphoric reasons for why efforts to reveal reality fail. It uses playful language to probe human behavior, ambition, and perception without offering concrete solutions.
A compact survey notes Mrs Theodore Roosevelt shares her husband’s taste for political cartoons, alongside remarks about Mrs Thomas Platt and Mrs Russel Sage. It comments on Soap-Dia mond soap and a claim about David Linton’s wealth as the son of a poor Irishman.
In the reign of Edward III brewers and bakers were all women. When men later entered these trades it was seen as odd and they were called men brewers and men bakers.
A Berliner asserts he has found paper and ink that resist fire. The claim appears in Tid Bits alongside casual remarks about familiar faces and a remedy advertisement promising refunds if Luxativa Bromo Quinine fails to cure a cold in one day.
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