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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1897
Page
3
An old newspaper snippet touts Grain-O as a grain based coffee substitute with the claim it suits both children and adults without stomach distress. It markets the product as tasting and looking like coffee, priced 15 and 25 cents per package and sold by grocers. A brief jokes column notes humorous exchanges about nighttime baby care and a cartoon caption.
An old time advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for constipation with a money back guarantee from druggists. It promotes Star Tobacco as the leading world brand and mocks people with tongue tied speech about ears.
Advertisers claim Five Drops cures rheumatism neuralgia catarrh asthma lagrippe and related ailments with immediate relief. Swanson Rheumatic Care Co Chicago offers 100000 sample bottles at 25 cents each by mail prepaid and sells larger bottles up to $2.50 for thirty days. Also mentions a patented horseshoe with a sliding block clamp mechanism.
When in Omaha visit C. E. Raymond Co. at Fifteenth and Douglas for jewelry art goods wedding birthday and Christmas presents and wedding stationery invitations and visiting cards. Only first class up-to-date jewelry art and cut glass store west of Chicago and St. Louis. SH BTAS LSE and printing 100 visiting cards 1.60 by mail. Holdbacks for harnesses use curved cross-bars with rearward projecting ends fitting pockets on both sides of the bills reducing bulk.
On December 21 the Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio will sell excursion tickets from points northwest one way and round trip at greatly reduced rates to Virginia and southeastern states. Round trip tickets are valid twenty-one days. For details and pamphlets on climate and Virginia farm lands contact A. L. Trutt, Northwestern Passenger Agent, 234 Clark St, Chicago. Always give your wife her own way.
An advertisement touts No-Toe Bac as a guaranteed cure to quit tobacco easily and permanently. It markets the product as a wonder-worker that makes weak men strong, with an offer for a free booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
A vivid historical sketch recounts the last hours of Louis XVI, detailing his calm response to attempted restraint, the fatal ascent to the scaffold, and his final words forgiving his executioners. The scene portrays a misty January morning, rowdy crowds, and the solemn ending at the Place de la Revolution on January 21, 1793. The narrative emphasizes the king’s piety, resolve, and the crowd’s restrained awe as the ax falls.
Tombstone in 1879 1880 rose to fame with a $50 000 daily metal output for seven months. Dozens left penniless and returned rich others earned up to 1 000 000. Harsh desert crossing and conditions tested travelers with sandstorms 130 degree heat and Apache hostility. By 1881 mines favored few, population halved and later declined to under 1000 as mines faded.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes Prof Henry W Elliott praising Alaska as healthy with no malaria yet warns of its vile pests. He describes how neuralgia and rheumatism reportedly improve there, appetite expands after meals, and a camp of 200 would quickly exhaust local game. Mosquitoes thrive May to November despite efforts to deter them.
A fragment discusses trees cleansing air by leaf surface, noting a man emits about 100 gallons of carbonic acid daily and that 100 square yards of leaf surface can purge one man’s air. It also mentions Berlin inventor Dr Siemens and a house with a miniature electric railway linking dining room kitchen and cellar.
A watchman uses searchlights to illuminate the Jersey state prison at night to deter prisoner escapes. Reports say lighting has successfully prevented multiple escape attempts.
Behold five sizes of note paper and envelopes stored in desk shaped cardboard boxes. Each box keeps paper, envelopes, sealing wax sticks, and a taper in one corner. The design aims to aid the lazy or forgetful writer to maintain orderly epistolary duties.
J. E. Galbraith is appointed traffic manager of the Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railroad Company and general agent of the B and C at Cleveland. L. Rush Brockenbrough becomes general freight agent of the B and O lines west of the Ohio river with offices in Pittsburgh. In Paducah Kentucky, Jarr ett Haynes and his wife, both over ninety, planted two walnut trees fifty years ago. The trees were cut into lumber and are now being prepared to make their coffins after their deaths.
An advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Cure with a promise of $1000 for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured. It explains deafness arises from inflammation of the eustachian tube and notes most cases respond to constitutional remedies. It also recalls a humorous anecdote from Johnsons era about prematrimonial confidences.
Chronic inactivity causes misery with bile in the blood foul breath and headaches. Right side chest and shoulder pain, constipation, and stomach disorder follow. Remedy offered is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, recommended for colds fever nervousness and rheumatism.
The quote depicts a parent praising their son’s progress in college sports. It highlights a ribbing remark about his performance, noting he is "bucking the center" as a sign of effort and improvement. The exchange captures lighthearted family banter about athletic achievement.
A collage of vintage patent medicine and self improvement ads tout beauty through blood cleansing Cascarets and Cascarets, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Dr Kline's Great Nervo lusterer for fits, Laxative Bromo Quinine for cold, Pine's Cure for consumption, No-Te-Bac tobacco cure, and general maxims about virtue and opportunity.
The Burlington Route offers weekly Thursday departures from Omaha at 4 35 p m to Lincoln Hastings and beyond with through cars to San Francisco and Los Angeles via Denver and Salt Lake City. Cars are modern carpeted with curtains bedding towels and uniformed porters. Second class tickets honored. For details contact Burlington Route offices or J Francis Omaha Neb. In Luchow Germany 129 fathers were fined one mark each for letting children under 10 dance at a village harvest festival. The village pastor had objected but was fined after it was found his children also danced. The Remington typewriter remains top seller. catalogue 1710 Farnam Street Omaha Neb.
A humorous dialogue about a man finding fifty thousand dollars while worm digging prompts Mrs Wickwire to ponder lessons beyond fishing with flies. The Champlain Cutlery Co advertises the True Vermonter razors and knives with a free catalogue, asserting reliability and urging readers to avoid mistakes. Cee’s Cough Balsam is praised as a quick cold remedy, and a quip notes envy harms the envious.
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