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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1904
Page
7
The advertisement touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as a 16 oz package at 10 cents, larger than competing %-pound packs, with no injurious chemicals and a claim that it never sticks to the iron. It urges customers to demand Defiance and avoid 12 oz or mispriced stock while noting the uncomfort of woolen stockings for the average girl.
Roger Bacon born 1214 to 1294 may have predicted dynamite and other powerful explosives in a philosophical note. He wrote that a small portion of matter the size of a thumb, properly disposed, could produce a tremendous sound and bright flash capable of destroying cities and armies.
Some Indians prize dried earth worms ground into a flour while in Bahama and parts of Florida keys the conch is a staple. The conch is exceptionally tough, described as resembling rubber and requiring pounding and beating before cooking or chewing.
An Alaskan missionary asks for a neck of spectacles and eyeglasses. A few years ago he made a similar request and received a large quantity. That supply is running short. Frequent applications come from people who would greatly benefit from glasses.
A collage of notices and ads including a tale of a trolley collision, slang math and boilerplate cures, plus several mining investor pitches. It markets GUARANTEED MINING MENTS by ARBUCKLE GOODE and invites readers to request prospectuses while mixing in health cures and light humor.
Some grocers say they do not stock Defiance Starch due to a surplus of 12 oz packages. They believe the 16 oz version already used by customers cannot be sold for a price, while the president is accused of exaggeration and the optimist turns small issues into large ones.
Under new management The Arena remains a leading authority while expanding its popular appeal. Each month adds improvements and frontispieces printed on India tint paper. The November issue featured two art pictures and the December issue four including portraits of Edward Tregear Joaquin Miller Edwin Maxey and B O Flower. The advertisement notes a nerve remedy claim and dressmaker comment ends the excerpt.
A fragment from the New York Sun and New York Times items recounts Nome Alaska tales. Dick Dawson runs a saloon and gambling den with an imported automatic piano. Oscar plays Wagner on the piano triggering Dawson’s alarm and a bystander’s warning. A second anecdote from Washington features Dick Wintersmith vowing never to blow out another candle after a friend’s death from alcohol, noted by Joe Blackburn.
Vice President Knowlton of Raymond & Whitcomb advises travelers to bring their own pillow to sleep better in strange beds. He notes he carries his pillow on trips and says true sleep should start in childhood, but the next best option is a familiar pillow wherever possible.
The Rev James T Dougherty rector of St Marys Canandaigua recounts meeting an Irish exhibitor at the St Louis exposition. He recalls a tree stump holding antlers embedded so firmly that removal seemed impossible and the Irishman quips the deer must have been butting in.
An anecdote tied to Dr Luther's Trinity Hartford inauguration recalls a rainy day mishap. A freshman dropped his books after a strap failed, and when about to swear, he turned and found Prof Luther behind him. Luther smiled and urged him to speak his mind, then admitted he could not.
Dr. William H. Tolman recalls a two week stay of a slums child at a friend’s country house. At dessert he is served hot apple pie without cheese and exclaims with a blunt remark about lacking cheese, highlighting class perceptions.
Ralph E. Fassett writes in the New Orleans Times-Democrat about the blue depths where a man reaches his dearest dreams. He envisions azure realms of rapture, where sorrows fade and hearts are hushed, finding heaven in a loved one’s eyes.
In Sweden and Norway several homes for spinsters exist and one stands out as unusually attractive and unique. It memorializes a very wealthy old man who died over 200 years ago and bequeathed most of his fortune to his old maid descendants. Defiance cold water starch boasts 16 oz for 10 vents, claiming superiority in quantity and quality over rival brands with only 12 oz.
A French professor studies convictions per 100000 by profession, listing lawyers at 100, artists 33, doctors 25, lay teachers 19, clerical teachers 7, Catholic clergy 4. The rest of the text advertises starch quality, cold medicine, political leaders, and teething syrup with various promotional phrases.
Mrs LC Glover of Milwaukee writes that after years of infertility and female complications she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three and a half months and, following a testimonial she read, conceived a baby in twenty two months. She thanks the medicine and credits it with transforming her home. The letter is offered with a $5000 forfeit if authenticity cannot be proven.
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