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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
6
Mrs Herman Schroeder of Washington Ave Sidney confirms longtime testimonio for Dean's Kidney Pills reporting back pain relief and dizzy spells resolved after using one box. She notes the cure has been permanent and repeats endorsement. Price 50c at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The London Spectator recounts risks in spring hearing the first cuckoo note. A superstition ties actions at first cuckoo to the year’s fate, predicting frequency of future listening. Another belief links a maiden’s single status to the number of cuckoo notes heard.
The piece contemplates Santa Claus as a modern business figure S Claus Co and its careless drivers versus the old jolly supplier of toys. It contrasts Tolstoy’s belief in peasant wisdom with the mechanized modern economy and the search for authentic truth in everyday lives.
The commission pennant flies on United States war vessels when commissioned and remains while the ship serves. Sailors hold many superstitions tied to the bunting’s behavior and display.
A Swedish Christmas custom features a net lamb decorated with red ribbons bells and loaded with gifts. The lamb is released inside the home and each family member tries to catch it and discover their present.
A writer tours the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem describing its humble sanctity, altars, and relics, then shifts to a humorous note on famous thinkers as pie eaters. The piece blends reverent travelogue with light literary quips about Emerson Carlyle and Nietzsche.
In New York lore shelves and chimneys once held shoes rather than stockings on December 6 the feast of St Nicholas. Mrs Van Rensselaer notes in Ler History of New York that Amsterdam and New Amsterdam children left shoes for St Nicholas and his reindeer. The Holland tradition tied Santa to Woden Sleipner with gifts. Catholic devotion made St Nicholas a beloved figure lasting into Protestant times. In Halland December 6 remains associated with gift giving and St Nicholas memories.
A fragmentary humorous quip features Mrs Howl asking why the house is left whenever singing begins, followed by a nonsensical line about fresh air and Howlit, attributed to Harper's. The snippet reflects playful dialogue and archaic phrasing typical of clipped literary excerpts.
The article reflects on December as a gift month and the Christmas season easing sentimentality into genuine goodwill. It contrasts daily duties with warm memories and notes how the Christmas spirit awakens kinder feelings, especially at home, where love and god given giving are most meaningful.
Caution against mercury in catarrh treatments urges use only by prescription from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo claims mercury free, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Samples and testimonials cited. sold by druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A fragment explains German legend linking Eve and the Christmas tree to renewal. It traces evergreen symbolism from Hertha worship to the hearthstone origin of the word hearthstone and notes how St Nicholas customs evolved from those rites.
A quirky superstition warns against entering a room while the Yule Log burns, especially by a squinting person a barefooted person or a fat footed woman. The belief ties light to luck and forbids certain individuals from the burning space.
Sidney residents report astonishing effects from Adlerika a buckthorn bark glycerine based remedy said to cleanse both upper and lower bowels. It claims relief from constipation sour or gassy stomach with one spoonful acting within a minute and used for appendicitis. The Western Drug Co. promotes this product.
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