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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1897
Page
7
J O Connor Power authors an essay on Edmund Burke as a premier imperial statesman. The December table of contents highlights Burke on the centenary of his death and notes his enduring impact on British politics.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure Chilblains Frostbiten Dump Sweating Feet Corns and Bunions by shaking into shoes. 25 cents. Free sample. Ads note Druggists and Shoe Stores carry it and invite requests from Olmsted LeRoy New York. The item includes a stray quote about patience and a Kentucky man who married his grandfather's granddaughter.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a ten cent cure to clean blood and skin by stimulating the liver and removing impurities. It promises to clear pimples boils blotches blackheads and bilious complexions with druggists guaranteeing satisfaction. A separate note mentions Nuevo Leon officials ordering all pupils in official schools to learn writing with both hands.
A Chicago Record snippet notes the boss appears unsettled. A coworker says he is all right and reveals a salary raise request was denied, hinting at tension over compensation without detail.
A Chicago News verse-like piece ridicules self experimentation for digestive woes. It praises Hosteller s Stomach Hitters as an appetizing tonic curing constipation fevers bilious remittent rheumatism and kidney complaints while remarking on a quip between The Boy and The Kite about being on a string.
Try Grain-O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it without injury and adults like it. It has a rich sead brown appearance like Mocha or Java, is made from pure grainy ingredients, and suits delicate stomachs. Priced at 15 or 25 cents per package, sold by all grocers. Tastes like coffee looks like coffee.
An advertising blurb promotes No To Bac from Sterling Remedy Co promising an easy, permanent tobacco cessation. It claims to restore vigor and strength for men, with a 500 price and a guarantee, directing readers to request a free booklet and sample from Chicago or New York offices.
An Memphis man credits Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral with saving his wife from consumption after seven years of lung illness. The ad argues the medicine can cure early consumption and helps bronchial issues, asthma, and colds. It notes bottles priced at one dollar and half-size bottles at fifty cents, offering a free Curebook.
A New York dealer tells Washington Star reporters that coral, once popular in necklaces and brooches, is now rarely worn in the country. Demand has dropped as inferior pieces flood markets, prices fall, and many artisans in Leg Horn Naples and Genoa lose work.
The rapid rise of electricity as a science and industry fuels enormous journal proliferation. About 58 journals focus on electrical topics and as many discuss new developments in related fields. France publishes 15 titles, the United States 11, with the rest worldwide. The surge challenges engineers to stay fully informed.
Simkins taunts Blowell about airing views while Timkins agrees that many opinions deserve airing. The dialogue showcases a light humor exchange on the value of ventilation in discussions.
Posthumous work by Philip Gilbert Hamerton titled The Quest of Happiness is on the press. Maurice Thompson plans three books including Stories of Indiana. The Chap-Book reviews Lillian Bell's From a Girl's Point of View as a servant's handbook to courtship and marriage.
A sensational tale of a small Wisconsin town Grantsburg with under four hundred residents reporting fifty three deaths from diphtheria in less than four weeks. The article touts Muco Solvent as a miracle cure stopping spread and urges immediate use and purchase, with claimed success in Madison Polar Winneconne and Neenah. It promotes agents and a free mothers book from the Muco Solvent Company Chicago. The piece includes other shuffled items and anecdotes.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and lists endorsements from Toledo druggists F. J. Cheney & Co West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. The ad explains internal use and blood action, cites price, and mentions other remedies and testimonials. It also notes the estate of the late Neal Dow valued at $450,200.
Frances E. Willard notes women’s needs include larger shoes among other issues. Star Tobacco is touted as the leading world brand, claimed the best. Reports claim 120,000,000 fish per square mile of sea. A patent remedy Cascarela pledges cure constipation. If CCC falls, druggists refund money.
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