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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
3
A compact fragment notes good resolutions cost nothing yet are hard to keep. It mentions CSK THE FAMOUS Red Cross Buss Blue, a large 202 package priced at six cents, and The Buss Company of South Bend.
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway offers a six sheet calendar in ten colors with Moran reproductions for twenty five cents. The notice also mocks contempt of court as old spinsterhood and includes a tale about indigestion corrected by Garfield Tea. It ends with a quip about a man’s backward foot.
A 100 dollar reward offer accompanies a claim that Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages. It describes internal dosing that acts on blood and mucous surfaces to remove the disease root and strengthen the constitution, with a testimonial pledge to refund if ineffective. Also mentions Ball's Family Pills as best by druggists.
The tallest giraffe at the New York zoo suffers a three foot sore throat and officials weigh contracting out its treatment. Authorities seek feasible cure options as the problem baffles staff.
The Rock Island plans to open its southwestern extension to El Paso Texas by January 1. The 546 mile line from Liberal Kansas to El Paso links with the Southern Pacific and Mexican Central, creating a shorter route to Southern California and Mexico City and heightening competition with Santa Fe. Construction uses five charters, with a Dawson coal branch to feed the new line. Total cost about 7 million dollars.
Anna Catherine Draper died at her Hastings New York home at age 94. She is reputed as the first woman in the world photographed. Her brother Dr John W Draper invented a daguerreotype process enabling quick portraits.
New York Sun report from the Board of Immigration Commissioners highlights 1900-1901 totals with 111,298 southern Italian immigrants and a low per capita sum of $8.67. Officials call southern Italians an undesirable class for naturalization, urging stricter laws as they caution about pauper elements burdening eastern cities.
A Philadelphia Ledger item narrates a girl asking to give money for poor dinners. Her mother offers to withhold sugar or soap instead, prompting the girl to choose soap, hoping to contribute through the sacrifice.
In a terse exchange the judge prompts reconsideration while Misa Marbleheart speaks earnestly about changing plans if she were Siyou. The dialogue hints at doubt and shifting positions within a courtroom mood.
Readable text hints at social constraints and etiquette when circumstances demand restraint. It reflects how people suppress blunt views and adopt courteous behavior despite inner thoughts. The fragment suggests tension between honesty and civility in interactions.
Savings bank deposits in the United States have swelled to 2.31 billion dollars the largest globally and have doubled in about fifteen years Germany follows with 1.9 billion Austria Hungary 1.201 billion France 854 million and the United Kingdom 829 million Cooperative and building associations hold substantial savings in both the U S and Europe with about 700 million here.
A complainant testified that a young woman repeatedly begged on the streets to earn money. The mother said the daughter refused work, preferring looser means and clothing purchases. After a lenient $10 fine, the court noted she paid it using her bank book.
Goodland Kansas December 23 N E Albertson a blacksmith nearly quit his shop due to rheumatism that crippled him and kept him awake at night. After using Dodd s Kidney Pills he was cured completely and can be seen working at his hammer as before, with no trace of pain.
Mrs Humphrey Ward excels as a linguist mastering Spanish French Italian and German She was a celebrated child prodigy adjudicating a Spanish essay contest at age eighteen reflecting deep literary knowledge and dialect mastery
A fragmented note touts Defiance Starch for best results and suggests a four or more payout for Bane money nine cooking. It asks whether charity truly covers its own design, reflecting a cryptic inquiry into motive and value.
Delivery fragment lists Red Cross Ball Blue package size 202 and references The Russ Company of South Bend Indiana with Beents noting a supplier detail.
Walter I. Howe resigned after fifty years as postmaster at North Teaminster Massachusetts. The office has served the community for thirty seven years.
An old ad note promotes Magnetic Starch Co. 16 ounce package for ten cents and claims it is superior to inferior goods. It also hails Piso's Cure for coughs and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, with testimonial from J W O'Brien. The text ends with a moral line about a gloomy church preaching a sunless heaven.
An advertisement extols Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior with 16 ounce quantity for 10 cents, contrasting rivals that offer only 12 ounces. The copy emphasizes no equal in quantity or quality.
Mulverized pipe day will clean white canvas and is also an excellent polish for brass. What is the use of employing someone to do your dyeing for you if you use PUTNAM FACELESS DYES you can do it just as well as a professional Sold by druggists 10¢ per package. All underground vegetables should be cooked in unsalted water. FIT permanently cured. No fits or nervousness after ret day's use of Dr. Kitne's Creat Nerve Restor er Send for FRE 82,00 trial bottle and trestivo De MW Kine Ltd 981 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa. Knowledge is power in a college football contest.
A dated claim touts Defiance Starch as uniquely superior and one third more for 10 cents, followed by a provocative remark about women's logic and questioning. The fragment presents an ad style boast and a gendered critique.
A tout for Nature's gift Garfield Tea claims happiness through good health. The advertisement promotes Thin Herb Cure as cleansing the system purifying the blood and removing disease causes. It quips about marriage versus bachelor life and features celebratory lines about a king and playful phrases.
Public notice advertises Bromo Quinine tablets claiming to stop coughing and ease colds at 25 cents. A humorous aside claims men who guess they can knock others down tend to overestimate.
An ad touts Matt J. Johnsons 6088 as a guaranteed rheumatism cure urging demand for the genuine. A humorous aside notes the hardest moment in a womans life is visiting her dress maker.
Help wanted for a middle aged seamstress to work in a three person family with three girls. Must know plain dressmaking and sew for a nine year old. Requires honest respectable references and neatness. May assist in light housework. Wages five dollars weekly. Address Jock box 1300 Omaha Neb.
Santa Fe announces a December publication of a lavish 128 page Grand Canyon book. Noted contributors include Hamlin Garland Charles F Lummis David Starr Jordan John L Stoddard Charles Dudley Warner Major J W Powell Harriet Monroe Fitz Mac R D Salisbury Beecher and Charles S Gleed. The work marks canyon tourism growth with railroad access and a Harvey hotel under construction at Bright Angel Trailhead. Publication date expected before end of 1901.
A compact saying reflects how wealth alone can shape attitudes toward spending. It notes money as a sole companion and the reluctance to part with it, implying a caution about material attachment.
An 1902 promotional claim touts Gar field Tea as a herb medicine that cleanses the system purifies the blood and regulates the liver kidneys stomach and bowels to ensure happiness and health for the New Year.
Dr. Lee at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, has measured Mercury with the large telescope. The planet's diameter is found to be 2,658 miles.
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