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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1897
Page
7
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure from Hall's Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh. It claims internal dosing from 10 drops to a teaspoonful and direct action on mucous surfaces, offering $100 if it fails to cure and soliciting testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Medicines.
Reports describe the mule-shearer spider from Yucatan in Central America. This Mygale species crawls up mule and horse legs and shears hair around the fetlock. The shed hair is used for nest building and bites cause hoof loss in animals.
A fashion observer notes gowns should relate bodice to skirt rather than contrast sharply. Examples include a black and white striped silk skirt with a white chiffon waist and jet belt to link pieces, and warns late styles favor connected looks over stark contrasts. Also mentions coffee irony and a London diplomatic quip about ambassadors.
Seedsmen cut Planet Jr Tools prices offering the Combined Drill at reduced cost. Mail order catalogue with postage details from JOHN A SALZKI SERD CO in La Crosse Wisconsin.
A penniless suitor gains a father's consent to marry the daughter after proving a cottage deed exists. The dialogue hints at a lighthearted, old fashioned courtship with social commentary. An odd aside mentions Cascarets, while another line muses how charity leaves little time for preaching.
A narrator recalls a life of privilege ending with her fiancé Charley Truman losing their fortune. She travels to Monte Carlo driven by a dream to restore what was lost and becomes enthralled with gambling, winning big then returning home, certain only that she knows what happened.
Between the forty nine and fifty five mile posts on the Carolina Central railway a six mile straight stretch produces a mysterious grinding squeak from every locomotive and car. Despite inspections replacement of cross ties and rails and regauging no cause has been found in twenty years.
A Contemporary writer notes the sultan of Turkey never sleeps before dawn to avoid fear of assails and instead reads detective stories. The piece cites a blunt, impatient ruler who demands swift obedience and dispatches aides with fire brigade orders to extinguish blazes.
Minnesota voters approved a constitutional amendment ending voting rights for aliens who merely declare intent to become citizens. From now on no alien may vote unless they have five years residency in the United States and have been admitted to full citizenship at least three months before the election. The change affects an estimated 100,000 voters who have not yet been fully naturalized.
Five German editors were convicted in Berlin for libelling officials and were fined or imprisoned. The chief of the political police faces perjury charges as authorities reveal conspiracies within the Emperor's household to trade and destroy rivals. The arrests and disclosures cast doubt on official rectitude in Germany.
A late custom observed in Kansas City Star notes that a Michigan girl turning 17 next Tuesday will invite seventeen friends to tea to celebrate her birthday. The item highlights social birthday traditions among youths.
In the January Ladies' Home Journal a discussion recalls the early dispute over the Federal Supreme Court attire. Jefferson preferred no needless garb, Hamilton favored the English wig with gown, Burr backed the gown but opposed the inverted wig, and the black silk gown remains a symbol of courtroom dignity.
A woman from a distant township entered a Chicago store claiming to be robbed of $30. She described being far from home and sought overnight help to return to Josh, but a search found a stash of dry goods on her person. She claimed to be a jay from Chicago.
An English traveller cited a Turkish court case where a Turk stole a cow from a Christian. A judge dismissed witnesses until the owner used a calf and mother cow to show kinship. The calf identifiably rejected the cow as its mother until the judge observed their bond, leading to returning the cow to the Christian.
An old advertisement claims No-To-Bac costs 50 cents and can regulate or remove tobacco desire. It asserts over 404,000 cures and advertises guaranteed care with a money-back offer at druggists.
A prep school scene shows a sharp professor detecting a student’s trick watch. The student hides a second message inside the back, but the professor exposes the ruse. An advertisement for Stomach Bitters touts fortitude and vigor through digestion and rest.
The report lists deaths at twenty six, broken bones and other injuries with totals for the season and three season aggregate. It also mentions a tonic syrup, a souvenir wanders at an ostrich farm, a cold cure claim, and perfumes as antiseptics.
Herr Brehm the great German naturalist relates a humorous anecdote about a female baboon raised by him that took a kitten as a pet. The baboon examined the kitten’s paws, pressed the claws forward, inspected them from all angles, and then bit the claws off to prevent future scratches.
In a sheriff scene the condemned man words his last wish. He asks to capture the photographer with a snapshot camera and to eject him, saying he does not want to be disgraced by amateurs.
John Lawsen and Howard Hawley were arrested in Detroit on Tuesday for the murder of Millington farmer John Browd. Authorities say they were immobilized by severe frost after riding freight car bumpers and later sought hospital relief.
Ayman in New York earns the nickname Champoen by eating 103 oysters and drinking a pint of sherry in one sitting. The feat underscores the cast claim to culture in a bold display amid locals and observers.
Article profiles Alice Mitchell at the Bolivar Tennessee asylum praising her as a diligent ward worker who scrubs, washes, and cares for patients while remaining emotionally guarded about the Freda Ward murder. It notes her family visits, public interest in her, and occasional angry outbursts considered signs of insanity.
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