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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1910
Page
2
A collection of eclectic notes from Sidney Nebraska touching spring real estate, weather quirks, warships, aviation dreams, and social observations. It muses on prices, eggs, Halley’s comet, an Italian village sliding downhill, and a Santo Domingo revolution while poking at New Jersey affairs, Chinese Tongs, and a cemetery liquor case. Continuous brief vignettes reflect a mix of humor, speculation, and cautionary tales from daily life.
The Napo steamed 2100 miles from Para to Iquitos via Manaos with rubber cargo. Passengers hunted snakes and monkeys, saw many turtles, and weathered heat and a 12 hour rudder delay. Capt Barnett and Mate Roshell describe narrow channels, seven knot currents, and island drift along a vivid Amazon voyage.
A gopher rat in Raymond Ditmars office at the Bronx Zoological Gardens chewed 15 feet of pickled snake specimens after being deprived of its daily meal. The rat chewed through an oak desk and table legs before the bottles of snakes were smashed and the animal was found nibbling the cage foundation. A steel-covered cage is planned. The second item recalls Thomas Stickley and Florence Merkley being married in a snowdrift after their halt en route to a minister in Mount Jackson, as the drifting snow blocked their carriage.
The Boston Co operative Milk Producers Company voted to keep milk at nine cents a quart through next summer with a planned reduction to eight cents for the season. Official reports show declines in milk cows across New England: Maine down 3,000, New Hampshire 4,000, Vermont 3,000, Massachusetts 2,000, Connecticut 1,000.
Jamaica Bay suffered a night time raid on 20 summer hotels along the beach dumping thousands of gallons of whisky wine and liquor into the tide. The fish were seen reeling leaping and disporting themselves in the liquor laden water.
London fashion notes declare men will adopt long hair this year. Hairdressers on Bond Street promote the change as the new trend.
Baltimore reports a hen producing two eggs daily as poultry breeders nationwide continue trials to boost egg production. The article notes ongoing experiments in breeding and efficiency, highlighting a notable production claim amid broader testing.
A playful prank at a Stamford assembly dance had a pig led into the ballroom by two young men. Guests fled to chairs before chasing the pig, which was captured and removed outdoors. The incident entertained attendees and sparked chatter at the exclusive event. Libourne Martin of Wilmington owns a hen that reportedly lays two to three eggs daily. The hen, named Snowball, is just over a year old and was brought from Bynum Maryland by Martin last summer.
A contractor improved workers health by reducing meat rations and increasing Quaker Oats. He boiled the oats to mix with drinking water, ending stomach disorders and lifting strength and spirits among laborers. The anecdote contrasts this with a rural family's simple life and a child’s sunset observation.
Mrs Staggers laments a cook leaving and vows to imitate her skills while Mr Staggers teases about following in the cook’s footsteps as he eats a potato.
A humorous exchange features a suitor asking for a dime for a wounded veteran and a sharp father demanding payment for his daughter's attention. The dialogue satirizes wartime myth and courting in a concise, period-voiced vignette.
J G Becker of 134 Van Buren Street Chicago a wholesale dry goods dealer says after thirty years of catarrh and spending thousands he found Peruna cures him permanently. He adds his wife was cured and keeps Peruna for colds for quick relief.
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