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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1910
Page
3
Boston report recounts A Cavendish’s Chambers' Journal tale from a timber camp. G the supervisor fights a crocodile after it drags him toward the water, plunging both thumbs into the reptile’s eyes to force release, leaving him maimed yet alive and later recovering in hospital.
Captain Alfred Mitchell and David Carrier were praised for rescuing thirteen men from the burning steamer Annie Young off Lake Huron in October 1890. Mitchell guided the Edward Smith to ram and berth near the doomed vessel while Carrier hauled the engineer aboard with a rope. Seven men drowned. a crewman and a boy were badly injured in the chaos.
The Record notes rocks once dry beaches show raindrop pits with eastern rims deeper, suggesting westward rain forces in the remote epoch. Citing England in Harper's Weekly, it concludes that storms then largely blew from the west, as today.
The wife of famed author Richard Harding Davis plans to sue for divorce after nearly three years of separation. Mrs Cecil Clark Davis, daughter of John M. Clark of Chicago, is represented by Jerome Rand. Davis by George Young Baucle. The outcome likely a divorce, as both sides retain counsel.
Philip R. Shumway of Evanston chosen as grand jury foreman for the beef trust investigation led by Judge Landis, District Attorney Sims, and Assistant Attorney General Ellis. He founded Paper Mills Co. at 319 Fifth Avenue, 42, married eight years, and belongs to several Chicago area clubs.
A circulated joke in Washington blames Andrew Carnegie as the victim of a pun about a ferry ride in Norfolk during a presidential visit. The iron magnate was aboard the boat when a compass mishap occurred and the mate deflects blame toward steel magnate as he cites an attraction.
An old advertisement touts a home remedy using two ounces glycerine half ounce Virgin Oil of Pine compound and eight ounces pure whisky as an effective treatment for coughs colds and bronchial trouble. It notes Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure is made by Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati and sold in half-ounce vials.
Mons Prager, fresh from London, praises American English and hosts a fashionable restaurant. Diamonds flash in gay supper rooms while Paris gowns reveal decollete bodices. The Marquis X. remarks on American ladies in their night dresses amid the gala setting.
A Philadelphia man describes a seven year skin scourge starting as a leg abrasion that spread to a full leg scale, causing pain, weight loss, and sleepless nights. After failed medical care, he used Cuticura Remedies and reports complete remission for six months with no recurrence.
A hostess tempts Phyllis to attend church during a weekend visit. Phyllis declines, saying she would not know anyone there and feels out of place at the church gathering.
A fragmentary page lists varied health claims and ads including Great Home Eye Remedy Pettit's Eye Salve and Perry Davis Paladler for colds. The jumble references Buffalo NY Howard Bros, a joke about cooks, and a Marcus Aurelius quote, with multiple prices and oddities.
A brief quip exchange contrasts a worm in a chestnut with a worse predicament. Duddy and Fuddy debate humorously, ending with Fuddy’s remark that half a worm is worse than a whole worm in a chestnut.
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