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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1915
Page
2
Sidney folks astonish us daily by telling how quickly Adler-i-ka relieves sour stomach gas and constipation. Many report a single dose relieves these troubles almost immediately. We are glad we are Sidney agents for Adler-i-ka.
A compact remark notes a wise man seeking pleasure even as death looms. It praises Flavius for serving life on trust and performing his duties with satisfaction at departure, reflecting on duty and contentment in final moments.
A clipped quotation recounts a man addressing a beautiful girl about the moment of her life, mentioning a visit to his wife's father to obtain something dear, and the need to explain the matter before twenty clerks. The source text is garbled and stylized.
Warning against mercury ointments for catarrh urges prescription use only and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. X Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and internal in action. Includes testimonial note and price information for Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Tom and John Quinn of Clara post office visited Sidney on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Ho Schlue ter of the north divide welcomed a daughter born February 22. Fred Baker and Wm Neinheiser of the south divide were busy in the village midweek. Reisdorf left for Lexington to be with his ill father. J J. Cramer of Dalton helped lay carpet at the Catholic church in Sidney. John Brown and Adolph Kunat of Dalton transacted county seat business. Charles Mann visited North Platte for Masonic initiation. If glasses fail to fit consult Dr Bilon at Hotel National March 6. Mrs Mason Tishue returns from the east and plans to live near her brother. S Ullery came back from Sterling, Colorado to be with his mother. John Belden and family from Bridgeport arrived to visit and plan westward relocation after selling Morrill County property and stock.
Mrs. O Pearson of Sidney reports kidney trouble relief after using Deans Kidney Pills. She says the pills strengthened her kidneys and eased back pain and related symptoms. Sold 50c at all dealers. Poster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
Master Frederick Ahrens marked his sixth birthday with a midweek party attended by twelve small boys. The event combined three holidays Saint Valentine, Washington's Birthday and the birthday itself with a liberty bells decorated cloth sent from Denver by his grandmother Mrs Julia Ahrens. A light supper followed the table feast and decorations included hearts and hatchets.
The article notes that stage performers wore metal masks with large mouths to project sound in ancient theaters. The Latin term persuma or persumire described these devices, and plays often listed masks before character names, akin to modern dramatic prefixes.
The article explains that oysters show successive overlapping layers called shots that count growth years. Until four years the layers are regular, then become irregular and piled, making shells bulky. Fossil oysters with nine inch thick shells imply ages over a century.
German claims of advances in Bukovina and Suczawa contrast with Russian reports of minor successes near Dubla and in the Carpathians. Western front sees little change with sparse actions in Argonne and Vosges. British and French reinforcements continue as political tensions over a potential submarine blockade weigh on public interest. The Lusitania incident adds diplomatic strain as ships sail with flags flying amid uncertain peril.
The steamer Great Northern with 600 passengers docked in San Francisco following a relaxed voyage from Philadelphia via the Pan Am Canal. A heavy weather delay on the final leg slowed the liner somewhat.
A collection of wry aphorisms on charity, aging, gender roles, ancestry, and social manners. Centered on Sidney humor, it notes how aging residents celebrate Washington's birthday, contrasts male and female halves of society, and pokes at local habits and childrearing, ending with a jab at neighborly spoiling.
The Eskimos favor summer labor and long winter holidays in snow houses. In summer they work while winter brings many months of rest and gatherings. Darkness complicates deer hunting and leaves many unemployed.
A concise moral admonition argues that happiness does not come from comparing oneself to neighbors wealth, and that contentment with modest comforts sustains personal well being more than chasing national wealth.
The piece notes Kipling’s Scots vernacular as accurate in McAndrew’s Tisima with Ip Hng portraying Scottish soldiers as supping “men.” It discusses pronunciation shifts, noting some Scots say mann, while others reserve voices for prose. It cites Punch and London Chronicle as sources and ends with a quip about employment after missing work.
Yale alumni associations discovered their seals misrender the Hebrew motto Light and Truth as Blasphemers and Farmers due to artists confusing the letters Waw and Resh. The error arose from careless engraving and copying practices affecting the university seal.
In seventeenth century Vienna the Empress gathered giants and dwarfs in one building. The dwarfs teased the giants as in modern tales, with the giants seeking protection from their lively tiny companions.
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