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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
2
In Rogers Park Chicago a masked burglar who invaded Adolph Huber’s home spared the four year old Marie Huber after Mrs Huber urged him not to wake the child. He demanded money but left without taking it, asking only that he be “square” and not followed.
A box mailed from New York with a tarantula caused panic at the dead letter office. Clerk J E Davis opened the package to Florence Italy addressee Dott Huggero Verity via Leon Virenzo and screamed when a tarantula perched on his shoulder. Clerks fled desks as the spider was found in mail sacks and killed.
In St Louis, Dr Joseph Hardy revived 18 month old Margaret Dwyer by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after a peppermint shaker top was swallowed. The child, daughter of William and Catherine Dwyer, regained consciousness after five minutes of breaths and recovered fully within half an hour.
An old remedy prescribes a blend of glycerine, Virgin Oil of Pine compound, and whisky. The Virgin Oil of Pine compound is said to be prepared only by Leach Chemical Co in Cincinnati and sold in half-ounce vials for dispensing.
A rich girl tells a poor but honest suitor she is worth 1 250 000 dollars. He asks her to marry him and she refuses. He confesses curiosity about how a man feels when losing that fortune, highlighting class tension and vanity.
A newspaper clipping touts a renowned doctor's best prescription for rheumatism and backache. It describes mixing one ounce compound syrup Sarsa parilla, one ounce Toris compound, and half a pint of high grade whiskey, then taking a tablespoon before each meal and at bedtime with shaking.
After a campaign in Charleston the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis opened a Greenville exhibit and will continue in Columbia after January 1 in connection with the South Carolina legislature session. An Oklahoma tour follows an Arkansas leg of the nationwide drive.
Frank J Cheney makes oath as senior partner of F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio that firm will pay 100 dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason dated December 6, 1586. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims internal action on blood and mucous membranes. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A mother warns of a ghost in the dark closet guarding the jam. Two hours later Johnny cries that the ghost has eaten nearly half the jam, a humorous household fright.
Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence Rhode Island praises Allen's Foot-Ease as a rare good thing for relieving sore and tired feet. The remedy is sold by all druggists for 25 cents and urged for purchase today.
The article describes Becquerel experiments on wheat and mustard seeds. After drying for six months, placing in high vacuum for a year, cooling in liquid air, then exposing at 253 degrees below zero for 77 hours, the seeds become rigid like stone yet sprout later. It discusses suspended animation and temporary death in humans.
A wartime style line about outgeneration hints at a competitive edge, followed by a reel of quotes and a remark on the world inside shaping outward grace. The text shifts to a foot care pitch praising Hamlins Wizard Oil for soothing tired swollen feet. An old bachelor quips that love was hatched in an incubator and raised in an insane asylum.
An old advertisement touts Pettit’s Eye Salve as strengthening for weak watery eyes and eye strain. Also promotes Perry Davis Painkiller and Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, with generic assurances and medical claims typical of late 19th or early 20th century consumer notices.
Rear Admiral Wainwright leads a stand against the 90 mile walking and riding test for officers as Navy and Army await the outcome. The order, first issued under Roosevelt and continued by Taft, has seen few participants with many aging officers opposing the strenuous requirement.
Rear Admiral Wainwright would not take the universal navy physical test citing past service. He and other officers question the necessity while Admiral Rixey defends the measure, calling it essential to determine readiness for duty amid the war effort.
An 1842 account credits William Henson as the first to design a true aeroplane close to modern monoplane form with its deck-like supporting planes. The note appears in Cassier's Magazine. A Scottish woman raises funds for foreign missions by diary readings in Austria Germany and Holland. Admission costs ten cents. The Dickens quill from Villa Les Montineaux sold for 20 dollars.
The Rev Mr Dozen laments being disliked by his congregation who call him foolish and conceited. He recalls a street encounter with an old German friend who suggests his pulpit remark may be to “bray for them.”
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