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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1897
Page
7
The article explains the grape vine flea beetle lifecycle with orange eggs, brown larvae, and leaf damage, along with autumn lime or ashes remedies and spring syringing with Paris green. It then discusses beekeeping handling, advocating careful smoking techniques to avoid stings, and notes risks from prolonged exposure to bee venom.
A reader asks why some people get stung more often by bees despite protective gear. A. Root explains stings arise from bee behavior, not inherent human differences. Quick movements and certain actions provoke stings, while calm, deliberate handling reduces risk. He notes individual technique affects outcomes more than physical traits or scent.
Advice urges moving manure to fields to prevent loss of fertility from rain and heat, highlighting soil incorporation and full value preservation. Notes beef cattle breeding shifts toward high grades for early maturity and price, with scrubs lagging. Illinois lists about 20 million tillable acres, and guidance stresses early pullets for winter laying.
The Esterkee Club Boodles in London faces closure as the proprietress has died and no successor to run the club exists. With about 500 members needing to double, the distinctive homey charm may vanish if reorganized by a new owner, replacing wax candles with electric light and cash payments with a modern slate system.
A lifeboat from the wrecked ship Campbell carries twelve exhausted men found near Niagawaka Hawaii. The crew, with swollen black tongues and glassy eyes, suffered delirium as the two remaining sailors struggled to keep morale and control. Drift and lack of water left them adrift for days until a favorable current guided them ashore.
A historical chart lists extreme temperatures by country and city from Bengal to Nova Scotia. Notable highs include 150 in parts of Bengal and the African desert, 130 in Senegal and Guadaloupe, 125 in Persia, and 129 in Calcutta and Central America with many regions recording double digit drops as the list descends to 34 in Nova Zemblia.
In the New York World, a practical improvement for doors not often used is a set of two side curtains and a deep valance. They hang on rods and can be opened if needed, but are usually kept closed. Heavy materials suit the design, with options including velvets or thick broadcloth-like fabrics, matching vent seals.
Readers are urged to extend time to January 10th 1897 for a pre paid 25 cent bottle offer. Large bottles with 3800 doses priced at $100, five drops not sold by druggists, available only from Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co via agents. Claims cure many ailments with testimonials and money back if results fall short. Also notes a talking clock from Breslau that stops when billiard halls are in use.
Schual argues mechanical irritation of the papillae as the cause of warty growths citing his observations in Archiv for Derm. u. Syph. He notes glass spicules in his own skin seemed to boost epidermal cell formation and wart development. Exposed skin surfaces commonly harbor warts, supporting the theory, with childhood tissues showing susceptibility to foreign body penetration.
The 1890 census records 36,761,607 adults ten and older in the United States. Some 4,925,451 people or 13.4 percent cannot read, while 6,239,958 or 17 percent cannot write. States with over 40 percent unable to write include Alabama and Florida among others. states with under 5 percent unable to read include Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wisconsin, among others.
Readers learn that catarrh is a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally to destroy the disease at its foundation and strengthen the body. Proponents offer 100 dollars if it fails to cure, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists at 74 cents.
A New York Tribune note quotes a comparative anatomist predicting the demise of the little toe in humans as an evolutionary shift. The piece contrasts horse evolution from four toes to one, and suggests the surviving human toe may become the sole functional digit as matter, and the world, become evolved.
An Indianapolis Journal note discusses goldfish resilience and longevity. It cites a Washington government aquarium goldfish believed to be fifty years old and a Rome Royal Aquarium fish claimed to exceed a century. The piece contrasts care in moving goldfish with their survival depending on treatment.
Dyspepsia torments many after meals and resists ordinary medication. Hostetter's stomach Bitters offers a remedy and promises relief from malaria, kidney complaints, rheumatism, constipation, biliousness, and nervousness.
A brief dialogue records a clerk announcing joining the church and a grocer expressing pleasure, noting long-time membership and a request to assign another clerk to handle sales of spices. The exchange showcases local civic sentiment and community ties within a small-town setting.
A clerk at the bargain counter touts savings from patterns. A newly married customer responds with humor about buying two to save all her money, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
The Bible contains about 60 documents written by roughly 49 men. It has 105 miracles recorded across old and new testaments. The shortest old testament verse is Remember Lot's wife, while John 11:35 is the shortest in words in the new testament and Thessalonians 5:16 is the shortest in letters. Two pairs of chapters are verbatim duplicates, and Esther is the only book where God is not mentioned.
Dialogue sketches domestic quips about insomnia and gratitude in a comic exchange between Mrs Westside and Mrs Eastside. Advertisements blend health remedies and witty lines about men paying taxes and enjoying work, with references to Laxative Bromo Quinine, Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, Dr Kay’s Lung Balm and various drugstore products.
A stylish Kansas City bachelor wagers with friends that he will marry before they do. He has not yet been caught, but the bet implies a likelihood of marriage in the future.
A severely emaciated man emerged from a lumber car in Plainfield New Jersey after seven days trapped in a space so small he stood continually. He had entered the car in Ottawa Canada.
Fourteen of the citys churches, half of the local houses of worship, are advertised for sale over delinquent sewer taxes. Congregations have joined to seek a solution to the financial trouble and avert loss of property.
A year end survey lists notable figures such as Professor Austin Abbott M B Brady Col Thomas W Knox Mark M Pomeroy Edwin Pardridge and ex Governor Greenhalge among Bright's disease deaths. The ad warns readers of vague symptoms and claims Warner's Safe Cure offers a cure and health restoration.
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