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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
6
Elmsford New York residents recount a dramatic cure with Thedford's Black Draught after years of illness. Mrs Charles E Jones credits five packages with restoring sleep appetite and walking ability. The ad touts Black Draught as a safe vegetable remedy for indigestion constipation liver and stomach disorders.
New Years resolutions urged anew for credit. Gurley hosts farmers union meeting January 4 in Albert Thompson's stone block. Carpenter fell from roof January 3 but is improving. Calhoff prepares to buy hogs. Zeb Gustin’s residence addition awaits plastering by Johnson brothers. Geo H Ruhter returns from Adams County. Elevator traffic tight as cars scarce. elevator near full. Gurley business and stock yards ready for work. hitching posts coming. John Wallick arranging service. Roach to plaster saloon building. Prosperity seen as Gurley grows and develops.
The thaw allows better travel as eight inches of snow remain on the level. Residents note holiday departures and visitors from the east. Guy Shaw and family visit eastern Nebraska for six weeks. Mrs J W Nelson visits North Platte with Mrs Wesner. Mr Payzant butchered a beef Tuesday. The Walkers host guests from the east. Much corn remains to be harvested.
Advice on staying healthy at seventy by building strength in middle life. Emphasizes keeping blood pure with Scott's Emulsion, described as a food tonic and medicine to support blood richness and ease rheumatic aches. No alcohol in Scott's. Scott & Bowne.
Union Stock Yards South Omaha Neb January 5 cattle supply about 7 700 head demand steady to lower on fair to good beef stock cattle veal calves strong prices bulls stays steadies strong feeder bids hogs about 1909 000 head market fairly active lambs and mutton dull steady to lower best lambs 9 30 sheep and lamb quotes including lambs good to choice 9 25 9 50 ewes and yearlings listed with various grades and prices
A Life magazine stance warns youths against radical thought, urging them to accept leaders and products at face value. It argues that questions and critical analysis threaten profits and reputations, and that blind credulity leads to a smoother, frictionless life.
A Life excerpt portrays a bustling office hierarchy led by a demanding chief. The fat office boy seems thunderous, the lead bookkeeper climbs by pull, the stenographer hides a soft heart, and a teasing wife with a crying baby completes a vivid portrait of office life.
The National Geographic Society Bulletin outlines Turkish cuisine with pilaf as the national dish and rice prepared firm for distinct grains. It notes milk foods like yaourt, bread costs for porters, and a simple daily meal of pilaft with meat costing about 4 cents, highlighting Turkistan table customs and rhythms.
President Wilson returns to Washington to assert direct control over foreign policy amid the Persia disaster. The British steamship Persia sank after a torpedo strike with at least one American life lost, prompting talks of immediate U S measures. Cairo cables report 160 survivors, and officials await fuller details while Vienna signals readiness to resolve the matter if an Austro Hungarian commander erred.
Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Tanner of the United States Supreme Court died at his Washington home after a months long illness. He was fifty eight and had served on the court for five years. The immediate cause was gradual heart failure hastened by lung inflammation, with overwork as a contributing factor. The article notes his 1914 role as a U S commissioner relating to United States Mexico affairs at Niagara Falls.
Sheriff Johnson reports two Black men killed on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River. One shot, one bound and lynched in a woods after an alleged remark to a passing white woman on a country road in a buggy. Investigations begun. details scarce.
The Greek government lodges official protest with the German minister in Athens over an air attack on Salonika. Diplomatic tensions rise as Greece denounces the raid and seeks clarification on Allied or German air operations affecting Greek territory.
Algernon Tassie notes Poe flourished during his two years at the magazine, lifting Richmond’s profile and boosting Stylus circulation from 700 to 5,200 subscribers in fifteen months. He criticizes the publisher’s poor taste while describing a $10,000 annual profit at his departure.
The scene recounts Mr. McNab viewing celebrated pictures of Ada and Eve in a public display. A gardener dismisses the painter, noting an achronistic apple variety used to tempt Adam, claimed to have only been known for about twenty years.
A Baltimore American quip notes a philosopher across the street enjoying a fittingly wise moment with his wisdom tooth. The joke hinges on the play of wit between man and tooth, labeling both as whole and clever.
A historic claim credits the Oxford Bible as the sole English printed work with no typographical error. The remark underscores long standing publishing legends about precision in early Bible printing and language accuracy.
A fragment verse recalls a cheerful miller named Minuere who toiled by the River Dee singing from morn till night. The chorus proclaims a carefree stance with lines about caring for nobody if no one cares for me.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorse the firm’s honesty and finances. The remedy is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials mailed free. Price seven cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Malls Family Pills for constipation.
The Gambos of South Africa hold that ancestors guide all acts through interpreters. They perform ritual actions during battles of birds and animals and observe signs like involuntary shudders as omens of impending misfortune.
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