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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1916
Page
6
A letter from Alfordsville Indiana recounts Mrs Vada Street suffering for eight years from back pain and nervous spells. She credits Cardui the women's tonic with ending her pain after three bottles and urges other women with symptoms to try it, noting it is made of natural ingredients and harmless.
Last Monday hog day saw the first car load shipped to Denver from Gurley with satisfaction. Geo Mann the carpenter is improving after a fall from a roof and walks on crutches. Paul Collart and Thelman conducted business Wednesday morning. Cold weather keeps farmers home while Werner family returns from a state trip. A farmers and merchants meeting at the lumber office discussed organizing a telephone company connecting lines to Gurley with long distance and neighbors. Gurley carpenters work daily despite cold. Will Tiger plans a new addition to his house. New hitching posts planted, inviting safe horse tying.
German forces launch a limited offensive along the western front near Massives, with the Berlin war office claiming the capture of French positions spanning several hundred yards. An explosion at the International Phosphine Chemical plant in Roosevelt fatally burned one person and seriously injured another, as chlorine gas blanketed nearby residential areas forcing occupants to seal homes.
Readable fragment quotes a New York Sun remark about a car offered as a bargain. The passage suggests a sale scene with wheedling language but provides no definite names, dates, or outcomes.
It has been said that every third person has catarrh in some form. Science shows nasal catarrh signals general weakness. local snuffs or vapors offer little help. To combat catarrh treat the cause by enriching blood with Scott's Emulsion, a medicinal food and builder free from alcohol or harmful drugs. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, NJ.
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 155 reports eight years of trials on the North Platte Substation lands. It argues soil moisture drives yields more than tillage, notes that moderate tillage and rotation patterns raise profits, and warns costly extreme tillage offers poor returns. Free copies available from Lincoln.
The text notes crabs and lobsters possess a large crushing claw and a smaller cutting claw like scissors. These claws tear prey into fragments for feeding from hand to mouth. It suggests the powerful claws serve fighting as well as feeding, since soft food does not require heavy grasping.
Livestock prices at Union Stock Yards South Omaha Neb show strong bidding with cattle receipts over 7,100 head and hogs around 18,000. Cattle top ranges and calf demand steady to higher, hogs up 10 to 15 cents, and sheep and lambs posting gains with lambs to 10.15 and high value for choice ewes and yearlings.
Congress moves to weeks of hearings and debate on military reform and foreign relations. Senate military affairs committee to begin army reorganization hearings this week while House committees started last week. Senator Roke Smith of Georgia plans Senate address on cotton, as UK trade stance and British blockade threaten American firms abroad.
An old London issue recounts Nish in Servia, captured by Marks in the fifteenth century and later contested by Austrians and Turks. A "tower of skulls" was erected by Turks after a victory, built from skulls cemented with rock and plaster. The tale notes skulls attracted travelers as souvenirs, and during a Russo Turkish siege most skulls were buried except one embedded in plaster remains visible at four feet high.
A poem about hope and arrival of a ship on the sea with lines describing storms, waves, and eventual return. The section includes stray prose snippets about a man collapsed in thought, a roommate’s quips, and marginal notes from a campus publication. The mix suggests a literary feature with verse and humor, embedded in a periodical page.
A humorous confessional describes a husband and wife’s mapped routines and quirks. He notes reading aloud, changing plans, praise and criticism, shopping habits, and social dislikes. He jokes about balancing affection with friction and recalls a fond, if wary, daily exchange.
A fragmentary note describes a humorous voyage aboard a ship. A cabin lacks a clock, yet a watch is kept on the deck, highlighting quirky travel mishaps and procedural details in a lighthearted, observational tone. The piece hints at ongoing idle chatter and small miscommunications at sea.
A brief, unclear note questions Hicks earning the colonel title. Voices affirm his right, with mutual reassurance that he is correctly addressed as colonel.
The article recounts the later Armenian kingdom era centered on the capital city Diagratid rulers. The Byzantines seized the city in 1046, followed by Seljuk destruction, repeated conquests between 1125 and 1200, Mongol invasion, and a 119 earthquake sealing ruin. It notes the great cathedral founded around 1090 as a surviving landmark amid calamities.
A New York Times quotation notes a man seeking one hour of uninterrupted reading each evening, while his wife retorts about where she spends her own evenings. The exchange highlights domestic routines and time management in a brief, pointed line.
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