Ancient wedding cake donated to Church Army on golden anniversary
A London organization sent an ancient wedding cake to the Church Army on its donors' golden wedding anniversary with the remark that it is old but perhaps welcome.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1906
Page
7
A London organization sent an ancient wedding cake to the Church Army on its donors' golden wedding anniversary with the remark that it is old but perhaps welcome.
An 状 advert promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teaching gums soothing pain and reducing windcolts. The copy claims it softens gums eases inflammation and cures discomfort in infants and teething.
A reflective note argues that imagination colors reality and that people live in different worlds. Some see royalty, others see poverty and crime, and each person’s choice determines their experience and richness.
Bold ad promises a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromide and quinine tablets. It features a boxed offer with a money back guarantee signed by E W Grove and a 25 cent price.
A humorous line about a best man's faults needing a hat to hide them and a nod to Lewis' Single Binder cigars. The fragment includes an adish note for Lewis' Factory in Peoria and a standalone quote about fiction needing beauty beyond reality.
A provocative line contrasts a long standing mystery with a bold breakfast suggestion. It asserts Pillsbury's Vitos are the best morning option for humanity, implying a promotional stance.
Italy reports 10,982 advocates, selectors and procurators with total gross income of 3,462,615 dollars and an average around 315 dollars. Five claim 6,000, eight claim 3,000, sixteen claim 4,000, seventy claim 2,000, and 5,508 report income under 200 dollars.
A playful exchange between water coffee and an egg settles a kitchen quarrel. The water protests being mixed and the coffee retorts, while a friendly egg drops in to dissolve the dispute by removing the grounds.
The saying notes that requesting others to undertake a charitable act is harder to justify than taking action oneself when one has the power. It reflects on personal responsibility and moral effort in helping others.
Born in 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts as Estes she became a teacher and a keen investigator. Her family built Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound from kitchen roots and herbs after 1873 financial collapse, growing into a global health aid with extensive patient records and ongoing advice to sick women.
New England tale cited by former State Senator John Ford about a man with an inflated ego who sought burial in the town plot. The town dismissed his request after repeated petitions and a joking motion to grant it only if he were buried there next week.
A colorful portrait from Harper's Weekly describes Admiral Biriloff as robustly disposed, witty, and practical. It recounts a story of a royal bouquet incident aboard a ship during Shostakoff’s rule, illustrating his sly humor and ability to steer events without bankrupting officers.
A poetic fragment describing a luminous vision of a woman whose beauty distracts a prayerful knight. He abandons his vigil, follows the elusive figure along a hidden path, leaving behind sanctuary and faith as he pursues a fleeting apparition.
Anecdotes in a domestic setting reveal contrasting tales of men bragging on hat making costs and a man claiming household management cut expenses by forty percent. The wife, skeptical, challenges both claims as unlikely. The dialogue centers on belief in newspaper stories about gendered competence.
An Irish soldier on sentry duty refused to allow smoking near his post. An officer with a lit cigar approached, was told to extinguish it, and discarded the cigar. The sentry retrieved the cigar and returned to his box, where smoke billowed. The officer confronted him, who claimed he kept the cigar ready to show to the corporal as evidence against the officer.
A Keystone humor piece recalls a weekly stage driver taunting a poet from the Black Hills. The bard wryly admits he cannot tell whether the line means keep plagging at poetry or at the editor, after noting a book titled How to Write Poetry.
A reader explains that coating freshly laid eggs with vaseline while warm preserves their quality for six weeks to two months. The earlier the grease is applied, the longer the eggs stay in “new laid” condition.
A cure-all claim for stomach, liver, and bowel diseases is promoted by Acme Dyspepsia Cure Co of Ironia New Jersey. The ad offers 10 tablets for $1 and urges sending payment with the order.
The self leveling bank for seasickness prevention, tested on a Dover Calais boat, has proven so successful that installation is proposed on all steamers of the service.
An old advertising snippet extols Defiance Starch for lasting quality and no front sticking. It highlights 16 ounce packages priced at 10 cents, claims of chemical free content, and urges grocers to stock the 16 oz size to save time and money. The piece also cites a Cleveland Leader excerpt about a hunting trip and a boast that Defiance never sticks.
Some grocers say they do not keep Defiance Starch because they stock other brands in 12 oz packages and cannot sell them first. Defiance offers 16 oz for the same price and requires no cooking, prompting customers to choose it for extra value.
The blizzard swept the east coast from March 11 to 13, 1888, causing hundreds of deaths and numerous shipwrecks. New York City bore the brunt of the storm’s severity with extensive disruption.
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch as the biggest and best with a money back guarantee. It markets a 16 ounce package priced at 10 cents and urges customers to try it now.
The remark urges practicality and efficiency by arguing that the simplest method is to perform the task correctly from the outset, challenging the idea of shortcutting for ease. It frames efficiency as a principle rather than a tactic.
Land adjoining this can be purchased from railway and land companies at from 6 to 810 per acre. On this land this year has been produced upwards of twenty five bushels of wheat to the acre. It s also the best of grazing land and for mixed farming it has no superior on the continent. Splendid climate low taxes railways cath schools and churches close at and. Write for Twentieth Century Canada and low railway rates to Superintendent of Immigration Ottawa Canada or to authorized Canadian Government Agent W W Bennett 801 New York Life Build ing Omaha Nebraska Qo mention this paper.
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