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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1896
Page
3
In older days people ignored lasting benefits and settled for temporary relief. Now it is claimed that Syrup of Figs permanently cures habitual constipation, so well-informed buyers will avoid laxatives that work briefly but damage the system.
A Chicago blind boy created a tiny house from forty wood pieces placed inside a common four-ounce bottle. Onlookers doubted any able person could assemble the pieces to resemble a house, noting the puzzle's clever craftsmanship.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, claiming a $100 reward for incurable catarrh and listing testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and others. It notes internal action, price 75 cents per bottle, with distribution by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
An assortment of advertisements for calendars from N. W. Ayer & Son praise a new year calendar with large date figures and flap reading material. It also promotes cereals like Silver King Barley, Silver Mine Oats, Golden Triumph Corn, Salzer potatoes, and a seed catalogue from Salzer Seed Co. plus tobacco and tonics and mentions Colorado Gold Mines news and public health tips.
Discussion on soil, yields, and rent compares English and Ontario farming. It notes Lord Leicester estate land at seven shillings per acre rent and argues English methods are dated yet productive, with higher labor costs. Also includes advice on tree planting orientation from Edson Gaylord.
A Northwest correspondent argues against a December Farmers' Review piece claiming westward tree tops indicate west winds. He cites Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa orchards leaning northeast due to sun rays, not wind, and notes shaded rows stay upright. He recalls 1878 reports and a Michigan professor's wind theory disproved.
An Albany Journal excerpt discusses rennet price decline from sixty cents to ten cents as home made rennets rise in quality, warns of cheap imported materials and poorly packed swine, sheep, and goat rennets harming cheese quality, and stresses pure milk and good rennet as key. It also urges choosing small, manageable farming growth and notes a gas tree incident in Washington County Pennsylvania and clover soil benefits.
In Bourg during Salvator’s menagerie a lion attacked a card player named Chauveau after he pushed the beast. The lion seized him, but the tamer forced the animal’s jaws open and Chauveau escaped unharmed, later rejoining the ring to applause.
Morgan County Colorado marks rapid progress since the Greeley colony model was adopted. The region now holds about 500 farms around Fort Morgan with schools churches and growing towns. Alfalfa potatoes wheat and oats dominate with remarkable yields and land priced from 15 to 30 dollars per acre with perpetual water rights.
A Chicago company introduces a fast repair for punctured tires using a thin rubber film inside the inner tube near the rim. A small metal cup with a nozzle injects cement through the puncture, wheel turned to let cement settle, then pressed to cement the film, claimed to be a permanent two minute fix.
Three by four foot wall map in seven colors shows states counties towns and railroads. Sold for fifteen cents each in stamps. supply limited. Write J Francis G P T A Burlington Route Omaha Neb for details.
The editor reviews the month’s developments in the eastern question the Monroe doctrine and Venezuela relations with Cuba and Spain and other topics. It covers Great Britain's stand on arbitration President Cleveland's commission Layard incident and civil service reform along with municipal progress and recent Russian advances.
Consort to California. Yes and economy, too, if you patronize the Burlington Route's Personally Conducted once-a-week excursions which leave Omaha every Thursday morning. Through tourist freezers Omaha to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Second-class tickets accepted. See the local agent and arrange about tickets and berths. Or, write to J. FRANCIS, G. P., T. A., Omaha, Neb.
Henry M. Stanley notes in a Century article that Boer troubles in southern Africa propelled David Livingstone northward. The missionary at Kolobeng charged Boers with cruelty, faced threats, and had his house burned after exposing their misdeeds in Cape newspapers. He then left to seek peaceful missionary work.
A philosopher questions a tester about a boy whose talents remain unclear after various toys are given. The boy destroys a toy printing press, steam engine, paints, tools and other items, leaving experts unsure whether his leaning is literary, mechanical, artistic or commercial.
Fragmented passages describe a patent accordion sleeve idea, tolling methods, and ad copy for seeds, tonics, and patent medicines. Mentions of Salzer potatoes, Champion tomato, Teosinte, and various remedies populate the collage, with brief notes on boilers and medical cures.
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