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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1903
Page
5
Rev Carliste P B Martin of Waverly Texas endorses Bal lard's Horehound Syrup for morning phlegm and cough relief. He praises its effectiveness and pleasant taste and recommends it for throat and lung troubles. Sold by D J Scanion at 24c 50c and 1.00 per bottle.
An old health column touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach liver and kidney disorders and blood purification. It claims quick destruction of disease germs, improves appetite, aids female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria, with vigor and strength following use. 0c, guaranteed by druggists.
Four personally conducted trips run from Omaha to California each week on Wednesday through Saturday at 4 25 p m in Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars. Conductors accompany the parties along the entire route and the Union Pacific offers four weekly California excursions from Omaha. Passengers may join at any intermediate point. For details contact agent W D Cruveron.
Henry D Baldwin Supt City Water Works Shulisburg Wisconsin says he tried many liniments but found Ballard's Snow Liniment best for rheumatism and pains. Available 25c 50c and 1.00 at D J Scanlon's.
Bullard's Horebound Syrup claims to halt a cold and remove its cause. Sold at D. J. Scanlon's in bottles priced 25c 50c and 1.00.
A London Truth account traces the young Emile Zola from ministerial setbacks to early work at Hachette. Gambetta aids him with a Castle Sarrasin subprefecture, poverty and peril persist, and he begins writing pamphlets and reclames with calm persistence before rising as private secretary to the publisher.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt advises against crossing legs. The doctor explains that leg crossing compresses the knee area, affecting popliteal nerves and vessels, causing numbness and weakness. He urges keeping legs uncrossed to maintain strength and shapeliness.
A lantern slide prank backfires during a suburban photographic society lecture. A member inserted his own lantern portrait among slides, but the lecturer, unaware of the mix up, announces the next image as a “refractory donkey” causing unintended humor.
The article explains Minnesota being called the North Star State for its geography and coat of arms, the Lake State for its many lakes, and the Gopher State due to abundant gophers that caused nuisances and even hazards for riders and horses.
A promotional ad touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims wide testing in hospitals and offers a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail to readers who mention this paper. Regular sizes are sold by druggists.
The Georgia defendant testifies in court equating his term ae and the big white oak tree to Mary Tom's plantation. He humorously claims the tree is as old as the mill dam and as young as the red barn nearly burned when the stars fell.
Mamma-I was surprised and shocked by the coldness with which you greet ed Miss Heersum when she called. Ethel-Yes, mamma, but I made up for it later. Mamma-Did you? Ethel-Yes, indeed. You should have seen how cordially I bade her "good by." Philadelphia Press.
A Washington Star quote notes a man convicted for a jewelry theft using a high society pose. The text depicts him in prison clothes, transformed from a social lion into a zebra, per Plodding Pete and Meandering Mike.
The note lists container sizes and corresponding capacities for various boxes. It matches square and rectangular shapes with depths to volumes such as quart, half gallon, gallon, peck, half bushel, bushel, and larger, using dimensions like 4 by 4 inches and 8 by 8 inches up to 24 by 16 inches and depths from 4 to 28 inches.
A New Orleans man tells the Washington Post that rainwater in cisterns in yards tastes best. He notes winter rainfall is used and summer water is less desirable, claiming northern cisterns do not keep as wholesome and sweet.
The piece depicts Eskimo marriage as a two stage process. A groom abducts the bride from a neighboring village and hauls her by sled to his home after a feasting. A formal wedding then follows later with a minister. The bride’s hair is bound in tight knots, sometimes causing hair loss.
A gentleman loses a prized dog in the city. The clever creature, after roaming, hops into a cab and sits on the seat. A crowd watches as a spectator notes the dog wants to be driven home. The collar bears an address and the cab reaches the rightful home. The dog is rewarded.
In a Cornhill or Cornhbili Magazine excerpt, Dr Jowett challenged Oxford undergraduates by asking which prophet rode to heaven in a chariot. The class repeated Elijah until Jowett pressed for the correct answer, noting the students’ uncertainty and the effort to shame them into the Bible history lesson.
A New York Times report describes a housekeeper on the far east side asking a Second Avenue butcher why finest cuts are sent west. The butcher says he ships top meat to shops farther west and receives cheaper cuts in return, describing a regular exchange system.
A philosophically inclined speaker contemplates a wife’s right to expect much from her husband. The meek companion replies, noting women’s high hopes may surpass what a ordinary man can deliver, even when anchored by a spouse’s memory on a tombstone.
A Washington Times clipping notes a prominent educator and former insurance agent remarking on a candidate likely to become a college president. The brief quotes suggest strong experience and public regard for the unnamed figure.
An exchange in the Kansas City Independent contemplates moving a mother-in-law to the hospital despite concerns it could prove fatal. The dialogue, credited to Heartpeek Weill, hints at a dangerous surgical dilemma.
A brief wry exchange notes Mrs Chatson’s brilliance in concise talk. The dialogue mocks verbosity, claiming a noble brute can be a thoroughbred St Bernard or a roguish foreign fortune seeker.
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