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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1897
Page
3
The piece notes a new Grain-O product sold in grocery stores as a pure grain coffee substitute. It claims easy on the stomach and indistinguishable from real coffee, priced about 44 cents, with children able to drink it safely for 25 cents per package. The dialog hints at local chatter and a mock matrimonial interruption involving Miss Flypp and Mr Greylocks.
Ad promotes Se-To-Bac as a tobacco habit cure with fifty cents guaranteed. Claims to strengthen the weak and purify the brood. Mentions druggists and emphasizes close observation formed by the brain and eye.
An old regional advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures swelling under the tongue described as a semi transparent tumor requiring operation. It promotes the tonic as restoring health and includes a testimonial from Mrs. H.M. Copurn of Union Street Lowell Massachusetts. The ad also markets Hood's Pills for sick headaches at 25 cents.
Article discusses up-to-date farming units for cultivating boll crops and combating pests. Covers horticulture viticulture and floriculture techniques relevant to crops and garden management.
A celery grower offers practical guidance from soil prep to banking. Use loamy soil and one foot beds, apply superphosphate, sow thickly, water daily in dry weather, transplant by July, and employ push scrapers to bank plants. Reclaimed swamp muck enriches ground. bank after six weeks for a sturdy crop.
A Washington state giant tree, rivaling California redwoods in height and age, has been cut into sections. The tree stood 465 feet tall with a base circumference of 33 feet 11 inches and produced lumber that could fill ten large freight cars if sliced into inch strips. Its age, estimated from growth rings, is at least 484 years.
A colossal Cascade Mountain tree near the Cascades in Washington is described as 500 years old, surviving harsh winters and heavy snows. Scientists note no material earth surface change in the state over centuries, while the tree’s age challenges alternative theories of western U S geology.
The notes discuss lilac variety improvements, noting better foliage and earlier flowering. It highlights single white Maria Legrayne and Charles X, as well as double types President Carnot Pyramidalis Madame Jules Finger Leon Simon Mons Maxime Cornu, and credits Prof. J. L. Buda for the update on shrub breeding advances.
A collection of notes explains plant nutrition focusing on soil and air uptake through roots, leaf capture of carbonic acid gas via chlorophyll, and the release of oxygen. It also mentions milking-time cow files and Kansas apple orchard practices with clover cover and roller reseeding.
The Vool schedule is immediately taken up as amendments fail to pass. Efforts to reduce the committee rates are rejected in a brief tariff discussion marked by a wit about tariffs.
Washington June 26 Senator Vest moved to strike the specific rate on carpets in the wool schedule. The vote failed 17 to 24 but a call of the Senate later brought fifty two senators, Vest’s amendment was defeated 21 to 20. Debate over silk schedule followed with Western and coast senators accusing committee rates of being excessive.
W J Bryan arrived in Ottawa at dawn after a Cherryvale stop where he spoke to a large crowd. A severe storm accompanied his visit as he met local politicians at the Centennial hotel and hosted breakfast with L C Stine. He spoke at Forest Park at 1 30 p m before departing for Beatrice Nebraska to meet his wife.
CuicaGco June 20 report says all window and flint glass factories and 95 percent of green glass plants will close at midnight next Wednesday. Blowers and gatherers plan a Cleveland meeting July 6 to demand wage hikes from 15 to 24 percent, while jobbers warn of industry suspension amid no large increases.
The Senate committee on Pacific railroads agreed to report favorably a resolution by Mr. Harris of Kansas urging the United States to redeem the Union Pacific railway from prior liens and foreclose the government mortgage. The measure was amended to request President to suspend actions related to a sold interest in the railroad and sinking fund until Congress acts. The committee’s action was unanimous.
The President sent nominations to the Senate including Irving B. Dudley of California for minister to Peru Frank Dillingham of California for Auckland New Zealand and Captain George C Remey for commodore status in the Navy
About 100 Italian strikers were arrested in Morrisville, New Jersey, as authorities moved to disperse a crowd. The unrest appears to have subsided.
Special trains from June 29 to July 3 offer through tourist and palace sleepers with stop overs allowed west of Denver. Return via Wortland Yellowstone Park and Black Hills. Endeavorers and friends receive quick cool comfortable travel, daylight scenery, first class equipment, and reserved seats. Contact LB. & M. A. R. ticket agent or J. Francis Burling ton Route G P A Omaha Neb.
A Philadelphian Post brief recounts a hunter story where a man shot a bow at a bear, the bear reacted instantly, and the ball ricocheted to kill the hunter when it passed through the bear. The tale is framed as a notably perilous hunting anecdote from about a year earlier.
An array of short notices and ads appear, including Allen's Foot-Ease powder promising relief for tired feet and shoe comfort, medical testimonials for Dr. Kay's Renovator, a humorous exchange about actors from Uncle Tom's Cabin, a No-To-Bac tobacco cessation pitch, toy boat humor, Peruviana kidney and liver cure, hemp production notes for Kentucky, and a biblical reference to a six-fingered Kant Monstrosity.
A chaotic ad collage lists constitutional cures and tonics including Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Farrell’s Baking Powder, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, Cascarets, and Dr. Kay’s Renovator. It touts refunds, trial sizes, and moral messages about economy and home improvement.
The article notes a Frenchwoman receives practical business education in common schools, learning household bookkeeping and responsible purchasing. As a wife she helps her husband with business and may manage it, acting as clerk in small stores and as an equal partner in larger ones.
A garbled ad-like passage promotes Dre the Farewell and Stomach Hitters as fortifying tonics for travelers and migrants. It touts use for constipation biliousness malaria and nervousness. A dialog snippet features a passerby remarking to a boy and a sister.
An Omaha firm markets a magnetic treatment for loss of vitality nerves and sexual weakness. It claims rapid life force restoration and offers free paper literature with a money back guarantee of curing or refund. Patients may pay travel for in person care or use home directions, with a $250,000 capital guarantee.
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