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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1904
Page
7
The piece argues that New York men rarely remove hats in elevators with women and public spaces, noting the practice is settled in offices and stores. It contrasts behavior in other cities and asserts women in New York do not expect hat removals in transit or public venues.
Senator Depew recalls being elected secretary of state at age 20 after serving in the assembly. He says he was offered a ministerial post to Japan with a $9000 salary and equal funds to outfit him, but declined. He chose instead to accept $2000 a year from Mr. Vanderbilt as Harlem Railroad attorney.
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with a remarkable recovery from severe kidney disease after failed treatments. He reports renewed energy and the ability to walk across the floor, calling his case the most wonderful in Chippewa County. The ad mix also touts Piso’s Cure for Consumption and a Defiance Starch promotion with notes on a national exposition itinerary.
Erie Railroad offers one way or round trip fares to New York Boston Buffalo Pittsburgh and other eastern cities. Three fast daily trains from Chicago and St Louis with free stopovers at Niagara Falls Cambridge Springs and Chautauqua Lake. Also notes men rarely forgive failure and seldom forgive success.
An ad promotes reliable accommodations near the World’s Fairgrounds with a private gate and direct Union Station to Market street car access. It invites reservations at the Grand View Fraternal Hotel in St. Louis Missouri.
Rt. 1 Jones of Ontario recounts a trip to India where he fell ill and sought local remedies. A native healer supposedly cured him by blistering with a red hot iron and cayenne dressed wounds, aided by gunpowder pills and a delayed coal test down the throat. the tale is sourced to the Louisville Herald.
An Englishman explains a hagioscope and its history revealing a small window over the wall near the altar used to let lepers view services from outside. He notes the term squint window as an alternate name and describes its purpose.
A widow with three children shelters her son with straw and a door to keep him warm on a bitter night. The boy notes the door makes him happy, while happiness is framed as a relative measure, like beauty.
A quoted excerpt from Woman's World warns that choosing a husband should weigh whether he loves you more than you love him. It argues that excessive affection can bore a man while a wife who loves too little is left with no respect. It notes marriage brings many draws that can both attract and estrange, shaping the husband wife dynamic.
Poem contemplates nature’s beauty as transient and praises God. Earth and sea acknowledge finitude as sun and moon acknowledge limited days, leading to exaltation of the heavenly mansion for the redeemed.
Mme. Marie Roze cherishes two memorials from her career. A gold-letter program on white satin recalls singing before Queen Victoria. A finely crafted testimonial came from a convict forger after she sang to inmates at Auburs prison in New York.
Prof William James of Harvard is popular with studious undergraduates but silences rash claims. A sophomore once voiced atheistic views, and James quipped you are a free thinker. I only believe what I can understand, the student replied. It comes to the same thing, I suppose.
In western Washington, cascara bark peels from Grays Harbor forests have become a thriving trade. Workers harvest bark from barberry and chitum trees with yields of 50 to 100 pounds per tree and 8 cents per pound. Families, contract peelers, and eastern buyers drive a local economy, with some men earning about $5 daily while calls to legislate tree protection grow amid medicinal bark demand.
A dealer notes clear white clothes signal the use of Red Cross Bull Blue in a large 2 oz package priced at five cents.
The article notes the Brooklyn Bridge twentieth first anniversary with details of finances. From 1882 to 1898 receipts total 17.27 million while expenditures reach 18.15 million. Rail earnings run 13.73 million and roadway 1.21 million. Construction cost about 16 million, including 11.5 million for the structure and 4.5 million for terminal real estate. Williamsburg Bridge cost projected near 20 million, with higher terminal costs.
Prof S F Morse explains in a May Century excerpt how he built the first US daguerreotype camera from Daguerre drawings. He describes a silvered copper plate from a hardware store yielding a view of the Church of He Messiah on Broadway, claimed as America’s first daguerreotype. A closing quip notes women and secrets.
A Georgian recounts two steps to health from coffee addiction. First stop coffee to remove the destroyer. second replace with Postum Food Coffee to rebuild blood and cells. He cites weight gain and relief from headaches after switching, and invites readers to verify with local Bank of Castrellton and Postum sources.
The Marquis of Donegal, once an insurance gamble, died recently at age about eighty five. In 1890 a policy was issued when he was near seventy, with no children, seeming a safe bet for the insurer. He later married again at eighty five and had a six month old son, making the single premium of 665 dollars yield 12,500 dollars to the policy holder.
Advice recommends avoiding questions about food from ill patients and serving nicely cooked meals whose exact contents remain a surprise until served. Small, thoughtful surprises can stimulate appetite and aid recovery for the sick.
Russia adds 6,500 people from 1,000 marriages while Scotland gains 4,000, England 3,600, the United States 3,000, and France 2,700, reflecting marriage-driven population increases reported in the period data.
A concise proverb notes riches do not grant feet freedom. both rich and poor wear their fortunes as shoes, implying social status shapes comforts but not motion or dignity.
Advertisement asserts deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and can only be cured by constitutional remedies. It claims catarrh causes nine of ten cases and offers $100 for catarrh deafness cured by Nat's Catarrh Cure. Circulars are requested from FL Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, with Druggists selling the product.
Opinion argues poetry of inferior quality harms society and deserves restrictions. The author contends that allowing substandard verse burdens humanity and should be discouraged or limited.
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue a 2 oz package priced at five cents to whiten clothes claiming dramatic results. The copy also makes a humorous aside about transforming a kitchen helper into an actress of higher class.
Erie Railroad Company invites travelers to request free booklets on Summer Tours and the Beautiful Chautauqua Lake Region and Cambridge Springs. The ad notes the value of choosing top service for business or pleasure travel. A closing proverb contrasts a woman's strictness with her husband.
An ad-like passage touts De fiance Starch as the path to best starching results with four or more for some money and no cooking. It contrasts a successful man who roars with the unsuccessful brother who merely squeals, highlighting a family rivalry theme.
An old ad touts Defiance Starch 16 ounces for 10 cents, claiming one third more starch for the same money. The copy links product use to cleanliness and even hints at weather by noting horses sniffing the air will rain, then urges repeated purchase at the same price.
Claims of permanent relief from fits and nerve symptoms after one day's use. Includes offer for a trial bottle priced at 82.00 and lists B A Kian at 031 Arch Street Philadelphia. Also mentions Defiance Starch advertising and a wedding details line.
A collection of aphorisms on love power and social wit including lines about lovers seeing only each other the meek man in meetings how a tiger’s absence makes the fox master and the value of reading people over books.
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