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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1908
Page
6
Chicago physicians pursue the materialism of the soul with photographs of death beds at County Hospital. Dr Stose M Reading cites two cases of departing souls observed near dying patients as officials consider systematic study and public discussion of this paranormal topic.
A clubman challenges a fellow member to sit on a silk hat without crushing it. The method requires a smooth strong surface crown down, a board across the rim, and careful gradual weight to avoid yielding. The experiment works on new bats but not on worn ones.
German educators introduce pictorial postcards as instructional aids in public schools. At a German Geographical Society meeting the idea was proposed to use illustrated cards for natural and political history and language lessons. The Breslau school museum seeks publishers’ card samples for educational use.
The account, told by a boy's employer, recalls Tim the South African who wrestles a young lion cub near Komat, chasing it into a pool. Jim dives after the cub, hooks it by the tail, and subdues it with a series of ducking strokes before returning with the animal in triumph.
In Duke of Argyll's Passages from the Past a tale recalls Tennyson hiding guests at luncheon including the Marquis of Lorne. The poet laureate says newspapers dislike his verses and he fears a royal marriage rumor involving the queen and her family, speaking with a sly wink.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the play was full of complications with a comic line about wrong seats and a guest who misplaced an overcoat while a companion monopolized a conversation with a gentleman friend.
A cryptic historical note describes Luther hanging from a strap during rush hour on a subway as he utters a weary line about endurance and divine aid. The piece presents a surreal scene with a judge referenced in concluding.
The line hints at a joke about medical advice meant for external use only and the patient’s wife insisting on giving it, reflecting humorous diary or comic tone from London scraps. No clear event or individuals beyond generic references to The Doctor and The Patient.
A collage reports on shipping routes between Japan and Formosa, historic editors, tin deposits in Alaska, German teacher salaries, a Labore Society lecture crowd control, lamp lighting, seedless fruit mystery, a prolific cook’s anniversaries, Massachusetts milk standards, electric plant growth, Bushranger etymology, and Oxford relics collection with Thomas a Becket treasure.
A guidance on posture advises keeping hips aligned with shoulders and spine touching the chair back. A home remedy mix of hazel and rosewater comforts wind troubled complexions. Peaches are grown nationwide with the best flavor attributed to Kentucky’s blue grass region.
A doctor advised Cuticura remedies for a severe childhood eczema case. The patient recalls intense itching and pain, with the skin eventually healing after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Anabel Wilson of North Branch, Michigan, recounted the cure in October 1907.
A new pension measure secured by John W. Morris receives support in Washington as lawmakers discuss the implications for federal retirement plans and veterans benefits. The act targets improvements in benefit calculations and eligibility.
A Columbus Ohio reader Mrs E Hanson writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her through the Change of Life easing nervousness headaches and other symptoms. She notes improved health and ability to resume her work and urges friends to try the remedy.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been a standard remedy for female ills and claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down and indigestion. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts. A second unrelated note mentions planning work and dull knives.
An old ad urges buyers to ask dealers for Alien's Foot-Ease Powder to shake into shoes. It claims relief for corns bunions swollen feet sore feet hot feet callouses aching sweating feet and ingrown nails. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores with a 25 cent price and free sample mailing from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The excerpt advises keeping alum at home to stop bleeding and soothe mouth wounds by rinsing with cold water after dissolving alum. It notes alum boiled in milk may aid toothache and cautions the mind must be clear for effective mental work and enthusiasm.
Mrs. C. R. Shelton of Pleasant Street Covington Tennessee says kidney disease and rheumatic pain left her helpless but after using Deans Kidney Pills she improved quickly and regained health. The maker Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sells at 50 cents a box through general stores.
A collection of quirks and anecdotes. Notes mention Edmonton Opera House regulations about hats, Roosevelt government overreach rumors, Theodore Roosevelt as a boy, Balkan hospitality quirks, Thackeray’s character copying with Archdeane, and Ban Johnson’s restaurant dog incident.
In Old Lyme Connecticut a Franklin milestone recalls 1776 when Washington traveled from Cambridge after Boston’s evacuation. Benjamin Franklin toured the post road with a homemade distance meter on his chaise and visited an inn near Lyme on a frosty night. He found the inn crowded with locals and the oyster feast became his own repast while the horse refused them.
The first play written by an American produced in this country was The Prince of Parthia by Thomas Godfrey. Brought to the Southwark theatre in Philadelphia by Lewis Hallam's company in April, it marked an early achievement of Godfrey, a promising young poet who died young. The play, noted as above mediocrity yet important, formed part of a 1765 volume of his works.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip collection contrasts a housewife’s dryer clothes and maid woes with jokes on parental budgeting and a man who forgets to button a shirt. The snippets highlight domestic pressures and social humor of the era.
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