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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1901
Page
3
The board of education rules that students may not give gifts to teachers at school. Gifts must be sent anonymously to teachers' homes to curb favoritism and prevent partiality toward children from wealthier families.
A woman may enjoy praise but despise the awkward flatterer who delivers it. The remark suggests that flattery appeals when smooth and well timed, yet irritates when insincere or overbearing.
The Wabash KH R offers greatly reduced round trip fares from Chicago to Buffalo at 15 dollars and New York at 31 dollars with return. Through trains from Kansas City St Louis and Chicago plus summer specials with Niagara Falls stopovers. Contact Harry Moores Omaha or C S Crane St Louis for tickets. It notes old families often hold hidden shame.
A grocer ad touts DEFIANCE STARCH offered in a 16 oz package at 10 cents, unlike other 10 cent starches that are only 12 oz. The promotion guarantees satisfaction or money refunded, and the copy asserts that a man will keep his word when it benefits him.
Cleaning fashion notes advise washing delicate muslin and lace with Ivory Soap and air drying in the shade with little starch. A quip follows about room at the top and a man’s urge to occupy it.
Constantine Demeter Stephanove of Macedonia earned a master of arts degree from Yale after seven years of study. He supported himself mainly as a trolley car conductor in New Haven, began on a farm upon arrival, attended a preparatory school, then Yale. He plans to continue studies in Germany next fall.
The piece highlights Mrs. Evelyn W. Murray giving a quarter to truck drivers to buy soda water, allowing horses rest during extreme heat. It warns readers to equip families and services with Wizard Off for accidents, and includes testimonial praise for Piso’s Cure for Consumption from Mrs Taos Robbins of Norwich, NY, dated February 17, 1909.
An OCR fragment references Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and Red Cross Ball Blue in a large 2 oz package. It mentions children teething syrups, soothing syrups for gums, and a moral line about helping friends and enemies. It also notes world rail traffic with two billion passengers and 950 million tons carried annually.
In Wallingford Connecticut a Sem inole war veteran, Charles Benedict, an old Mason, lives in the Masonic home and is on Uncle Sam's pensioners list. Two other survivors on the pension roll are Samuel Hart of Rockport Massachusetts and Samuel J. Calkins of Norwich.
The article explains King Edward VII chose to sign as Albert Edward only to honor his mother Queen Victoria. It notes he preferred Edward, but the queen resisted. After Victoria’s death he told Lord Salisbury he wished to be known simply as Edward VII.
Swollen feet burning and corns eased by Allen's Foot-Ease powder. Shake into shoes. 25c at druggists and shoe stores. Free sample available. Ad dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY. A good man to seldom uneasy, an d il one never easy.
President McKinley proclaims the Wichita Kiowa Comanche and Apache ceded lands in presentday Oklahoma open for settlement on August 6 1901 with registration July 10 26 at El Reno and Lawton. The plan includes drawings to determine entry order and strict rules for homestead and townsite entries under federal law.
A concise collection of aphorisms on resilience and practical wisdom from Rousseau Mme Necker Ariel and Voltaire. It urges finding contentment in duties avoiding idleness and embracing steady effort to weather misfortune. The sayings emphasize courage perseverance and steady moral tone.
A collection of maxims on conscience, principle, honesty, prudence, and success. It argues that high honesty is best policy, pride and folly incur cost, spite misleads happiness, and true business skill is self focus.
In the flower garden peonies steal focus with rose and purple hues and large satiny petals. Tree peonies thrive in good soil and can be grown in pots or beds, reaching nine inch blooms and reemerging each spring. Also praised are ethiopean yellow varieties and rare Rhodesia pinks, plus hardy climbing wisteria sinensis with lavender racemes. Ivy-reaved geraniums offer dense foliage and long lasting blossoms for balconies, trellises, and baskets, ideal for sunny spots.
A New York Press report explains how chocolate prices vary by region with adulteration lowering American costs. It notes most chocolate sold globally is diluted with cheaper fillers, while genuine cocoa beans are finest in Venezuela and processed into flavored mass before molding.
Maurice Barrymore, recently de mented actor, remains the focal point among friends. During a visit, a 50 cent piece vanished, prompting a joking remark about its disappearance and Barrymore’s sharp humor in response.
The Shah of Iran is sent an open carriage from Liege, Belgium for 20,000 dollars. The five seat body is royal blue with pearly gray satin interiors. Two silver gilt lamps illuminate the driver’s seat while the panes are beveled and decorated with the sun emblem of Persia.
A playful line about using greenbacks to fund a vibrant night out, with a note that wealth enables bold color and activity in the town. The tone suggests urban liveliness and festive spending without naming people or places.
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease powder it makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrown nails corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores sale. Trial package free by mail address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. If you would be avenged of your enemy govern yourself.
A pasted product blurb offers Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes using 2 oz. packets priced at five cents. The ad asserts quick whitening results.
In a Springfield letter Frank Dellinger, a U S soldier in the Philippines, denounces temperance supporters for abolishing the canteen. Deprived of beer and whiskey, soldiers turn to the Filipino drink beno. He warns it wrecks bodies and often leads to permanent insanity with cited cases of madness from beno use.
A fragment urging to ask a grocer for a defianceed teed or money refunded. It remarks that if a man looks upon the wine when it is red he is likely to cast reflections upon his nose, a curious sign in this antiquated diction.
STARCIL is advertised as the only 16 oz package for 10 cents while another 10 cent starch offers only 12 oz. A satisfaction guarantee appears implied, reflecting competing value claims in the grocery ads of the period.
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