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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1898
Page
3
Ad copy touts Allen's Foot-Kase and Allen's Foot-Ease as solutions for swollen hot tired feet and shoe discomfort. Claims cure for blisters corns and bunions with easy walking and lasting comfort. Includes pricing 2K and free trial offer plus a Coast inrail on Forever line.
Salzer’s Red Cross winter wheat samples and barley oats rye clovers offered at 4 cents postage in a farm seed catalog from John A Salzer Reed Co La Crosse Wis. Includes claims of 40 cent wheat and per acre yields with practical advice and promotional lines.
Travel writers praise The American House in Denver noting a fine table and unsurpassed service. Artesian water used throughout the house is famed for its purity and rates are two dollars per day.
An article advocates regular blood cleansing as part of daily life noting dust and dirt accumulate in the blood from foods. It promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the best blood purifier and adds cosmetic claims for COSMO BUTTERMIL Tolet Soap promising soft white skin.
An old advertisement touts a blood cleansing product claiming clear skin and removal of impurities. It urges readers to start now to banish pimples blotches and a sickly complexion. The pitch notes druggists carry the remedy with satisfaction guaranteed for ten cents.
The wife of Rev A R Adams of Bedford Christian Church in Blandinsville Illinois describes years of illness including heart symptoms, pain, and nervous distress. After trying ten doctors without relief, she began Pink Pills last November and reports significant improvement after eleven boxes, enabling her to work and regain appetite.
A promotional piece for the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company touts a Guide Book Niagara to the Sea, inviting readers to write 288 St Paul Street Montreal for the route from Toronto to Quebec. It extols picturesque river travel via steamboats, highlights stops along Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence, and lauds Montreal and Quebec as Europeanlike cities and gateways to the Saguenay.
The piece contrasts American and European railway lighting methods. It notes American trains mostly generate power aboard with dynamos and storage batteries at stops, while Europe increasingly uses on board storage batteries. It cites Berlin reports of Europe-wide adoption, with Sweden Norway Switzerland and Hungary expanding electric lighting on many lines. By 1896 Europe reportedly moved from about 2,000 to over 6,000 electric-lit cars.
A boastful man claims intimate contact with great luminaries including Longfellow and Tennyson. A quiet guest asks if he knew the Siamese Twins when in the country. The fawner replies he befriended one twin but never met the other, exposing the falseness of his grand claims.
A painter recalls restoring Flannigan's old house using a rye flour and glue paste as a base coat before applying white lead and oil. He claims the hot paste dried thoroughly and produced unmatched paint longevity and finish on the small structure.
A stream of letters praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women’s health issues. Readers report relief from backache headaches nervous fatigue and menstrual problems after following the remedy's regimen.
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