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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1904
Page
7
A testimonial letter from Miss M Caniepar of Atlanta Ga extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing her menstrual illness. She describes debilitating symptoms in her first period and credits the remedy with rapid health improvement after two weeks of use.
A fragment warns that a girl pursuing marriage prospects may encounter a con artist. The line uses nautical imagery to suggest deception in matrimonial schemes.
Russian surgeons report that Japanese rifle bullets cause small clean holes with significant stopping power and easy treatment. They note many cases of recovery even when intestines are penetrated, and say further surgical contributions will follow the end of hostilities.
The Paris Lyon and Mediterranean Railway introduces a family aid plan for workers with large clans. Employees earning up to 2100 francs annually and supporting three or more dependents receive annual gratuities: six dollars for four members, sixteen for five, thirty for six, forty eight for seven, seventy for eight, eighty two for nine, and one hundred sixty six for ten or more dependents.
Local and national readers are informed that catarrh is a constitutional disease and requires systemic treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is advertised as the only constitutional remedy with a 100 cash reward for any cure failure. Also promoted are Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
William O Conway longtime Washington land office clerk dies at 73 after fifty years service starting from 1854 in Maryland. Also items include Defiance Cold Water Starch ad, Philadelphia teaching marriage revelation, Allen’s Foot Ease ad, Rosebud Reservation land opening notice with Dick T Morgan contact, testimonials about Piso’s Cure, Lewis’ Single Binder cigar promotion, and a note on habit as virtue or vice.
Reports from St Petersburg suggest plans for the Port Arthur squadron to break away if the fortress falls. The escape would join with the Vladivostok squadron and sail to Vladivostok, through mined Korean straits guarded by Japanese torpedo boats, despite the long ocean route being riskier than retreat.
Marcus Crahan, 34, was arrested at the Delmar race track by Secret Service Agent Murphy and jailed at the Four Courts. He faces arraignment before US Commissioner Grain on counterfeit money charges. Four thousand dollars in $100 counterfeit gold certificates were found on him, linked to recent passes at Kenilworth and Gravesend tracks. The bills imitate real notes with rough Benton portrait and red ink back design.
St Petersburg reports reply to China about Russian military actions in Manchurian villages. Dispatches from Kwan Tang province note agitation among Chinese and link to the 1900 Boxer rebellion rallying around this season. Russian advices described as more disquieting.
Admiral Togo has cleared the channel into Talienwan Dalny by locating and exploding forty one mines since June 3. A small steamer entered safely yesterday as work to locate remaining mines continues amid gale and high seas.
Montreal McGill reports Oxford examiners have selected 120 Rhodes scholars from April 13 and 14 testing across the United States and Canada. Eligible candidates include Raymond Coon and Frank A Peterson from Nebraska, Carl W Ross from Iowa, Paul M Young from South Dakota, and Harold G Merriam from Wyoming, among others.
London dispatch from the Shanghai correspondent of the Morning Post dated June 8 reports General Stakelberg's Russian brigade moving toward Bert Arthur. It suffered a reverse near Wafangtien and retreated to Tashchiao on Saturday.
The Daily Mail correspondent reports a wireless telegraph apparatus attached to the Russian consular flagstaff at Che Foo. The Japanese consul claims the consulate communicates with Port Arthur at night.
Yin Kow telegram reports Etzel of the London Telegraph shot dead at Tien Chwang Tai by imperial troops.
A Troy police officer endorses Peruna as a remedy for catarrh affecting head chest lungs and pelvic organs. The article argues catarrh of the kidneys is common and often overlooked by physicians. Peruna is claimed to remove the root catarrh and restore kidney function with many testimonials and an offer for free medical advice from Dr Hartman.
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