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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1893
Page
7
An article on a dubious elixir claimed to improve stomach and bowel ailments, praising a historic “vegetable” remedy and its supposed universal benefits. It reflects medical marketing rhetoric of the era and discusses language shifts from Ma and Mama to Mother, tracing the social change in addressing maternal figures.
Public notice-style promotion warns against mercury remedies for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and advertises testimonials and druggist sales at 75 cents per bottle.
A Sierra Leone concert sparked a local Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay craze as natives, mostly in shirts, danced wildly and yelled the tune. Report says Tarara spread along the coast with free seating and a raucous, joyous reception. The caption notes the local reaction and ends with a festive quip.
A fragmentary verse describes Gladys selecting Gladys 8 Ot Bomo garden seeds with care and prayer. A sudden snow and freeze forestalls planting. Gladys reacts with sorrow, Braydy seeks replacements, and the note ends with a farewell line.
A Sioux camp deserters tale shows Bright Moccasin and Two Bears abandoning the agency, winter hardship, and famine. A young wife kills to feed her infant, the chief’s widow dies, and Only Silent One returns with their child as survivor.
A portrait of Dolly Madison from childhood in a Quaker family to her courtship with John Todd and marriage, detailing her education, suitors, and the turn to public life after meeting James Madison. The article notes her transformation after marriage and the couple’s Virginia journey to Harewood for their wedding. It also cites a shift from Quaker dress to society life and a later honeymoon at Montpelier. Also included is a report on city electric light costs showing private versus municipal lamp operations.
A vignette notes a couple in a tender moment after a quarrel about fair shares of joy and pain. She sighs that married life carries thorns as well as roses, and he comforts her with a kiss as a fragrance of Juno fills the room.
Government plans to establish professorships of folk music in Russian universities aim to preserve native songs and protect them from oblivion. Russia’s folk tunes reflect regional lives within the empire rather than the wider world of music. Also noted are rediscovered Thackeray Paris articles in Britannia from 1840 to 1842 signed M A Titmarsh, including an account of Napoleon’s funeral.
A French viscount lacking funds offers a lottery with a grand prize of himself and his title. One thousand tickets at twenty francs each aim to raise over $2,500. The holder of the lucky number may marry the viscount or receive a lump sum while relinquishing any claim to his hand. The item blends sensational betting with social ambition in a late 19th century society context.
Harper's Young People recounts a tale of a Naughty Emily who cries to stay out with friends. Her mother locks her in a room to reform her crying, and after a long plea Emily promises to be good and vows not to cry until some relatives die.
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