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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1898
Page
4
The notice lists advertising rates including display per column inch and per line for locals, business locals, and professional cards. It mentions legal notices and other insertions with price details, reflecting a historical newspaper advertisement rate card.
Ex President Cleveland at Princeton argues against acquiring more territory, contending the nation must take a leading role in humanitarian progress by taking and occupying the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba to protect liberty and promote civil religion and governance by the people.
The article notes that no US warships were destroyed by Spain with only the gunboat Winslow injured, and highlights the low sailor fatalities. It discusses Dewey’s Manila victory prompting troop transport to Manila, fears of Spanish ambush, and the troops’ safe arrival aided by expectations of Spanish restraint, suggesting a higher power guiding national destiny.
A string of humorous quips and ribbing about summer heat, drinks, and social manners. The piece riffs on sailors, Commodore Schley, watermelons, bed bugs, and modern courtship while lampooning social excess and the cost of entertaining friends.
A Berlin physician warns in a medical paper that private hospital nurses collude with undertakers, distributing up to 25 as gratuity for favorable jobs. He notes the practice has persisted for decades and exists in other large towns, urging use of women in sisterhoods or driven by higher motives than money.
A dialog about a dining room scene on a sea voyage, noting the picture titled The Dinner Hour During a Rough Passage. The exchange questions why no characters are included in the depiction.
Mr and Mrs Gaswell moved into a fashionable neighborhood weeks earlier and prepared to issue invitations for their silver wedding. He fretted the costly stationery may go begging while she urged their use, prompting a wry exchange from the New York World.
Capt O K Hughes of Columbia reports recovery from muscular rheumatism after using S S S. He asserts doctors medicines with mercury and potash worsened the condition and credits the blood remedy with restoring health. The ad promotes S S S as the true treatment for rheumatism and blood diseases.
In Simla a famed impersonation duo posed as foreign nobles, one as an Italian war correspondent. They dined with the commander in chief’s party then shared supper on stage, fooling guests. The “count” charmed a daughter’s mother provoking laughter and a faux courtship scene. The next day the town debated what was said to the noblemen.
During the siege General Washington consulted Congress on whether to bombard Boston. Samuel Adams Hancock, then president of Congress, offered his view, noting most of his wealth lay in Boston real estate. He stated he would order destruction if expelling the British and securing liberty required burning the town.
An advertisement touts affordable farms and garden spots nationwide. It promotes outdoor work, year round grazing, and lower travel costs via the Louisville and Nashville Railroad with monthly excursions. Readers can request a copy of Garden Spots by sending ten cents in silver or stamps to Mr Atmore.
The text lists various long-lived individuals and improbable quirks. Thomas Whittington reached 104 but was a daily gin drinker. Philip Laroqué reportedly slept drunk weekly until 100 and had teeth changes at 92. John de la Somet supposedly lived 180 years and smoked constantly. Owen Duffy reached 122 and married three times, fathering a son and daughter. Francis Hongo, famed Venetian, reportedly married five times and fathered 49 children. At 100 his white hair fell out and regrew, and at 112 he gained two new teeth.
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