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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
2
Mrs Schafer of St Louis writes that her four year old daughter Alice grew strong after using Peruna a tonic that ended convulsions and catarrhal fever. Mrs Long of Atwood Colorado credits Peruna with curing her child Mina’s cough cold and croup after a near bottle of the remedy.
A Muskogee physician Dr R Robbins reports his family suffered grip then recovered after using Peruna. He and his daughter both improved after several doses. Mrs C E Long and Mrs G W Heard share similar recoveries for a baby and a son. They praise Peruna and seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if results fail.
A terse motto stresses discipline in work, urging total mental focus on the task at hand. It frames success as achievable through unwavering application and resolute dedication.
London reports war secretary Broderick stating 600 Boers killed or captured in two days with 2 000 horses and 8 000 head of cattle taken. Prisoners include General Dewet's son and his secretary Mania Botha killed. 35 Boers dead. Additional captures and casualties detailed, convoy losses noted.
Berlin reports the government will save 25 million marks annually after a convention at the Antwerp International Sugar Congress. The move aims to reduce the budget deficit and end the bounty system, which had grown under historic import needs. German sugar interests oppose abolition despite broad public approval.
Berlin March 1 tariff committee adopts higher duties on maize raising from 2 to 5 marks per 1,000 kilograms. Millet duty fixed at a different rate, and other grains not specially mentioned carry a duty of 144 marks per 1,000 kilograms.
The State Live Stock Sanitary commission in Topeka on March 1 adopted a rule requiring affidavits that southern cattle shipped into Kansas are for immediate slaughter and not for sale as stockers and feeders. Shipments from the Panhandle have been routed to Kansas City packers then sold to stockmen.
In Washington at noon in the House of Representatives President Roosevelt and dignitaries attended a memorial service for McKinley. John Hay delivered the eulogy as the nation honored the late president in the historic chamber.
In Colorado Springs Irish agitator and Fenian O'Donovan Rossa lies critically ill at St. Francis hospital with blood poisoning following a cornsore cut. Delirium and gangrene followed, and City Physician Richardson was summoned as his condition grew grave.
In London the colonial secretary announced in parliament that the banishment proclamation could be adjusted for surrender terms. He noted Lord Kitchener had already accepted surrender of some minor leaders on the understanding that banishment would not be enforced.
The first class protected cruiser flag of thirty six guns flagship of the North Atlantic squadron with Admiral Servan and twenty six officers and five hundred men arrived at Santiago de Cuba this morning. General Whiteside and the admiral exchanged official calls as the French officers visited historic sites. Admiral Servan could not say how long he would stay or where he would go next.
Jack Doyle, captain of last year’s National League Chicago team, was released by manager 5. K. Lee.
Washington February 28 Prince Henry cannot visit Canada though invited to be guest of the Dominion government. The prince’s schedule is full before he sails for Germany and he will be on British soil when he visits Niagara Falls during a planned trip.
Harper's Bazaar notes the rapid rise of short walking skirts for morning wear with flare at the foot and close fit at the hips. Velveteen skirts with three quarter coats are premier, corduroys appear in light cloths for spring, and overall influence favors short walking gowns this season.
A reflection on success noting that world applause is hard to obtain yet self approval is harder still. It asserts that true achievement requires earning the respect of one's conscience.
Lea South Dakota March 3d. Ranchman William H Neelen reports years of kidney trouble with back pain and frequent urination. After six boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he says relief and comfort surpass all earlier remedies and considers the medicine the best he has used.
Di lapponi the Pope Leo's physician reports the pontiff is in exceptional health for his age and could reach the age of Gregory IX a centenarian suggesting a notably long life for the pope.
A vintage ad touts Defiance starch as restoring washable garments to health and newness. It claims one use convinces buyers to stay loyal, selling a 16-02 package for 10 cents through grocers, produced by Magnetic Starch Co in Omaha Nebraska.
A man in Ceylon applied for a tramway conductor post claiming hardship and seeking “lightning conductorship” after the late conductor’s demise. He cites a Sinhalese lineage from Matara and education up to the Sth standard, with a wrapped plea for a favorable reply. The piece closes with a quip about young women and moral yearning.
Secretary Root plans a gradual pull back of U S forces in the Philippines to about 32 000 men sending home regiments deployed since 1890 in a slow sequence to avoid weakening control. About 13 000 troops are affected and the process spans months with the first departures not expected for at least three months.
General Chaffee said Lieutenant Striber captured General Luckban on the 22d on Samar Island. The prisoner is confined on a tiny bay island off Samar’s north coast. Officials call the capture the war effort’s most important since Aguinaldo. Luckban, a fierce half breed Filipino-Chinese rebel, terrorized coastal towns and hinged on island garrisons dividing the island to starve insurgents out.
Sterling Neb feb 27 reports several new smallpox cases in the past ten days. The Pettem family south of town are affected and occupy the former Heckman house, which had the disease a year ago, suggesting inadequate fumigation at that time.
Cedar Rapids Iowa Feb 27 George A Goodell superintendent of the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern has become general superintendent of the Chicago Great Western with headquarters in Minneapolis
Washington February 27 President Roosevelt acting on Attorney General Knox recommendation dismissed Arthur B Noyes judge for the Second district of Alaska.
Booker T. Washington visited the White House and held a fifteen minute conference with President Roosevelt today.
Woodford Hughes a prominent citizen of Scottville was murdered in his bed at 1 a m. by three unknown men who entered the house where he was staying with Barlor Seymour. The trio fled and bloodhounds were set on their trail.
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