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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1897
Page
3
A James Payn tale tells of a hopeful poet who asks the publisher how many copies sold and about the balance. The reply reveals the entire edition sold but burned in a warehouse fire, leaving an insured loss and no profit.
A collage of 19th century ad copy notes Alabastine wall coatings as a durable, trusted product reshaping owners’ choices and renaming practices. It also describes a new method to separate gold from ores using molten lead and carbonic oxide, plus marketing for Golden Rind Watermelon seeds and other varied items.
The article notes Italy faces coin shortages with church collections mostly in units redeemable by notes when ten francs are owed. It mentions rulers floating a loan with German help, and includes an advertisement exaggerating a Catarrh Cure from Cheney and Co of Toledo, with a testimonial and price claims, plus other patent medicine lines.
In Hawaii last year 2,282 persons were arrested for drunkenness. Others included 861 for resisting contract service, 307 for gambling, ten for murder, seven for carriage- ordinance violations, one for permitting a ferocious beast abroad, one for attempting to leave the kingdom without a permit, and 11 for disturbing the night quiet.
For sale a saloon and restaurant in a first class location with good trade and a fine opportunity to secure a location before the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. Address J. W. Nelson 1516 Davenport St Omaha Neb.
Reports from Vice-Consul Smith describe a novel experiment near Kiev where eighteen camels are employed to draw plows and perform farm tasks. The camels cost less to feed, with oats omitted, and price per head ranges from 6 to 7 pounds, including transport from Orenburg to Kiev.
A vintage advertisement promotes Star Tobacco for chewing pleasure, claiming it lasts longer and is the cheapest option. The copy urges users to choose Star as the best tasting and most durable chewing tobacco.
Scattered clippings reveal a man jumped to rescue a woman who plummeted into the water. The woman swam to Staten Island with him, clutching him under her arm until rescue. The tale, linked to a Mrs. De Jasnette of the natatorium, surfaces amid a miscellany of quips and ads.
In New York Evening Post fiction, Aunt Martha Leveen rebukes Percy Dean Lavieen for courting a German grocer’s daughter from Hudson Street. Through dialogue, Percy praises her potential and fiber, while Martha concedes and approves, noting the girl's beauty, work ethic, and social standing, earning the nickname Pride of Greenwich Village.
Data on child growth from birth to age five shows expected patterns. Starting at eight pounds, infants reach one foot eight inches by birth, two feet half an inch at six months, and twenty-four pounds by one year. At eighteen months they stand two feet eight and a half inches, weighing twenty-eight pounds, and by age two reach three feet with thirty-two pounds. By three years the height is three feet four inches with thirty-six and a half pounds, at four years three feet six inches and forty-one pounds, and at five years three feet eight inches and forty-five pounds.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt discusses marital strain over appearances in divorce talks. It notes Hartley’s wife wearing short hair and tailored suits, and the husband’s frustration with her waiting and verbal abuse rather than the divorce itself.
A weary bore is dodged by a clever clubman who greets his pursuer with a warm handshake then slips away. The piece then pivots to rheumatism relief, touting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe remedy for stomach, kidney, bilious, dyspeptic, or nervous ailments.
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century paper references easy work at home ads and humorous remarks about domestic life. It includes lines about advertising claims, a remark from Mrs. Brown, and brief mentions of eye care and morale boosters, framed in a casual, promotional voice.
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