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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1906
Page
7
Nineteenth century account notes that most peasants in Russia live in huts lacking floors and too low for a tall man to stand, highlighting harsh living conditions and visible housing poverty across rural areas.
A medical ad notes most hospital patients are women and girls facing operatio ns. It cites Mrs Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles and urges women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. The letter from Miss Luella Adams of Seattle attributes tumor relief and avoidance of surgery to the remedy.
A reflective piece notes long held beliefs about a trinity in heaven and evolution among Australians, praising some traits while describing fearfulness at night and a tendency to sleep on bare ground at sunset. It contrasts perceived superiority with animal-like habits.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure painful smarting nervous feet and growing nails. It claims to make new shoes easy and relieve sweating feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with a trial package free from A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York.
The first steamer to voyage across the western ocean was the Savannah of 350 tons and 100 feet long. She sailed from Savannah on May 24, 1819 and arrived at Liverpool June 20. Steam acted as an auxiliary power as paddlewheels were unshipped at times.
Promotion asserts Allcocks are the original and sole genuine porous plasters, labeling all others as imitations.
A Dutch professor Van der Linden argued in a Latin medical treatise that human heat results from vibration of the tiniest particles. The discussion reflects an early modern view linking body heat to particle motion.
Advertisement promoting Lewis' Single Binder straight cigars as the famous best quality from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois. It urges reader to choose the brand and notes the factory location.
The London zoo monkey house is being cleaned disinfected and partly rebuilt under the supervision of Dr Gordon the sanitation expert who has overseen the House of Commons. The Field remarks on charity and humanity.
A general paper style test was sent to sixty two French soldiers at random to assess mental quality. Seventeen could not write and did not answer.
In July the author suffered severe itching all over with scalp irritation and hair loss. After trying baths and remedies, a friend suggested Cuticura. four weeks of nightly baths and ointment led to full recovery and hair regrowth. D. E. Blankenship Indianapolis Indiana October 27, 1905.
Queen Victoria loved cats and traveled with a caravan of Persians Manx Angoras and tabbies to royal residences. One Persian wore a neck collar inscribed I belong to the queen. A writer notes the common black snake is the most pugnacious reptile. A Worcester farm reports many Florida ratters caught by Mr Brownell in recent years.
The Ex press notes a new London walk where the chin is held high and the head turned to the shoulder while one hand grips the skirt. It warns readers to keep a wide berth as walkers move sideways.
A Militar-Wochenblatt contributor argues for infantry shields to protect attackers. He cites Japanese spade work under fire and German advocates of artificial cover, noting heavy sandbags used by Japanese troops and proposing a light shield with handle loophole and anti-fall design.
A New York Sun report quotes a hair coloring expert who says drab shades are in vogue this season. She notes clients switch color often, from blonde to red to brunette, with drab being the easiest to maintain and lasting about a year.
A NYP poem questions money’s claim to buy health, heaven, friends, respect, and love. It riffs that wealth buys a car, yacht, clothes, a chair, a cigar, and cognac, yet asks if true happiness or a loving wife can be purchased. The piece ends musing on charity and faith.
A Welsh judge heard a printer sue a pork butcher for pay on a large parcel of paper bags printed with the butcher's ad. The printer added a royal arms emblem but the butcher refused payment. The judge noted a preference for a lion and unicorn over a pig. the defendant won.
A Kansas City man bought a city lot with a restriction that no house cost less than 2500. He began a 1500 cottage and faced a threat of breach suit. He quips he will add a solid gold brick in the chimney.
Mrs A Taylor of Wharton New Jersey says kidney trouble caused severe back and side pain dizziness and frequent burning secretions. After eight boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills her symptoms disappeared and her strength and health returned. Sold by all dealers 40 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Discusses the two largest southern swamps, the Everglades and the Okefinokee, claiming they cover 600,000 square miles. Notes the swamps feature enormous trees, low vegetation, and teem with alligators and venomous moccasins.
Jamrach dispatches an agent to Siam to hunt the elusive cervus Schomburki the deer of high Siam ranges. No live specimen has ever reached Europe from Siam.
W S Geisel of 125 East Coates street Moberly Missouri describes rheumatic pains from damp foundry work. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills from March 1903 to June 1903 his pains swelling appetite and color improved. by October he felt entirely well and planned to return to work. Pills sold by druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Company Scienec tady NY.
An old medical advert promotes Ball’s Catarrh Cure and Malls Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable cases. It touts trustworthy agents, lists Toledo suppliers, and urges internal use for blood and mucous surfaces. Also promotes Liall’s family Pills and mocks laziness.
A medieval narrative traces the origin of Russians to Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truwer who landed in 862 on the Baltic shore. Their followers were called Rodsen or Russians, meaning oarsmen, as Rurik’s lineage ruled from Novo to the Volga. Rurik reportedly died in 879 and a modern warship named Rurik sank off Sakhalin last summer.
A German inventor has developed an apparatus that projects opera lyrics line by line on the proscenium, controlled by the prompter and claimed to be inexpensive, with no disturbance to spectators. Also noted is a Hagerman Pass steel engraving from Colorado Midland Railway offered for 15 cents in stamps.
An advertisement promotes Gartleid Tea Co noting Garteid Tea as nature's purifying laxative that cures headaches and purifies the liver and stomach. The copy claims bone relief and a simple health remedy, with Breox Lea New York as the location.
A Buffalo physician promotes full ingredient disclosure for his medicines including Golden Medical Discovery and others. He offers free copies of an advisers pamphlet and lists the Pleasant Rernlets as a laxative aid while advertising free book offers with one-cent stamps.
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