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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1904
Page
6
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a universal kidney and bladder remedy. It cites a veteran whose kidney trouble improved after use and claims doctors and hospitals endorse it. The copy urges readers to test the product with a free sample and notes availability in pharmacies nationwide.
Editorial notice invites readers with kidney or bladder symptoms or family history to request a free sample bottle of Swamp-Root and a testimonial book by mail from Kilmer & Co. at Binghamton New York, asking respondents to mention reading the paper.
Defiance Starch Co. promises 25 free round trip tickets to the St Louis Exposition, five winners from Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri for sending the most Defiance starch trade marks from a ten cent package. The contest ends September 1 1904 with tickets mailed September 8.
An advertisement offers a free sample bottle of Swamp-Root the Great Kidney Remedy from Dr Kilmer & Co. Readers are instructed to provide their name and address including street City or Town State and mention the paper.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt shows a bride and groom in an intimate moment with playful dialogue about a long tunnel, the groom noting someone else kissed him, and the scene ends with a storekeeper touting Defiance Starch for quality. The humor contrasts romance with domestic mishaps and a light ribbing about garden chores.
Bleach and blueing product offer from The Laundry Blue Co Chicago. Sample offered for 10 cents or 2 cents in value toward other blueing items. Send 106 to 11 Michigan Street Chicago for sampler.
Butter makers warn that washing water affects flavor and quality. Soft, pure water yields better butter while hard or contaminated water taints taste, as seen in cases with decayed matter and worms in wells. New Zealand reports link off flavors to washing water.
An old dairy stable with nine cows, crowded space, and a single west window shows how poor lighting affects dairy health. Despite cement floors and makeshift comforts, ventilation and light remain inadequate, risking health and prompting calls for better windows in existing and new barns.
A dairy expert argues that good milk comes from healthy clean well fed cows and tidy premises. Small cheap changes like better ventilation manure removal whitewash and occasional floor repair can raise milk quality without large cash outlays.
A garbled passage presents scattered phrases about creamery prices, a color product motto, rumors of wealth boosting popularity, Defiance Starch claims, a crude remark about honesty, a Straight 5c cigar ad, and stray quotes about life and doctors, reflecting an incomplete newspaper fragment with marketing and social commentary.
A historic note argues against rigid stanchions as in humane for cows, claiming they confine movement and prevent natural behavior like licking and nursing. It references many humane alternatives on the market and urges local inspection of designs by farmers to improve animal comfort.
The article analyzes US Department of Agriculture bulletin 22 and tests by Professor F H King showing good soils have about two and a half times as much plant food available and yield two and a half times larger crops than poor soils. It argues manure and measurable soil nutrients, not mere water solubility, drive crop yields.
The article notes irrigation pays even in humid regions like Italy with 40 inch rainfalls and describes large Italian cooperative systems guiding 122,500 irrigated acres through 7,000 miles of canals. It highlights crops such as corn wheat oats mulberry leaves and alfalfa with irrigation boosting yields and enabling crop rotation. Grass is essential for pasture and soil protection. domesticated grasses improve hay and pasture yields.
In a Brooklyn Eagle recount, a woman traveling with a small child finds no immediate seat. Two men offer to help. one sits away as the other yields. The child asks why the mother cannot sit, and the man finally gives up his own seat, offering a knee seat to the child while the mother takes the chair. The crowd laughs at the clever maneuver.
Col John S Cunningham known as a fervent speaker, described by North Carolina lawmakers as a Southern type. He addressed a negro assembly in his home county after a Philadelphia trip, praising Girard College and recounting hellish fears to rouse the audience.
A humorous note on a secret cure for colds from a patient and a joke about a doctor’s time frame. The piece also mentions Empress Alix of Russia recently approving her portrait by Fritz von Heideloff and a bantering view of her interest in politics and public ceremonies.
The Portuguese monarch confers knighthood in the Order of Saint Jude upon a San Francisco composer noted for his work at Bruguiere. The ceremony links royal honors with artistic achievement and international cultural exchange.
Poetic fragment describes a heavenly city on a height where angels greet each gate occupant. The piece speaks of perfect streets and radiant music, longing for union with God and Christ’s claim on souls. Authorship attributed to Phillips Brocka.
The Interior Department reports a growing flow of American farmers to Canada. Forty-four states represented in the latest figures show 11,841 Americans entered for homesteads last year, led by the Dakotas and Minnesota. Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Gulf states join the trek to fertile Canadian lands as settlers seek reliable soil laws and governance. Canada welcomes these settlers as desirable contributors to prairie development.
A historical note recalls David Belasco and Henry de Mille co producing a play using the Psalm line Lord how long shall the wicked triumph. An actor complained to De Mille that the line was not his own but David’s, prompting a joke about Belasco’s English.
The Baltic carries two electrical devices for collision avoidance. When another ship enters the magnetic field, a needle indicates the approach, guiding the steersman to adjust course. The apparatus also registers the rhythm of another steamer's screws and checks that the ship’s lights burn properly.
In Frisco Utah May 2 There is heavy rheumatism in Utah and nearby states A new remedy Dodd's Kidney Fills is claimed to cure many cases A Grace of Frisco reportedly recovered after trying the pills Similar positive reports are echoed across the state Also advertisements urge Allen's Foot Ease for corns bunions and feet ailments
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