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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
7
An old Peruna advertisement extols motherhood as a divine ideal and cites catarrh as a cause of barrenness. It claims Peruna cures systemic catarrh and includes a testimonial from Mrs. L. M. Griffith of Arco Idaho who says she became a mother after using the medicine.
A collection of letters to Dr. S. B. Hartman in Columbus Ohio lauds Peruna and Manalin for cures. Women report pregnancies, healthy births of 10 pound babies, rapid recoveries from la grippe and renewed strength. Several say Peruna saved their lives and praise the doctor’s medicines. They urge others to try Peruna if not satisfied with results.
A fragmented note hints at religious or social friction as members of the Mor mons discuss marriage norms. Limited readable lines suggest tension and debate within the community, with no clear names or dates available.
An old style ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use with a price of 75 cents. The copy repeats the claim and adds the proverb There is many a nip between the cup and the lip.
The advertisement extols Defiance Starch as more flexible and lasting than rivals, promising better results with no shaking or blowing out, and claims customers get one third more value for their money in some cases.
In a London theater during The Trumpet Call Mrs Patrick Campbell's skirt loosened and nearly reached her knees before she noticed. She hurriedly restored the garment while addressing her maid and the audience reacted with stunned silence as the orchestra played fortissimo.
An Englishman daily meets philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and his ugly poodle in Frankfurt. Curious, he asks the thinker his identity. Schopenhauer calmly answers that he too wishes to know who he is.
Dr W O Coffee of Des Moines Iowa promotes home use medicines for eye conditions including cataracts and ulcers. He claims to restore sight and has published an 80 page book on Eye Diseases offered free to readers, while criticizing other remedies. Trinity Springs Indiana letter criticizes popular cures.
The text touts Defiance Starch as superior to Cold Water Starch and notes a 12 oz packaging with 16 O2 per package. It claims stock shortages and a sale price in grands. A surreal aside mentions a Gorgon and a question about a lady's dress.
A cryptic note describes PUTNAM FACELESS DYES priced at ten cents per package and mentions a blind master with a deaf servant as an ideal pairing. The fragment hints at a quirky collaboration or ad copy from an era of novelty goods.
The artificial language Esperanto by Dr L Zamenhof attracts 80000 adherents such as members of the French Institute and Count Tolstoi. Proponents say it provides a universal means of communication for travelers scientists and business people without learning multiple languages.
Dr Patton faced interruptions as students munched peanuts during an ethics lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary. He urged restraint noting a large supply of peanuts and requested future tea refreshments to be sponge cake only.
Lilly of Festus aged 76 says years of kidney and bladder inflammation caused back and hip pain and nightly discomfort. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports renewed strength, pain relief, and better sleep, urging others with similar troubles to try the remedy.
General Nelson A. Miles addresses the National and International Good Roads convention in St. Louis, urging national aid for road improvement. He contrasts federal harbor spending with road needs and highlights rural welfare as central to national prosperity while cautioning against militarizing civil roads. W. J. Bryan supports road improvement as justice and national welfare, noting urban benefits and tax contributions versus rural gains.
The Supreme Court on Monday reversed Court of Claims rulings in two cases by Army officers Sweet and Barnett who sought travel pay and subsistence commutation after self applied discharges while distant from home. Justice Holmes stated that War and Treasury departments had long denied such claims and that the system should stand.
Landger United States Consul was fined 30 marks for disorderly conduct as a witness. He protested his status, and the judge sentenced him to three days imprisonment for continued disorderly behavior.
The bishop of London received a clergy letter urging him to reference the Vanderbilt Rutherford wedding during the diocesan conference. The aim is to address the scandal and ease clergy distress by acknowledging the incident.
Cattle buyers stayed active as cornfed steers and cows showed steady to strong demand, while stockers and feeders were limited and price declines hovered 15 to 25 cents from last week. Hogs opened steady but weakened late with prices mostly 6.80 to 6.85, and lambs and other sheep sold in varied ranges with quoted values for several classes.
Kansas City cattle prices steady with native steers 380, Texas and Indian 3.60 to 4.75, native cows 150 to 490, stockers 2.75 to 5.00, bulls 2.50 to 3.90, calves 3.00 to 7.00, western stock 3.00 to 5.10. Hog market steady with bulk 6.80 to 6.95, packers 6.70 to 6.90, mediums 6.80 to 6.95, light 6.66 to 6.90. Sheep market stronger with muttons 3.85 to 4.90, lambs 4.80 to 7.00.
Railroads from the east and west and lake lines agreed in Chicago to cut grain carrying charges from Chicago to the seaboard by 2 cents per 100 pounds for export and domestic shipments. The change, effective May 11, followed pressure from traffic interests and commission actions, with mills in the Twin Cities expected to resume full production.
Constantinople declares siege and soldiers mobilize empire wide amid fears of further outrages by the Macedonian committee. Authorities warn mass reprisals against Macedonians and Bulgarians by Mussulmans in heightened unrest.
Naples reports an Italian naval division has been ordered to sail immediately for Salonica citing strategic redeployment and readiness in the Aegean theater.
Frost badly damaged growing cotton and corn in the Chickasaw nation and crops will have to be replanted. Cotton was up and corn was frostbitten. Farmers are buying seed and will replant immediately. Similar damage reported in Oklahoma with crops and young livestock affected.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt questions why people condemn themselves, why men forget wise sayings by women, and why men and women overlook small matters. It ponders rational limits, social manners, and the balance between personal comfort and appearance in relationships.
A royal tale recounts an English sport loving king who once faced a bull in Portugal as duke of Braganza. Adorned with no padding the duke entered the ring in cognito. He slipped but sprang up and vaulted the barricade just before the bull charged.
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue for clean fresh smelling clothes. The snippet mentions grocers and Emperor William of Germany as examples of vendors never behind in business.
An advertisement touts Defiance Starch as solving a common problem with a different process, claiming it is unlike any other starch a ter and offering a price of 10 cents for a one third more product.
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot comfort and shoe fit with a 25 cent price and free sample from LeRoy New York. A separate line touts Iowa farmland at 4 dollars per acre cash with balance over four crops. A pithy quote about listening closes the fragment.
An ad claims Defiance Cold Water Brand has no equal in quantity or quality offering 16 oz for ten cents while competing brands contain only 12 oz.
An 5e era notice extols Lewis' Single Blooder cigars made from ripe tobacco. It claims many former cigars smokers switch to this brand. The piece parodies a social remark about married men praising single blessedness.
Appears in grocery aisles with a large 202 package priced at five contos. Encourages customers to ask their grocer for Red Cross Ball Blue.
A curved tale in Frankfort on the Main describes philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer strolling with a plain poodle. An English observer questions the thinker about fate. Schopenhauer replies he does not know himself, noting the paradox that the most talkative are often the quietest.
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