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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1901
Page
7
Lizzie Anderson of Wilie Pa aged 37 married three times yet never legally separated from any husband. Death united the three men at her coffin as they forgave each other after her illness and relapse, with no court action.
William Thorpe of Quantico Maryland faced a fatal stomach abscess weeks after doctors feared surgery. A Philadelphia cartoon ridiculing Senator Quay caused him to laugh, triggering a burst of blood that surprised the doctor, who then diagnosed the abscess as ruptured and life expected to improve.
Portland May 6 Dr E A Rose a Kansas physician on his death bed Diabetes six doctors present aunt urged a last resort Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him from the first dose saving his life Physicians report the remedy also eases Rheumatism Sciatica Bladder issues Female Weakness and other Kidney related ailments noting Bright's Disease and Dropsy yield to treatment and that kidneys are central to many disorders
Buffalo Pan American exposition will feature a single structure designed entirely by a woman. Miss Josephine Wright Chapman of Boston earns honors for her brilliance as an architect by creating the New England states pavilion.
The Automatic club of America will formally launch a national good roads campaign at a Waldorf Astoria banquet on April 18. Invited guests include the secretary of war, and governors of New York and New Jersey, plus the New York engineer and other state officials.
The world’s oldest physician resides at Carlsbad. Ritter von Hochberger, M D, imperial and royal counselor, born October 15, 1803, is 97 years old. He has practiced medicine for seventy four years and still offers medical advice.
Brockton Times reports W L Douglas plans a major expansion at his Brockton shoe works. A 16 000 square foot addition and a 400 horsepower engine will boost capacity to 6000 pairs daily with a weekly payroll around 22000 dollars. Advertising will rise, including half page notices in major papers.
Cattle receipts include about 60 beef steers with prices steady after initial hesitation. Hogs rise about a nickel with strong demand and most offerings from first hands, prices around 3.70 to 5.75. Sheep and lambs show varied values with several weight classes and clipped animals listed among fluctuating quotes.
Prices drifted mostly steady to 10 cents lower across categories. Cattle: choice native steers 3.15 to 5.40, stockers 3.96 to 5.25, western fed steers 1.60 to 7.50, cows 3.35 to 6.50, bulls 3.40 to 4.50, calves 1.00 to 4.60. hogs higher, top 1.87 to 4, bulk 5.15 to 5.85. sheep and lambs steady to slow with western lambs 1.75 to 5.00, Texas sheep 3.75 to 4.10, spring lambs 5.50 to 6.59.
A jumble of 19th century ads and lines promoting tonics, worm remedies, and starch. It mentions Dr Shoop's Retorative, Winslow's soothing syrups for teething, Defiance Starch, and a Northwest promotion offer for Home and Garden magazine. The tone is promotional with postal requests and price quotes.
The New York health department dispatched seventy officers in citizen attire to patrol city cars and ferry boats. Officers arrested violators and ferried them to magistrate courts where several men were fined and warned to avoid repeat offenses.
Scientific reports note that cannon blasts at the royal funeral procession were heard up to sixty miles away. English journals record windows shaking from the concussive sound at that distance as the fleet transported the queen’s body from Cowes to Portsmouth.
Manila begins civil government under the United States Philippine commission as prep for a general regime. Elections are not allowed yet in Manila, with appointive officials likely for Lepanto and other provinces. Judge Taft notes imminent municipal structure and a census records 244 732 inhabitants. trials of Lt Boyer and Capt Barrows on commissary irregularities proceed.
Dr Alexander Ogilvie resigns the principalship of Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen at age 70. He is the youngest of four Ogilvie brothers famed as educators. Eldest Dr Joseph Ogilvie heads the Church of Scotland Training School in Aberdeen. Dr George Ogilvie led George Watson's College in Edinburgh. Dr Robert Ogilvie, now deceased, was senior inspector of schools. All four earned the LL.D. from Aberdeen University.
In Hazelhurst Mississippi Hon S S Matthews former United States Marshal of Mississippi writes to The Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio stating he is cured of catarrh and will need no further medicine. He says Peruna has done all that is claimed and expresses satisfaction with the remedy.
A ship repairs a break in a flat iron bar by shooting bolt holes with a rifle when shop tools are unavailable. The piece notes an address by Joseph Choate on Abraham Lincoln’s career, published by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway, asking readers to send six cents for a copy.
The note urges at least 25,000 travelers to take low fare trips to San Francisco for the Epworth League meeting in July. A $25 round trip from Omaha to San Francisco via Burlington Route promises tours of Colorado and Utah, with broad rate offers from other origins. Contact J Francis for full details. rates are described as exceptionally low.
The article notes that shirlings will be worn extensively this summer and that drawing a long breath does not require artistic skill.
In Salt Lake City Horace G Burt and D C Clark arrived in private cars to inspect the line and track work on the contested grade. They will meet Bancroft and Calvin of the Short Line and likely travel by wagon along the extension route to the coast. A visit to Cedar City coal fields is planned.
Joseph A. Glenning of Chicago killed himself by stepping under a freight train in the Lake Shore yards at Collinwood Ohio. He was estimated to be 60 to 70 years old.
Nebraska City May 4 A man who gave the name H A Simmons of Shenandoah Iowa was arrested on a charge of shooting with intent to kill Mrs Sidney Botts states that Simmons accosted her while she stood in front of her house and upon her refusing to answer his question he drew a revolver and fired four times but the shots took no lasting effect.
Letters from Hon. J. F. Crocker of Buffalo and Congressman B. B. Deviner praise Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy and tonic. Mary Centress of Paradise Texas says it cured her chronic catarrh and head pains since 1859. Dr. Hartman offers free advice and invites inquiries to The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
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