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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1905
Page
3
Captain W. Graham of Wheeling West Virginia dates June 14 1904 writes with gratitude for Cuticura Soap and Ointment after long facial and back sores misdiagnosed by doctors as blood poison and barbers itch. He credits the products with clear skin.
A well known lecturer invited to serve as substitute for a famous man felt nervous at the sudden duty. A farmer’s blunt remark underscored the awkward moment and the pressure of stepping into a larger role with limited time.
With May arrival, Hudson River navigation resumes both day line and night boats palaces of elegance and comfort will serve again. The journey along the historic river through a valley of peace is praised as a beautiful water trip noted in Four-Track News May edition.
The Bishop of Chichester addressed a Church House meeting and spoke of Rhodesia while recalling a tale of the Bishop of Mashonaland. He claimed to have once vanquished three lions by reading aloud the Thirty‑nine Articles, and the lions fled when he reached the article on justification by faith.
An old ship carver recalls a time when ship carving was a fine art and lucrative. He describes starting early and finishing late with earnings from one to five to eight dollars a day during bustling seasons.
A nostalgic expression from the Atlanta Constitution praising the joy of living with spiritual uplift and heavenly light. The verse celebrates soaring happiness and a fervent Hallelujah as a metaphor for inner peace.
Alfred Gilbert told a Royal Academy audience that a good artist cannot be bad and a bad man cannot be good in art. He contrasted this with thoughts on Benvenuto Cellini, the famed all round bad man and his artistic abilities as reported by the London Pall Mall Gazette.
Beans described as a common Japanese delicacy were served as a sweet treat at a recent Japanese entertainment event. The tender beans, resembling the liver bean in appearance, were glazed with sugar for a delicate finish.
Strassburg police solved a mystery as a young girl admitted nightly blackouts that amused her. The case traced to repeated extinguishing of several street lights, prompting police action until the culprit was identified.
A bankrupt lawyer told a London court his trade suffers from sugar price increases. Confectioners and candy makers cut costs by forgoing wooden boxes and cases.
A Lake County reader from Van Buren Indiana testifies on February 10 1900 that Pinos Cure is the best medicine for all affections of trout and lungs. The notice presents a personal endorsement by W A End sley asserting effectiveness.
A quoted exchange argues that choosing a husband with same care as selecting a dress to match one’s complexion would reduce unhappy marriages. The remark frames marriage as a matter of compatible preference and thoughtful selection.
A druggist recalls a boy asking for five cents worth of jumps fearing they were bops causing amusement. The tale centers on a harmless misunderstanding about terms used by a child and the shopkeeper.
In the palace scene at Courtland, Princess Margaret arrives with the Plassenburg ambassador’s secretary. A regal cavalier, Prince Ivan, arrives late and is dismissed. The secretary and Princess depart for the prince's room, while the enigmatic figure eyes them from the stairs and plots in the rose garden.
In Chapter VI, Princess Margaret tests diplomacy with Johann Pyrmont while he guides her through the palace. A tense moment ends with Pyrmont kissing her mouth, leaving the princess startled yet intrigued as Otto plots behind a tree.
Lord Headley of Aghaboe castle in Ireland, recently in New York, praises American hunting as superior to Africa. He cites the Rocky Mountains as offering the best hunts, noting the mountain goat and puma as challenging quarry and praising American game and terrain.
Excerpted mood piece quoting Charles Lummis on fear and charm. The speaker contrasts a genuine smile with commercial deception and describes Old Man With a Battle’s tail as a turning, magical lure. The piece contrasts danger and recognition in a vivid outdoor setting.
The text presents a fragmentary poem about a woman who endlessly purrs and boasts of belongings, a chatty man repeating his interests, and the speaker wishing harm as they drift far from shore, a sense of claustrophobic social fatigue.
Whistling is found in people and nature from Canary Islands to Australia and Nubia. Natives speak by wind and insects through tree hollows, caves, and wells. A whistling snake in New Guinea proves deadly while US wells in Logan County Kansas use wind to trumpet storms.
A plowman at Burnside of Whitefield Banffshire Scotland unearthed a circular slab concealing an oblong cavity lined with four slabs. Inside lay a small six inch urn containing bones a skull fragment and preserved hair. Charred wood pieces were also found among the shingle where the urn rested.
Teo V Feaster a wheelwright at Camp Stotsenberg and two natives killed a twenty seven foot long python between the post and Bambang river after it attacked their hunting party. Inside the serpent they found a two year old deer with four inch horns and only hours dead. The natives carried the deer home for food while Feaster skinned the snake and with the natives brought the skin to the post where B troops farrier now tanners it.
A Transvaal correspondent reports a lunar rainbow seen after ten o'clock following a heavy thunderstorm. A bright quarter moon illuminated a low arc to the east, with a gray band and faint color against a dark leaden sky.
Wilfred and Harry Masters returned from a hunting trip with two large rattlers near Hulett swamp. The snakes measured 6 feet 6 inches and 6 feet 4 inches, with the larger carrying twelve rattles and a button and the smaller ten rattles and a button.
Rev Louis Schmidt in Utica New York sermons declares Adam stood 14 feet tall at 1400 pounds and Eve 12 feet tall at 1200 pounds. He adds that all people will reach similar size after resurrection citing Bible grounding.
Cocoanuts lighter than water are floated downstream like timber. Thousands gather into rafts wrapped in long bark fibers. A single native can tow several rafts, while the fiber withstands rough handling during transport.
Mrs Pare of Glasgow Kentucky reports kidney trouble with back pain and irregular secretions. Dean's Kidney Pills regulated secretions and stopped the scalding sensation, improving rest and back strength. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A quotation attributed to Lord J.utton emphasizes thrift and efficiency, distinguishing the practical man who uses life to his advantage from the moral man who mentors others in similar aims.
In light of ongoing government inquiry into the meat packing industry in Chicago and beyond, the Garfield report is cited as exonerating the Western packers. The piece argues fair treatment for prominent citizens, notes economic benefits to farmers from packing industry, and highlights by products boosting livestock value.
A promotional note touts Defiance Cold Water Starch as a 16 ounce package sold at 10 cents, claiming it saves time and money because it never sticks to the iron unlike other starches. The ad warns grocers may stock 12 ounce packs to clear old inventory and urges buyers to demand Defiance.
A vintage sales blurb praises Defiance Starch for unmatched quality and quantity. It urges readers to try the product now to save money as the advert highlights affordable pricing and strong performance.
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