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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1898
Page
3
In a Worcester Massachusetts address at the outbreak of the Civil War General Banks declared that a long war invites a short one while a short war invites a long one. The remark framed the regional mood as conflict began.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful swollen feet and stings from corns and bunions. It makes tight shoes feel easy and treats sweating callouses hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or mailed for 25c in stamps. Trial package free, Allen & Olmsted Le Roy NY.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a blood cleanser and skin clearer. It promises removal of pimples blotches and blemishes with Onscarets beauty aid for ten cents or fifty cents at drugstores, with satisfaction guaranteed.
An early 20th century style advertisement touts Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle offer. The copy evokes sensational language about curing nervousness and matching wealth with beauty, attributed to Da RH. King, Ltd., Philadelphia.
The article debates if French and German dishes improve menus and claims preexisting cooking was coarse. It argues that even the dyspeptic can be helped by Hestonetter's or Hestetter's Stomach Bitters and notes women miss life until meeting a man to revere.
Mrs Nathan Quivey of Shaw Kansas writes praising Dr Kay's Renovator for neuralgia blindness and relief of head stomach liver and sleep problems. The letter touts it as a spring medicine with lasting cures and offers a booklet and mail order sales from Dr B D Kay Medical Co Omaha Nebraska.
An old advertisement for Cascarets candy claims permanent relief for constipation with a money back guarantee. The snippet lists directions and a price code 102 or 2 and mentions UW and C C. A stray line notes London police vetoing sandwich girls in an unrelated anecdote.
Mary Lingard swapped misery for vigor after a friend urged Dr. Ayer's Sarsaparilla. She describes a liver tumor history, painful days, and five years of blisters, then two bottles yearly since with ongoing health, praising the remedy's blood cleansing power and urging others to seek the carebook from J G Ayer Co.
A dramatic tale follows Capt. Austin and his stern relationship with his half brother John, a compassionate physician. Helen, beloved of John, endures wartime peril and prison hardship, returning to wed John’s father and bearing his child before dying with his kiss.
Adirondack guide John S. Early witnessed a mother bear and two cubs raiding a lumber camp on Fulton Chain. The bears broke in, licked the floor near three broken alcohol bottles, and caused chaos before leaving as Early fetched help. Local lumbermen reportedly drink diluted alcohol.
A New York office typist keeps a pet mouse perched on her typewriter. The mouse sleeps in the machine nightly, enjoys the keystrokes and bell, and is treated as a mascot the worker would not trade for any other home.
A witty exchange unfolds as a suitor assures his love will age with his wife. The mother questions commitment as she tests enduring affection. The suitor replies with a sharp quip about her youthful resemblance to his beloved mother.
A humorous exchange about generations and paternity. Freddie asks what generation means while Papa explains with a joke about Nellie claiming to be the first child in four generations, highlighting family lineage in a light tone.
A promotional piece argues that many women suffer from disorders causing movement relief and cites laws for rest areas. It urges writing to Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for access to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and shares a testimonial from Margard Anderson of Lewiston Maine about relief from menstrual pain.
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