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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1909
Page
2
Mrs Franklin D Cottle of New York celebrated her hundredth birthday with an automobile ride and interview. She credited her long life to eating and living as she liked and following Christian virtues with common sense. She criticized tipping as a social burden and predicted gradual change through personal choice rather than law.
In High Shoals North Carolina two Chapel Hill students witness three men digging holes near the Catawba river seeking buried gold inspired by supposed spirits. The men follow a branch as a supposed guide, light a lantern, and dig until daylight without finding any treasure.
In New York on Gates Avenue a fire trapped a mother and child in a two story brick house. Spot the ladder climbing dog led firefighters to a rear room where the mother and daughter clung to each other and were safely guided down a ladder. The ten year old Mary Schumacher kept her mother from slipping, while Spot delivered the rescue. Patrolman Young filed a routine blotter, noting no heroics despite the dramatic save.
Captain Williams of the lugger Nebraska survived a cyclone on a bamboo raft and three weeks living on turtle eggs iguanas and rainwater. He swam to Green Hill Island then made a dingy voyage to Feld Island Wildman river and Adelaide river before a cyclone forced another drift 230 miles to Port Darwin.
Mrs Matthew Scott elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Bloomington Illinois widow of a coal mine owner she chairs Illinois Presbyterian work and Bloomington women’s club. She has two daughters and plans to lead the DAR after years on the national board.
Sir William May, praised as an able naval commander and adroit strategist, assumes command of the fleet as Britain ponders future naval construction policy. He succeeds Lord Beresford, is a favored royal aide, and is renowned for torpedo knowledge and gunnery mastery, with a noted Atlantic fleet command in 1905-06 and as flagship of the Dreadnought era.
Chail Dewey Nilles, appointed assistant secretary of the treasury, gains influence through proximity to the White House. Hilles, a longtime Ohio political figure now linked to the Taft administration, rose from clerk to head of major reform institutions and is set to shape policy before 1912. He is 41, married, with three children and active in the Presbyterian church and the YMCA at Fort Slocum.
Prof William H Pickering Harvard astronomer proposes a plan to contact Mars in July using mirror reflections at a cost of 10 million dollars with no refund if the party is busy. He notes Mars will be unusually close then and estimates the method could carry messages between earth and the red planet.
Gardiner Maine resident Mrs A Williams says she suffered organic troubles and a severe female weakness. She avoided surgery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Satiative Wash for three months and was cured. The ad urges women to try the remedy before surgery and notes Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
A dialogue shows an employee asking for a higher raise beyond five dollars a month while an office boy notes he is engaged and his partner wants a wedding. The exchange underscores tight wages and personal plans shaping workplace negotiations.
The project aims to construct a memorial church on the Shiloh battlefield site, where the 1862 battle began on April 6. The church will cost at least $10,000 and contributors will be listed in a permanent register on display for visitors and tourists.
Certainty convenience economy claims Mitchells Eye Salve always provides relief for the eye lids. Describes it as a pure harmless salve with simple application and wonderful results. States price at 25 cents and that all druggists sell it.
An attorney and witness clash over truth as the Irish witness testifies while on oath. The dialogue reveals bafflement at the answers and a wary tenderness between the two speakers.
Use Allen's Foot-Ease. It is the only relief for Swollen Smarte ing, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cares while you walk. At all Drug gists and Shoe Stores. Don't accept any substitute, Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
In a brief exchange, observers remark on Miss Adele’s shifting, almost automatic facial expressions. The remarks suggest a notable, evolving expressiveness during recent public appearances.
A vintage advertisement promotes Garfield Tea as a relief for constipation liver and kidney diseases and Hamlins Wizard Oil as a remedy for aches pains swelling and inflammation. The copy encourages postcard requests for a sample package and cites Brooklyn based Garfield Tea Co as the supplier.
A German saying notes that even if nature is driven away with a pitchfork it will return. The proverb emphasizes persistence of natural forces and the limits of human control.
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