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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1897
Page
7
A patent requests a device to move passengers on moving cable cars by a wheeled platform that hooks to the car and whirls to the next corner. Passengers stand, then seat themselves as the platform is released for the next rider. The idea, though perhaps fanciful, shows inventors meeting emergencies with bold schemes.
A physician letter praises Hot Springs South Dakota as a health resort with pure springs and dry air, noting benefits for nervous diseases. It extols low hotel rates and scenic beauty, urges travel via the North-Western Line, and offers to reveal the Omaha physician who authored the note along with a map and time card.
Indications of short life tie to early tooth loss. Before age thirty life may shorten by two to five years. London school and orphan home dental exams show many teeth lost by mid teens. If decay is not controlled, poorer English may be edentulous before twenty. Includes ad copy and various notes on teeth and hair customs and a cold cure claim.
A New York Recorder note discusses cross examination in a baccarat case showing Sir Edward Clarke’s use of royal titles. The piece explains that in court and official speech only Your Highness Sir and your majesty ma am are appropriate for royalty while princes and princesses are simply addressed as sir or ma am. The writer shares personal amusement at misused forms and notes the challenge of adapting to British speech customs.
Mall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally priced at 75 cents. A quill pen maker touts crow quill as supreme for fine writing, requiring a microscope to prepare but offering delicate, unmatched precision. steel pens cannot rival its delicacy. Also listed is a crop payment sale in Iowa with a cash balance and 4percent yearly crop payment until paid, by J Nushall of Waukegan Illinois.
Herbert Spencer writes to Dr Jones of the Brooklyn Ethical Society noting his early belief that conclusive proofs could alter belief, but says experience has long dissipated faith in men's rationality. He reflects on how proof often fails to change opinions.
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen feet, bunions, sweating and callouses. It claims instant relief in tight shoes and offers a trial package free with mail order for 25 cents in stamps. Sold by druggists and shoe stores, address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N.Y.
A Hancock county resident in Maire avoided crossing a railroad track driving her horse and faced bitter disappointment in trying a detour. Advertisements note Hegeman's Campher Ice with Glycerine and Mrs. Winston's Seething Syrup for teething children, among other products.
A broad discussion explains how plant species behave differently in new countries, highlighting the San Jose scale and related pests. It warns that climate barriers are not foolproof, scales spread rapidly, and travellers can accidentally ruin horticultural industries. It also surveys likely infested regions, notes Japan and Europe as major sources, and urges cautious imports and study of scale insects.
In Bulletin 43 of the New Hampshire College Agricultural Experiment Station Prof. Fred W. Morse warns farmers about questionable wood ashes. Five samples from three lots, sourced October 1896 from multiple towns, proved uniform yet inferior with low soluble potash. Suspected leaching or mixed leached and dry ashes. Price cited at $10 per ton, delivered to rail stations, lower than prior quotes, alarming buyers about quality and authenticity.
The Maine Experiment Station notes three new millets from Japan including Panicum Crus Galli. It praises the fodder potential and seed yields while warning farmers to buy only from reliable dealers to avoid mislabelled seed and weed problems. The director cautions against sowing ordinary barnyard grass seed and stresses careful selection.
Practical guidance on prolonging harness life through thorough cleaning and oiling, including washing with warm water and soap, with neatsfoot oil as a recommended alternative. Also notes on hardy native shrubs like black alder and Nine-Bark, plus vines such as Beaton Ivy and Virginia Creeper, and a brief on weaning time for lambs and feeding strategies for milk production.
A doctor markets health devices claiming railway travel aids palsy, using an oscillating chair to rock patients and a vibrating helmet with metallic strips and an electric motor. The helmet allegedly induces lassitude and sleepiness to relieve nervous headaches.
Wabash Railroad promotes summer excursion sales with half rates to Toronto in July and Buffalo in August, plus reduced Nashville Exposition rates. A brochure “To the Lake Resorts and Beyond” is available for 4 cents. For rates and schedules, visit the Wabash Field office at 1415 Varnum Street or write Geo. N. Clayton, Omaha Neb.
The piece evokes a grand Columbian ball in Vicksburg with a dazzling ballroom, music, rich fabrics, jewels, and elegantly dressed attendees. It likens the scene to a storied night of beauty and chivalry, painting an ornate, celebratory portrait.
A correspondent recalls twenty years of drinking and loss of friends until his wife gave him Anti Jag, a patent remedy from Renova Chemical Co. He claims it transformed him into a sober and respected citizen. The ad promises mail order, plain packaging, and complete directions for use upon payment of one dollar.
An old ad claims Ne-To-Bac cures tobacco habit and strengthens users, with promises of pure blood. The text also mentions a separate statistic noting Wolland has 18,870 teachers despite small geographic area.
A Polish chemist reports liquid oxygen, previously thought colorless, reveals a bright sky blue hue in a thirty millimeter thick layer. He conducts observations suggesting color under specific thickness. The item notes a science curiosity and may spark discussion in chemistry circles.
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