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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1897
Page
7
In Lexas Siftings a street remark cites Hostetter McGinnis walking the streets all day seeking work. Gus De Smith taunts that he dies for himself by proving he cannot find employment in the current harsh climate.
Advertises GRAIN-O as a safe coffee substitute for all ages with rich mocha like color. Claims it tastes like coffee and looks like coffee while being made from pure grains and easier on the stomach. Priced at 15 and 25 cents per package, sold by all grocers.
Metals generally burn or absorb oxygen when heated in air, except for noble metals like gold silver and platinum which resist combustion. The statement challenges the common belief that metals are incombustible and notes that most metals will oxidize under sufficient heat.
Puts forth No-To-BaO as a wonder-worker to quit tobacco easily and forever. Claims to make weak men strong with guaranteed cure. Promotes free booklet and samples from Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
A playful exchange from the New York Journal shows Mistress Bridget jousting with her mother over house cleaning. Bridget lightens the moment with a humorous claim of her education, while the mistress laments the dust and inept cleaning.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a medical discovery that cleanses the system and cures various ailments. It promotes buying a box for 10 cents and claims guaranteed effectiveness by druggists.
Free information promotes a cure claim for lung and chest diseases with postal offer to Lock Box 288 Chicago. Ad frames success and prosperity as marketing for Piso’s Cure and Star Tobacco, noting testimonials from Mrs. J. L. Northcott and a Canadian city.
Thiers won a prize at Aix for an essay on Vauvenargues after an anonymous contest. He read his own work, prompting rivals to withhold the prize. He then wrote a second piece in a different style, copied by Mignet and sent anonymously, which won the prize and funded his move to Paris. There he failed to join the bar but found work with the Constitutionnel, where his salon critique boosted his art criticism and journalism. His clarity and audacity later defined his speeches.
The Nineteenth Century contrasts Elizabethan fashion with modern decorum. A city beau parades St Pauls churchyard displaying a jeweled cloak, curled mustaches, long hair, and a jewel adorned hat with a plume. He wears a scarlet cloak, carries a rapier and dagger, and showcases ornate accessories.
A colorful souvenir on Lincoln Pars Chicago highlights beauty spots with half tone pictures and a Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway offered price. An advertisement section promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure Cascarets and various health products with jokey quips about husbands and gossip.
An eccentric mix of quotes, quips, and ads including Coleridge dialogue about an ass speaking to Hallamy, a note on Give Us Rest and Mostetter's Stomach Bitters for insomnia, plus patent medicine claims, wheat and corn trading offers, and other short notices.
A brief note recalls Jim Corbett’s bouts where he knocked out twelve men in a single game, earning $300 from receipts. It also mentions a past time when he could have made as much as $20,000 by finishing one opponent, highlighting a dramatic rise in value during his era.
A collage of notes cites diverse items from late 19th or early 20th century sources. It mentions Gloucester fish landings valued at 116000 dollars, Sutton in Ashfield cricketers, a Portland shop sign testing articulation, Sunday fishing trips from New York, long Boston work hours, Roman graves at Cologne, and quips about a Professor Dusentrais and author Scribbler.
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