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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1898
Page
7
The excerpt recalls a classroom dispute about religion, referencing Moses and a professor. It mentions Thomas Wentworth Higginson noting Wendell Phillips’s tempered rhetoric provoking young abolitionists in reactions. It also records a rainfall equivalence and claims the Danish flag dates to about 1219.
A New York writer weighs British author Thomas Henry Hall Caine and compares him with Zangwill and Gen Pryor while noting hair and appearance. The item also mentions Charles D. Jacobs Jr a US cavalryman killed at Santiago and his father ex mayor Charles D. Jacob Sr of Louisville, plus a quip about women in politics and a Bank of England estimate of gold coin in circulation about 865 tons.
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. Grain-O has the rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grain. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress. One fourth the price of coffee 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. You can't judge a man's religion by his actions in a horse trade.
The snippet lists questions about Florida visits and asks for rates maps routes and information from H. W. Sparks in Chicago. It also showcases multiple patent medicines and household tips including Amber for sore throats, Cee's Cough Pills, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup, Dr Seth Arnold's Cough Killer, carpet cleaning with ammonia, and a note on carpet-timetable folders for the Boston and Maine railroad. It closes with a war mortality figure.
An observed incident on a Chicago elevated train shows men furtively trying to read newspapers without paying. A writer confronts a portly reader who tried to grab his paper, explaining he bought it and will dispose of it as he sees fit. The exchange highlights unpaid news consumption among commuters.
A collection of quips on gender behavior and social norms. The remarks touch on women's taste and looks, poetry policing, male enthusiasm, fairness, and the humorous idea that funerals keep men from church. Each line offers a tongue in cheek social observation.
The Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a mother finding her child crushed on the floor while the child complains about new squeaky shoes and the sister Nettie’s squeakiness, highlighting domestic tension and a playful, if chaotic, domestic scene.
New Mexico leads U S turquoise output surpassing all other parts of the world. Hiddenite in North Carolina is a rare U S emerald substitute not found abroad. California chrysoprase and California garnets join aquamarines in North Carolina and rose quartz in South Dakota as prized gems. Pearls from U S waters enjoy markets at home and overseas. Connecticut golden beryls gleam, Royalston aquamarines rival global finds, Montana sapphires ship to London for cheaper processing. Maine hosts Maine tourmalines with Paria mines yielding a 64 1 2 carat superb stone.
A report claims anti Jewish elements in Austria exploit a doctor’s death by plague to revive Jew baiting. It contrasts this with ancient advertisement finds in Thebes and Pompeii and notes a superstition that coral wards off thunder and evil.
A West Appleton boy Willard Creech healed from spinal paralysis after nine months on a stretcher. His father Richard Creech credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with reviving mobility in six weeks and restoring schooling within four months. The tale accompanies a note that Ireland's population decreased by 9,710 in the past year.
Eight new sleepers for the B and O New York to St Louis line showcase an expanded ladies’ retiring room with a dresser and pier glass. Vermillion wood, inlaid marquetry, nouveau upholstery, oval opalescent windows, and modern features like wide vestibules and air pressure water system define the design.
The Inventive Age of Washington DC calls for congressional investigation into United States Patent Office management. It cites corruption and arbitrary acts by Commissioner Duell and Assistant Commissioner Greeley and urges reform, offering free consultation on securing valuing and selling clients.
A playful exchange echoes a Bible lesson as a Sunday school teacher jokes about justice and retaliation. The pupil Wil lies about a punch, leading to a humorous misquote about turning the other cheek.
Rev. Elmer Yocum who died in Kilburne Wisconsin last week was the sole surviving member of the General Methodist Conference that before the Civil War suspended a bishop for marrying a slave owner’s wife, a decision that sparked the split of Methodism into northern and southern branches.
A newspaper notice uses a historical metaphor linking Cuba’s loss to Spain with appetite and sustenance. It promotes Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters claiming relief for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation and states it can quench thirst and reduce fever.
A vintage advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for an uncured catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists J Cheney and Co of Toledo and several local druggists, claiming testimonials and nationwide sales of Hull's Catorrh Guru and Hall's Family Pills.
A historical note describes topaz as a preventive for lung troubles and a booster of strength, reflecting common gemstone lore of the era.
A fragment notes a cash payment offer of $2 per acre with a parcel sale by J. Madball in Sions. The text includes medical remedy ads for Bromo Quinine tablets and Piso a Cure for Consumption, with endorsements and dates. Disorderly material intermingles vendor and gossip remarks.
A stylish traveler going abroad wore a coat fashioned from a large plaid steamer rug. The garment used a soft flame yellow and olive green check with cream accents, cut as a sack coat with a torn-down fringe collar. Truth may be stranger than fiction, but literature finds less value in such tales.
Mrs. Joan Williama of Englishtown New Jersey and Mrs Joseph Prierson of Warren Pennsylvania report long battles with womb trouble back pain and related symptoms. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash they say they were cured or greatly improved.
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