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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1902
Page
5
A richly descriptive piece on the California poppy, detailing its discovery by Eschscholtz, its symbolic gold color, and its prominence on California landscapes. The article links the poppy to battlefields and literature, praising its unique status as a native Californian bloom and its absence elsewhere.
A physician criticizes fad diet claims from faddists who praise health foods. The article argues people should not force unpalatable health cereals, stressing moderation and appetite. better to enjoy fried ham and chocolate cake in balance than endure disgust for health foods.
A western man visiting Maine boasted about large farms and crops and asked how locals live. The old Maine farmer replied that years ago some invested in the west, turning it into a permanent but fading investment, and the conversation shifted.
Short and long speakers clash over a $10 loan. One admits the loan was for a brief time but cannot repay now, noting it was only to be kept for a short period. The exchange reflects a casual debt conversation captured in a Chicago News item.
The Boston Transcript quips about a young nephew named William and notes Formosa’s high productiveness. It argues the island’s current 2.5 million inhabitants could rise to 10 million without exhausting soil fertility.
A pale young man sits on a park bench with a torn bag of tools. A red faced thief attempts to steal it but is chastised and talks of hospital escapees and aid societies. The exchange reveals bleak views on crime, rehabilitation, and employment as both men reflect on their hard lives.
The passage lists writers and related facts including Bulfon with Ince rtifles and Dumas in shirt sleeves, Milton composing Paradise Lost with head back, Bret Yllurte’s Condensed Novels, Austin Polesin pivoting from engineering to civil service, Fox studying with a napkin soaked in vinegar, Wall Cube the pavel ist in Laxey lead mines, and Mrs. Bolton penning Paddle Your Own Canoe while sewing.
The New York Tribune notes two Harvard students reading modern orations, one praising the closing line "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" as proof of grand prose, while the other student, a churchman, remains silent.
An aged rector laments thinning church numbers and recalls his early preaching. His clerk Thomas replies that parsons are like tailors, claiming he sews as well as ever but the cloth is the same, yet the cut is new.
Diocenes died from a dog bite and wished to have his body cast into the alley for dogs. Neighbors refused and instead gave him a noble funeral and erected a monument bearing the emblem of a dog, the symbol of his life, in Chicago.
The chatter notes that Jester-Poor is earning significant profits as barrel prices rise. Jimson-What confirms the surge, while the Boston Post records the increased cost driving the windfall.
A vintage ad-style item touts Dr King’s New Discovery as protection from chest and lung ailments and promises quick relief from coughs. It markets 0c price and £1 trial bottles, with claims of preventing death and doctor bills.
A reader from Dempseytown Pa claims Dr King s New Life Pills are infallible for constipation stomach and liver troubles after two weeks use. The ad-style testimonial touts the medicine at 25 cents and urges sales.
A. T. Headley of Tildun endured ten years of rheumatism until Electric Bitters cured him after two bottles. He reports no pain in over a year. The remedy regulates kidneys, purifies blood, relieves neuralgia and nervousness, and aids digestion. Sold by druggists for 1.00.
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