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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1901
Page
7
A collage of old prosaic quotes and vendor pitches appears as stray ad copy and aphorisms. It includes lines about powder scent and powder trade, refunds for unsatisfied buyers, Wizard Oil for pain, Defiance Starch for whitening, and social notes on education and gender topics.
The report lists successful candidates in Omaha and Lincoln across Sheriff, judge, clerk, treasurer, register, coroner, superintendent, surveyor, representative, county commissioner, and police judge races. It notes Republican gains in Douglas and Lancaster counties with Sedgwick leading the state supreme court race by about 11,000 votes statewide.
DES MOINES Nov 7 Returns are coming in slowly with about half of 2100 precincts heard. If gains hold Cummins the Republican governor candidate will lead Phillips the Democrat by about 92 000. Prohibition votes rise from 9 000 to 25 000 and Democratic votes fall in nearly every precinct.
Walter Baker & Co. cacao products bear the chocolate girl trade mark and Dorchester, Mass. origin. Housekeepers are urged to check purchases for substitutions. The firm earned three gold medals at the Pan-American Exposition.
Consul General Fhurst in Vienna reports the capital’s horse meat trade, with about 25 000 horses and 1000 donkeys killed yearly. Prices are about 50 percent lower than ordinary meat, and sales target the poor under tight public regulation.
An old man credits Alva Merrill of Chillicothe with saving his life after recognizing Merrill from an advertisement for Dodd’s Kidney Pills. The man, saved from severe lumbago, thanks Merrill for his honest name and the medicine he recommended. The piece also notes contrasting remarks about aging and youth.
Justice Gisch approves Ernest Seton Thompson changing his name to Ernest Thompson Seton. The petition explains Thompson was a family pseudonym used to hide from the English government after the 1745 Jacobite rebellion.
In Colorado county elections Republicans won most large counties, with Arapahoe showing Democratic majorities from 2000 to 4000. Complete city and county returns except one precinct indicate Democrats swept Arapahoe, while many counties show mixed results with a split between Democrats and Republicans.
Edward S Stokes who died Saturday at his sister Mrs McNutt’s residence left a will filed in the surrogate's office. The will dated February 13 1891 names cousin W E D Stokes as chief beneficiary. No petition stating property value was filed with the will.
Latest returns in the November election confirm a Democratic majority of about 25,000 on the state ticket. Indications show Republicans elected one senator and fourteen House members, a gain of eleven on the current assembly, though the legislature remains overwhelmingly Democratic in both chambers.
An open letter from Mrs J C Ssuru of Kansas City endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for women's health issues. The testimonial claims the remedy restores health and vitality when doctors are dismissed, urging readers to try the product and providing the Lynn Mass address for sick women.
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