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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1899
Page
3
A compact guide to dairy and poultry farming outlines practical methods for managing livestock health, feeding, housing, and breeding. It emphasizes routine care, clean facilities, vaccination, and record keeping to improve production and efficiency on farms.
The article laments crowded perches and minimal hen space while debating lime and bone meal in eggs. It notes poultry researchers, tuberculin tests in cows, and warns about inexperienced staff in agri institutions. It also covers colt hoof care and profitable spring chicken production.
A Michigan court voided the state law against coloring oleomargarine, ruling the act’s headline did not clearly link to cooling of oleomargarine. The decision holds the title failed to express the offense, though coloring was prohibited. The piece cautions skeptics about tuberculosis controls amid cattle slaughter at Union Stock Yards in Chicago.
The head of the nation’s finance, Secretary Gage, enjoys humorous literature after office hours. Newspapers clip works by prominent authors and clever cartoonists, then place them on his desk with proper paper weights.
Jason Crow of Oscarville Georgia writes of long standing rheumatism relief after using the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co. remedy "5 Drops" with testimonial from his physician Dr Woodliff. The ad touts cures for rheumatism sciatica neuralgia and related ailments and offers a 300 dose bottle for 1 with a 25 cent sample bottle for 10 cents.
The John M Smyth Co advertises a sewing machine bargain promising value for every household. Established in Chicago over 30 years the firm claims reliability and square treatment for customers. They offer a mammoth catalogue of everything to eat wear or use.
Letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing long standing womb trouble and menstrual misery. A Germano Ouro reader reports regained energy and ability to work full days after eight bottles and Sana tive Wash use. Another reader from Gun Mansy Micu says the remedies cured her nervous illness and sleep issues.
In a London sale recent prices for Transvaal stamps climbed. First Republic items included a 3d 1877 surcharged back at £7 and an 1877 79 surcharged Transvaal at £29, plus a lilac on green 1877 79 without surcharge at £15. Second Republic pieces included a half penny on 6d with queen’s head at £16, a 15¢ reunion first issue at £33, a 30¢ reunion first issue at £46, and two pence Mauritius pair at £43.
Dr Edward Everett Hale notes that six hundred words suffice for human communication and cites European couriers and Italian opera as examples. He argues this minimal vocabulary can convey thought though the Judges bible uses fewer than seven hundred distinct words.
A new grain based beverage called Grain-O arrives in grocery stores. It serves as a substitute for coffee and is said to suit delicate stomachs while costing about a quarter of the price. It is recommended for children and sold in 15 and 25 cent packages.
Four hundred ninety six inventors received patents this week with one percent selling prior to patent. Notable items include seed sprout thinning machine a turban convertible cap automatic lamp extinguisher and coffin hinged for sitting position. An Omaha inventor earned a trolley patent preventing detachment from the wire. The patent was obtained via Sues & Co. Patent Lawyers Bee Building Omaha Neb.
Dr Shephard's estate near Pinehurst South Carolina spans about 700 acres with roughly 50 to 100 acres cultivated for tea plants making the only tea gardens in the United States.
A historic advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh. It lists endorsements from F. J. Cheney & Co and wholesale druggists West & Triax Walding Kienan Marvin, notes internal blood action, and claims in broad terms. It also mentions Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with signatures and dates, plus a vanity line about moon cycles.
Wison Barrett reverses his usual method by writing a novel first then planning a stage adaptation. With Elwyn Barron of Chicago he prepares In Old New York as a forthcoming novel and aims to stage the resulting play on his next American visit.
Fragmented OCR describes a court sale proceeding with references to the court, property, front of the court, and buyer names. It mentions forty four ahead, thirty, and dates near Fancy, with unclear seller and party designations. The text is garbled but centers on an imminent sale action and court involvement.
Members of the United States Co operative Boot and Shoe Purchasing Association receive 333 percent discounts on all shoe purchases. Mr. B. E. Tilton, secretary, will send an illustrated book on shoes and joining instructions to anyone upon request at 105 Summer St, Boston.
The Big Patt gulch in Deadwood South Dakota hosts a 126 foot high trestle replaced after 240000 feet of lumber. It took twenty weeks to fill the gulch with earth hauled 1.5 miles up a two percent grade using 1486 trains of fifteen cars each totaling 22000 carloads. The new bridge is fireproof and cheaper to maintain. The note ends with a remark that Christians are like eggs with no medium ones.
Legal notice from Thomas G. Orwig & Co. outlining how taxes apply to inventors in Iowa towns counties and state. It covers taxable manufacture materials licensing pedlars exemptions for educational items and Union veterans, with guidance on license remittance and compliance. Nov 11 1899.
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