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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
6
In a small town a shiftless man faces a life shock after his wife leaves. He returns home to find the house emptied of furniture and belongings, leaving only a small mug reading Sink of me in gilt letters on the floor.
A New York newspaper quote argues Americans gain keenness and quick judgment from reading, especially newspapers, while poise and culture come later from books and magazines and social contact. The notice credits newspapers with setting an aggressive pace and fostering push and pluck.
A man visiting a Boston dentist for a tooth extraction received nitrous oxide. He appeared hypnotized yet kept one eye open. The doctor increased the gas, but the eye stayed open and the patient joked it was glass.
An 1890s note describes darkening light mahogany by applying a hot mix of water four ounces of madder and two ounces of rastic, roiling and coating the wood, then wetting and streaking the grain with black for richer color. It also cites lighthearted Bennington humor and society quips from Indianopolis News and Atchison Globe.
Reports in the Washington Post describe five or more prehistoric stone objects from Tennessee mounds that closely resemble flatirons with handles. Similar stones, thought to be trowels for plastering walls, have been found in Peruvian tombs, prompting theories of extensive pre-Columbian trade among ancient peoples.
The Darling River region yields six inch caterpillars while migrating geese tires shed light on flock behavior. The pray buzzard is a heavy flyer, near forty pounds in good seasons. Crabs form a terrapin’s staple, and glowworms emit light with their larval stages. A whistling moth uses ribbed wing patterns and antennae to produce a mating call.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls a gentleman trying to introduce a companion to a shy young Indy who avoids dancing. The lady overhears and rebukes him saying she will not be a donkey cart, likening the partner to a cart.
The scepter, once a hollow wand called virge used to punish choristers, signified royal authority to inflict punishment. The dove emblem added the Holy Ghost to the sovereign's rule, a symbolism echoed in Reims with doves released at French kings’ coronations.
A sallow man challenges an orator during a ward meeting as a heckler demands proof of investments. The orator retorts that Lance lent a dollar to the man, and the exchange ends with no further interruption.
A Philadelphia Press item notes Markley ignored a theatrical manager at a ten dollar dinner, described as part of a scheme that proved effective. The exchange mentions two individuals, Thingumboh and MeJigger, and indicates the plan involved obtaining passes.
A playful exchange contrasts youth and aging with a jab about biblical lifespans. Mrs Benham and Benham trade witticisms reflecting social vanity and the joke that longer life would preserve beauty in Bible times.
A Boston Transcript quip notes Briggs need not cut many coupons to cut ice as Griggs relies on a cool, confident mien and vast public approval to carry influence.
A reader writes that pimples arise from blood impurities and can be prevented by applying arnica to the skin. They claim a pimple shows warning signs with initial inflammation and a drop of arnica on the spot can drive the swelling back within a day through several applications.
An Indian sepoy asserts he knows English at a telegraph office in India. After a tense exchange over a wrongly worded message, he threatens to report the Superintendent Mandalay if not sent. The message is finally forwarded: Come quick, father dangerously dead.
A historical note outlines a method to cut sheet brass using a strong solution of bichloride or mercury in alcohol. A line is drawn on the brass with a quill pen, allowed to dry, then overdrawn with nitric acid. The brass is then broken along the line as a clean cut.
The first gold pens in this country were handmade by band using gold strips cut with scissors. All steps were performed by band and costs ranged from five to twenty dollars. These early pens were far inferior to modern machine made articles.
A fragment from the New York Times presents a tense exchange where a character warns about potential violence if a request is not handled, implying danger and coercion within a family or personal dispute.
Firemen battled a blaze and pulled sleeping residents from a burning house. The dramatic rescue underscores dangers of neglected coughs and colds. An old advertisement for Dr King’s New Discovery touts protection against throat chest and lung troubles with a remedy priced at 50 cents plus trial bottles offered.
D. H Turner of Dempseytown Pennsylvania claims the grand medicine would change everything if all knew its value. He says two weeks on the product made him a new man and touts its infallibility for constipation stomach and liver troubles. The ad notes that all druggists carry the pills.
Greenville Tex resident I M McHony writes that after six weeks in bed from rheumatism he found relief with Ballard's Snow Liniment. He claims two more bottles finished the cure and endorses the product for rheumatic sciatic or neuralgic pains priced 25c 50c and 1.00 at D J Scanian's.
Walton Furnace Vermont man William Spirey travels 28 miles west to obtain Bucklen Arnica Salve which completely heals a severe fever sore on his leg. The product claims to cure bruises felons ulcers eruptions boils burns corns and piles and is sold at druggists.
An 19th century style ad proclaims White's Cream Vermifuge kills worms and cleans mucus that harbors them. It claims rapid restoration of health and notes the remedy costs 25 cents at D. J. Scanlan's.
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