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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
8
In a small town a lazy husband lives off his wife who finally rebels. He returns from the store to find the house stripped of all furnishings. A small white mug with the words Think of nic sits at the door as a stark parting message.
A quote from Booklovers' Bulletin asserts Americans read more than any other people and gain initial pace from newspapers. It argues reading shapes a boy's energy, ambition, and snapshot judgment, while books and life experiences refine poise and culture later.
A Chicago Tribune item recalls visitors at a museum asking about two Labrador ducks bought for $1000. The attendant explains they are notable as an extinct species shot in 1856, while a visitor jokes about their odor.
A west highland parish minister, famed for never hosting outsiders, finally entertains an Edinburgh divinity student who asks to preach. The minister tells the student to preach the next day and vows that if the sermon is better than his, the people will not be satisfied with his own preaching again.
A man at a Boston dentist’s office inhaled gas for a tooth extraction and seemed hypnotized yet kept one eye open. The doctor increased the gas, but the eye remained open. The patient explained in a drowsy voice that it was “glass.”
A historical note describes deepening light mahogany by boiling a blend of water madder and rastic then applying hot and streaking wet grain with black to imitate aged tone. The text shifts to brief quips and jokes about domestic life and coloring.
Smithsonian displays show stone objects from Tennessee mounds that resemble modern flatirons. Peruvian tombs and Ancon necropolis also yield similar stones used as trowels, per old Spanish writers. The U.S. find may reflect pre Columbian trade routes carrying Peruvian artifacts northward.
In Australia near the Darling River caterpillars exceed six inches. Migrating geese leaders tire quickly and are relieved by others. The gray buzzard is nearly extinct and among the heaviest birds when it dies. Terrapins eat crabs and swallow them whole. Glowworms lay luminous eggs but offspring gain brightness after transformation. A rare whistling Australian moth makes love calls by striking wing ribs with antennae.
At a country ball a man tries to introduce a companion to a young stout lady who seems eager for a dance. He is refused as she calls the partner a cart. Later she overhears and rebukes the man, saying she may be a cart but not a donkey cart.
The scepter signified royal authority and punishment power as its wand-like form echoed the chastising rod used in religious institutions. A dove atop the scepter added the Holy Ghost as guide to the sovereign’s actions, a symbolism echoed at Reims in dove releases during French coronations.
An audience interruption leads to a pointed exchange as a sallow man accuses a speaker of corruption. The orator retorts that he once lent the man a dollar, prompting no further interruptions in the Chicago Tribune account.
In a Philadelphia Press note, Markley is described as plotting with a theatrical manager, involving a ten dollar dinner yesterday. The plan appears to have unfolded neatly, with a scheme of hin working for a couple of passes.
A humorous dialogue contrasts aging and beauty with a biblical reference. Mrs Benham asks if she looks better as she ages, while Benham quips that longer life could have let her become a true beauty in Bible times.
Griggs is praised for his cool efficiency as his thousands answer for him. The Boston Tronscript notes that cutting coupons isn’t the measure of his success.
The article recommends applying arnica to pimples as a preventive and rapid treatment. It states pimples arise from blood impurities and require constitutional care, but a drop of arnica on the swollen spot early can halt progression with several applications in a day.
An Indian sepoy in India insists he knows English as a telegraph office struggles with a wrongly worded note. He threatens to report the Superintendent Mandalay if the message is not sent, prompting the operator to transmit a final, urgent line about a father being dangerously dead.
The article recalls early gold pens crafted by hand with metal cut from strips using scissors and each step done manually. Prices ranged from 5 to 20 dollars and these early pens were far inferior to the modern machine made version.
A fragment from the New York Times presents a tense exchange about warning someone’s father and potential actions if no statement is made soon. The dialogue hints at coercion and looming consequences without detailing events or identities.
In a blazing home fire, firemen heroically dragged sleeping occupants to safety. The incident underscores dangers of neglected coughs and colds and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption as a preventive remedy. The ad claims the product stops a late cough, is harmless, and priced at 50 cents to one dollar with trial bottles offered.
Quoted ad claims a reader from Dempseytown Pa praises Dr King’s New Life Pill as an infallible remedy for constipation stomach and liver troubles after two weeks use. The advertisement targets druggists with a price of 2fc and urges immediate purchase.
J M McHony of Greenville Texas writes that after six weeks bedridden with rheumatism a partial bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment eased his pain. He bought two more bottles and has not felt rheumatism since. He endorses it as the best liniment on earth for rheumatic pains. It is sold by D J Scanlan's in sizes 25c 60c and 1.00.
Miles Wim Spivey of Walton Furnace Vermont received Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for a fever sore on his leg. The salve allegedly cured the sore when other remedies failed and claims to heal bruises eruptions boils burns corns and piles. Available at druggists.
An old style advertisement touts White's Cream Vermifuge claiming it kills worms and removes mucus enabling a healthy body where worms cannot exist. Sold for 25 cents at D. J. Scanlan's.
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