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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1902
Page
3
A peculiar clock in a small town uses a geyser to drive its mechanism. Every 38 seconds a column of hot water erupts and, on each spout, its lever moves the hands forward by 38 seconds. The device consists of a face, hands, and a lever with no other machinery.
In a Philadelphia Press item, Farmer Kraft boasts of buying a gold brick for 17 cents and plans to claim a $1,500 cost to mislead others into giving him credit, prompting disbelief from his wife Gracious.
A wry observation notes that during reconciliation people often keep the symbolic hatchet’s handle as a memento while burying the rest. The remark highlights a cultural tendency to preserve memory without reengaging conflict.
The New York Evening Post describes a yearly succoth carpentry trade in Orthodox Jewish quarters. Workers erect ramshackle booths for the Feast of Tabernacles, earning about fifty cents per stand while families gather daily for prayers. The piece notes symbolic fruit and bulrushes used in prayers and the festival’s historical meanings.
In experiments led by Hagenbeck, a mature hybrid born May 11, 1897 stands over five years old with a 45 inch withers height and 10 foot 2 inch length. Weighing 467 pounds in May, the monster shows tiger stripes and no mane, with two younger hybrids predicted to surpass pure lions or tigers. Terriers nursed the cubs, and the animals have become remarkably tame in domestication.
A study of the Iroquois belief in the Society of the False Faces describes masked healers who visit the sick in spring and fall. The ritual includes ash rituals and secret feasts, with the masks’ power to ward off illness and cure the afflicted, as recounted from Morgan’s 1852 report to New York University.
A Baltimore American summary notes that in 1901 the New York subtreasury detected over 117000 counterfeit pennies among 42000000 pennies and 1331 counterfeit minor coins among 2026000. most counterfeits were pennies and nickels posed challenges to tell at speed, with experts relying on trained instincts to spot off color or outlines.
The text notes that less than ten percent of Manitoba is cultivated, cites As siniboia with about 60 million acres ideal for wheat, Alberta spans 500 by 300 miles near the Rockies, and Saskatchewan is another vast region. A proverb about a woman’s view of men follows.
Miss Stephenson of Aberdeen writes of severe rheumatic pain preventing dressing. After using St Jacobs Oil she improved, used two more bottles, and regained ability to work. She urges others with rheumatism to try the product, calling it a powerful pain conqueror.
In Berkeley near Denver a quirky association called the Microbe club gathers lungers or consumptives. The head center lobe leads the group while another officer serves as keeper of the bugs, promising a busy honored role for the lunger and a varied set of bugs within the club.
A journalist's wife advises a young friend to avoid marrying a newspaper man. The wife complains that her husband brings home bundles of papers from distant cities and she cannot attend bargain sales in London, Manchester, and elsewhere. The anecdote appears in Pearsons Weekly.
Lydia Parker of Grand View Iowa reports years of back trouble resolved after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says one box plus part of another removed the pain and restored strength with lasting relief. She recommends the remedy to others with lame backs while noting Defiance Starch and a light aside about a husband smoking.
A collage of old ads touts Defiance Starch as the best for whitening clothes with a 16 ounce package sold at 10 cents, alongside Red Cross Ball Blue in a 2 ounce package for 5 cents. Also praised are Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup and Dr Thomas’ Electric Oil, with quips about wit and optimism.
Low rates to St Louis begin this year with the Great St Louis Fair October 6 to 11 featuring $30,000 in premiums and superior exhibits. Veiled Prophet night parade on October 7 and a grand ball in the Chamber of Commerce. The South St Louis Broadway Merchants Association hosts a Street Fair September 29 to October 12. horse show November 3 to 5 at Exposition Coliseum. plus mile-track racing and baseball games. See local agents for rates and tickets. HD Townsend, Genl Passr and Ticket Agt, St. Louis, Mo.
An ad promotes Voan's Ointment as the sole cure for skin itchiness across the body. It costs 50 cents at any drug store. A riddle suggests a secret torments a woman until she relinquishes it. The text notes that quietness and stupor signal love.
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