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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1901
Page
6
A child speaks of marriage as a certainty, contrasting with Aunt Lucy’s fears. She imagines meeting a “real nice little boy” who will make her very happy and vows to be quick to meet him, even joking about rushing down the stairs to greet him.
A weefel cement made by mixing litharge and glycerin into a thick cream. It seals leaks in seams of tin pans or iron kettles and tightens joints of iron or wood. It resists acid heat and cold once it has hardened.
The text surveys building dates for several London bridges from Westminster to London Bridge. It lists Westminster begun 1738 finished 1746 and Blackfriars 1760 finished 1770, Waterloo 1811 opened 1817, Southwark Iron 1814 finished 1819, and present London Bridge 1824 opened August 1 1831. It also contains stray remarks on a shell animal and a quoted exchange about a bill.
A playful Ti-Bits exchange asks if Mrs Highlife’s traveling gown fit, noting it did but cost her 20. The resulting expense forces her to give up a trip and stay home, illustrating comic social habits.
A curiosity column reviews why wives fall in love with husbands, citing cases from London magistrates and Yorkshire unions. It notes women who married despite odds or for unconventional reasons, including kindness, indifference turned affection, and unlikely conversions.
A guidebook style description extols a valley at Stansfield in Essex, England. The rector notes his house sits 288 feet above sea level with the land rising to 300 feet, sloping to a stream 100 feet below and rising 180 feet beyond. From the rectory, bells of 14 or 15 villages can be heard, and voices drift across the valley to a half mile.
In a light exchange from Chicago News Meeks explains the couple compromise on breakfast drinks. Meeks says they settle on both coffee and tea by choosing coffee as the compromise. Weeks asks how the compromise works and receives the coffee focus as the outcome.
A fragmentary exchange contrasts the phrase milk in the cocoanut with water in a dialog between Willie and Mr. Curoan. The clipping also references a garbled question about a crying child and a stray note about whales in a gulf stream.
A passenger recalls a Washington taxi altercation where a hackman offered tours to major sites for set prices. The rider dodged the ask, then the cabman signaled a deaf and dumb alphabet and proposed a single “defer” quarter to a women’s home companion.
The article gives stain removal and fabric care tips. Soak coffee stained areas for 12 hours in clear cold water with a little borax. Iron ribbons flat to keep them soft. For yellow grime, use an emulsion of kerosene limewater and turpentine, boil with clothes. Acetic acid can restore colors flured by soap or soda.
Medical Record advises thorough cleaning of vegetables such as greens lettuce and herbs before cooling or serving raw. Scrub crevices and hollows to remove discouraged living creatures. Antiseptic salt may help kill germs, and similar precautions apply to fruits.
The piece recalls Chauncey M. Depew showing a telegram from Mr Platt to a senator about stopping a train. It claims Depew joked he would “do a favor for a man who turns a joke on himself.” It then pivots to a humorous note on "The Marriage Cure" saying singling out celibate or bachelor figures suffer indigestion from meals alone and that matrimony cures it.
In a terse dialogue a dealer and an old lady argue over horse traits. The lady rejects a high-headed horse, preferring a steady mount that keeps nose near the ground to gauge the path ahead. The exchange airs a cautious, practical tone typical of Mew Tors Weekly.
A garbled New York Sun excerpt shows an orator challenging the crowd with a question about freedom and later a misread reply. The fragment references a tense public gathering and a late response from the audience.
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