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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
6
Hetty Green pressed Collis P. Huntington’s bank for cash, demanding real money rather than checks. She withdrew a million dollars in cash after threatening to take her funds from the bank. Four messengers transported the bulk as rumors swirled that Huntington might face ruin.
Quote from Burna on noble character praising honesty as the highest virtue. calls princes and lords mere breath of kings and extols an honest man as the noblest work of God.
An old medical advert claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine, says it works through the blood to mucous surfaces, and asserts endorsements from physicians. Includes pricing and a note on Hall's Family Pills.
A U S agriculture experts endorse common low grade kerosene to kill mosquito larvae by surface film. Spraying with portable pumps covers ponds efficiently. crude oil mixes aid persistence. Heavier oils cling, windless pockets breed. Panama work cites carbolic acid rosin caustic soda larvicide as effective.
An amusing tale from Bergen's early Norwegian stage recalls 1849 when Ibsen and Bjørnson shaped national drama. A woman hired as second old woman lost a front tooth, yet the management funded her dentistry. She left after two seasons, taking the tooth with her as the theatre kept the dentist's work.
A London Tit-Bits item notes a prisoner’s reply when asked about resistance. He offered only a shilling and stated he would not take it, in a brief exchange cited by the magazine.
The dress illustrated may be made of fine navy blue French serge with a white broadcloth collar and cuffs or of similar materials. It reflects current domestic fashions as presented in the periodical.
Live stock prices from Union Stock Yards South Omaha Nebraska dated October 11 1916 show lambs and sheep advancing with top fat lambs at 10.20 and feeder demand high. Cattle entries around 11 000 head include beef vees pricing 8.75 to 9.75 with other classes quoted lower. Hog prices steady to slightly higher with about 4 600 head reported and feeder lambs firm.
A fragment lists practical stain remedies including chocolate with cold water, coffee with boiling water, grease with soap, fruit with boiling water, ink with lemon salts or javelle water, medicine with alcohol, mildew with javelle water, paint with turpentine, and wax treated by absorbent paper and heat. It shows a dated, casual catalog style and odd OCR string.
The notice announces office days in Lincoln held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 1411 O Street.
Instructions for preparing fried salt pork with cream gravy from Country Gentleman. Slice salt pork, freshen in cold or hot water, coat with peppered flour, fry until golden. Skim fat, add milk, thicken with flour slurry, boil, season. Serve with jackets-on potatoes, Yankee style.
In a dozen localities nationwide farmers used tractors at farm tractor shows to plow a total of 30000 acres this summer. One event in the series was staged at Fremont, showcasing the grand circuit of tractor demonstrations.
Do you want a good home in the best town on earth See us at Sidney Lumber Co inviting readers to explore housing options and local building supplies in a compact sales prompt from a historical ad.
Pear honey made by washing pears, peeling and grating into water to prevent discoloration. Cook in preserving kettle with four cupfuls of granulated sugar and water, add lemon juice, boil fifteen to twenty minutes until clear and thick like strained honey.
Chop five or six hard boiled eggs not too fine. Put over the fire in a suitable dish one cupful of milk one tablespoonful of butter salt and pepper. When this comes to a boil stir into it a tablespoonful of flour wet with cold milk. When the dressing becomes thick and smooth stir in the chopped eggs. Serve on toast.
A simple old fashioned bake combining two pounds of round steak chopped fine one egg one cupful rolled crackers one half cupful milk one slice salt pork chopped salt pepper and sage. Mix thoroughly and bake one hour for a hearty meat dish.
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