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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1907
Page
5
Socialist candidate B W Fraze appears in Cheyenne County election materials seeking the county judge position. The notice lists his party affiliation and candidacy details for the forthcoming local race.
A crude account portrays the Bosjesmins as exceedingly ugly and animalistic in south central Africa. It claims they live in holes, subsist on roots and reptiles, and resemble apes in appearance.
A brief description notes that one whale can supply from zero to 3000 pounds of bone. It mentions a clock with ninety five faces in St Petersburg and references indicating times at thirty different earth locations plus celestial movements.
An eminent scientist measured tropical bamboo in Java gardens noting one stalk grew seventeen inches in a day while another added eight inches daily for fifty eight days. Two more stalks showed steady four inch daily growth for sixty days.
The fragment describes the Hanging Gardens as an amphitheater of terraces supported by arches. It then gives a household tip about tinware and paper, followed by a note that hot water cleans a paste, with a joke about replacing burnt tin. It ends with a joke claiming laughter cures dyspepsia better than doctors.
As early as 1672 the French advertised in the Petites Andhes and ten years later the first genuine newspaper appeared in London. Among England's earliest mercantile advertisements was a tea sale in Mercurius Politicus.
Corsica belonged to Genoa from 1559 until 1708 when control passed to France. Napoleon Bonaparte, born in 1769 on Corsica, thus became a French subject.
An Arab baby’s ears are pierced six times on the seventh day after birth. At two months old heavy gold rings are placed in the holes and are worn only during mourning. Other quirky notes include Sunny Spain as the sunniest European country and a Turkish admiral offended by a ship’s rudder noise. Constantinople firemen and the fate of disabled workers are touched with a light, humorous tone.
A practical note advises carrying borax for travel washing to soften hard hotel water. It also offers a mildew remedy using tomato and salt, sun drying, and repeats if needed. The piece closes with a fact about a London jeweler displaying the smallest watch, once owned by the Marquise of Anglesey, with a minute hand only an eighth of an inch long.
The Royal Exchange in Manchester hosts most of England through cotton trade with 5,000 to 6,000 mill representatives present on Tuesdays and Fridays to transact business.
D. Clem Deaver, agent for Burlington Landseekers Bureau in Omaha, promotes low cost personally conducted excursions to locate irrigated lands. No charge for services. Join these trips to find land at the lowest prices offered.
British lighthouses and lightships cost over half a million pounds annually to maintain, with the majority funded by light dues.
An errand boy in Wil leaden England faced charges for pitch and toss. A policeman claimed the prisoner offered all his winnings to escape. Court laughter followed as the magistrate learned the boy's wealth, including winnings, totaled seven pence.
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