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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1906
Page
7
A New York woman recounts a carriage ride with a talkative guide who explains milk products like casein and skim milk in surprising detail. He describes uses from delicate materials to knife handles and even blood-derived items, while the journey passes hawks with red markers and a leaking fountain pen sponged clean with salt at a farm stop.
While riding a Berlin street car Emperor William reportedly discarded a cigarette. A clerk picked it up intending to keep it as a souvenir, but a policeman intervened and ordered him to relinquish it, saying it was for ridicule.
States largely permit first cousin marriages with Arkansas Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Kansas Missouri Nevada New Hampshire North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Dakota Washington and Wyoming excluded from the practice in various eras. The note outlines differing legal stances across jurisdictions.
Frank J Cheney swears as junior partner of F J Cuenes & Co that in Toledo Ohio the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarram not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1836 by A W Gleason.
The Louvre added a life size chalk bust of an eighteenth dynasty ruler named Akkoumalon or Amenophis IV and four blue porcelain sepulchral urns from the tomb of Ramses I. The bust is well preserved and a fine example of period art. Urns yielded funeral linen and organic matter undergoing chemical analysis.
A new microbe labeled chromophage is said to turn hair gray at an early age, popular among actors and society women. Balding men are immune. Scalpologists dispute blood-based theories, noting heat sensitivity and less gray hair in those who use hair up for curling.
The Postum Cereal Co. offered 31 boxes of gold and 300 dollars to the person making the most words from Y I O Grape Nuts. The 1906 contest ran from February to April 1906 with thousands mailing lists and weeks of word counting by young ladies. The top prize went to L. D. Reese of Denver for 9941 words and a $100 gold prize to 3 K Fraser of Lincoln for 9921 words. 331 winners were named, and a complete list was promised to any contestant.
Frank Doremus of Roosevelt Ave Indianapolis describes severe kidney trouble in 1897 with swelling to 34 inches around his left leg and near total weakness. He refused amputation and used Doan's Kidney Pills, which relieved swelling and pain, restoring health for nine years. 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. Also notes Charles King of East Liberty preserving tax receipts for 41 years and his long Republican support.
Emma White of Camden New Jersey describes six months of severe eczema on body and feet. After unsatisfactory results from three doctors she tried Cuticura and saw facial clearing and relief, expressing gratitude and recommending the treatment. The note is dated April 25 1905 and cites 641 Cherrier Place.
A collection of short adlike lines mentions stage villains good points and a cigar brand. It references Lewis Single Binder Cigar from Peoria Illinois and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. A saying notes some covet gold in neighbors teeth.
A garbled clump of vintage ads and sayings references paints about dyes, cigars, starch, footprints, gum chewing, Castoria bottles, and a general consumer lifestyle snapshot. It mentions Lewis' Single Binder cigars, Defiance Starch, and Castoria as a remedy for infants, framed as raw product blurbs from a bygone period.
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