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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1903
Page
6
An Italian authority reports hens fed iron rich fodder produce eggs with iron in digestible albumin form. Such eggs allegedly exert a tonic effect on consumers, illustrating that eggs vary in nutritive value and dietary impact.
An advertisement claims deafness results from an inflamed nasal mucous surface and a blocked Nasal Tube. It argues hearing can be restored by constitutional remedies and catarrh treatment. The offer promises $100 for any case cured by Matt’s Catarrh Cure with mail order information from Toledo, Ohio.
A Prague violinist named Franz Wister posed as Kubelik on a Russian tour. Impresario Jassinski promoted him as the famous violinist, but Wister refused to perform, settled expenses, and left the engagement. Wandering, he drew attention with his talent and finally returned home to Prague.
An old advertisement touts Defiance Cold Water Brareb as unequal in quantity and quality. It claims 16 oz for 10 cents and contrasts it with other brands that allegedly contain only 1297. The copy repeats lines about well paved roads and trials.
The body of millonaire Bronson B Tuttle, buried at Naugatuck Connecticut, was placed in a burglar proof metallic vault interred coffin. The vault is built so the lid locks and cannot be opened for hours without dynamite. Automatic locks and bars secure the lid.
The Laidlaw and Sage legal saga resurfaces as Laidlaw & Carrie suspends, recalling the 1891 bomb attack on Mr Sage and Laidlaw’s injuries. Laidlaw sued Sage and won $25,000, later $43,000, with appeals pursued by Uncle Russell and a two year battle ending in withdrawal.
In St John Kansas on October 26 Mr William McBride Mrs McBride and Dr Jesse L Simes sworn statements confirm that Dodd's Kidney Fills saved the McBride boy from epileptic seizures and paralysis. The family reports twenty seven fits ceased within a week.
Washington Postmaster General Payne announces removals of Michael W. Lewis and Louis Kempner from the Post Office Department. C. B. Terry and Otto Weis also dismissed for false affidavits, incompetence, and petty schemes to influence promotions. Actions stem from Bristow’s irregularities report.
Leonard J. Stern a Baltimore contractor faced a preliminary hearing in the Supreme Court in Washington on charges of false pretense in supplying satchels for rural free delivery. W. B. Mayes testified as an inspector. Stern pleaded not guilty as the case proceeds to Wednesday.
Washington reports a ruling on a representative elect owning property leased to the Post Office. The Attorney General’s 1809 decision holds that a contract made with a person who becomes a member of Congress during its term is not affected by that election, despite a later act prohibiting such contracts.
Rear Admiral Glass sailed from San Francisco with his squadron bound for Acapulco for what is described as a practice cruise. The group departed Thursday from the port as part of a routine naval visit and training voyage.
In Washington A G C Quay son of Senator Quay of Pennsylvania has been named deputy naval officer at the port of Philadelphia. The move elevates Quay within naval administration and ties his career to the Pennsylvania delegation.
Engrossed copy of the Alaskan award was signed at 2 10 pm. Canadians declined to sign. The award grants the United States Kanaghtunut and Sitklan islands at the Portland canal entrance, shifting boundary toward Wales and Pearse. Boundary line favors the U S from Portland canal to Mount St Elias, creating a land barrier. Lord Chief Justice Alverstone delayed a public meeting of the boundary commission, sending decisions to agents Foster and Sifton. Canadian commissioners publicly withdrew from the commission and issued protests through Astesworth and Jette with plans to submit opinions to the tribunal.
Cresceus driven by George N. Ketcham set a new world trotting record for a mile at 1.59% at Wicuita Kansas. The stallion, paced by Mike the Tramp, surpassed Lou Dillon and Major Delmar by a quarter second amid ideal track conditions. Ketcham said he will show Crescent in public one last time and then retire to engagements in Oklahoma City and Fort Scott.
Plymouth report describes a record gold shipment valued at 5 million dollars landed from Bombay aboard a single steamer. The massive consignment is noted as the largest ever brought to England on one vessel.
Berlin reports an electric car set a record during Friday trials on the Mariennelde Sosasen line reaching 130 2 3 miles per hour. The test highlighted advances in electric propulsion and high speed endurance.
The annual report shows gross earnings up by 8 843 134 dollars and net earnings up by 23 983 538 dollars. The surplus increased by 2 228 149 dollars. It notes 8 324 miles of road operated at June 30, up from 8 124 miles the previous year.
President Theodore Roosevelt issues a proclamation ordering an extraordinary session of both houses in Washington on November 9 at noon to decide whether to approve a proposed convention. The notice, dated October 29, 1903, requires all members of the Fifty-eighth Congress to take notice.
The State Department notes the Alaskan Boundary Commission's decision extends American title beyond the Klondike area. Full details await the transcript and maps. Officials expect expert surveyors to finalize the boundary under the Hay Pauncefote framework to reduce miner friction.
The Federal National bank in Pittsburg remained closed on Wednesday morning with a notice stating it was closed by order of the comptroller of the currency. President J A Lanzfitz had claimed the bank was solvent and not in need of money, but a stock raid on the Pittsburg Stock Exchange and depositor distrust followed, preventing a run.
ST. JOSEPH Missouri William Matzinger 23 a good family member was sentenced to fifty years in prison for the murder of Miss Alta May Gallimore committed two months ago.
An African prince will study in Winfield Kansas for the next two years. B R O'Connor of Winfield reports his son resides in La Tul Basotuland Rhodesia. King Lewanka has two sons in England and one in Australia. another prince will come to America to learn about the country. The young prince will board with a respected colored family in Winfield.
A collage of short notices includes quirky claims about insect powders and cures for consumption, a teething syrup advert, a caution about foolish carousal undoing work, a gendered stereotype, and a cheap dye product. The bits read like randomized reader snippets from an old newspaper.
General Miles visits Galveston and inspects Fort San Jacinto. A government official shows him a small fragment of powder in a magazine, likened to macaroni in size, explaining it powers a rifle in one of the 10 inch guns.
An October issue illustrated piece celebrates everyday heroes who faced emergencies this year. It highlights Lécilie Matlock who saved 500 lives during an Oregon flood, contrasting with famous figures like Sheriff Whitlock and Governor Durbin.
An odd tobacco advertisement urges readers to smoke the world’s coarse tobacco and suggests every home should have Red Cross Bali. It promotes a large ox pack priced at five cents and urges buyers to ask their grocer for it.
The late B J Farjeon left a manuscript for a Nicholas Magazine story to appear next year. It follows wax works at Madame Tussaud with Queen Elizabeth Henry VIII Tom Thumb Guy Fawkes and others living in modern London.
The new Lord Salisbury, formerly Lord Cranborne, is 43. He entered the House of Commons at 24 for the Darwen division of Lancashire and served there until 1892, when defeated. He returned in 1893 for Rochester. As lieutenant colonel of the Fourth battalion Bedfordshire regiment, he served in the South African War and was mentioned in dispatches, later resuming the post of under secretary for foreign affairs in 1900.
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