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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
3
General Shafter owns three Jersey cows that roamed the Presidio reservation. The animals wandered beyond the reserve several times but were returned by locals until last week when they remained away. A search found them in the public pound among many beasts and the poundmaster demanded a $3 per cow fee for release.
A Minneapolis reader from June 6 1900 endorses Piso’s Cure as an effective remedy. The letter cites strong personal belief in the product and vouches for its medical value.
Miss Janet M. Corbett of Charles Town Massachusetts becomes one of the youngest women admitted to the Massachusetts bar at just over 21. She served as a clerk in the Suffolk registry of probate and studied law in her spare time both before and after work.
Merchants advertise Red Cross Ball Blue laundry powder as a white as snow solution. The copy notes the product name and price two words on the package. It mentions grocers selling the item at five cents per package and hints at temperature affecting laundry results.
William Barrow timekeeper at Gillows cabinet works Lancaster has served sixty six years in the firm. Though over sixty years old he remains active as the first on the premises each morning and the last to leave at night. His father held the keys before him having joined Gillows in 1801. The present year marks a century of service by father and son.
Mrs. M A Radcliffe of Denver Colorado was discharged after no evidence. The case appeared to be anti suffrage spite and the accusers were exposed for their meanness. The first such charge ends as a boomerang for opponents.
The South Carolina exposition organizers in Charleston request the Liberty Bell from Independence Hall in Philadelphia for display during the fair opening next December. They argue the loan would excite patriotic enthusiasm and boost attendance.
A generic sports lifestyle notice promotes St Jacob’s Oil as the cure for every sprain from bat and rod to wheel and wave. It assures relief from pain and better rest, urging readers to keep the product handy for any sport related injury.
Myrrle Bruce, 17, of Omaha, is succeeding as a commercial traveler. In the last month she earned 90 dollars in salary and commissions. After three months on the road she already controls four lines of trade that many men spend years mastering. She plans to persist in the business until she can command a salary equal to any man in her line west of the Missouri river.
A collage of old time ads touts Red Cross Ball Blue laundry starch Defiance starch and Allen's Foot-Ease with claims of gloss and ease. Also promotes Mrs Winslow's soothing Syrup Hamlin's Wizard Oil and Hall's Catarrh Cure with a mix of aphorisms and generic health lines.
Greatly reduced rates offered via the Wabash routes for Buffalo and return at $11.10, Cleveland and return at $31.00 to $80.96, and New York City at $31.00, with daily sale and stop overs. For G A R encampment travel read via Wabash to Detroit then D C Nav Co to Cleveland. Contact Moore, Crane for details.
A down town Washington Star report recalls a night in a drug store when a ragged elderly man asked for alcohol for “ten cents worth.” Clerks describe hoboes buying liquor after saloons shut, using it to “cook me a supper” or to drink with water and sugar. One man jokes he needs it to paint a portrait of Chauncey Depew.
In a Detroit Free Press reminiscence the elderly aviator argues parachute jumps offer controllable landings, unlike balloons. He recounts a potatos wagon incident where a grappling hook snagged a farmer’s load, leading to a comical chase and a mistaken belief of potato theft.
A Indianapolis bishop Bishop Grant endorses Peruna for catarrh and general debility. Clergy testimonials extol Peruna’s curative virtues with cases from Rev E G Smith and Rev A S Vaughn. Readers are urged to write Dr Hartman for free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
A correspondent writes that the Memphis Commercial Appeal probes the life of Andrew Jackson, alleging a lineage tracing him to Scottish kings and Sir Robert Bruce, describing the myth as a bold venture into the unknown past.
A rose bush in Middle Haddam’s old Salem homestead is 101 years old. Planted in 1800 by Mrs. Lucilla Hurd, it is said to have borne roses every year for a century. Mrs. Hurd died at age 94, after planting the famed shrub.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is estimated to receive about 6 million dollars from the estate of Jason S. Rogers of Paterson New Jersey. Rogers, once a talkative patron with Di Cesnola, never once asked about the museum's contents in twenty years.
A smoker describes lumbago as a common backache and says ten minutes of vigorous rubbing with St Jacobs Oil on the affected area will drive out the trouble and fully restore. The piece notes backache is easily caught and cured, suggesting the product’s rarity in reports.
A reflective line notes self-knowledge differs from perception by others. It suggests people judge themselves more harshly than they judge peers, exploring humility, self-awareness, and social insight. The statement invites contemplation of personal limits and community perspective.
A Philadelphian waiter, studying French, explains to a customer that a Paris hotel offered him a steady job if he learns the language. The customer doubts Paris is full of French waiters, but the man insists the hotel needs Philadelphians who speak their own French for staff understanding.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as the sole cure for swollen smarting burning and sweating feet bunions and coins to be sprinkled in shoes with 25 cent price and free sample offer. The ad lists Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y as the contact and ends with a proverb about debt.
Dropsy treated free by H. H. Green's Sons of Atlanta Georgia touted as the greatest dropsy specialists in the world. Read their advertisement in another column of this paper. A man soon forgets his faults when they are known only to himself. Never promise more than you can perform Publius Syrus.
The article describes blouse-vest fronts in pink or blue silk paired with white mohair or serge suits. Open-front boleros with collarless necks feature elbow-length sleeves and turn-back cuffs edged with pink or blue silk brier stitching. It notes the emotional stakes of hasty marriages.
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