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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1895
Page
7
A collection of quips on gender, reputation, marriage and society. Notes on honesty, modesty, smoking, public affection, and advertising reveal a dated social satire with wry observations about men, women, and everyday life.
A Philadelphia railroad map, fifteen by 126 feet, touted as the world’s largest. A locomotive near Washington covered thirty five miles in thirty three minutes with portions at 102 mph. London papers show incomes ranging from £30k to £130k daily with major titles listed. Notes on Tennessee footwear exports, New Zealand wheat crop, and weights by nationality accompany brief maxims on usefulness and foraging milkweed.
In Castile a cage maker Bartolo meets a mysterious benefactor who grants him one wish with a blue bird. The bird provides a grand breakfast and riches, transforming Bartolo to a noble knight who wins a castle and a bride, but the misused wish collapses when the bird turns out to be a gray, danger pecking creature. The avaricious lord loses his daughter and the magic returns Bartolo to his former life.
Thomas Feeny was arrested in Fort Hamilton, New York, on a charge of stealing ten cents worth of drinking water from the hydrant of the United Utrecht Water Supply Company.
Colonel Robert G Ingersoll spoke to surviving soldiers at Elmwood Ill extolling American schooling. He cites high per head spend on schools, 2.5 dollars, calls school houses fortresses of liberty and cathedrals of knowledge. Highlights include 87 percent literacy, 42 million literate citizens, and arguments for better paid teachers and broader curricula. He compares post office activity and school funding across nations, concluding the US should expand and improve education.
The piece reviews counterfeit Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, notes reputable druggists will sell only genuine remedies for ailments like dyspepsia and rheumatism, describes a molasses pavement test in Chino California, and ends with a Dublin verger quip about cathedral services.
A humorous 19th century vignette recalls a doctor patient exchange as a tongue exposed why a prescription was written with the tongue held out. Poole the tailor is praised for social access yet quips with a noble host about being "mixed." A final quip notes wealth and iron safes.
A swarm of bees alighted on a 2 year old child playing in a yard near Straustown. A 14 year old boy, Merton, beat tin kettles causing a racket that drove the bees away, sparing the child from stings. The swarm later moved to a tree and was captured in a hive. No injuries reported. Contains an unrelated advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo, Ohio.
A New York physician cites eating unground whole wheat to replace bolted flour, noting nutty flavor if cooked well and quicker cooking when ground. Also promotes low metal wagon wheels with wide tires to reduce loading effort and field damage, urging farmers to request a free Empire Manufacturing Co. catalogue.
The U S Department of Agriculture forestry division adds a Jamaica race bare tree to its dendrological museum. Its inner bark forms woven lignin like lace that bleaches to white with sun. The vivid growth and durability of this vegetable lace rivals traditional fabrics from cotton linen and silk. The note mentions its beauty and potential use in lace production.
Fragmented OCR text includes a vent about an attempted joke on Houghng han, a jelly kick, a rapid sequence of three whisky drinks, then a gunshot suicide. Also contains ad blurbs for corn cure Hindercorns and Dr. Kline’s nerve creator, with a Bannockburn joke and postal ad copy.
Henry Watterson recalls a New York incident where a young interviewer, after collecting facts for a prison reform interview with Rutherford B. Hayes, fired a final question asking what Hayes had been president of. A dated testimonial from Bethany Missouri mentions Pro's Cure for Consumption.
An enterprising Syracuse restaurant keeper displayed a bold sign promising playful slang about ice cream as hot stuff. The stunt drew curiosity but failed to boost trade, leaving him to wonder why customers stayed away while references to a product called Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve appeared in the page.
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