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Newspaper
The Sidney Republican
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1902
Page
5
Mammy narrates a comic tale of Johnny-boy wiring a plantation house for bells to impress Miss Elnore and avoid trouble with Mars Jim. The scheme leads to a jailbird admirer, a deputy arrest, and Mammy's wary, humorous reflections on law, love, and family pride in a rural community.
The Chicago Herald notes Indiana state figures: for year ending June 30, 1901, 24 007 marriages and 3 000 divorces in the state. Wives received 1 967 dissolutions, husbands 659, and 383 by mutual consent. International opinions favor no uniform divorce laws. U S divorces in one year total 23 472 versus France 6 245 and Germany 6 161.
In a folksy note the speaker asks not to tell on others and mentions Mies Sallie and Miss Elnore, Mars Jim coming home to die, Ellie and Mr. Will visiting next week, and plans to stay with you while avoiding bells Johnny-boy put up.
Dana Carleton Munro explains in the International Monthly that European coin collections long misclassified certain coins as Mohammedan. Christian mints in the Holy Land used Arab legends, with adjustments by Innocent IV and Saint Louis to placate Christians, while Arab inscriptions persisted for trade with Muslims.
In Portsmouth Ohio the pastor installs a telephone and hangs a fire alarm card at the pulpit to prepare for emergencies. He notes alarms can disrupt Sunday services but that the church will handle emergencies quickly so services proceed with minimal interruption.
The text notes Norwegians are thrifty with an average income of 326 kroner or about $85 yearly. It cites a savings bank for every 5,000 people and one depositor per twenty eight residents, with an average deposit of 119 kroner.
A Connaught newspaper entry in Answers to Correspondents reports a bullish remark about Irish agriculture. The letter is dismissed as scurrilous and unworthy of acknowledgment, underscoring ongoing lighthearted grievance about bulls in Ireland.
Senator Bard of California arranged a constituent meeting with President in the White House. The President greeted Jim and invited him to lunch and asked Bard to join, signaling an informal encounter between political figures and a guest named Jim.
An article extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for indigestion dyspepsia constipation and nervousness. It claims the tonic can prevent malaria fever and ague and praises it as a superior medicine amid industry progress.
Nursing figure Mother Gray of the Children’s Home in New York promotes a 25 cent powder to cure feverishness teething disorders and stomach troubles and to destroy worms. Sample free. Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York Head of Foreign Missionary Bureau query asks where to locate as a missionary with a reply about natives being vegetarians.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F J Cheney & Co as proprietors and cites endorsements from Toledo wholesale druggists West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and mentions price and other products.
Advertisement style note with various claims and testimonials for Mira Winslow's Soothing Byrut, a teething remedy, including cures for wind colic and reduced inflammation. Mentions of a Sen Green and private secretary remark, a 1900 Norwich NY address, and a Quinine cold cure promo.
Census data show Christians in South India exceed 1,000,000 with an 18 percent decade gain. The Christian increase outpaces total population 7 percent Hindus 6 percent and Muslims 9 percent.
The Natal Witness reports steamship companies submitting proposals for a direct Natal to England line and notes Natal is prepared to invest £6,000,000 in the venture.
A Catholic institution in Ohio reports high praise for Dr. Hartman’s Peruna. A Sister Superior recalls recommending the remedy during an influenza outbreak and notes Peruna’s success for influenza catarrh cold cough bronchitis. Dr Hartman is credited as the formulator of Peruna.
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