This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1893
Page
4
The Sidney Telegraph lists passenger train times for eastbound and westbound departures. Eastward No 1 Pac Exp 4 20 am, No 2 fim exp 6 Waw, Westward No 1 7 doptin, No 2 00 am. Agent BReiscy.
Certificates of nomination by petition nearly printed for sale at 10 cents. Restaurants and drinks at the Brunswick with fresh buttermilk and soups. Various local names and places including Gus Wellner hotel and Carruth the Jeweler. News of weather, livestock, and town events. school board vacancies. a lightning incident. troop camp at the garrison. and personal notices of visitors and thanks.
A newspaper item notes buyers of a pair of shoes at TG Doran & Son receive a ticket for a chance to win a $50 bicycle. The piece also mentions obituaries and various local notices, including a death in the home of Mr and Mrs Prank Itthnu and other terse community updates.
Local business notices advertise Orange Blossom salve and De Witt remedies at Post Office Drug Store, with claims of safety and efficacy. Mentions selling mules for exchange for land in Tennessee and Missouri, and parcels of land in Lincoln. Monumental Work by C P Chambars for Des Moines Marble Works and low prices.
An advertisement touts Oberfelder’s as the source for boys hats and school shoes. It promotes a variety of patent medicines and remedies from Post Office Drug Store, including Orange Blossom Female Remedy and Watts Salve, with various health claims and testimonials. The passage includes prices and scattered references to products, doctors, and services, reflecting early 20th century retail and medical marketing.
In Araphahof Nebraska on April 7 1931 physicians commend Prof Hirschbergs plan to send ophthalmologists to various agencies to visit workplaces and annually adjust spectacles and eye glasses for the public. The endorsement emphasizes scientific adjustment of glasses as proper.
A promotional report touts Washburns Great Show led by Teon W Washburn including a menagerie hippodrome and living wonders. It claims the exhibit will amuse crowds, with aquatic acts and a boys drome among attractions, asserting the show is the premier entertainment in the country and sure to attract a large audience.
An odd mixed ad and public notice collage extols a local business partner duo Brennan and Twill, promising service of the Presert and inviting friends and customers to call for purchases. The text blends promotional language with fragmented community notes and weather references to Grand Prairie and Sidney Neb.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.