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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1894
Page
4
The piece mocks the government for a large bond issue while debating gold and silver money, income tax, and potential western gold booms. It questions administration plans, references Colorado prospects, and notes political barbs toward Carlisle and bankers amid tax and tariff controversies.
Sixteen Democrats in the House voted with Republicans against the Wilson tariff bill, challenging party leadership. The Cleveland tariff for revenue is blamed for creating the era’s largest public deficit in recent memory, draining pockets and the treasury.
In a critical editorial from Julesburg, the paper argues that the nation paid down vast debts under Ltarrisons while Cleveland added $50 million in a single year. It mocks tariff reform prospects in the senate and previews Skip McNew’s arrival as editor, promising a bright, newsy voice.
The New York Times urges Democrats to pass the Wilson tariff bill this session, warning the next House will be Republican. Willis of Honolulu predicts Democratic control for 25 years. New York special elections show Democratic gains eroded in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Districts, signaling working men’s view of the tariff.
The piece critiques the Wilson bill’s protection for card manufacturing with a ten cent per pack duty and fifty percent ad valorem, contrasts tea free trade, and argues southerners buy ice elsewhere. It lampoons a town legislator aiming to ban prize fight reports, mocking inquisitorial aims and praising liberty instead.
A dubious advertisement claims a million friends by Dr Kragg with a “New Discovery” for throat chest and fangs, promising cures for cold and coughs. It urges purchases at WF Basett’s Drugstore with a money back guarantee and cites a testimonial from Isloomfield editor Mr F Davia.
A local advertisement touts four remedies with guaranteed results. Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, Electric Bitters for liver stomach and kidneys, Backlen's Arnica Salve, and Dr King's New Life Pills are promoted with endorsements and dealer names including W F [anssett's Drugstore and Joseph Dory of Wilsaw. The copy urges simple remedies for coughs and female ailments and calls for direct applications and easy trial.
An itemized page includes bucklens arnica salve boasting cures and guarantees, various patent medicines by P.O Drugstore and others, followed by New Stage Rates from Sidney to several destinations, travel prices, and Monumental Work promotions by C.P. Chambers for Des Moines Marble Works with low prices and guaranteed workmanship.
Historic ad recalls DeWitts Little Early Risers for digestion and cholera remedies, One Minute Cough care, and DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for skin and piles. It highlights Prof Hirschberg eye spectacles, Franklin stance on eye care, and endorsements from physicians and customers across Nebraska in 1893.
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