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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1900
Page
4
Classified and display rates listed for locals legal notices business cards and professional ads. Indicates postage paid options and advance payment terms with Sidney Nebraska post office designation and editor names CHAS CALLAHAN and FRED A GAPEN.
The piece urges Sidney to absorb Morrow and Clarkson additions to form a stronger village government with improved fire protection and water supply. It notes water from Union Pacific is inadequate, recommends a volunteer fire company and a local water plant funded with current spending, and highlights regional growth and rail connections. It also mentions Judge Taft criticizing Kentucky election law and prior Goebel cases. It ends with guidance on obtaining government blackleg vaccine through a formal bureau process.
Capital correspondence reports the Washington anti imperialist league rebuking Admiral Dewey and arguing for a U S protectorate over the Philippines. The group, aligning with Bryan, says the United States should relinquish the property and faced with a protectorate would demand a larger army and foreclose spy benefits.
The piece cites Joseph Sibley of Pennsylvania criticizing current Democratic leaders in the house over the Philippine issue and cites records claiming Jefferson and Jackson would disapprove. It notes Sibley being labeled a Republican and his call for Democrats to reclaim their heritage. The article reviews January treasury data showing a surplus and rising money circulation, and discusses Bryan era political dynamics with Nebraska, Kentucky, and New Jersey as focal points.
An advertisement touts Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a cure for coughs whooping cough and croup with rapid relief and improved well being. A Kansan testimonial claims recovery from chest and lung pain after doctor predicted death, pricing 25 and 50 cents with a no benefit no pay offer.
The advertisement asserts Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment cures blind and protruding piles, itching and inflammation with rapid relief and a prompt cure without operation. It promotes safety and certainty, offers 50 cent bottles and 75 cent tubes, and notes mail order from D. J. Scanlon.
Advert shows a note on Dr King’s New Life Pills praised as a powerful health booster. It claims pills turn weakness into strength and listlessness into energy with mental power, offered at 25 cents a box by W F Bassett.
Advertises Bullard's Snow Liniment as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia and pain from strains cuts bruises and stiff joints. Claims fast relief and penetration to bone with a guaranteed product sold by D. J. Scanlon. Price fifty cents.
The Union Pacific announces a greatly reduced rate of 25 dollars to Portland and other Puget Sound destinations, also to Helena and Montana points, and Salt Lake City Utah. For tickets and information contact I R Breisch, Agent.
Henrietta Texas lawyer E B Munday recounts how his brother recovered from malaria and jaundice after using Electric Bitters, claiming the remedy purifies the blood, aids digestion, and stabilizes the liver kidneys and bowels. He says it cured his brother and credits the medicine with saving his life. Sold for 5 cents at Bassett's drugstore.
Mrs S H Lincoln recounts how a Machias widow of General Burnham faced pneumonia and slept after taking Dr King’s New Discovery. The medicine, claimed to cure throat chest and lung diseases, supposedly healed her and later fully cured her. Trial bottles are offered for free at WF Bassett’s drug store with 50 cent and one dollar sizes.
A American traveler recounts six weeks in Sorrento avoiding famed sites and facing cross questions about Vesuvius. On train he meets an American woman who prompts a vivid, humorous tale of the climb and the lava lake, ending with a joke about the fate of liars.
Stanley recalls three men killed by crocodiles and one by a hippopotamus and one by a buffalo on his Kongo expedition. He warns of silent lurking crocodiles along the river and its tributaries and the danger to bathers and swimmers.
William Pishback recalls a prank at Oxford involving Benjamin Harrison and a protracted student protest over scant meals. A ballot at the breakfast table elected a spokesman who complained about paying for a sparse menu. Harrison responded that Mr Fishback may have led a pampered home life, but the rest had no complaints.
A Phrenological Journal note explains that birds have warmer blood than other animals. The higher temperature accelerates tissue and brain changes, increasing energy use and brain activity, implying a smaller brain could suffice for the same work at bird temperatures.
A Boston Transcript exchange notes poetry requires more than talent to publish. Rawson counters that almost anyone can write poetry, while Grimes suggests genius is linked to publication. The dialogue questions intellectual mastery and access in literary culture.
A fragment from the Boston Journal notes an elderly woman remarking that some people seem born to secure the first reading of new books at the Athe orum. The quote captures a public appetite for premier access in literary circles.
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