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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1904
Page
3
Aunt Lucy confronts Mary Ellen about rumors around a man named Vap'o Franklin and his suitability for Miss May Ellen, pressing the truth as Aunt Lucy asserts no woman has dared act improperly toward him. Mary Ellen resists but acknowledges the talk.
Fragmentary dialogue pieces depict a rural scene with references to a book author, a grave, flowers, and a speaker lamenting marriage and love, echoing a folksy exchange about life choices and relationships. The text centers on a narrator addressing Miss May Ellen with questions about love and usefulness.
Franklin and Sam set out in a new buggy for a twenty five to thirty mile journey toward the Halfway House. Aunt Lucy speaks of love and loss to Mary Ellen while the buggy team proves steady as they travel through prairie silence toward Buford and the Halfway station.
In a dugout Mary Ellen eyes Franklin a veteran of war and a vision of strength. He embodies resolve and the promise of a new life in a land of hope while she battles memory and longing. She clutches a faded picture and confronts maternal tenderness versus romantic desire as the scene closes.
South Staffordshire England plans to drain flooded coal pits after 25 years abandoning the mines. A drainage commission will pump water from the underwater mines, backed by a 500000 dollar loan, to restart a 40 million tons coal operation. Experts see it as feasible with modern engineering. The move could revive local industry and property access in the area.
An inventive west Florida planter bored a four inch well at the bog center tapping underlying gravel. The rising water entered the pipe and drained into subterranean channels, emptying the pond in hours. The land has been plowed into a productive truck farm. Scientists note the method could drain wetlands elsewhere with care to keep the well clear of rubbish.
The narrator recalls Grandfather Dutton's time with Nixon & Kemp's circus. His famous act involved placing an apple on a boy’s head and shooting it from ten paces away. He notes rare misses happened and, when they did, finding another volunteer could take minutes.
President Schurman of Cornell warns that Chamberlain’s tariff scheme would shrink British empire demand for American agricultural and manufactured goods. The piece weighs Canada’s choice between isolation, European links, and reciprocity talks that could anchor Canada to the Americas or steer it toward Europe.
Government figures show December iron and steel exports up 1.6 million from 1902 while imports fall 3 million. Calendar year 1908 total imports near 41.25 million, exports about 99.04 million, slightly above 1902. Analysts note steel trust efforts to boost foreign trade amid weak home market. December exports rise 2 percent.
A historic critique argues that William Jennings Bryan was betrayed by Democrats in 1900 and that there was no evidence of a conspiracy in 1896. The piece dismisses Bryan as self portrayed martyr and labels his reasoning as trivial and petty.
A New York Herald dispatch notes the Tariff Reform league in England gathers about £140,000 annually in subscriptions plus donations. In 1904 it plans to print and distribute at least a hundred million leaflets and pamphlets to promote protectionism. The article compares per capita spending to American totals and recalls Cobden’s donors.
The Louisburg West Virginia Independent mocks free trade using an infant feeding analogy. It claims Uncle Sam allowed a prior mistake, costing lives, and warns against repeating the error by keeping the bottle handy for all children to share benefits.
The piece notes Chamberlain's tax plan aims to lower living costs for city and country workers, widen British export markets, and reduce imports. It credits the appeal to voters across classes, with foreign subjects bearing the tax where not burdensome in colonies. The Detroit Free Press comments on political shrewdness of the appeal.
An old time medical advertisement promises a positive cure for catarrh from Catarrh Core and its promoters claim it destroys the disease at its source. The notice offers a reward of one hundred dollars for proof of failure to cure and directs readers to send testimonials to J Cheney and Co Potoda Ohio. Also mentions Yell’s Pawhy Pills for constipation and a closing line about a woman boasting of her cooking abilities.
The Rural New Yorker editor extols Salzer's harvest potato and latest seed varieties claiming record yields such as 464 bushels per acre and 736 bushels per acre in different trials. The notice invites readers to request Salzer catalogs and seed samples from the La Crosse Wisconsin company, promising extensive fodder and grain varieties for farmers and gardeners.
The Kansas City Southern railroad offers a 10 dollar round trip sale on the Port Arthur Route to Beaumont Port Arthur Lake Charles Shreveport Pexarkana Fort Smith Mena and more. Tickets allow twenty one day return with stopovers south of Kansas City and S G Warner will provide details. Heavenly bread is never blessed until it is broken.
The Cincinnati Commercial reports a fifty one pound stone hidden in an eighty pound bale of hay, exposing further frauds in gold watch cases. It notes stamped U S Assay marks, fake solid gold filled watches, and warns buyers to beware of non existent guarantees. The Drieber Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio lists manufacturers involved. A man's greatness is seen in his recognition of goodness.
Instructions for washing china silk dresses describe gentle spot removal with ben zine followed by washing in warm soapsuds using Ivory Soap. Do not rub soap on fabric, rinse in several waters, wring dry, wrap in cloth, then iron while partly dry.
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