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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1903
Page
4
Rates for subscriptions and advertising are listed for a Sidney Nebraska publication. The editor comments on Moses as the 6th district representative, praises western water needs, irrigation expansion, and predicts cattle stock challenges and future improvements in stock management and feeding.
A Washington letter cites department reports from twelve Nebraska Weather Bureau stations, nine west of the meridian, showing year by year rainfall increases over a decade. Readings from Kennedy, Kimball, Fort Robinson, Gering, Hay Springs, Imperial, Minden, North Platte, Ravenna, Springview, Valentine, and Whitman rise, suggesting future value for western lands beyond grazing as irrigation schemes advance.
Lincoln in February reports the revenue committee delaying a report as expected. The bill’s provisions were agreed by members while the compilation work remains unfinished. A six lawyer committee has been formed to complete the draft.
A busy week lies ahead as a revenue bill moves toward final passage with a report due in days. Lawmakers show growing faith in the bill and plan mass printing for county clerks treasurers and commissioners to review. The session also tackles bridge contracts elevator bills and various measures in both houses.
A collage of snippets on editors receiving clippings, a subscriber Tom Shy who owed ten dollars, and clerical misreads. Anecdotes travel from Guernsey to Hooker County to Bayard about paper, subscription habits, and social amusements.
Bridgeport residents list traveling guests including Pat McAleese, H L Scoggin, and ranchmen from Oshkosh Alliance and Omaha. New arrivals, trade of Birchard restaurant for Lafollette cattle, and signs of improvement at local homes and businesses are noted. Bank reports show cattle in good condition despite a hard winter with few losses. A Bridgeport Improvement Association meeting adjourned with plans to resume. Household illness rises but neighbors assist.
Beginning with this notice, subscribers to The Telegraph paying one year in advance may secure The Prairie Farmer weekly, including the Home Magazine supplement, and The Telegraph all for one year for $1.50. The Prairie Farmer is a leading farm paper with market reports. the Home Magazine offers illustrated articles for women and youth.
Advertises Ballard's Horehound Syrup to cure cough and restless nights. Promotes 50c and 1.00 bottles at D J Scanlon's store with claim of quick, radical relief.
Advertisement claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve conquers aches and pains curing cuts burns and bruises reduces inflammation and treats boils ulcers felons and skin eruptions. It promises money back if not cured and asserts wide sales across druggists.
Reader choice of one year subscriptions for $1.00 includes top papers and the Weekly World Herald with latest news on Tuesdays and Fridays. Packages list Farm and Home American Swineherd American Poultry Journal and Prairie Farmer titles. orders to Weekly World Herald Omaha Nebraska.
An old ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising cure of a cold in one day. It states all druggists refund money if it fails and features E. W. Grove's signature on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
Smithfield Illinois resident W W Prickett reports a long cancer on his face healed after using Ballards Snow Liniment on a sore leg by accident. He claims instant relief and a scarless healing. The note notes price 23c and $1.00, with D J Scanlon as seller.
A fragment cites Herbine as a cure for indigestion and low spirits, praising its efficacy and low cost. It also offers a satirical view of a man's life, noting hypocritical judgments by society from birth to death, and ends with the notion that one enters and exits life through medical intervention.
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