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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1903
Page
5
D Lyon Union Pacific Land Agent transacts a general real estate business. Improved ranches a specialty. Grazing lands irrigated farms and lands under proposed government reservoir sites in any quantity at low prices. Correspondence solicited.
For further particulars, call on the undersigned who has the exclusive agency for Cheyenne county.
A new through car service links the Pacific coast to Chicago via Union Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul lines. Three daily through trains offer palace sleepers and free reclining chairs with no car changes en route. Sidney departures include Train No 4 at 3 50 a m, No 6 at 5 00 a m, and No 2 at 8 35 a m, with arrivals in Chicago in the evening. Passengers may contact Union Pacific agents for reservations or write F A Nash or H W Howell in Omaha.
A historical note describes beaver teeth as highly powerful chisels. It details two long chiteflike teeth from the jaws, their lengths, curvature, and width. The tooth structure includes a hard enamel outer plate and softer dentine inside, enabling continuous growth and a self-sharpening edge suitable for felling trees.
The piece notes Hindoo women wear extensive jewelry including nose rings ear rings bangles anklets and toe rings. Widows face hardship as color and adornment are denied to them and their life is described as dim and centered on domestic space with small dingy rooms and bare walls.
Algernon Charles Swinburne argues in Harper's that if only the tragedy King Lear remained of Shakespeare's work, he would still be the greatest writer ever. He places Shakespeare alongside Aeschylus and asserts his genius surpasses other great imaginations.
In the second Afghan war an English officer, a famed swordsman, killed an Afghan chief with a swift thrust just as the chief swung his blade. The officer died when the sword he used shattered his skull on the fall, a fatal result of the duel. A second tale recalls a New York man and his red Irish setters at a fashionable gambling house where a proprietor wonders if the dogs are trained, prompting the host's quip that they have not been in the place five minutes.
A church member told Brother Dickey that their family ran out of names for numerous children and named the twins Poverty and Riches. Dickey warned the practice would invite mockery and biblical quotes about wealth and want.
The passage praises Denmark as a paradise for the aged with every person over six years old who can prove good conduct receiving housing food and clothing at national expense. It notes a daily cost of about 20 cents per person, half the cost of English and Russian workhouses.
The remark suggests most people overeat or overdrink, urging individuals to examine personal responsibility when facing physical AI related issues, noting fault is rarely on a single person.
Observations describe brown slivers in potato flesh caused by tiny white tea beetles that bore into tubers during growth. Pimples may form above slivers. prevention focuses on spraying tops with Bordeaux mixture to deter flea beetles, blight, and potato dog damage.
An ancient text notes Chinese doctors contest Western anatomy claiming the Busan head equals the stomach, bones number 365, and gender bone counts differ. They assert the skull has eight pieces for men and six for women and emphasize twelve ribs for men, fourteen for women, with twenty-two critical and fifty-nine minor parts in the head.
In worn schools a tas ter in white with spectacles and a red order disciplines pupils. Scholars study without shoes, kept under master watch. The课程 focuses on Korean language via Chinese, with students repeating phrases as a drone fills the room.
Port Parwin in South Australia features remarkable ants nests described as magnetic for always facing due north. Travelers note their path guidance through the district, while observers ponder how these tiny architects rebuild dwellings with minimal interior disruption.
Passenger fares listed include 25.00 to Portland Tacoma Seattle 25.00 to San Francisco Los Angeles 22.50 to Spokane 20.00 to Salt Lake City Butte and Helena Proportionately low rates to hundreds of other points from February 15 to April 30 Tourist cars daily to California personally conducted excursions three times a week Tourist cars daily to Seattle Inquire of nearest Burlington Route agent.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life pill as the world’s best remedy for constipation headaches biliousness and stomach and kidney troubles. It claims huge demand and urges purchase at druggists.
Mrs B W Evans of Clearwater Run reports her husband suffered three months with quick consumption. After using Ballard's Horehound Syrup for six years they keep a bottle at home and say it has no equal for coughs and colds. Sold by D J Scanlon at 28e and 1.00 per bottle.
Mrs. W. Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio recounts her three week change in her sick child from pneumonia to health after using Dr King s New Discovery for consumption. The medicine is promoted as a cure for coughs colds and all lung diseases with guaranteed bottles and free trial sizes.
A 19th century ad touts Electriz Bitters as a cure for grip symptoms and the resulting nervousness loss of appetite and liver kidney disorder. It claims the tonic strengthens nerves builds up the system and restores health and spirits after grip attacks with a druggist guarantee.
A promotional plea offers a 46 by 66 inch reversible wall map of the United States and World. It ships on approval with a 1 year Prairie Farmer subscription and 15 cents for packing. If unsatisfied, money is refunded in full upon return. Address The Prairie Farmer Adams Street.
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