This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1898
Page
8
Notice to subscribers about January 1 suspension of accounts in arrears over six months and request for partial payment. Also a poetic excerpt praising Nebraska climate, with lines about harsh winter fading to calm skies and a note about a song machine improving verses.
1898 greetings and resolutions fill the page as the town notes notary services, tax deadlines, and the first day of the year. New millinery, groceries, and a 61 inch cloaking seen at local shops. Social visits list Mrs Kaufman, Miss Pavlot, and others with travel to Cheyenne and Froid.
Local items from Sidney Nebraska week note hospital visits for Wilson Carly and a spell of busier Crescent Gallery. Reports of visits, parties, sales, and family happenings include Miss Nellie Kinney in Sidney with Julia McFadden, Dr Stewitts tending patient O Johnson, and James Klein joining the Sidney Cornet Band. Ice houses fill with fine clear ice, and property moves and sales are under negotiation as residents plan for the new year.
Advertisement and clippings summarize a call for readers to subscribe and sample the Chicago Times Herald. The page includes a lampoon about a child answering who made him, notes on land purchase in Lincoln, a testimonial for Chamberlains Pain Balm, a Bottlers’ ad for Bassett’s Drug Store, and a court calendar outline covering multiple Nebraska counties.
Advertisement states take Luxative from quinine tablets and druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Priced at two shillings.
An advertisement explains two paths to bladder and kidney troubles and urges urine testing. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, claiming quick benefits, and offers free samples and literature by mail from Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
William Walpole of Walshtown South Dakota recounts a pea sized cancer under his eye that grew and caused pain. He refused surgical cutting preferring S S S treatment which irritated the cancer, discharged it and left only a small scar as proof of the deadly disease.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.