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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1901
Page
8
A terse regional listing mentions Lincoln Omana and major midwest hubs including Chicago St Joseph Kansas City St Louis and points east and south. The fragment signals travel or routing across multiple cities in a western to eastern corridor.
Time table for Sidney Nebraska routes to Denver Helena Butte Portland Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Daily 6:50 pm train No 6 with semi sleeper cars. Tickets checked to any point in the United States or Canada. For maps schedules and tickets contact PRANGTS General Passenger Agent Omaha Nebraska.
The timetable lists Eastbound trains such as Overland Limited and Atlantic Express with numbers 2 4 6 and 10, and Westbound services including No 1 and 101. It notes past mail services and freight car pole stops with times around 4am 6:20pm 7:34pm and 5am. Passenger guidance hints at Breisen via agent.
Merchants promote jewelry and wedding cards at local shops. McMillan's Bar offers goods, flour brands Blue Seal and Bel Seal. Dr Harris advertises fertility disease care and dental services. Casper Girmann sells pure kettle rendered lard. Wre sell machine oil and saddles. D J Scanlons drugstore offers Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with a free sample.
Markets listed include wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and livestock with prices per unit. Entries show per bushel and per dozen or per hundredweight amid a rural farm market snapshot likely from 19th or early 20th century. The text is partial but indicates commodity values and notes cattle hay and potatoes in base units.
Various items including social events at the Degree of Honor, July 9. Dr Salisbury visiting July 27. Chamberlain's remedies and Wagon sales by Harper & Sox. legal notice about Joseph Moller vs Jarvis Finn. relocation and product listings for hardware, paints, and farm equipment. a cholera remedy anecdote by Mrs Curtis Baker.
Rain eases heat as travels and industry stir the town. Austrians work on Union Pacific surfacing near the town while Epworth League delegates prepare for San Francisco. Fires cause $100 000 in loss. mining plans hinge on snow melt and river ice. Lincoln State Journal outlines Judge Grimes as a potential supreme court candidate with broad Western support.
The article discusses the origins of military salutes from ceremonial gestures to helmeted displays and notes various explanations for raising a hand to the forehead. It also surveys tall modern skyscrapers in ancient Rome and Constantinople, plus a Scotsman’s prison anecdote and quips from period miscellany.
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