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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1897
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows time stamps and vague notes about trains or freight, mentioning No 1 Limited No 3 Fast Mall and No 23 Way Freight with several unreadable phrases and a Bonded agent.
A mosaic of local ads and notes includes Oberfelder’s clothing and goods, notary services, and new summer items. residents Jerry Finn and Miss Emma McEvoy in town from Cheyenne. Bergman’s sale mentions black leather stockings. county tax lists and land blanks discussed. a statement on haying and labor signals economic activity. Mrs. Willis burial and social teas noted. plus Cheyenne county cattle totals from assessors.
The report itemizes county personal property values totaling 564 249 and land values at 504 249 with town lots at 59 824. It also notes cattle movements from J J McIntosh and partners, a clerical tax payment push, a jail stay for Conrad Houston with 6000 in gold, and the Union Pacific Through Tourist Car Service to Portland via Ogden and the Shasta Route with rates and schedules available from agent E R Breiscu.
The G A R annual encampment will be held in Buffalo New York from August 23 to 28. Union Pacific offers greatly reduced round trip rates for travelers via the Official Grand Army Route including connections with Chicago and Northwestern New York Central and St Louis Nickel Plate lines. For schedules and details contact E R Breiscbccch agent.
A mixed notice advertises Dr King s New Life Pills for constipation head ache malaria and liver troubles with a free sample offer from H EB Bucklen Co Chicago. It also promotes Cream Vermifuge for worm expulsion with 25 cent price at Scanlan s Drug Store. A separate rail travel note describes up to date Union Pacific cars from Council Bluffs and Omaha to Ogden San Francisco and Portland with Pullman service and daily departures.
An advertisement claims urine sediment indicates kidney issues and promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It mentions relief from frequent urination back pain scalding urine and after alcohol use, offers sample bottle and pamphlet free by mail, with prices 50 cents to one dollar.
Union Pacific will run a Thursday depart Pullman Tourist Sleeper from Minneapolis and St Paul to Los Angeles via Sioux City and Columbus Nebraska with no changes. Cars leave Minneapolis 7 40 p m St Paul 8 15 p m return Los Angeles 2 00 p m each Thursday. Also advertising Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with ten reasons and 25 50 cent sizes sold by druggists.
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