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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1896
Page
3
Washington crowd glares with hunger for a fight over the chief executive as Mr. Cleveland attends a theater. Opera glasses leveled at the president. curious visitors study him from the presidential box under bright electric lights, with one observer calling him a living picture.
The notice explains an English gloss on nerves linked to digestion and sleep. It claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters quickly remedies nervousness and assorted ailments including malaria kidney and rheumatic complaints, promising vigor after use.
A Chicago Post item jokes about sending weather advice to Washington to secure groundhogs for the Weather Bureau. It accompanies various small ads and snippets including camphor ice, a school boy’s composition, and teething remedies.
A Cork town councillor is credited with remarks about the virulence of an epidemic noting people dying from it who never did before. He also defended a colleague against backbiting, protesting against attacks on an absent friend.
Landowners seek best fences at lowest price and are urged to request a free catalogue from De Kalb Fence Co of De Kalb Illinois. Their steel web picket cable field hog and poultry fences are promoted as durable options for lawn farm and garden use. The piece adds a proverb about discipline versus temptation.
The piece outlines western Nebraska’s vast vacant public lands, drought risks, and the shift toward irrigation. It notes reliance on North Platte River water, windmills and engines for pumping, and the potential to transform sandy hills into productive farms through reservoirs, wells, and canals, signaling a broader irrigation era.
The Irrigation Age notes irrigation expands nationwide, with gains in Illinois and along the Great Lakes. Plans for 1896 include Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey New York New Hampshire Massachusetts and Maine as well as sections of Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota. The drought last season accelerates adoption and pipes from the drainage canal are anticipated to water the state.
In a Nebraska Farmer remark from Dwight Nebraska, Elijah Filley cites a plan to build 100 reservoirs along the Platte and beyond. He argues Congress already spends on levees and riprap, proposing large dams, canals, and vast water bodies to cool the land and generate rain, with cheap land and labor cited.
Preachers seek church growth by many means but neglect Christ. Prayer as taught by Jesus can transform a desert life into a fruitful garden. When you invite temptation home, you may host it as a boarder. God answers prayers with the right timing and method. Love for God and neighbor opens the path to prayer.
The piece notes increasing height among aristocracy and actresses, naming figures such as the duchess of Portland and Lady Wolverton, with several tall duchesses and noblewomen. It observes fashion shifts toward low-heeled shoes at weddings and mentions Miss Julia Neilson, praised for grace at five feet eight or nine inches, wife of Mr. Fred Terry.
The piece describes portable iron pipe and connection constructions as light and easy to assemble. It notes France’s rapid colonial expansion creating demand for portable barracks warehouses hospitals and dwellings and suggests such cheap strong roofs floors and walls could suit temporary needs with metal coverings plus plaster or cement for permanence.
The writer recalls Victoria’s reply to omitting obey from the vows and her choice of a plain gold wedding ring. The queen urged equality in marriage and wore a simple band, symbolizing womankind’s strength and restraint.
The bishop of Manchester defends smoking as aiding his ministry. He recalls smoking with Australian pioneers who, by sharing a pipe, found hearts opening and conversations flowing more freely. Westminster Gazette notes his view as a public stance.
The fargous kola nut contains 2.35 grams per cent of caffeine and 0.025 grams per cent of theobroma. Experiments show caffeine gives short term stimulation and accelerates muscular fatigue, while kola increases and prolongs muscular contractions.
The tanning industry may undergo a revolution due to a German electrical tanning method. Hides are reportedly tanned in six days, a drastic improvement over the traditional yearlong duration.
An old newspaper page promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy with a $100 reward for any failure. It also includes miscellaneous health ad copy for Piso's Cure and other tonics, plus miscellaneous moral and religious snippets and exaggerated sensational lines.
The notice highlights Union Pacific as the best access to Cripple Creek Colorado Mercur Utah and western mining camps in Wyoming Idaho and Montana via The Overland Route. For details contact a local agent or E L Lomax Gen Pass & Ticket Agent Omaha Nebraska. Also mentions Brown's Bronchial Troches and a second hand billiard table for sale by H C Akin Omaha.
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