Remarkable Free Offer For Telegraph Subscribers
The Sidney Telegraph announces a special offer to attract new readers in Cheyenne county. New subscribers who pay $1.50 for one year receive a free yearly subscription to The Twentieth Century Farmer, a strong farming paper, while old subscribers paying by December 31, 1906, or within a year from now, also qualify. The promotion ends April 30, and The Telegraph emphasizes regional usefulness and official status in Cheyenne county.
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Ti Telegraph
Cheyenne County
Sidney Telhgravis
Snake hunting by an Ausirian aborigine
A described hunter uses keen eyesight and night tracking to locate snakes. He stalks with a forked stick, shoots a strike or drives the serpent from its burrow, then pinches and breaks its neck or crushes it to kill and eat it.
The Machine as Master of Society and Education
The text reflects on machinery as the backbone of modern life influencing law science ethics arts and state. It traces steam progress the Bessemer converter and devices like sewing machines phonographs and typewriters as catalysts shaping truth precision and labor saving work toward nobler aims and a vigilant American idea.
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of the
Render Magazine
Lavish Brittany Wedding Feasts Outshine Paris Events
A Brittany wedding hosted 1,200 guests where three bullocks were slaughtered for meat. Large wine consumption accompanied by forty barrels of cider, illustrating the scale of hospitality across French society.
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France
Brittany
Paris
Currants Promoted as Highly Nutritious Daily Food
The article claims currants from Greece are among the most nutritious foods, containing more nourishment per weight than lean beef. It cites authorities saying currants should be eaten daily, noting their high content of beneficial apple properties and their muscle and nerve building nutrients in easily digested form.
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Greece
Cough Relief and Patience Amid Niagara Falls Anecdote
A health note compares persistent coughing to wounding the body and recommends breathing to soothe airways. An American guide prompts a Scotsman at Niagara Falls with a testy patriot moment, the man replying in Scots humor about a peacock and a sodden leg.
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Niagara Falls
Peebles
Improbable tale of Diogenes in a village drug store
Diogenes enters a village drug store with a lantern in hand seeking a cure for a chill. He asks for medicine but is told none exist. He then asks for the shopkeeper to expose an honest man.
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Diogenes
Conversation about marriage proposal and sister
George hears of a marriage plan from his sister yet doubts it as she has proposed to many others. The exchange reveals caution and possible engagement in a family matter.
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George
Pleasant All Around Mr Facetious Portrait Joke
A humorous exchange between a man and an artist about portraits. The artist demands payment in advance to paint a pleasant expression, while the man questions the purpose. The quip suggests a person’s deportment reflects their image.
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Fishman
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Union Pacific
F. A. Nash
Farnam Street
Omaha
Pacific
England
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Nottingham
Glasgow
London
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Neb
Greenlee & Benson
General Merchandise
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Humanity and Machinery
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Schlitz’s
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COORS
Kruse Brothers
Sidney, Neb
B. F Mitchell
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National Biscuit Company
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