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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1904
Page
7
Mrs Prysnan recounts severe pelvic pain ulceration and advice for surgery. She rejects operation and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with pain relief healing and restored strength in eleven weeks. Signed by Margaret McAxley Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The United States employed 10 555 men in distributing mail last year. Costs across 1 400 lines totaled 63 594 000 dollars. There were 373 accidents to mail cars leaving eighteen clerks killed and seventy eight seriously injured. The adage about the right kind of girl echoes a business slogan in the piece.
The Northwestern railroad reports year earnings of 17.3 million dollars net and 54.75 million gross with operating expenses 35.59 million and taxes 1.96 million. It lists capital stock of 100 million, preferred 22.10 million, common 77.60 million, with 70.07 million paid up. Indebtedness is 143.36 million. mileage totals 7,411 out of state and 3,066 in Nebraska. Also notes saloon licenses, insanity cases, a Lincoln Omaha electric line, and local business developments.
May 17 set for argument before the Nebraska Supreme Court in the dispute between foreign life and fire insurers doing business in Omaha and the city over the right to levy a municipal tax on gross premium receipts under the new revenue law. The insurers contend tax paid to the state auditor removes them from further taxation and that funds sent to home offices outside Nebraska are beyond state court reach.
A. W. Clark of Omaha Neb announces a new folding poultry coop for shipping poultry. The device, returnable via Express Companies, costs less than half the price of current shipping coops. Farmers and poultry shippers in Iowa or Nebraska are urged to request an illustrated circular and full details.
Sidney residents marked the eighty-fifth anniversary of the order with an afternoon parade through the city. In the evening Tobin Opera House drew an enthusiastic audience for speeches and remarks.
Representatives of several fraternal orders argued before the State Board of Equalization against taxation of securities and reserve funds. The board took the matter under advisement.
Prout filed with the State Board of Equalization a second opinion on assessing securities deposited with the auditor by fraternal companies. The opinion argues why the securities could be taxed. Eggs from Michigan: Fish Commissioner O'Brien returns with 12,000,000 wall-eyed pike eggs for the South Bend hatcheries, with 2,000,000 more to be sent later.
The Texas ditch rumor claims a ditch near Broken Bow. State veterinarian Dr. Thomas says a dip will be built with sulphur and lime as main components. The saying about success completes the fragment.
Lincoln report notes game law offenses in Custer county with AEL Brigham charged for shipping 860 prairie chickens out of state. Warden Carter testified as evidence cited while several key witnesses remained out of state, prompting a motion for continuance.
The ad appeals to women noting kidney disease causes backache headaches dizziness insomnia and urinary issues. Nurse Mrs William W Brown testifies to relief from Dean's Kidney Pills and invites readers to request a free trial from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Sold by druggists for 50 cents per box. Women wonder why men fall in love with them.
An advertisement pledges a hundred dollar reward for an incurable case and promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with claims of internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. It includes testimonials and a list of distributors, plus other unrelated sayings about honesty and duty.
France Militaire reports an analysis of Russia's supply system for a 30 000 man army with 100 000 horses requiring 1 000 tons of food daily. It notes existing grain and cattle at Mukden Port Arthur and other Manchuria points and projects 60 000 tons of on site grain and 700 000 cattle available in September. Waterways will ease the Trans Siberian road during summer.
A gown in a bonded warehouse at St. Louis is valued at $5,000 and is said to be an exact duplicate of the dress worn by Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife at the coronation. The original cost $200,000. the replica, crafted by a famous milliner, features lavish jewels and delicate design. Also notes King Edward's height when photographed and Defiance Starch packaging.
The advertisement promotes the Red River Special threshing machine as a modern upgrade over old style small cylinder thresher. It highlights the Big Cylinder and the Man Behind the Gun, claiming superior separating capacity, continuous operation, grain and time savings, and cost efficiency for both threshermen and farmers. Nichols & Shepard Co. offers a free booklet explaining these advantages.
Mrs Kate Taylor of Chicaca III endorses Peruna as the finest tonic for after illness recovery. She notes quicker relief compared with other tonics and renewed vitality. Dr Hartman offers free treatment guidance for female diseases this summer, via The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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