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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1897
Page
4
Classified and display advertising rates listed by column inch and line, with specifics for reading locals business locals and professional cards. Legal notices charged at statute rates. Editor and Publisher Charles Callahan is named.
A reader-letter style critique questions a local figure’s private duplicity and public persona as a “visiting spirit” possesses Jones. The writer defends honest county printing payments, condemns pretensions, and compares local newspaper operations amid disputes over legitimacy and finances.
The writer condemns exploiting the poor for profit, refusing to sell unclean food or charge usurious interest. He argues against centralizing wealth at the expense of neighbors and rejects giving advice, noting a shared moral judgment and warning to those driven by greed.
The New York Tribune credits McKinley’s campaign for upholding Republican protections while attacking Democrats for misrepresentation. The Kearney Hub argues tariff delays stall prosperity, and other items note China’s handshake customs, Greece, and Weyler’s Cuban war claim amid a mosaic of editorial snippets.
Edward's and Parker of Plains GA praise Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism lame back and deep seated muscular pains sold by druggists.
An advertisement touts Stallard's Horehound Syrup as the prompt cure for coughs and colds with claims from A L Armstrong of Clinton Missouri and sold at Scanlan's Drug Store. It also promotes Cream Vermifuge as a safe worm remedy for children with signs of worms, emphasizing growth and vitality effects and pricing.
Notice: Lizzie Annable formerly Powell will prove her claim in Sidney Nebraska on June 18 1897 before the Register or Receiver. Witnesses Samuel N Sulit Charley F Ramsdell Frederick J Klarr and Jerome B Hulston. Also Cheyenne County Court appoints Hattie Fisher guardian for Piatt Fisher with hearing set for May in the County Court.
Land Office Sidney Nebraska March 26 1897 notice given that Hermann Kruse has filed final proof for his claim WH FE No 27am section 20 township range. proof to be made before Register at Sidney on May 22 1897. Witnesses John W Harper Higgins Nebraska James L Johnson Hermann Schröder and Henry Ehmike Sidney Nebraska.
Land Office Sidney Nebraska announces William Davis records his intention to make final proof for the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 and N 4, SW 4 of section 28, township 18 north, range 40 west. Hearing before the Register or Receiver at Sidney May 22, 1907. Witnesses include Robert McConnell William W Wood Cyrus Stewart of Sidney and Joseph Twist of LaPer.
An old advertisement explains how to test urine for kidney trouble and promotes Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy. It claims relief for back pain urinary issues and cautions about liquor effects, touting sample offers and mail orders from Dr Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
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