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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1898
Page
4
The Sidney paper shows repeated management changes since its 5 year arrival, with merchants fronting the cost while editors switch allegiances and courted clamor. The piece laments partisan manipulation and questions the paper’s value to local business and public discourse.
The County Commissioners meet in Sidney to review Vaclav Klein petition to sell liquor at Lodgepole. Petitioners and remonstrators appear. The petition is set to require proof of residency freehold by tomorrow 9 AM before action. Board adjourns to that time.
Sidney Nebraska May 12 1898 the county board finds Klein petition has a majority of resident freeholders in Lodgepole precinct and complies with law his liquor license petition is granted and his bond approved board adjourns sine die Attest Clerk W C Bullock County Commissioners J W Harper F A Rowan W R Woop
W F Bassett announces he has secured the agency for Pasteur's Blackleg Vaccine for Cheyenne County and invites calls to discuss the opportunity.
An advertisement urges subscriptions to the Denver Evening Post praising its war coverage from the Spanish American War. It highlights chief cartoonist Steele, poet James Barton Adame, editor John Carroll, and a network of correspondents from Galveston to Portland Maine, plus foreign service from the New York Evening Sun. Readers are invited to pay 10 cents a week for any number of weeks.
A farm property theft at a ranch on the south side of the North Platte river in Deuel County Nebraska. The owner, Ep. Coumbe of Oshkosh, Deuel Co., offers 825.00 for return and 375.00 for capture and conviction of the thief or thieves. Items include a nearly new half breed saddle, two bridles, horse tack, harness, spurs, a saddle blanket, and related gear. Contact P. O. Oshkosh Nebraska.
Free sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills offered by H B Bucken and Chicago address. Promotes relief for constipation sick headaches malaria and liver troubles with vegetable ingredients. Regular 25 cents per box sold by W B Bassett, Druggist.
Advertised as a universal spring tonic many claim Peruna cleanses the blood strengthens nerves aids digestion. The copy touts relief for dyspepsia skin blemishes chronic catarrh and nervous debility with a free instructional book from the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.
W. M. Repine of Tiskilwa endorses Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The ad claims it cures whooping cough and other ailments with a satisfaction guarantee and offers free trial at W F Bassett’s Drug Store. It notes limited hog milletseed supplies and offers favorable terms for farmers.
A pitch for farm work outdoors with year round stock foraging. Contact P. Sid Jones in Birmingham or Dr. R. B. Crawford in Chicago. Also offers Garden Spots excursions via Louisville & Nashville Railroad on the first and third Tuesday each month at two dollars over one fare. Send 10 cents for a copy of Garden Spots.
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