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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1904
Page
4
Sleeping dining and reclining chair cars on through trains. Tickets to any point in the United States or Canada. For information and timetables call M. A. Shipman Agent or J. Francis General Passenger Agent Omaha Nebraska.
The list details passenger trains with times for eastbound and westbound services. It names No. 2 Overland Limited at 9 10 a.m, No. 4 Atlantic Express at 5 50 p.m, No. 6 Mall and Express 400 a.m, No. 10 Fast Mail 27 10 a.m, as well as westbound equivalents.
Six room house with frame barn stone chicken house and fifteen acres fenced Lodgepole creek runs through land price 800 half cash easy terms Mrs Martin E Bruner also rental notice for November 1st at 310 per month Dr B R Harris advises paying debts after grocery business sale A B Ragan seeks settlement and Mca J A Wilson offers furnished living space Good barn 14 by 28 feet for sale at this office Highest cash price for grain at Woolsey's Dalton Neb Apples crop in Lincoln county strong with large yields mentioned From North Platte Tribune Oberfeldera sells genuine Steteon hat and other hats in staple shapes and styles.
Local ads tout Scanlon's offerings including Saraapurilla as a blood purifier and Meath Milligan paint claiming 300 square feet coverage per gallon with two coats at $1.50. Merchants Harper Wright Heath Milligan Scanlon and Merifield feature first class dentistry and free eye tests with affordable glasses.
California offers famed Big Trees in Mariposa Grove and Calaveras Grove with ages between 1500 and 2000 years. Santa Cruz redwoods nearby attract a full day visit as trains from Missouri River coast to California claim 16 hour lead. Pamphlets and route information are available from W. W. Aldridge, agent.
The article surveys gift nights in provincial and London theaters where audience members throw prizes to popular performers. It recalls a famed actress receiving £1000 in a leather case after performances, plus later gifts to a child and other stage tokens. It describes varied items from frying pans to tobacco packets, and notes legal actions for some artists who avoided stage doors.
The Union Pacific has invested millions in modernizing its California and Northwest route. The railway boasts fast trains and highly protected service with superior equipment and quick east west travel times. For full information contact agent W. W. Aldridge. io-Cull Cream improves complexions and preserves good complexions available at Sidney Drug Co.
The London Spectator notes that bananas ships bring animal stowaways including snakes lizards and sometimes iguanas and venomous spiders. Pests like the chigo jigger and corn beetles spread with foreign grain, while birds ride ships across seas. Migratory birds land on ships near coasts and storms bring wrens to North Sea crews. The piece cites Canada geese and cranes as possible shipborne travelers and suggests ocean crossing by mast and yards for some birds.
An exchange notes Ynce Jones will write a novel while dismissing his imagination as the speaker jokes about eleven years of making out expense accounts. The teaser captures a lighthearted New Orleans Times-Democrat exchange.
Quotations from the Pittaburgh Dispatch discuss marriage as a lottery and a girl's duty to resist maternal matchmaking. The exchange highlights generational views on autonomy and parental guidance in choosing a spouse.
Misa Caycone praises a piece as resembling top examples, noting it is neither novel nor historic. Washington Star and Boston Transcript excerpts show a dialogue about literary taste and a columnist son’s reading habits.
A dense roster lists U.S. Senators and Nebraska state officials, including Kinkaid and O'Neill representatives, state officers like secretary of state McGilton and attorney general Mortensen, and local boards. It also enumerates county officers, commissioners, village trustees, school board members, teachers, religious congregations, and fraternal organizations with meeting times and leaders in Sidney and surrounding towns.
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