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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1909
Page
7
An Agricultural Southwest article argues neat outside surroundings draw customers. A small town grocer kept a 50 by 150 foot lot tidy with a grassy front, flower beds, and a back garden, showing increased trade from curb appeal and orderly premises. It urges storekeepers to maintain cleanliness to attract women buyers and grow business.
The article argues that cemetery site choice matters for a growing town. It stresses permanence, distance from town limits, and the benefits of locating cemeteries a few miles outside city cores, provided there are good transportation links and quality improvements.
A timetable fragment lists train services with numbers and routes including Overland Limited, California & Oregon, Atlantic Express, Maliund Express, Los Angeles Limited, and Fast Mail. It shows passenger and freight designations with sequence numbers and approximate daily times.
Typewriting paper of all grades and weights available at the Telegraph office. Ribbons offered for Oliver, Smith-Premier, Remington and L. C. Smith typewriters.
Louis Heaton Pink argues that large gas tanks like Brooklyn's Flatbush installation harm property values and city aesthetics. He urges public service oversight, stricter height limits, and zoning protections to prevent nuisance and preserve residential tranquillity.
Keep records of daily sales and compute weekly and monthly totals. After a year compare daily sales to prior periods to create incentives. This practice benefits both the store and the individual by encouraging improvement.
A 19th century admonition urges commercial men to advertise despite hardship. It compares inaction to an ostrich burying its head and asserts opportunities arise from proactive advertising, not from missing notices in lost and found columns.
An Illinois Outdoor Improvement association is formed in Urbana at the suggestion of University of Illinois President Edmund J. James. The group operates in temporary form with a organizing committee chaired by James. It aims to educate owners and municipalities through literature and lectures on artistic property improvement and landscape preservation.
In towns and small cities the main park priority is securing land for future development. Rapidly rising land values call for spending all available funds to buy land, then design and plant trees and shrubs. Aim for shade and shelter rather than statues or ornate features.
The city beautiful movement gains traction in American towns with calls for planned growth. While large sums fund Paris Berlin and Washington, smaller cities can still pursue orderly, harmonious development through coordinated park planning and civic improvements.
The Second church of Springfield Ohio reserves a vacant central lot to be a summer playground for neighborhood children. Flower beds and lawn were laid and swings and slides added. A coin box with ice filled water pipe provides a public ice water fountain. Public response has been very positive.
Eastern railroads abandon gaudy carpet bedding in favor of hardy shrubs for lasting effect. Extensions run beyond station grounds along the rights of way, pleasing enthusiasts of steel highway embellishment and benefiting owners and travelers.
A historical poem extols the builder as a force of creation shaping cities vessels and landscapes. It celebrates constructive work uniting joy and progress, with a call to aid the world while eschewing detractors.
A dense roster lists state and county officers, postmasters and assistants, land offices, and legislative districts. It also details church denominations, fraternal orders, school board members, and local civic groups in Sidney with names, roles, and meeting times.
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