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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1903
Page
3
The pirate crew led by Pope and Crystal overtake a six hundred ton English West Indiaman. The ship's master is killed, the mate is shot, and crew members surrender after Pope shouts that the ship is theirs. Prisoners are confined in the top-gallant forecastle as the attack ends.
Pope leads pirates in a brutal boarding, guns roar as the West Indiaman’s crew and passengers resist. The noble pirate seeks treasures from the frightened passengers while a young woman among the onlookers draws his eye. The captain and officers rally to defend against the raiders.
In a tense boardroom aboard a brig, Crystal discovers Laura Crystal, revealed as Jim Crystal's daughter. Pope confirms safety of passengers as the crew prepares the ships and questions about Kerr and the cargo linger while Laura consoles a child nearby. The scene shifts to a twilight-decorated deck as plans unfold.
An Observant Man muses on how humorists’ surname choices shift with eras from Brown Smith and Jones to Verdant Green and Irish and German imports to Anglomania. He notes two syllable common names return and jokes that Jenkins Wilking Stebbins promise a laugh.
Last Sunday at First Methodist La Trove Rev Josiah Mansell led morning services. He is father of Dr R B Mansell, the church pastor, and will be 81 Oct 10. A love feast and class meeting followed at 3:30 PM, with preacher present. In the evening Rev Parry Beeson Mansell of Uniontown preached.
The piece discusses a U S reciprocity drive with Canada led by Minnesota activists. It urges a $100,000 fund for a joint high commission to secure a treaty, warns tariffs will rise without one, and notes markets north of the Great Lakes and St Lawrence expanding as cross border trade reshapes the economy.
John Cowlane urges careful hog housing and daily floor cleaning to keep the hoghouse sanitary. He recommends dividing pens, limiting space, and sweeping the feeding floor with a simple wooden tool to prevent waste buildup. His method emphasizes feeding corn and water with occasional oats and raw potatoes.
The article questions F O Schuster’s claim that McKinley said his tariff bill had done its work and should be reduced. It argues McKinley supported protection to preserve the home market and opposed relaxing tariffs to let foreign competition undermine American producers. It notes the necessity of fair trade and reciprocity, condemning free trade ideas.
The Chicago Tribune argues increased duties on French imports could have been avoided if the reciprocity treaty with France had been ratified. It criticizes the idea of unilateral concessions and suggests a broader, harsher policy to pressure France while pointing to domestic protections blamed on failed Senate action.
The article notes growing Canadian coolness toward preferential trade with the United States. Sir Wilfrid Laurier argued Canada should be independent of the U S to stay friendly, and evidence suggests Canada prefers producing more for home use to control its market rather than accepting reciprocity.
Valley Mills Texas writes that Democrats waste energy on tariff debates and warns reform should wait until voters replace them with Republicans. The writer cites past Democratic failures and populist measures like free soup and Coxey armies as failures.
Opinion argues that any further debt to Cuba must be paid from the national treasury rather than extracted from sugar and tobacco growers through higher costs or taxes. The piece promotes broad national funding over farmer burdens.
The article advises rigid crates over baskets and bags to reduce bruising of peaches pears and plums. It notes baskets distort shape and bruising occurs when fruit is pressed. A Michigan packing house reports a bushel sized rectangular crate with closely spaced slats to protect fruit and replace other receptacles.
Professor R Shaw argues for year round access to forage grounds in summer and sheltered yards in winter for young pigs. Starting at four weeks, they receive skim milk then gradually added shorts or middlings and later ground wheat. A light grain station should accompany forage during the growing season, potentially reduced when pigs reach pea or grain stubble. In winter, access to stacked alfalfa clover or peas provides food, with sugar beets also supplied.
From Farmers' Review: our spring pig experience was satisfactory with thirty three pigs from four sows. They now average over 100 pounds each, mostly from pasture and rape. Yet many farmers report pig losses this spring despite good stock care. Elkhart County, Indiana, will not market more hogs this year than last.
A whimsical Index excerpt mocks rural innocence and agricultural talk. A girl praised for sympathy toward a farmer’s winter wheat is contrasted with a naive query about tobacco and cows. Another quip recalls a country girl amused by milking and Uncle manipulating faucets.
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