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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1887
Page
2
The snippet lists state officers including governor and attorney general, county officers for Kearney, and village officials. It also notes trains, stage lines, church meetings, fraternal orders, and port regulations. Editorial reflection criticizes railroad pass practices and urges compliance with Cullom Act provisions.
Citizens are urged to attend a 4 o'clock meeting at the fire house to select candidates for village trustees for the coming year. All interested residents are invited to be present and participate. By order of the organizers.
Circulars from the Union Pacific passenger department notify country newspaper publishers that editorial passes will be issued no more after April 1. Directors cite the new Interstate Commerce Law as the reason. Previously passes were extended as a courtesy to editors on lines where they conducted newspaper business. By tradition, such passes enabled free travel and free publicity in timetables and notices. The practice involved over four hundred editors on the Union Pacific system and spread to other roads.
News from Sidney reports the appointment of land office officers after eleven months of delay. John M Adams named register, a Cheyenne County rancher and former legislator from Western Nebraska. G B Blakely, Sidney land and loan man, considered a likely winner. Office expected to open around May first.
A letter to the editor criticizes Cheyenne County land ads offering timber and homestead claims. The writer notes few actual settlers, many timber claims, and liberal timber laws that entice relinquishments as settlers back out. The rapid Sidney settlement drives buyers to pay a premium for available filings despite weak titles.
The article discusses timber claim relinquishements and homestead games in Cheyenne County and surrounding states. It notes many holdens seek cash by selling rights, while some settlers offer improvements and relinquishments. it also mentions political shifts, local papers, and a expected Sidney development boom with a call to elect progressive trustees.
Inks Buasmans of the Chap pell Pustler hints at selling the Rustler and reentering the ministry as Easitors travel. Fare is described as full while ministers pay half.
A ratruvun board of village trustees presents the current Jing ticket seeking an endorsement for a unanimous re election. Local officials confirm village leadership aims for full support in the upcoming vote.
Sidney men Adams and Blakely register and receiver offer a handsome morocco pass book at this office. Tue agony is over.
Multiple notices from Sidney Cheyenne county Nebraska announce applications to the village trustees for licenses to sell malt spirits and vinous liquors at various establishments on Front and Second streets. Applicants include Doran & Tobt Lanny Wistenes M Urbuch Rubel Co Paume Mote Woodaves Pauile Hotel Co and Jan Meats Co. Protests or objections were invited within two weeks from April 1 1887 or May 1 1887 as noted.
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