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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1903
Page
4
Official paper discusses subscription rates and advertising prices, praises Lincoln State University bequest rumors, Arbor Day on April 22, and Sidney’s growth. It extols local home trade from Kimball, Potter, Lodgepole, Chappell and Bridgeport, notes cattle losses are low, crops look good, and urges street lighting improvements and gravel sidewalks.
Easter is celebrated worldwide with faith in the Resurrection. Chrysostom noted death as sleep, but the piece urges lifting from fatigue and failed hopes. It calls believers to rise from a grave of dead aims and pursue renewed ambition, urging men to salvage fragments of effort into renewed labor and hope.
The march of improvement in Sidney is steady with stability and permanency. Beautiful buildings are underway as carpenters and stonemasons are in demand. Lincoln lawmakers passed a bill appropriating £50,000 for experimental wells.
W J Scoggin returned from winter in Colorado and Utah to help with Platte Valley News. Rex Hill, formerly of Bridgeport, rejoined J W Lee’s livery. Sheriff Babb made another county round. Mrs Pat Dunn back from Sidney. M A Farmer sold rags to Bayard merchants. Mrs A B Hanway from Holyoke after their team for farming near Holyoke. Lisco post office changes as Mrs Woolsey retires and John Mar of Bayard weighs sugar and delivers mail. Woolsey moves to Cary place. F Alexander of Platte Valley Telephone Co takes over Wehn Baker line and plans connect to Sidney by May 1 for better service. Howard Shupp arrives from Sheridan to help with laundry. Gaines & Miller move to new addition. promise a modern store. Winnie Hutchinson returns from Alliance to spend summer with mother. W H Curry of Garrell, Iowa, visits to manage land interests. Mr and Mrs Fred Beliel of Sterling guests of Laura Korts. Beliel seeks butcher location. Ira Ashley visits J W Lee’s sister. Agent Ayer transferred to Alliance as second dispatcher. village mourns but supports promotion. J E Trinnier and R H Willis elected village trustees. Liquor sale petitions for J A Schwender, Patrick McAleese, and H C Armstrong read and accepted.
Special Correspondence from Lincoln reports the new revenue bill becoming law with October effect, governor estimating total state valuation at 500 million to lower levies. Sugar bounty claims are debated, with district court jurisdiction agreed for merits. Various bills pass or fail, including wire tax, printing, and university funding, while fusionists push lavish spending.
The fragment urges beauty and strength from pure blood and proper digestion. It claims many women fail to digest food, becoming pale and weak, and promises nourishment plus a small dose of Herbine after each meal to aid digestion. Ends with a signed note urging D. J. Scanlon's.
A summary of social and farm activity records from Ickes area notes shows several visits and chores. Bert Davison and James Davison with Hiram Eckert visited Sidney on weekends, while Jacob Eckert traveled to Bridgeport and Jacob Mayer hauled potatoes to Sidney. John Davison is noted as sick this week and Sunday services at the schoolhouse drew light attendance due to theater weather.
Clara reports Julius Quandt staying at Thos H Eppes for a few days. Albert Bark moves on land recently traded. Thos Epps fences on his boys' land near Sextorp. Bob Hilton bought horses there last week. Hugh Ward of Ickes visited ports Wednesday seeking horses. Eppa went to town Thursday and returned Friday with a load of wire. A Clara ranchman has ploughed for nearly a week.
The upper department under Miss Whitehead will host a school work exposition in their room Friday evening and Saturday April 17 and 18 inviting patrons and friends. Local residents welcome newcomers, updates include Mrs Mathers arrival and neighbors Mrs Thornburg and Mr Vandiver's plans. Various town movements and visits noted, with farm and trade mentions across Potter.
The Sunday Chicago Record Herald highlights Marion Harland on a dedicated page with Q and A on home care, wholesome childrearing advice, and recipes. The article summarizes her as a trusted household authority, notes her real name Mary Virginia Terhune, birth in Amalia County Virginia on December 21 1831, and outlines her writing career, marriage to Rev. Edward Payson Terhune, and residence history including Sunnybank Pompton New Jersey and New York City. Oberfelder has new stock of Stetson data in up-to-date shapes.
The Prairie Farmer and Prairie Farmer Home Magazine are offered together for one year at 81.50 via The TeTe TeTe Te Te Te Te Te Te Te Tel Telegram. The Prairie Farmer is billed as the top farm and livestock paper with stock market reports for Chicago Kansas City and Omaha. The Home Magazine is a monthly supplement for women and youth with illustrated articles. The offer promises two substantial papers for family reading and aims to recruit 500 new subscriptions.
The week’s notes report numerous student absences due to sickness and travel, including Alice Pierce Clarice Babb Don Ahrens Mary Epps and Ruth Cox. Some students return after illness or travel while others study germination and botany topics as weather confines activities. McLernon visits caution about writing scenes and spelling while offering compliments and suggestions.
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