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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1910
Page
4
An editorial attacks persistent rumors about Sidney and its residents, denouncing slander from unnamed individuals. It condemns false accusations tied to local politics and suffrage, mocks national figures, and questions public projects while urging truth and accountability.
Dalton is bustling with community and business notes. Newt Foster moves his family to run a town hotel and land around Dalton grows pricier as buyers seek five acre plots sold by Fred Frahm and C W Handley. G. W. Gattemeyer departs west. locals praise his service while G W Kinnersley auctioneers the sale.
Funeral of Mrs. Mabr held on the 3rd inst. Wassig steam plow works for Frank Tobin this week. Carl Livoni visits kiurball. Livoni family ill. Fulton stern plow active at Mr Fulton’s. Oscar Francis from Denver oversees Fulton engine. Chas Wright assembles a gasoline engine for Tobin ranch. Jack Tisbue hauls water for steam plow. Cowboy Polly Scott, longtime South Divide figure from Laura Colorado, killed in Cheyenne.
Scott, a night watchman for the railroad, was killed last Sunday night when a heavy instrument struck him on the head and his body lay across the rails, severed by an engine. Chas Foster bought a new gang plow. Irvine Monette bought horses nearby. W. T. Hiett arrived from York, Nebraska. District 25 begins school soon with Mias Downey as teacher. District 99 school closes this week.
Clara remains active on the farm while neighbors visit Ash Grove ranch. A season’s social highlight was a dance at Henry Ebmke’s farm. Dalton family traveled to Sidney and T. E. Quinn also went there. Wheat sowing proceeds with plowing for corn soon. Fred Cushing works on breaking horses. C B T society met but did not organize. Paltz helped install two wind mills at Montauk ranch. Telegraph line malfunctioned earlier in the week.
Sowing wheat and oats dominates the week with 200 acres ready. Several residents relocate, including Kirkpatrick, Pitts, Chippa, and Lockhart moving to Colorado and Montana. A small Sunday church gathering, school term close, cattle sold to Color ado buyers, a birth, and various moves fill the rural scene.
Daily life continues peacefully with no major events. A new house rises south of Mr. Fraime's as residents stay connected. Mr and Mrs J R Merifield of Sidney visited A B Knox's on Sunday. N W Fosters completed moving last week. James Worden and Ernest Worden of Sidney called at Sonsie farm and Camp Stool ranch on Sunday.
Sidney readers urged to protect kidneys with Doan's Kidney Pills. J A Stevens of Bridgeport Nebraska confirms long term relief after an earlier family purchase cured kidney trouble and lumbago. Pills sold by all dealers 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
In the matter of the estate of Henry C Coker creditors will meet the administrator before Cheyenne county judge at the County Court Room in Cheyenne County Nebraska on May 24 at 9 a.m. to examine and adjust claims. Six months to present claims and one year to settle the estate from April 4, 1910. Published in The Sidney Telegraph for four weeks prior to May 24. Ames Tucker County Judge.
A terse OCR fragment mentions serial numbers and publication identifiers for Orel N NGF POR. Details are incomplete but indicate a cataloging or notice entry with official numbering and publication reference.
Paul J. Kappler of Sidney Nebraska, filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish a land claim in Township and Range area described, before James Turker County Judge at Sidney on May 6 1910. James It Childers Fritz Kurth Willin Krueger Herman Vollstaedtwil of Sidney named as witnesses. Registered Evans, Register.
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