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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1910
Page
4
The Telegraph apologizes for last week's article and corrects a slander claim stating fourteen individuals questioned, though denying any harm to honest citizens. It defends free discussion of public questions and calls for honesty in court house debates and bond funding criticism.
A plea argues for relocating the state capital from Lincoln to a more central site, criticizing patchwork repairs to the current building and urging a new, nearer capital. The letter notes Lincoln is remote from future growth and mentions Congress retirees Hale and Aldrich, with Uncle Joe and younger colleagues expected to continue work.
Local notes report Bob Willick back at work after illness and many residents and visitors around town. Headlines mention Beatrice ranchers J Childe and C Farrow moving near Randel ranch and J W Reinmuth buying a new range.
A 92 year old woman files for divorce from her 97 year old husband whom she says she worried about when she was eighteen. Her patience is noted in the filing.
The rural column praises country correspondents for lively news with few corrections. It notes readers value larger currency for fewer microbes and humorously questions a cenau e enumerator’s reach while hinting at a local age inquiry.
High winds Sunday knocked over loose property and demolished the church steeple. J. B. Halston hauled outs to Dalton for the week while residents searched for missing horses. Frank Ferguson from Kansas visited relatives as his mother prepared to return home. A temporary newspaper offer lists The Telegraph and Weekly Chicago Inter Ocean and Farmer at one year for $1.75.
The Dutch measles disrupt school attendance as Mrs. Johnson nurses her ill son in Potter. Miss Grace Ford, niece of Dr. Ford, dies en route to Iowa after a lingering illness. Tom Thornburg arrives from Sidney with seeds and a dry goods line. Dan Flynn suffers a steam burn and is hospitalized in Cheyenne. Local business moves and trades unfold as residents travel to Sidney, Kimball, Pueblo, and beyond.
April showers are light and spring flowers unlikely. Most small grain is planted and looks good, though a storm on April 13 disrupted work. Geo Miller buys a plowing outfit to work his Case engine, Kaspar Wolf’s sale ends before a snowstorm, and the crop of colonels remains prolific yet dormant until fall.
Notice that D J Scanlon applied April 6 for a permit to sell alcohol in Sidney Nebraska for medicinal and other uses from May 1910 to April 1911, objections due within two weeks from April 11, 1910. Also James Tucker issued an attachment order March 12, 1930 for wages from Union Pacific Railroad in a Clarke & Hink v Coffey case, continued to May 2, 1910.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office at North Platte Nebraska March 1 1910 Notice is here by that George L Baker of Higgins Nebraska who on July 26 1909 made E H No 5443 Serial No 01601 for the southeast northeast and southwest quarter section 14 township 3 range 11 west of the 6th principal meridian has filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish claim to the land above described before James Tucker county judge at Sidney Nebraska on the 12th day of May 1910 Claimant names as witnesses Albert J Davison James Wiker Andrew Ludine and Clara Higgins
Creditors of the Henry O Coker estate in Cheyenne county Nebraska are notified to meet the administrator at the County Court Room on May 44 at 9 a m to present claims for examination adjustment and allowance. Creditors have six months to present claims and one year for the administrator to settle from April 8 1910. The notice runs four weeks in The Sidancy Telegraph ending May 24 1910. James Tucker County Judge.
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