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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
8
The Telegraph notes it is illegal to dump garbage on public highways and warns that complaints will be filed against violators. Dumping near the viaduct east of town and by the bridge south of town is specifically discouraged. Oscar Brandt, Road Overseer Dial No. 1. Also an ad offers a good paying business for sale with reasons and a Lock Box 446 address.
A fragmented list shows train numbers and times including No.1 Overland Limited 8:15 p.m. No.3 Colorado Express 6:20 p.m. No.5 Californian & Oregon Express 6:25 a.m. No.7 Los Angeles Limited 11:35 p.m. No.9 Fast Mail 7:05 p.m. with garbled trailing times and notes of delays or tarry on schedule.
The owner states retirement from the saloon business on May 1 and asks country customers to return all empty cases and keys to the Ow! Saloon. He is held responsible for them and asks debtors to settle accounts promptly.
Dempster Thomas of Kentucky is listed with Harver and Wincut of Sidney Nebraska in an item noting professional affiliations or matters involving these parties. The brief entry records names and places without additional context or events.
For three years the use of two quarter sections of rice farm land on the north divide will be given for breaking and cultivation. Inquire of or write to B. W. Frazzey in Sidney Nebraska.
Local supplier Harper & Wright of Sidney Nebraska advertises a full line of farming implements including plows cultivators corn planters and laterals for farmers seeking reliable equipment to improve field work.
A used lumber wagon is offered for sale by O. Camblin of Sidney Nebraska. Potential buyers may inquire locally for details and pricing on the wooden wagon.
Steel wheel windmill on wood frame offered for sale, plus a 20 barrel galvanized tank. Inquiries to B. W. Frazey, Sidney, Nebraska, or write Lock Box 306.
A new up to date furniture display is shown at Harper and Wrights with a focus on contemporary styles and home furnishing solutions for shoppers seeking modern decor.
Two southeast corner lots one block west of the school house are for sale through B. W. Frazey of Sidney Nebraska. The piece notes a bargain price on The Weekly Inter Ocean and local papers and promotes Guernsey Dray and Blue Ribbon Coffee. Hay is offered by bale ton or carload with delivery in town. H. H. Bockstarter advertises sidewalks and concrete work while J. L. Cox promotes hay and delivery services.
Local items advertise pasture rental dentistry and legal deeds by Wm H Becker. Sale items include a Mandy Lee incubator, Elgin windmill, fence, and eight room house for rent. Also offers for typewriting paper, Blue Ribbon coffee, Mound City paint, and abstracts by Becker. Agricultural ads and real estate listings feature various sellers and contacts.
All parties owing accounts contracted before January 1 1909 or notes due will please call and settle at once as we insist on settlement without further delay.
A light program is scheduled for 7 30 p m on the public square. Local residents including A W Atkins from Bridgeport and H G Miller of Weyerta are noted visitors while J E Trinnier heads to Omaha to serve as a federal grand juror. Bill Davis leaves for the north rural territory to operate a steam plow this summer.
For sale a half section farm three miles west of Sidney with stone house stone barn and other improvements all fenced. Seventy acres cultivated rest pasture good well and water schoolhouse on site farm rented until March 1910 price twenty dollars per acre half cash inquire of owner Carl Sprenger P O Bor 40 Sidney.
The notice thanks responders to a settlement request for accounts. It warns that delinquent balances not settled soon will be turned over to the attorney for collection by Greenlee and Benson.
Notice requests all parties with claims against Cheyenne county Nebraska to file them with the County Clerk by January 1909. H. T. Doran, County Clerk.
Community items list farm for rent on 3820 acres east of Sidney. Local bids include Red Poll bull inquiry and Doty Brothers seed sales. Band plans outdoor drill at court house April 25. Bazaar and chicken supper for Lady Maccabees May 6 at opera house. Leases, dray service, paint ads and local notices round out the page with births and visits noted.
A natural health note extols Quaker Oats as a daily breakfast for children, claiming it builds strength and vigor. The ad urges mothers to feed oats regularly, noting two package sizes and the broad benefits beyond adults.
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