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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1890
Page
1
A garbled promotional piece touts Way-Up Grade Goods with boasts of quality and style. It references pulling and blowing to rise to a top pile, urging engineers to shake up and get the line moving. The language imitates a boastful trade ad urging progress and excellence.
A local retailer touts durable shoes that hold shape and fit as claimed. The message emphasizes premium craftsmanship over leather quality, warning that bad leather cannot be salvaged by good work.
A fragmented OCR note cites The Stuff The Stitches The Style with unclear context about a first class shoe save and mul lag phrases. The readable text hints at fashion or product terms but lacks a coherent event or names to establish a clear summary.
An advertisement touts a shop offering fine leather shoes by Selz Schwab & Co. It highlights a palace like store, dim work, and a large stock with a pending order of one thousand pairs to be delivered soon.
Nebraska politics note the second district convention at Hastings on July 20 nominates N V Harlan of York on the first formal ballot while Laws’ name is not mentioned. Also mentions Gen Van Wyck and W J Bryan as other district nominees and remarks on local farming and irrigation topics.
Official order from Fort Stoney Nebraska announces the death of Captain James A. Haughey at Port Bridger Wyoming after a long illness. It recalls a thirty year career from Civil War service in the Army of the Potomac through numerous battles and frontier duty, praising his gallantry, steady conduct, and amiable character. The regimental commander and officers mourn his loss and a thirty day period of mourning is declared.
Militia notes from Fort Sidney report visits by Miss Bells Morrow and relatives, transfers within Co I and Co E, a discharged private for false enlistment, a new regimental adjutant, and re-enlistments in Co H and Co K. A General Schofield cable confirms Fort Sidney remains active. Also mentions a parkes family death, a war department order moving men between companies, and local political letters and notices.
Garman special correspondents report a lively Cheyenne County farming community after rain. Wheat and rye yields rise with 10 to 30 bushels per acre possible. Tells about Garman and Fisher crews, school district plans, and county commissioner candidate B A Jones. Local talk covers a new school house dispute, a Saturday dance, and a closing Sidney Flouring Mill due to wheat shortages. Weather and canal project updates appear with inquiries into progress.
Governor Ross of Texas rejects a south north boycott as impracticable and harmful. He warns it would create lasting hostility, drain eastern capital, ruin southern merchants, and test loyalty. The piece notes opposition among farmers to listed corn methods and a land office contest by Will Gerhart of Lodge Pole with witnesses Wolfe and Williams.
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