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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1877
Page
5
Oberfelder ads and brief notices summarize town life: travel, prices, theater, and railroad chatter. Mentions include Dick Donnely in Omaha, Beatrice Express, coal receipts, summer wear sale, local strikes, Beecher gossip, stockyard activity, emigrant shifts, Gen Manderson in town, and freight figures.
Sidney readers receive a mixed bag of items from the region. Reports mention Union Pacific directors traveling east, local industry prospects, and a parade of incidents such as a horse accident left collar bone broken. Fire damage near Rush Creek and mountain cubs captured north of the springs add color to the town’s week. The piece notes editorials, building hopes, and local civic chatter about a Building and Loan plan, alongside talk of new banks and rail service changes.
The Tivoli in Mesars Thiele d and Wagner push ahead with improvements including a capacious platform side boxes and new doors to a finished garden. A first class variety troupe will perform nightly with the theatre opening formally Monday.
Help wanted advertisement seeks a reliable girl for immediate employment in a food home with good wages. Apply at county Darrow’s first door west of the School House.
The undersigned has collected promises for over $300 toward a cemetery fence. A total of at least $400 is needed. People may subscribe by calling C. E. Borequtst. Next Telegram will list all subscribers and amounts. The work proceeds bravely and is believed to succeed.
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