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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1899
Page
9
Local Time Table lists Union Pacific routes East and West including Fast Mail Atlantic Express and various Fast Freight and Way Freight trains with departure and arrival times. Agent E R Breisen is listed as the timetable agent.
Local items list merchants, services, and upcoming dates. J W Harper & Son advertise brick work, oil stoves, lawn sprinklers, and furniture at Essig's. Dr Salisbury’s dentist dates, J J McIntosh travel, Bergman closing sale on children's wear, McLernon's fabric and lace stock, and Essig's household goods. Also notices of bicycle, land office forms, and Deering Harvester rep R J Vinton visiting.
Receivers, postmasters, and residents travel between Omaha, Gary and Kimball with reports on appointments and arrivals. Local officials address pension, railroad right of way, and building projects while plans form for veterans gatherings and townsite changes.
Calmin PRice to John W Haxby land in sections 27 and 34 20 48 for 1500 dollars E G Spencer and wife to L T Rice net 30 15 47 for 200 dollars D W White and wife to Calvin P Rice land in section 9 19 48 for 200 dollars W B Hughes and wife to A W Cross Jersey County UL ak 17 15 47 for 1500 dollars L A Gault and wife to Milo Webster lots 1 and 24 16 50 for 80 dollars Milo E Webster to L A Gault lots 1 and 2 4 15 51 for 90 dollars W K Fox and wife to Jennie F Schildknecht lot 32 21 51 for 1000 dollars Etta C Carter and husband to Jennie F Schildnecht lot 29 21 51 for 500 dollars S D Smith and wife to Jennie F Schildknecht lot 8 21 51 for 500 dollars Edward Mount and wife to R B Cook house and lot No 1 blk 4 Oberfelder Addition Lodgepole for 100 dollars
Cheyenne Wyoming hosts Frontier Day August 23 24 excursion tickets from Sidney to Cheyenne and return priced 42.50 on sale August 21 22 with return limit August 26 for details contact E R Breisch agent Sidney Nebraska
Final proofs on homesteads include Edgar North Lisco ne 9-18-48 Christ Peterson Dix ce sw wit set 35-13-54 Christian Jensen Potter se 30-13-82 Edward Helsing Kirk e net sw ne nw set 20-18-53 Final proofs timber claims list Swan P Johnson Julesburg sw 14-13-44 Phoebe Tufts Kearney 14-14-56 Mary A Mickey Columbus City Iowa w swt wh nw 12-20-54 The contest case E B Graham vs J H Robinson was heard July 28 testimony heard and cancellation of entry recommended.
An old advertisement touts Buckien's Arnica Salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. It claims to cure piles and lists 25 cents per box and sale by W F Bassett.
P T Higgins transacts business in town Thursday. Miss Bertha Daugherty and Mattie Griffith visit Kimball. P L Larson closes boarding house on Second street and plans a Canada prospecting tour. Mrs John Hamilton of New London Conn visits the Hart home. Dr Yarletz is arrested for liquor sales but settles with no future intoxicant handling. L C Burnett of Nebraska City on a four month stock-country trip. Rev W R Costley of Stockbridge Ga attacked by cholera morbus while in Ellenwood. He credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life. Seventeen Filipino men and women travel No 2 en route to the Omaha exposition. they are small, dark, with Japanese-like features and speak their native tongue.
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