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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1897
Page
2
scattered Nebraska items report harvest preparations at Lyons and Milford, town celebrations and fairs, and local incidents including accidents, thefts, fires, and court actions. Mentioned are Alaska fever in Columbus, Woodmen of the World events, and a Beatrice shooting case.
Readable portions discuss the Alaska boundary line between the United States and Canada, mentioning General Duffield and geodetic surveys. The text notes how map definitions and coast parallels affect territorial claims, with references to Lynn Canal and Forty Mile Creek as key loci.
A Washington dispatch reports that the McKinley administration will likely reject Cleveland’s favored policy on abandoning the franchise over Samoa. It notes Samoa’s strategic value and location between Australia and Nicaragua, influencing the push to abrogate the 1880 treaty among Britain, Germany, and the United States.
Bradstreet reports an earlier fall demand for staple merchandise, led by increased farm purchases in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. The wheat crop prospects at home and abroad push buyers to expand, with Western jobbers up 10 to 15 percent, while overall volume remains modest but steady.
A syndicate of four wealthy New Yorkers develops schemes to obtain wealth in the Klonkye region by establishing trading posts and stores in mining camps and to purchase promising mining claims. They will transport men and supplies to the gold fields on a specially designed bicycle transport.
A raiding force of cowboys from the Ogallala and Cheyenne roundup is marching from Caspar to the Hole-in-the-Wall. Sheriff deputies and officers accompany the party to seize all cattle owned by their employers in the troubled region. Armed, mounted riders accompany the action amid tense frontier conditions.
Fragmented report notes Lord Salisbury telegraphed urging an immediate move by Ruheim Pasia’s commander to withdraw Turkish forces from Thessaly, citing Turkish anger at Britain and fear of compensation terms. Also mentions Walter S. Hobart ill in San Mateo and a government victory over rebels in Goeland.
Railroads agree on a one fare round trip plus 50 cents admission for all lines entering Omaha during the state fair. A blanket six dollar maximum for Nebraska points is expected after a conference with fair managers. The policy aims to ease access amid improved agricultural conditions statewide and follows a five dollar rate used in 1895 1896.
Gen Charles F Manderson speaks on agricultural gains in 1890s Nebraska and the western states. He cites large corn yields, mortgage relief, improving bank conditions, and rising real estate in Omaha and Minneapolis. He warns against relying on political action for prosperity, stressing natural factors and farming methods.
Washington dispatch reports President nominates Church Howe to Palermo Sicily consulate and L W Osborne of Blair to Apia. Howe, who passed the consular exam, resigns Samoa mission. move linked to Panama consul generalship plans affecting Nebraska and North Carolina.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Thurston introduced and a joint resolution passed authorizing the federal government to erect a building for the Trans Mississippi Exposition to be held in Omaha next year without advertisement. The measure seeks to let the government use its own agents and employ local labor for construction.
A circulated petition asks depositors of the failed Nebraska National Bank of York, closed July 13, to sign for full payment of their certificates of deposit from the City National Bank of York. Certificates would be paid in six, twelve, eighteen and twenty four months at 4 percent interest from transfer date, aiming to avoid receivership.
Speaker Reed announces five Nebraska congressmen assignations. Mercer chairs public buildings and grounds. Strode joins post office and post roads. Stark serves on militia. Green handles immigration and naturalization. Maxwell oversees coinage weights and measures.
The note details Columbus cemetery history with 976 graves including 200 in the porch area, plus a 1964 burial of Joseph McFadden. It mentions Marie Simone in Bellevue Hospital insane, Cudahy Packing sending canned meats to Alaska for Klondyke distribution, diphtheria cases, and an Omaha exposition building update.
Firebugs caused extensive losses across Hillsboro as a blaze damaged Sharping harness shop, Wirschler store, Kistler general merchandise, Freisen gallery, Beentz barber shop, Nickle millinery, and Entee drug store among others. Early report notes unrecovered losses and mentions unrelated political and local notices mixed in.
Des Moines reports grant of a four act melodrama copyright to Talmage E Brown and design patent to A Thompson for a political badge. Additional patents allowed for L J Wirt corn gutter and shocker, J W Russell improved threshers and separators, and I B Hart A J Hart clothes pounder attachments. Free information on securing valuing and killing patents offered by J Rappsonweis solicitors.
Fragmentary OCR yields names and phrases with unclear meaning. The readable bits include scattered references to places and people, but coherent facts or events are not discernible for a reliable summary.
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