10 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
1
Nebraska voters face a crowded field with 28 county offices open and eight clerks plus eight other roles contested. The slate includes precinct, party splits and fusion candidates across clerk, treasurer, sheriff, judge, superintendent, coroner, assessor, surveyor, and commissioner posts.
Prof E A Burnett head of the State Agricultural Department at Lincoln visited Sidney with Commercial Club escorts to tour fine local farms. He praised H C Anderson Gus Schmidt Subiel and Hedges Bros for standout crops and soil work while Moore Bros showed new residence construction and steam plow progress. Acreage includes 20 acres of winter wheat at B F Krei with expected yields, and Burnett plans to send grain for experiments from North Platte.
Eucharist at 11 a.m. Martins address 11 a.m. Evensong at 7 45 p.m. Church School 10 a.m. A. Corbett, Priest.
Edmund Lane of Simla seeks the Republican nomination for county superintendent. He studied in England and at Fremont and Lincoln normals and has lived in Simis. Charlie Hadley, Democratic candidate for county clerk, is praised for clerical ability shown in the assessor’s office. A new passenger rate law halves Nebraska mileage fares to North Platte and Sidney, with three cents per mile to Colorado, after Senator Sibley’s Interstate Commerce Commission complaint.
V F Kucera advertises land bargains in the Bulletin Board offering limited plots and reduced prices. Readers are invited to inspect available parcels and contact Kucera for details and scheduling.
The Cheyenne county Teachers Institute closes as one of the best. Prof W R Pate and Prof H C Carson lead strong pedagogy and reading classes with broad state representation. County superintendent candidates Miss Chase Ritchie and Lane attend, and Mrs Knox is honored with a set of engraved knives and forks. The enrollment includes myriad educators from Nebraska and beyond.
A Sidney corpa of Cheyenne county teachers expresses gratitude for hospitality and instruction. They extend heartfelt thanks to H F Carson W R Pate and superintendent Mrs F S Knox, and to Mr and Mrs B A Jones for their generosity and to resident teachers and helpers from Tuesday evening activities.
The Western Publisher published in Chicago this month a splendid likeness of Fred A. Gapen editor of the Sidney Telegraph with a short biographical sketch of his newspaper career. The Chappell Register confirms the accuracy of the Publisher’s praise and notes the recognition given to their western brother.
A Colton section gang member suffered a severe foot crush when a tie rolled from a loaded car as assistants worked nearby. He was transported to Cheyenne where the foot was amputated.
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