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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1904
Page
8
A Few Prices lists 3 ply rubber hose 8c to tie per foot, screen doors 1.00 to 0.85, rawhide whips 0.50 0.75 and 1.00, Glidden barb wire 3.30 cash, and mentions bargains on sewing machines, bicycles, stoves, ranges, and furniture from Barper and Wright.
Barrer & Wright sell Bradley & Vrooman line with a four guarantee. If the job fails to withstand the climate the guarantee pays for repainting at no charge. Only Barrer & Wright offer this paint.
Advertises a call for street concessions for the Merchants Carnival and Street Fair to be hosted in this city in September. Interested parties are instructed to contact the COMMITTEE ON CONCESSIONS in Sidney Nebraska.
One red polled bull four years old is offered for sale. Terms may be arranged through J. W. Slingluff two miles south of Sidney.
An advertisement promoting Budweiser or Coors Select bottled beer and Schlitz draught, attributed to Kruse Brothers.
Furnished neatly and clean. For particulars call Mrs J H Wilson at the Rosemont Cafe. Three room house in good repair inquiry to E Doran.
A 14 by 28 foot barn with 14 foot posts is offered for sale. Inquiries directed to this office for details and pricing.
A collage of local ads for land office blanks Scanlon's Sarsaparilla and Rheumatism cure Heath and Milligan paint Budweiser and Coors beer Kruse Brothers optics Scanlon's dentistry Reed refrigeration and lawn care products Harper and Wright offer various goods and services with prices and claims including free eye tests and guaranteed glasses
Time table listing trains from Sidney Nebraska through Denver Helena Portland and San Francisco with No 201 No 368 No 308 and No 304 daily operations. Sleeping dining and reclining chair cars available. Tickets sold and baggage checked to any U S or Canada point. Inquiries to M A Shipman Agent or J Francis General Passenger Agent Omaha Nebraska.
The timetable lists Eastbound trains No. 8 Overland Limited at 0:10 am No. 4 Atlantic Express at 8:58 pm No. 6 Mail and Express at 4:16 am No. 102 Fast Mail at 2:10 am Westbound No. 1 Overland Limited No. 101 Fast Mail No. 3 Pacific Express No. 5 Mail and Express No. 102 carry no passengers. all freight trains stop to take on passengers where available. Agent W D Chirroy signs.
Trainmaster Clabaugh of North Platte traveled through the city on Thursday. John Barnhart becomes chief timekeeper for Oregon Short Line at Ogden. Forty cars of new steel rails arrived at Dix for main line work. Bridge gang adds double deck chutes at Union Pacific stockyards to speed sheep loading. Cheyenne County Teachers Institute meets next Monday at the High School for a week with Prof. Graham of West Point and Prof. Danforth teaching. Mrs. J DeVue and daughter joined Mrs. Davis to Sterning yesterday.
The A. W. C. T. U. Institute met August 9 and 10 at the M. E. Church in Sidney under Mrs. Hungerford of Colorado. She spoke with experience and convincing力, presenting scientific facts census data and opinions from legal and medical authorities in support of temperance. A lecture on good citizenship followed from the Lutheran church, but attendance was light despite the engaging program. A local Union contributed a small fund to the St Louis Exposition bronze lily fountain.
Dr Murless arranges a winter lecture course featuring Chicago Lady Entertainers and top soloists led by Ralph Bingham and Mr Allan Campbell. Nellie Peck Saunders Concert Co and F E Jones provide final acts with violinist Crom. Course tickets are 1 75. high school parquet seats 100. A cannon may be issued if finances permit.
Mrs Anna M Pierce wife of James F Pierce of 7 Montague Terrace died suddenly of heart failure in Canton New York after twelve hours illness. Daughter of Judge George Redington she lived in Brooklyn forty years aiding charities. Survived by husband three daughters and one son, funeral at 260 oclock tomorrow at home, Greenwood Cemetery burial private.
The Tobin opera house books attractions for the coming season including For Her Sake Two Merry Tramps Factory Foundling Mack Swain and Co Fred Raymond and Co Other People s Money A Breezy Time Della Pringle Town Gossip Ole Olson Maloney s Wedding Day.
Beacon Iowa resident J. D. Johnson offers a cure to repel flies from horses for fifty cents. The ad claims the solution also prevents potato pests and cabbage lice. Nearby, Blaine Kitzmiller and Irvin Armstrong of North Platte visit the city, with Thurs John Scherer visiting from Simla.
A compiled roster lists state and national politicians, district representatives, and local officials across Sidney, including government offices from governor to coroner, and to school board members. It also names fraternal organizations with meeting dates and officers such as A M and O F, with lodge and camp details.
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