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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1910
Page
4
The Telegraph announces a shift to eight pages printed at home to publish promptly and build a vital local paper. It resumes the social directory with churches and lodges, invites corrections, seeks country correspondents, and promises unlimited space and a new folding machine to avoid turning away material.
A town faces increasing waste and soaked earth raising pollution fears as population grows. The piece urges vigorous sewers, warns of epidemics like typhoid, cites examples from Cheyenne Alliance and McCook, and critiques parochial politics while urging reform and prevention.
In town last week Jake Eckert of Ickes argues for strong agricultural prospects citing thirty years of watching the territory. He contrasts his view with a local farmer’s claim of a total crop failure based on secondhand socialist and Democratic convention reports.
A terse statement invokes several local names including Eckert Halston and Haigh Moore to declare willingness to confront the North-South divide. The line asserts confidence against any external authority from distant realms.
Readers are advised that rural mail from Dalton to Ickes and intermediate points is irregular. Letters mailed on Wednesdays often arrive too late for that week’s edition. The cause is unclear and improvements are hoped with patience for a better arrangement.
Grain stacking and plowing dominate the work in the valley. E. W. Dye shipped a carload of cattle. Families and visitors from Cheyenne and Kimball counties frequent the Sidney area. Several locals report homestead moves, farm trading, and good corn prospects amid social visits and machine agent presence.
Albert Juedes hosts his eastern relatives as Mr. and Mrs. Hornaday and Rev. W A Hornaday dine with Halston's party. Reverend Hornaday preaches at Center church. Threshing occurs at Eden's Mayer's and Korsmeyer's. D R Jones escorts Rev Zin Neck er family to Center church. Few attend Sidney street fair or primaries as the big crop looms for world hunger.
Pleasant View entries detail visits and chores among local families including Mr. Courtright and son helping D. Heimer stack, Will Goding at Gilmor's, Schrear family preparations, Heimer illness, road work by George Hicks’s kin, and attendance by Goding and family at Sidney. A horse buyer and cattle trade appear, with the Wath orchestra set to play for Lodgepole next Saturday night.
Allen Chamberlain visited Slaney Sunday for the last quarterly meeting. The service was well attended with many members taking communion. The official board voted unanimously to return their pastor. Chamberlain’s wife remains critically ill with cancer, and recovery looks unlikely. Center church funding shows two thirds subscribed as plans are drawn for a Sept 1 start.
The First and Second Nebraska regiments totaling 1,500 men under Col. George A. Eberly and Col. Fred J. Mack joined the Fort Riley camp of instruction, bringing total troops to about 8,000. A three inch rain drenched the camp, flooding tents along a ravine and forcing evacuation of hospital tents. soldiers moved gear to safety as maneuvers were halted for hours.
Chicago grain trades nervy with wheat and corn down. Wheat to Sept and Dec futures slide while oats and pork lard show mixed losses. Cash prices list No. 2 hard wheat at around $1.01 to $1.05, No. 2 corn 64 to 64.4 cents.
Wheat prices list No. 2 hard turkey 99 percent at 1.01, No. 2 hard semi dark yellow 96 97, No. 3 hard semi dark yellow 94 14 96 14c. Corn No. 2 white 59 14 50c, No. 2 yellow 58 percent 59c, No. 3 yellow 58 percent 59c. Oats No. 2 white 35 14 34c.
Cattle receipts reach 20 000 with steady prices including beeves 4 60 to 8 20 western steers 4 00 to 6 65 stockers 4 00 to 6 15 cows 2 50 to 6 25 calves 6 50 to 8 50. Hog receipts 22 000 steady with light 8 50 to 9 00 mixed 7 90 to 8 90 heavy 7 60 to 8 45. bulk 8 00 to 8 35. Sheep receipts 28 000 steady natives 2 50 to 4 50 westerns 2 75 to 4 50 yearlings 4 25 to 5 70 lambs 4 75 to 7 00.
Cattle receipts 6 426 steady with beef eaters 7.50 to 7.75 cows and heifers 2.60 to 4.00 stockers and feeders 3.20 to 4.25 calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 8 645 down 5 to 10 cents with heavy 8.10 to 8.20 rough 8.00 mixed 8.30 to 8.45 top 8.70. Sheep receipts 14 820 up 10 to 15 cents wethers 4.15 to 4.25 ewes 2.75 to 4.30 lambs 4.60 to 6.25.
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