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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1895
Page
6
A scrambled Nebraska notice outlines Cheyenne County resources and civic welfare efforts. It lists subscription prices and advertising rates for local reading sections and business local lines, with legal notes and post office filing details.
Local column notes Charles Dick’s affidavit for The Telegraph office incident. Mentions Sidney republican primaries, Cheyenne county fair dates, and a North Platte sentencing of Hans and Knudson. References irrigation, Patents, and various regional political commentary with call to action for readers.
The article notes sixty eight acres yielding $14.39 per acre and predicts a broad irrigation expansion evident in the 1900 census. It urges Republicans to organize precincts, hold primaries on September 14, nominate local officials, and form precinct central committees to strengthen party work and prepare for county conventions.
Consular reports show alfalfa area in IRN at 1245 acres producing 2 122 168 tons valued at 5 18 153 While clover covers 2007 115 acres yielding 1 943 155 tons valued at 43 055 525 Alfalfa yields about 2 295 pounds per acre versus 1474 for clover and far higher value per ton and per acre The notice also lists various ads and notices from Sidney Nebraska including No-to-bac cure and an unreadable advertising section plus a post office unclaimed letters list and an estrayed horse notice
A New York cabman ventriloquizes on low tips and fare disputes in city streets. He laments customers who haggle over small charges while others avoid tipping, noting office workers slipping between cab and building entrances. He contrasts men and women fares and recalls winter slush as a time for easier cabs. A New York Tribune reflection.
A quote from the New York Mail and Express notes that maintaining calm after stepping on a woman's dress is harder than many human efforts, suggesting social embarrassment more than harm.
Two chapters of sheriff sale notices announce orders of sale from Cheyenne County District Court in Sidney Nebraska. They detail judgments for James N. Wright and other plaintiffs against multiple defendants, listing properties in sections of townships. The notices fix sale dates September 4 1895 and September 16 1895 with cash bids at 10 a m in front of the Sidney courthouse.
Notice is given that multiple settlers in Nebraska will make final proof on their land claims before the Register or Receiver at Sidney Neb on specified dates in September 1805. Names include Benjamin E Carroll deceased, Adelaide A Cunditf HOT, and John M Adam among witnesses to prove continuous residence and cultivation.
Land Office Sidney Nebraska dated August 19 1903 gives notice that William Nieubuser has filed a declaration of intent to make mineral proof in support of his claim. The proof will be made before the Register at Sidney Nebraska on September 4 1903. He names witnesses John Fluke C H Hotmeyer William Hoffmeyer and Frank Nand all of Sidney Nebraska.
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