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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1906
Page
4
A string of satirical, disjointed remarks on public figures, race, religion, and social issues. The piece lampoons Roosevelt Tillman Caruso and public funds misuse, contrasting enlightened cities with harsh satire about civilization and reform.
A medley of small town items recounts thanks to the All Father and a wish to help others, along with brief notes on Thanksgiving thoughts, travelers importing turkeys from Oshkosh, potatoes from Oshkosh, and a damp season affecting moods. It also mentions Mr eReo Line returning from the east and a sparsely attended Farmer's Institute meeting. The column closes with a reference to a Dove of Peace sent to Cuba.
Uncle Sam seems to have had a freight bill large enough for a Thanksgiving dinner. C T Howard visits in east Virginia. C Anderson of Froid travels and shops in the city. Mrs Bert Allington and her children of Deer Springs North Dakota and Dan Dickinson and family of Rawlins Wyoming visit the Dickinson ranch. Mrs Kjlaus Dykeman of Rush Creek is very ill. The verse asks for family reverence and gratitude amid hardship.
Miss Susie Thornburg surprised by friends who gathered to try her new piano as the late evening stretched toward dawn. The Thanksgiving holidays close the school and The Ladies Aid Society plans a December 1 entertainment with a Wax Jigger Show and a Ghosts march, admission 25 cents, children 10 cents.
Weather is pleasant as W. S. Woolsey ships several carloads of potatoes. Mrs. Brown is ill. The hotel construction progresses and promises improvement. Dalton gains a new night operator. Pearl Adams visited Tuesday. Grain is hauled quickly with each elevator sharing the load. Tom Freeman sold hundreds of bushels to W. S. Woolsey. Mr. Cape has gone to Omaha with cattle.
Local briefs report Mrs. Dalton visiting Mrs. Quinn and Winer of Oklahoma renting P Quinn farm near Clara for the year. H Shrear helps haul grain for E Quinn. Jas Baker tours Sidney. Elgin Heimer works at Goding ranch. A McAdams visits P A Pultz. A Hilton visits brother Robert in Gering. Chas Stanton installs a windmill at El Root ranch. Jas Mitchell distributes road receipts. L Barlow of Lodgepole wins large crop prize in Cheyenne County with 304 bushels on 2.5 acres average 121. Cheyenne County Teachers Association meets in Bayard December 15 with an upcoming program.
Oscar S Straus of New York slated for secretary of commerce and first Jew named to a U S cabinet chair. A Columbia trained lawyer and international law expert, Straus grew up in Georgia after his German revolutionary father fled to avoid persecution. He later served as Cleveland and Roosevelt administrations minister to Turkey.
Legal notice announces a probate hearing on the estate of John V Nicevils decedent in Cheyenne County Nebraska. County Judge James Tucker sets December 1, 1900 for the hearing and requires publication in The Sidney Telegraph for three weeks.
Nebraska probate notice from Cheyenne County for the estate of William Prury deceased. James Tucker, county judge, sets December 1 1908 hearing to approve instrument as last will and testament. Notice to all interested published in TUR SONEY TELEGRAPH weekly for three weeks.
Marshall P. Wilder recounts a summer scene at Asbury Park describing his dog. He notes the dog is small and flea ridden after which Wilder fed it liver to trap the fleas. The dog reportedly ate the liver and the fleas, proving the lesson of the tale.
Notice of sale under a chattel mortgage dated February 11 1906 and filed March 24 1906 in Cheyenne County Nebraska. The mortgage by Ann DeVane to Denver Type Foundry Co secures 4000 dollars. now assigned to BOA Jones. Property includes a complete cylinder press and engine and related parts at Le Grand Hotel basement Sidney. The sale is set for December 5 1908 at 10:00 AM by owner H A Foxes.
A Nebraska County Court in 1908 fixed December 10 at 10 a.m. for hearing John M. Adams petition to probate a purported authenticated copy of the last will and testament of Jatla A. Totten deceased. Notice to interested parties to publish for three weeks in the Sidney Telegram.
By order of James Tucker County Judge Greenlee Benson holds attachment against Luther Clemons. Sale set for December 1 at 9 00 am at the courthouse front door in Sidney. Goods offered include 6 carpets 6 mattresses 6 double blankets 6 comforts and various cooking utensils seized under the writ. Sheriff McDare n dated November 26 1908.
County Judge James Tucker will sell at the Aug N Johnson residence in Section 2 Township unknown Range unknown in Cheyenne County Nebraska one helper about three years old red with white spots peach colored, no brands but half round undercar on both ears, taken up as stray, for cash to highest bidder. Sale date November 10, 1900.
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