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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1905
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR shows several train names such as Overland Limited Atlantic Express Mall and Express Los Angeles Limited and a note about Fast Mall carrying news from Sidney. Mentions ALVA H. Oany as agent in unclear context.
A collage of ads and notices: Brown’s for Shoes Overalls and Dry Goods Denver Bread and 5 and 10 cent bargains Scanlon remedies and rheumatism cure Heath & Milligan paint claims J Scanlon and D J Scanlon advertise paint coverage and pricing Dr G D Webster visiting Sidney December 26 appears with other local services and wares including flour glassware lamps and legal advertising by B A Jones attorney and general home goods mentions plus insurance and land services.
R B Stowell comes from Sextorp Thursday. Miss Jennie Pavlot was in town last Saturday. Miss DeVane expected from Omaha this week. Merchants report the heaviest trade of the year Saturday. A C Ladely of Potter transacted business this week. Miss Lena Jessen came from Lodgepole Friday. A L Brooks and wife of Bridgeport were in town last Saturday. Look over your acquaintances and pick an early January bride. Henry Neipus from Redington with ducks to market. Arthur M Oberfelder heads east for holidays, Irving to cover. Mr and Mrs Miles went to Omaha Tuesday, expect home with Eva and Mildred at Brownell Hall Cunha. W C Bullock, former county clerk, to marry Miss Porterfield of Council Bluffs on Christmas. will live on Bullock ranch east of Lodgepole. U S land office likely closing March 1 per Interior circulars. Dr Harris to reside in Omaha. Mr McIntosh to open a city law office. Three declines in Degree of Honor elective officers. vacancies filled: Lady of Honor Susie Sweet-Hiett, Chief of Ceremonies Elizabeth Schroeder, Receiver Margaret Worden.
For sale a desirable five room dwelling with a shaded yard, fenced lot, city water and a good well. Ample yard space in a desirable location. Terms available at the office of W P Miles.
Celebrated pacing stallion Tilden McGregor offered for sale with one year's time given and good security. For price, contact J W McDaniel of Lodgepole Nebraska.
Public notice seeking 200 teamsters and laborers for winter construction work on a government irrigation canal. Describes good warm quarters and daily wage of $2.25. Contact James O Connor in Torrington Wyoming.
I offer fine pasture and watering facilities for caring for a band of mares on reasonable terms. I will take one half the increase or other fair arrangements. Call when in town or visit two miles south of Sidney to arrange. J U Slinglufpf
Real estate notice offers a southeast quarter of section 12 township 18 range 49 about eight miles southeast of Sidney for immediate purchase. Property listed by R P Scott of Bridgeport Nebraska.
Stock for sale. I have a few gentle broke mares and one or more are desired. Also two fine bulls, one year old, nearly full blood, with white faces and wall marks. B. A. Jones.
Rooms offered by Mrs. J. A. Wilson. second door west of the Metropolitan hotel. Clean and neatly furnished interiors available by inquiry.
A. B. Jonnson of Sidney Nebraska offers fifty and seventy five cent each for full blood single comb Brown Leghorn roosters.
A ladies gold pin with a pearl pendant is lost and the finder is asked to leave it at the Telegraph office for a reward.
For rent. Fine office room in the Callahan stone block. Inquire of CHAS. CALLAHAN.
A notice invites readers to visit the Electric Light power house and haul away cinders at no cost. The offer emphasizes abundance and accessibility, encouraging residents to take as many as they need. No dates or names are provided.
Auction listing notes a pair of well-matched horses aged six and seven with weights around 1150 and 1200 pounds. Listed by W. 8S. Doran for sale.
The new Union Pacific time card, in effect since last Sunday, brings no major changes to local train arrivals though minor minutes shift for each passenger schedule. The Los Angeles Limited now arrives from the east at 8 55 p m and from the west at 11 57 a m. Sidney departures list eastbound trains No 0 at 3 10 a m No 6 at 4 25 a m No 3 at 9 23 a m No 8 at 11 57 a m No 4 at 6 00 p m westbound No 3 at 4 30 a m No 5 at 6 30 a m No 9 at 7 05 p m No 1 at 7 45 p m No 7 at 8 55 p m No 61 local way freight at 7 10 a m.
Judge Grimes schedules 1906 district court terms across Lincoln Scottsbluff Cheyenne Kimball Banner Deuel Logan Kieth Perkins and McPherson counties with specific dates in March April May September October November and December. The calendar includes two terms per county for most, with several counties listing single dates.
The fine new Union Pacific Los Angeles Limited arrived in Sidney on schedule Monday evening. The cars showcase top car-builders art with many passengers aboard including twenty seven newspaper and magazine representatives, E L Lomax, Alfred Darlow, and Senator Smoot of Utah. The press group will be hosted in Los Angeles for three days before returning.
A string of Nebraska item snippets covers railroad engineers at work in a village preparing for graders and cross-sectioning. It notes Hill and Harriman backing, plus surveyors from Hunter farm to Lincoln, with air line routing and property measurements. Also discussed are western cattlemen facing federal action for fencing public land and looming homestead openings, urging young men to secure farms as land value rises.
Rolland Pitts is a new pupil enrolled in grade two Eunice Pitts joins Mies Hiett's room Bernice Kelley and Henrietta Shoemaker win the most head marks this month A young second grader humorously suggests that when Santa Claus dies his son should be Santa Claus.
A college professor explains obsolete senses behind common words such as elbow, finger, hand, nail, wrist, instep, muscle, tendons, uvula, clavicle, jugular, arter y, artery, muzzle, morsel, remorse, and jaws. The piece links etymology to everyday speech and traces roots to Latin and Anglo Saxon concepts.
The piece traces shaving in Rome from early beards under 300 B C to Greek barber influence, Scipio Africanus and Hatrian fashioning beards, and the shift to daily shaving in society, noting the term parbaus and the link to barbers’ dominance and the English bar tradition through Italian and French courts.
The amendment reverses the exam schedule in January March May July September and November so Friday subjects move to Saturday and Saturday subjects move to Friday. Aimed at aiding teachers unable to attend Friday exams by school boards and those with religious observances on Saturday. Copied from the State Superintendent J L McBrien November 80 1905. Frances E Knox County Superintendent.
One-way colonist fares from Sidney to numerous points East and South jump January 2 and 16 and February 6 and 20, 1906. Rates are one half of the standard first class fare plus a fixed $200. Call or address for details and bookings.
Two naval officers warn that counterfeit sailors posing as Uncle Sam’s bluejackets are duping the public. They describe plan handlers who steal or imitate uniforms, then beg for money to join ships or report to navy yards. Such suspects, the officers say, are pan handlers, not genuine men of war.
A navigator describes sailing southeast along St Matthew's Island in the Be ring sea. He notes grotesque and terrible scenery with volcanic rocks forming houses spires and figures above white foam. A saddle shaped rock evokes a giant straddling it and fishing from the cliffs.
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