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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1904
Page
4
On or after January 1st every subscriber in arrears will be presented or mailed a statement of account and expected to pay promptly. If the paper is not worth the money, pay up and stop it but do so only after settling the indebtedness.
D. M. Owen of Owen Bros. dies in Omaha after railroad grading work near Sidney. The State Supreme Court rules freight rates may not charge higher for short hauls. A Treasury official in Washington struck by a streetcar. North Platte Tribune celebrates 21st anniversary. Wyoming Irrigation Bureau reports progress on pumping projects. A Wisconsin notary fined 75 for pension affidavit irregularity. The Set Flyer railcar on the Chicago coast line is highlighted with more to come. Sterling Colorado eyes a beet factory and an independent line to connect with beet lands. L Shumway plans a power plant near Gering with a four mile ditch and 400 hp, costing 000 for milling and other uses.
Irving, A Merry Christmas, and A Happy New Year to all The Telegraph readers. District Court in Sidney, Bridgeport trips for Christmas shopping, and plans to spend the holiday with family. Weather windy with runaways reported and Sunday School attendance fair. Rev. Finkle of Bridgeport preached and will return January first. new quarter work begins.
The Riverside column reports hay hauling by A D Waggy from Wilmouth land and ranchers continuing cattle feeding in weeks ahead. A telephone line is planned between Bridgeport and Oshkosh early next year. Anthony Johneson traveled to Bridgeport for a notable business deal. Christmas greetings close the item with wishes of peace and goodwill.
Do You Know Mime Qui Vive becomes a national figure among women for her Women Beautiful department in The Chicago Record-Herald. Her guidance on complexion, breathing, diet, and bathing aims to create healthy wholesome women while avoiding artificial methods. Epigrams label her “cheerers.”
The Stourbridge fair near Cambridge is said to have begun September 1 207 under Carausius the British emperor. It flourished early and boosted British trade as foreign traders visited. Around a thousand years later King John granted it life for a leper hospital, sustaining its status as England's greatest fair for centuries.
A short, witty dialogue scene set in Philadelphia features Mr. Staylate and Miss Patience trading banter about calling last evening and being at home, with a reference to Philadelphia trees as a playful aside.
The London Standard recounts William Adams of Kent who joined Dutch vessels in 1548, reached Japan in 1600, endured imprisonment, gained emperors favor, built ships, taught mathematics, married a Japanese wife, and died in 1620. His memory endures with Pilot Street in Yesso and an annual festival.
The passage praises Sir Edwin Arnold for his suave conduct as editor in Freet Street. It notes his enormous correspondence yet painless tax, his timely thanks for contributions, forgiving delays, and congratulatory mails, proving his reliability on long trial. It also recalls his self description as a nightly journalist and lauds the London Chronicle as a proper knight of the pen.
The passage describes three social classes in Turkey the wealthy ordinary earners and the poor. The poor receive 20 to 25 cents a day and some silk factory workers earn as little as 5 to 7 cents for a full day. Most residents work in silk manufacturing with little farming due to low profits and scarce machinery. Wealthy individuals exist with some reportedly worth up to 2 million dollars and spend freely.
The yak, one of Tibet’s largest mammals, stands five to six feet at the shoulder and carries a heavy hair coat. Its undercoat, called pushim, is a fine wool prized for cloth making.
In a reflective note, W D Howells says a sky often holds a hint of rainbow. He admits some people see it, others do not, but urges others to have their eyes examined and fitted with glasses to aid vision.
The passage notes that expressive faces soften features as a deeper beauty emerges. It suggests that when the surface beauty fades, an interior, durable form becomes visible, driven by thought and emotion.
Mamma and Johnny argue over giving Ethel the lion a larger orange share. Johnny insists Ethel has not received any portion. The punchline has Lions do not eat oranges.
A patient fears burial alive and expresses terror while a doctor comforts him saying he will ensure he is not buried alive. The exchange notes a calm doctor reassuring care and safety.
A boy informs a butcher that his mother wants another pound of beef without bones. The butcher quips that if he can kill a cow without bones he will send her a leg for free.
From the New York Telegraph a remark questions the value of trouble amid many who borrow. Virgil urges prudence toward the future, echoed in editorial reflections.
The notice lists northern and western routes including Lincoln Omaha Chicago St Joseph Kansas City St Louis and Denver Welena Dut te Portland Salt Lake City San Francisco and other points. It advertises through trains No 301 No 908 No 02 and No 94 with daily or daily except Sunday service and 7:00 a m start times. Sleeping dining and reclining chair cars are provided and tickets to any US or Canada point are sold with baggage checked. Inquiries to M A Shipman Agent Omaha or J Francis G Passenger Agent Omaha Nebraska.
The timetable lists Overland Limited No 4 Atlantic Express No 6 Mailand Express No 10 Past Mail No 9 05 a m Going West No 1 Overland Limited 1740 pm Fast Mail No 3 Pacific Express 425 am 5 Mall and Express 6 25 am All freight trains carry passengers at stops Wood Curros Agent.
State of Nebraska Cheyenne County Court opens December 6 with James Tucker presiding. Petition by Chiara Real Fort seeks probate of last will and testament of James St Chair Boal. Hearing set for January 8. notice to interested parties by three weekly insertions in The Sidney Telegraph.
An order of sale from the Cheyenne County District Court directs sheriff J. W. Lane to offer at public auction the NW quarter Section 34 Township 14 Range 40 to satisfy a judgment for 64.47 plus 18.33 costs. Sale to be held January 5 in front of Sidney courthouse at 11:00 a.m. Solicitation by Stull Brothers against Richard Kroeger et al.
The Interior Department announces Frank Stimka, holder of H. E B No 9678 for the northeast quarter of section 12, township 12, range 48 west, will present proof to establish residence and cultivation before the Sidney Reg ister and Receiver on January 10, 1905. Witnesses named are John Jurgen, Christ Jurgen, James B Cawley, and Christ Wolistenlt, all of Milne Neb.
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