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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
4
The Sidney Telegraph urges residents to refresh their town by painting existing buildings rather than waiting for new construction. It humorously notes old structures, fences, and barns needing fresh coats, and jests about local quirks while urging civic renewal and a cheerful New Year.
Press comment notes a Cheyenne convention result forming the Wyoming Oil men's association to build a 700 mile pipe from Popo Agie near Lander to Onaba with branches to nearby towns Cheyenne and Denver. Lubricating oil used by the Northwestern railroad will be marketed in Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska lowering fuel costs and challenging coal.
Greene and Redd exchange a sharp joke about a machine advertised as ten horse power. Greene notes the claim while a counter remark suggests it needed only one horse to pull it home. The banter reflects light local humor and vendor boasts.
The piece reports famine victims in China reaching 3,000,000 and ongoing floods. strikes are blocked and 60 Western roads remain open. Engineers obtain a 10 percent wage increase on the 1910 scale after U S mediation by Charles P Neill. Santa Claus visits Elie and Hoffman Islands where 250 immigrant children and 50 adults with contagious diseases are confined. President Taft and wife host a Star Spangled Banner Dinner with broad U S state contributions including Rhode Island turkey and California fruit.
A fragment-poem contrasts shifting days with sunshine and rain. It speaks of pouring down sweetness sorrow gloom and happiness from day to day, the stormy path and the primrose way, and the varying moods of heartache cheer love.
A humorous note records a man’s cheer as his wife plans to travel this year without purchasing a new trunk. The exchange hints at frugality and good fortune in their domestic life.
The excerpt surveys poets Charles Lamb Longfellow and Tennyson on year endings. Lamb's solemn bells, Longfellow's Midnight Mass for the Dying Year, and Tennyson's Death of the Old Year frame the old year's passing and the new year's arrival with themes of memory and renewal.
The market rose as nearly 2 million bushels of wheat fed optimism despite a soggy start in the southwest. Wheat for May traded near 96K, oats down 34% May, and pork and lard contracts edged higher while cash prices showed mixed gains across cattle and hogs at Chicago and South Omaha markets.
Charles A Bancroft of Higgins Nebraska filed notice of intention to make final five year proof on land in section 14 township 18 north range 50 west sixth principal meridian before the Register and Receiver at North Platte Nebraska on February 24 1911. Witnesses named: James R K Birdwell Higgins Frank N Ribeau DF Bennett Dalton Jerome Half To Higgins and J B L Evans Register.
John A Bentley petitions Cheyenne County Nebraska for waiver of administration in the estate of George S. Hoffinan, who died intestate about April 1, 1914, listing heirs Lydia J. Wottman Minnie Nasti Lulu McCluriun Rose Thompson. Hearing set for January 23, 1911. notice published in Sidney Telegraph.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska the Nebraska Central Building and Loan Association sues Charles M Shevley and Rose R Shevley to foreclose a mortgage on the southwest quarter of Section 7 Township 12 Range 47 for a bond dated December 13 1900 with $430 due plus interest and costs. Sheriff’s sale of the property is set for January in Sidney Nebraska in execution of a separate judgment in Tate Ehrhardt Company et al. v. Depue et al. Also listed are notices of a commutation petition for Garry Newville murder conviction and probate actions for Arabella Couch estate and the appointment of Florence Frazey as administratrix of William A Grosvenor estate with hearing dates in January 1911.
In the matter of the estate of Firth Rooth deceased creditors are notified to meet the administratrix before the County Judge of Cheyenne County Nebraska at the County Court Room on January 1 and March 2 1910 at 10 o clock am for examination and allowance of claims. Six months to present claims and one year to settle the estate from December 27 1910. This notice published in The Sidney Telegraph for four weeks prior to January from A true copy Yenny Gaven County Judge
Department of the Interior notices James St Hird of Aleging Nebraska intends final five year proof for Homestead Entry No 5153 in section 22 township 50 west of the sixth principal meridian before the North Platte Nebraska register February 24 1911. Witnesses Charles A Bancroft Frank X Rihn D F O Bennett Jerome V B Halston J E Evans register.
Serial 0276 announces a petition by Bert Bates against unknown heirs of Jonathan Martin to quiet title to north half of the south half of section 34 township 14 north range 47 west in Cheyenne Nebraska by adverse possession for over ten years. Court order for service. answer by January 16, 1910, or judgment by default. Also notice of Edmond Root Sidney Nebraska filing final five year proof for land in Slaney, Neb with witnesses Lingwall and others.
The Interior Department Land Office at North Platte Nebraska announces notices of intention to make final proofs for land in section eight township six range, with witnesses including Henry Dean Lloyd Younkin Leo Noon and August Kneidemeter. claims filed by Bobb Todd of Siata Nebraska and Alexander Elston of Sidney Nebraska with dates in February and December.
The record notes John William Wallick of Dalton Neb filed for final five year proof on land in section 30, township 49 in the sixth principal meridian before Jos. Uberfelder January 20. Benjamin Marquis is sued in Cheyenne County District Court filed December 4 1910 for divorce from Fannie and Fern Marquis due to desertion with custody to be determined, answer by February 6.
Notice is given that by virtue of a no chattel mortgage dated March 1 1910 and filed March 26 1910 William Neslund and Hugh F Ward mortgaged to J Case Threshing Machine Company to secure 3072 dollars with interest. Default occurring the company declares the whole debt due and will sell at public auction the J I Cnac Threshing Machine Company 32 HP engine No 21180 and an unmounted steel water tank No 10 on the Neslund farm in Cheyenne County Nebraska on Tuesday January 1 1911 at 2 o clock p m. G O Work agent.
A dream on New Year's Eve envisions a world where everyone and every thing acts with perfect courtesy and helpfulness. People from the president to fish and mice all oblige others, bending to help and please, until the dream ends with waking on New Year's Day.
Poem invites warmth for a childlike New Year, urging readers to open doors and hearts despite winds and sadness. It emphasizes kindness toward the newborn year, carrying it with care and faith, whether joy or fear arrives.
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