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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1889
Page
1
A bustling holiday sale touts full department lines and low prices. Carlisle shoes for women and children, machine needles, pins, canthendem needles, china sets and dinnerware, and a broad range of textiles and clothing are advertised with deep discounts and special bundles aimed at wedding gifts and everyday needs.
A friend writes from Seattle in January 1880 detailing Puget Sound geography, climate, and the Cascade and Olympic mountains. He describes timber abundance, the lumber industry with mills and shipments worth nearly five million dollars, fishing expansion, coal mining, and early farming efforts including hops as a key crop.
The writer extols Washington and Oregon as ideal farming and settlement lands. Potatoes and dairy fare well. apples, pears, plums and prunes promise strong fruit growth. Seattle stands as the leading city with rail and steamship links. Tacoma and other Puget Sound towns follow. The climate is even, rain patterns seasonal, and railroads will rapidly open the region for settlers. The author, JC B, plans to make Washington his home and urges others to visit before deciding.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway advertises a short line to Chicago and the east with through sleeping and dining cars. It touts the Golden Gate Special and as the best route to Washington for the presidential inauguration and to Milwaukee for the G A R encampment. Ticket agents everywhere sell tickets on this railway.
The Catholic church has completed a new west end addition praised for convenience. An arch entrance connects directly from the main body of the church, finished in a beautiful manner.
Cheyenne County residents protest excessive charges at the Camp Clarke North Platte bridge. The piece notes high tolls, strict payments, and calls for legislative action to ease fees, with demand for fair terms for Clarke's rights and a possible new bridge near Camp Clarke.
William II Morford of Ourha is listed in Co Lieut McFarland was absent at Fort Russell this week. A court martial tried private William Hill for desertion. Chaplain Barry has been ordered from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Sidney. Captain Jocelyn and family passed through Sidney en route to Salt Lake City. A deserter from Col was arrested at Sheridan, California, brought to the post. Ned Redding of the Unknowns, the bicycle wonder, is a Fort Omaha band member. A promenade concert and informal hop occurred at the post hall amid the cold and hungry series. Julius Shultz thanks the Stars and Stripes lodge members for support during his term. The fort’s future site remains under study and citizens prefer keeping it in place. Colonel Pol and Mrs Poland hosted a dinner for Mrs Mizner. The second post lecture on the prisons of the war drew strong interest. Dr Black will speak next, with citizens urged to attend.
An old advertisement touts The Court as a refined stop for pure wines, liquors and cigars. It claims patrons won’t have headaches after courting there, promising top selections and a soothing atmosphere.
The Cheyenne county Teachers' Association met last Saturday in Sidney to discuss school topics. Mrs Shelton, county superintendent, and several presenters led talks on School Room Ornamentation, course of study, complex sentences, interest, hygiene in schools, and primary language. Music by Mrs Cotter and others accompanied papers by Miss Heightman and Miss Wilkins. The meeting adjourned to meet again in May.
House Roll Nos 211 and 224 introduce general measures by Mr Rayner. Roll 211 amends chapter 25 of the 1887 Compiled Statutes in divorce and alimony, detailing grounds for divorce and service of notice. Roll 224 provides a Nebraska cession of jurisdiction over the Fort Sidney military reservation to the United States with conditions on concurrent state jurisdiction and liquor laws enforcement.
Mr John H. Oakes Comedy Sketch Club presented a long program of song and dance. The audience roared with laughter throughout the evening and would have stayed longer at the merry entertainment.
A wartime era plea urges Sidney veterans and neighbors to preserve the Grand Army post and memory of the cause. It warns that ranks are thinning as many veterans have died or passed away, and stresses not to forget those who stood beside each other in peril.
On the Monday after St Patrick's day plans for a city masked ball are announced. A. A. Ricker will supply the finest line of gents shoes ever carried in Sidney with all styles and beat uniform prices.
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