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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1895
Page
2
An assortment of local advertising rates for displays and business cards appear alongside regional news. The column reports on editor Callahan and publisher, political notes, and a Weyerts special correspondence detailing blizzard impacts, seed shortages, and community relief efforts in Cheyenne County Nebraska.
They push extending terms to four years to match district judges and clerks. They argue longer terms would improve county service and reduce political pressure. They claim two years are needed to recoup campaign expenses and propose a non seeking election clause for the last two years.
The piece urges reconsideration of moving a school one mile east and asks county officials to aid distressed locals. It notes the funeral of an infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Polkerts, with Rev. Weer leading services and many attenders, expressing community sympathy.
The coming session will be lively as Republicans hold both houses for the first time in six years. A U.S. Senator will be elected and many proposals are anticipated. The Lincoln State Journal dominates Nebraska coverage with strong Washington correspondence and literary contributions.
Local Wheatland fragment recalls Union Pacific excursion fares from 1805 with tickets to Missouri River routes and a Sidney Nebraska post office letter list, plus Oberfelder’s winter apparel sales and a promotional note on neckties. Eyed entries include January 5 1805 travel rates, unclaimed letters for Sidney, and a sales pitch on coats and underwear.
Irving Illinois resident Mr Fred Miller suffered years of kidney pain and bladder trouble. After trying many remedies he started Electric Bitters about a year ago and found immediate relief. The manufacturer claims fast results for kidney and liver ailments with one trial proving the benefit. Price 50 cents per large bottle at Bassett's Drug Store.
Sealed bids will be received at the county clerk's office up to noon February Fleming 2d, 1893 for boarding and care of county paupers per head per month from March 1 to June 30, 1893. The Board reserves the right to reject any bids. Also a separate execution notice: judgment of $1,591.40 with costs, interest from December 1894, and sale of certain Cheyenne County lands to satisfy the judgment. Sale set for February 15 at the courthouse in Cheyenne County Nebr.
The Belmont Irrigating Canal and Water Power Company petitions Cheyenne County for the appointment of disinterested freeholders to appraise lands needed for its canal project. The filing seeks estimation of land required across several parcels in township and range areas with specified acreages and locations. The notice names Sardar W. Slade as attorney and directs all owners and claimants to appear February 15 in Cheyenne County Nebr.
Vague OCR fragment recounts a Nebraska contest involving a pledge or tender related to planting trees or crops. Mentions Oliver Lee and Press Cree pitsas, with references to deadlines and penalties, and a monetary figure around 2160 dollars.
The Board of County Commissioners of Cheyenne County Nebraska invites sealed bids for the Wayne Bridge project across the North Platte River near the northwest corner of section 4, township 20 north range 1 west. Bids due February 1, 169%, with plans and specifications provided. The board may reject any or all bids.
Notice is given that Mary Ann Thomson has filed for final proof to support her claim H. E. No. 613 in section 44 township 16 north range 46 west. Proof will occur before the Register at Sidney Nebraska on February 18, 1896. Witnesses: Christ Goblaman Nathaniel Wilson Frank X. Lho Oscar Kirkoff all of Sidney Nebraska. John M. Adams Register.
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