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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1911
Page
4
Congressman Kinkaid reports the February 13 act extending time for homesteaders to establish residence until May 15, 1911. It grants relief from residence requirements from approval to May 15 1911, does not shorten commutation periods, and allows absence during severe weather without contest risk. The measure is praised as commendable.
A second capital removal bill has been favorably reported by the committee and now rests with the representatives to decide if it is fair to Lincoln to let the whole state vote on the issue.
A swollen ego and lavish spending turn a two hour town visit into a carnival of attention. Merchants chase cigar trade while locals gawk at his riches and social sway. The piece mocks wealth over talent with cynical humor and headlines a caution about hollow celebrity status.
In a cross state chat on a train between Lincoln and Omaha, a Lincoln man dismisses Capitol relocation as a joke while central and western Nebraskans claim thousands back the move to center the state. A Grand Island baseball figure Mack McKibbin seeks work while the season waits, hoping to stay active and visible to fans.
W A Croesband of Wesleyan University Lincoln won first honors in this year’s oratorical contest at Hastings. Cozad asks state aid to check a smallpox epidemic surpassing local authority control. Chapell bond issue for municipal water and electric lights carried by a large majority, with operation planned in about ninety days. The capital removal bill died in the House over unfair details. a new bill to remove objections has been introduced.
Injunction secured by M F Harrington of ONeill against the Northwestern railway to remove passenger No 8 from Long Pine to Omaha in the afternoon and return. Railway commission granted permission without hearing western towns. Citizens of Neligh and other towns protest, citing potential crowding of the Black Hills train and loss of a westbound connection.
Cattle receipts 3,500 prices 10c lower with beef steers around 470 to 615 dollars cows and heifers 340 to 440 stockers 375 bulls 440 to 505 calves 425. Hogs receipts 9,000 up 5 to 10c with typical price 710, top 725, butcher grades 715 and under, rough packing 700 to 650. Sheep receipts 5,500 lambs 15c higher with ewes 350 to 440, wethers 440, lambs 485 to 515.
Chicago market data dated February 22 shows cattle receipts near 17 000 with higher shades. Beeves brought 510 to 680, western steers 460 to 570, stockers 380 to 580, cows and heifers 260 to 570. Hogs receipts about 28 000 five cents higher, light 725 to 760, mixed 710 to 750, heavy 700 to 710, rough 700 to 715, pigs 745 to 755, bulk 725 to 740. Sheep counts around 22 000 steady with natives 315 to 481, westerns 315 to 485, yearlings 480 to 576, lambs 5.00 to 6.45.
When feet are wet and cold and the body chilled through, take a big dose of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, bathe feet in water before bed, and you are not certain to ward off a severe cold, sold by all dealers.
A ledger entry lists currency items including gold coins pets silver nickels and cents with sight exchange figures. Totals show 4,156 46 4,800 0 24,080 OU: 4.055 and a final note reading Total Liabilities.
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