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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1896
Page
4
The Telegraph publisher announces rates for reading locals, business cards, and legal notices. Ad rates include per inch and per line charges. subscriptions offer one year or six months postage paid. Sidney Nebraska postal matter details appear on the notice page.
The piece urges Cheyenne county to promote irrigation sugar beet farming and cattle raising as key wealth producers. It notes political meetings in Sidney to set dates for a county convention and delegates to Omaha, while debating juror tax withholdings and national policy shifts affecting farmers. It also cites opinions on lynching and calls for broad advertising to attract settlers from neighboring states.
The article extols Cheyenne county as a premier stock country ready for rapid population growth. It argues cattle can be raised with no expense and that hundreds of families could thrive there with herds ranging from fifty to two hundred head. It calls for missionary outreach funded by local citizens to attract eastern farmers and speed up revenue growth.
A White House hall program by I O G T and guests drew a full house last Friday to raise funds for seating and repairs. The show featured gipsy sketches, songs by Miss Allen and others, dances by Lilian Oberfelder, and wax figures by Mrs Jarley, with acts by Oosterhoudt, Harter, Snyder, Essig and Jones among others.
Walter Fast has left school and Sarah Flinn has entered the primary department. Attendance has improved. Arthur Etters left to depart the country with his parents. Willet McCombs was absent several days last week. Midweek exercises will be held in the Intermediate department on March 6. Roen Bergman has been ill for some time and Eddie Ahrens has returned after illness. Paul Collart broke his wrist and will be out for some time. The Junior class finished algebra and will study geometry next week. Seventh grade attendance noted.
The Senior class in Physics reports several experiments that give satisfaction as upcoming Monday exams approach. The seventh grade completes Nebraska maps linked to state history and civil government. Leon Urbach won blue rib bon for best reader and Sammie Boggs for best speaker.
Land Office Sidney Nebraska announces final proof hearings for settlers Margaret A Ware and Airman Fink under homestead claims. March 18, 1896 is the date, with witnesses from Lisco Sidney Weyerts and related towns named for proof of residence and cultivation.
Margaret A. Ware filed a timber culture final proof notice to be made before the Sidney Nebraska register or receiver on March 18, 1860. The claim is No. 427 for the NW and lots 1 2 and 1 of section 2 in township 18 5 range 47 Witnesses named: Hirman Fisk David G Hannah Samuel P D Jones William O Ludow.
Ann Golly widow of John Golly deceased files notice of intention to make final proof before the clerk or receiver at Sidney Nebraska on March 7. timber culture application No 33 for the southwest quadrant of section 18 township 15 range 48. witnesses named: Jerry McCarty William F P Wood Martin Borreson and William H Kellams all of Sidney Nebraska.
Land Office at Sidney Nebraska February 15, 1806 announces that John E Hall holder of H E 962 for the new section 18 township 14 north range west will file proof of continuous residence and cultivation March 188 before the clerk or receiver in Sidney. Witnesses named: William Stilwill William Davis Charles J Onbern and Robert S McConnell all of Sidney or nearby Nebraska.
Mr Gallaher once a successful lumber products manufacturer in Milwaukee writes about twenty years of epilepsy. Attacks seized him at work and in public causing falls from a carriage stairs and even a mill shaft with near fatal injuries. He mentions Dr Miles Nervine as a lure to treatment.
A 10x15 Old Style Gordon Jobber a 23 inch Leader Paper Cutter two Imposing Stones three Double News Racks and a 16 Case Cabinet are offered for sale. Items appear in good condition with potential for reuse in a newsroom or storefront.
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