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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1909
Page
8
A travel column lists diverse Western routes from Sidney Nebraska to San Francisco and Portland with stops including Denver Helena Dette Salt Lake City and other West Coast ports. The brief highlights outbound connections and regional carrier names.
The list shows trains in service with numbers and times including No 1 Overland Limited at 8 15 p m and No 3 Colorado Express at 6 20 a m No 5 California and Oregon Express at 6 25 p m No 7 Los Angeles Limited at 1 35 p m No 9 Fast Mail no passengers at 7 05 p m No 2 Overland Limited No 6 Mail and Express No 8 Los Angeles Limited No 10 Fast Mail and freight Nos 61 and 63 with passenger stops to points where to stop.
Local classifieds list pasture for rent dental services real estate and business ads and a hunting prohibition notice. Entries include Western Realty Co. dentistry by Drs Benda Frazey phone 88 and 47 for cement work machine repair draying and typewriting supplies plus a bid for cattle and a rancher’s notice from Rupert Eves of Clara Nebraska dated 1908. The page also advertises hay sales and two furnished rooms for rent and a notice banning hunting on Pat Wellner property in Bidney Nebraska.
A former store owner announces the sale of his general merchandise shop to the Sidney Mercantile Co of Sidney Nebraska. He asks debtors to settle accounts promptly and thanks customers for their friendship during his stay, noting the new partnership aims to serve better.
Optician L. W. Beaver, known for lens expertise, returns to Sidney on Tuesday and Wednesday January 5 and 6. He offers eye exams, glasses fitting, and refraction teaching with 17 years experience. Office at Metropolitan Hotel.
Special notice to stock subscribers and interested locals that a meeting will be held in Dalton Nebraska on Saturday January 16 1909 to form a permanent organization elect officers and ratify by laws J H Fostier temporary secretary urges attendance.
Notices of business sale collections and local trades mingle with a court tale of Dan Ingraham a former Bayard resident convicted of cattle stealing and later released to finish his term in Lincoln penitentiary. The piece also defends Sidney officers against a Democrat label and urges good government.
A statistician claims 250 million dollars yearly is diverted from local merchants to mail order concerns in large cities. The piece warns that every dollar mailed away harms community prosperity and urges locals to support domestic businesses rather than be “strangled” by out-of-town enterprises.
The Christmas program fulfilled expectations and drew a large crowd. The pastor and wife were remembered at Christmas. A donated turkey from Joseph Nelson fed many at Christmas dinner, and groceries from church members sustained families. Peterson and his wife travel to Sioux City for holidays. Peterson sold his stock to Merchant of Mitchell who will winter the cattle on the ranch. Mrs Peterson plans to visit relatives for about a year.
A collage of brief items from Sidney and nearby areas notes visits and greetings: Everette Ellia wins a Wednesday race in Sidney. Hazel Young visits the Neubauer home. Neal Aylward and Bishop Graven attend local events. several residents travel to Chicago, Cheyenne, Laramie, and North Platte. The Sidney Drug Co moves into place, schools reopen with renewed interest, births and illnesses are recorded, and Fred Lindberg becomes a Morrill County commissioner while local social life continues with family visits and holiday fare.
C Roth returns from Ogallala Mack Radcliff and family plans in Sidney. Lodgepole visitors include C L Tate editor Wolfe Dr Yarlett and A B Persinger. Obituary notice from St Paul Minn reports A Shobert death. Congregational meeting set for Jan 6 at Lutheran church. Andrew Hutchinson visits from Nome Alaska. Rev I Pfeifer German Lutheran Nebraska Synod visits Sidney between trains. Donald Bassett receives army bugle as Christmas gift. Representative Ashee heads to Lincoln for early session. Mrs Puthoff returns home after hospital stay in Omaha and Wood River. Howard Adams Esben Closman Ernest Stubs to Lexington on Sunday. Alfred and Marjory Shipman recovering from sickness. Edgar Dedrick and Karl Trognitz to join schools briefly.
Regular services at Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday School at 9:45 a m and church services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. Topics include Entering the New Year Hell and Heaven and The Last Things. Annual congregational meeting for officer elections Wednesday Jan 6 after which social time. Quarterly communion Sunday Jan 10. Also ad: for sale a Jackson steel No 2 hay baler in good condition inquire M H Tourn Sidney Guernsey Dray phone 1 night and day.
The list shows state and county officials in the sixth district with names for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state treasurer attorney general superintendent of public instruction and more. It also lists county officers commissioners village trustees in Sidney and school board figures. Church schedules for Evangelical Lutheran and Methodist services are provided with times and leaders.
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