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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1879
Page
5
City column prints ads and updates including Oberfelder goods, Red Cloud agency visit, bids for house help, and a note on Miss Haas leaving. Nearby items: State treasurer report balance, civil service notices, a ball at Samuel Mathews residence, and a fire department drill plus masquerade ball details.
The latest reports describe a fierce conflict with thirty two tribal members killed and seventy still missing in the hills. Five soldiers died and eight were wounded in the fighting.
The Sidney Debating and Literary Union held its 10th regular meeting on January 8 1879 at 8 pm with Vice President C D Essig presiding in A J Annis absence. The program featured readings music a reading of the Journal and a debate on whether U S tariffs should be railroad controlled. The negative side led by R S Oberfeller and A M Stevenson won the debate.
Special locals advertise events and sales including Firemen Masquerade Ball Friday Jan 24 and Grand Army ball Feb 22. Also notices urge attendance for Sidney Fire Department benefit, New York Store sales, Caps and boots at reduced prices, meat and wine listings, and various local shops promoting products and price quotes.
Messrs. V. Redington & Co. at Meir Excelsior Meat Market announce they now manufacture sausage in best style and makeup. They also offer the plains finest heat and mutton. Capitol Billiard Hall by Anderson & Williams at Rose and Second is the handsomest west of the Missouri with two billiard tables and a superior bar.
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