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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1902
Page
8
The notice lists train numbers 301 and 72089 with daily and freight schedules, describes sleeping dining and reclining chair cars, and notes tickets baggage and information available through M. A. Shipman in Omaha and J. Francis as General Passenger Agent.
Going east schedule lists No. 2 Overland Limited No. 4 Atlantic Express No. 6 Mail and Express No. 10 Fast Mail with times around 6:06 PM and 2:40 AM. Going west shows No. 1 Overland Limited No. 10 Fast Mail No. 3 Pacific Express No. 3 Mail and Express. Freight trains stop at specific points.
A flood of classified items lists meat markets saddlery and harness dealers plus real estate lots for sale or rent. Local names Otto Kurz Gus Wellner Frank Pierson and Wm Smith appear with health cures and goods for sale. Community events include a masquerade ball at the Opera House and a visit to Omaha for illness, with multiple residents and officials noted.
Market listings show price points for wheat corn oats rye potatoes eggs butter chickens hogs cows steers hay with reported figures around 2.40 to 3.00 per unit. The shorthand indicates current regional quotes across multiple commodities in Sidney.
Local commerce and society items include B K Bushee called home by Mrs. Bushee illness, G F Salle ordering an omnibus for February, and publisher Anna Gray Clarke visiting Sidney with plans to start a fusion paper. A Colorado cattle case against Henry Bartling was dismissed. Dr Stowitte aided in a cancer operation on a boy, with a good recovery. N P Olson sent 850 pound hogs to Denver, cattle prices rising. George Beerline and Maggie Chase wed in Sidney, and attorney Leroy Martine formed a law partnership with Berbert Crane. George Lamme and Belle Bray married. Judge Tucker officiated, license earlier blocked but granted. Rev Ivrl R Hicks forecasts weather with Mercury and Vulcan periods to mid month, predicting storms, rain, sleet, snow, and a late cold spell.
Weather forecasts warn of sleet and snow from the 20th to the 28th as winter storms hit central and northern states. Rev Hicks notes a main storm period around January 26, with a cold wave expected after the 27th. Miss Jennie Jackson from Omaha arrives to seek dental care and visit Dr Murlless family. Lutheran church women plan a church supper next Thursday.
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