This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1877
Page
4
A jumble of late 19th century telegraph and finance items notes Joseph B Gossage and George G Darrow, stock markets in low spirits in San Francisco, Lucile Western’s New York death, senate races in Delaware and Michigan, Western Union toll reductions, impending newspapers and Indian hostilities.
The Cheyenne County Stock Association finished a memorial to the Legislature detailing stockmen needs in Western Nebraska and sent it to Lincoln. Capt. Thomas Kane led the drafting, aiming for prompt consideration and urging a law reflecting the memorial’s main tenets to protect cattle interests from unscrupulous dealers.
At the Consolidated Virginia mine annual meeting in San Francisco on January 12, management representatives Mackey Flood O Brien and Judge Heydenfeld faced malcontents led by 8 P Dewey. Secretary reported year receipts 17 470 106 80 gross product 16 640 177 71 and overdrafts 569 055. Dividends totaled 11 885 000 with other major outlays including ore purchases and taxes. Dewey accused Flood of withholding information about prospects. the old board was reelected amid heated exchanges and adjournment. Also a telegraph report from St Paul dated Jan 16 states Miles camp defeat of Sitting Bull on Red Water December 18.
A paste of clippings notes Sidney Telegraph prints a map and description of the Western Nebraska Black Hills shortcut. It highlights outfits costs, route details, and local praise from The Nonpareil papers. A telegraph dispatch dated Jan 14 reports cavalry escort, Indian skirmish near Fort Laramie, and a San Francisco treasure shipment of 4.6 million dollars progressing to New York.
San Francisco dispatch reports on the 16th that Eureka Consolidated Mining Co. filed in Eureka District Court Nevada to recover damages from Richmond mine for encroachment on its ground. The suit cites a surveyor estimate of 40,000 tons valued around two and a half million dollars. The Richmond mine is owned by Lagtiol captation.
The text notes Senator Hines and Mr. Cialr linked to the Committee of Live Stock. It emphasizes the need to protect and promote the state’s growing livestock interests under their direction, highlighting a focus on policy and oversight for the sector.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.