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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1876
Page
3
A scattered page of political quips and social satire reflects on money wishes, fashion, weather, religion, leap year and centennial themes. It mocks temperance, marriages, advertising, and the era’s inventions while recalling 1776 as a distant past and pondering future centuries.
A fragmentary notice hints at a nocturnal event described as a turn out. The brief text invites readers to join a gathering or performance titled Weeting of the Cit and Court Mouse set for the night hour, with emphasis on attendance.
The Shakespeare Club social hop on Wednesday Jan 10 1876 in Sidney drew about twenty five couples. Hosts at the Gilt Edge Hotel provided a fine supper and a room for games, with dancing resuming late into the night. Hosts ensured every guest felt at home and the event was praised as one of Sidney’s happiest evenings.
A meeting at the Court House tonight will discuss funding a bridge over the North Platte. A letter dated Jan 10 1876 from Sternross Wilcox to C A Moore discusses how Sidney and Omaha should finance the Platte bridge, noting Sidney may lose everything without a bridge and urging a liberal proposal. The letter cites broader regional impact and costs.
Hank Clifford of Red Cloud buys supplies in town while the Lieut. Governor of California dines at Sidney hotel last Sunday. M. M. Coad visits for six months probation with the Texas arm crew. Senator Jones of Nevada passes through en route to Washington. Major Wm. B. Arthur interviews garrison about pay. Davied Levitt of Sterling seeks a mail route between Sterling and this place. Subscriptions delinquent. papers will be re sent promptly to those who renew.
In North Platte and Sidney exchanges over routes to the Black Hills, claims clash about distance and safety. Proponents tout the North Platte path with bridges and better provisioning, while skeptics call rival towns rough and dangerous, urging a favored Overland route via the old Spotted Tail Agency for a five day trek to Tuarnney’s Peak.
From Wank Clifford near Red Cloud details a January 9 shooting affray between two Bostler Bros. herders J. E. Egan and Win Phebie over a horse. Phebie was wounded in the right arm and nipple after Egan fired. Egan fled with a cocked revolver. Phebie is described as 22 and in danger. The report notes Egan fled toward the Platte headend area and remains at large.
A calico ball will be given at the Germania Hotel on Monday evening January 24 1876. All are respectfully invited. Come one, come all.
Wednesday hearings before County Judge D Carrigan include pleas of guilty for assault and battery by Corporal Johnson and two others with fines and charity payments. A separate case arraigned Faumie Wornley for keeping a house of ill fame, fined $7.50 plus costs. The 1876 eclipse schedule notes four eclipses including two solar and two lunar events in March September and September 1d.
Brick Pomeroy’s Democrat warns that a man’s good name is his only capital and alcohol use ruins trust, work, and standing. A young man must guard sobriety as he enters city life, avoiding liquor exposure to preserve reputation and future fortune.
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A local critique laments idlers and loafers in Sidney and other towns. The author rails against able bodied men lingering on corners and in saloons, wasting labor while vast acres in the East lack workers. He argues for more productive use of manpower and a shift from consumerism to work.
Cheyenne County Nebraska invites scaled proposals to furnish material and complete work for a concrete jail floor not less than one foot thick, covered with oak planks two inches thick, spikes six inches long, and to install a doorway in the hallway to the cooking room. Bids due January 11, 1876. county commissioners reserve right to reject all bids.
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