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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1889
Page
1
A local advertises a broad 10 off sale at Mammoth Dry Goods Store of Ickes and Barr. It touts wholesale style pricing to reduce stock, highlights Carlisle shoes for ladies, discounted satines, challies, corsets, gloves, and overalls, with discounts on hardware and fabric. Sale starts Monday June 21, with month’s first payments discounted.
A long report from Union Valley outlines depositors seeking full payment from Johnson in the State bank crisis. A statement of indebtedness is sought, with talks of a 25 cent down payment and remaining funds tied to realized securities. Reilly blocks a quick entry, prompting a three cornered dispute over access to bank books and who leads the settlement effort.
The article lists service times for a Catholic church with first mass at 8:00 and second at 10:00, Sunday school after the second mass, and baptismal reception at 11:30. Baptist revival meetings continue in the evening with joint worship with Methodists next Sunday and a sermon on Hell. A reform school sentence is reported for Warren Hutchinson, a twelve year old boy, with the judge sending him to the reform school at Kearney.
A farm scene unfolds as a farmer’s harness vanishes from a vacant lot and reappears on a neighbor’s wagon. W I Johnson is arrested after a town marshal’s swift sleuthing, found guilty by Judge Martin and fined fifteen dollars plus costs. The report also covers a Lutheran church council resignation and mill quarry progress.
Residents discuss housing demand in Sidney with a proposal to build a dozen solid homes for rent. A Kimball team vows to challenge Sidney in baseball. Farmers note good rains and crop prospects, while a traveling merchant praises Sidney’s growth as steady and tied to agriculture. A health resort image is urged as advertising potential. Died Agnes O Kane. Chautauquas at Oberfelder store in Sidney.
The sheriff reports railroad surveyors near Camp Clarke eyeing the Sioux City and Ogden line. North Platte may gain a route via Laramie City, with subsidies possible to reroute the village. A Nebraska town reopens a circus fraud tale, detailing shell games and bets, with Sam Bergmann and Louie Halstead losing money and a man named Eaton facing a warrant.
Inspection by the inspector-general notes forty desertions in six months. Various officers and soldiers are mentioned including Lieuts Gregg and Truitt, plus deserters Duon Ches ney and Miller. A hospital return shows 35 officers and 420 enlisted. Rheumatism cured claim for Ballard's Snow Liniment ends with an endorsement from W J Brennan, agent.
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