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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1876
Page
5
Official notices from Parer or Cheyenne County Communications must run in the nonest issue, with band insertion on Thursdays if lengthy on Tuesdays before feaueslaw. All advertisements, regardless of class, should be placed in band by noon Fridays.
Readable items show McDonald targeted ads for apples vegetables eggs butter and dry goods, plus shoe stock. Local news recounts Gen Custer death reactions, travel to Omaha and Washington, Flag dedication, a large town-wide celebration, and several names, places and businesses in Sidney North Platte and surrounding area.
The letter argues for sending twenty to twenty five thousand volunteers to the Western country to combat Native Americans. It praises General Custer but blames the government for arming Indians. The writer proposes paying for scalps and insists on harsher action to achieve peace.
Personaniia reports Richard Dear believes Indians are quieting and will abandon scalpings, while J I McAlvin of Omaha surveys Sidney for railroad alignment. James A Rawls of Sterling plans a mall line and possible stage to Sterling, with Rawls named correspondent and agent to collect subscriptions and foster trade.
A man serenades a girl with an accordion under her window and pleads to hear her feelings. She appears at the window after three lines and bluntly responds that she is tired after a long day at the sewing machine and will only whisper if he proves he means business.
Captain Darrow of this office claims a remedy to counteract Alkali water with one tablespoon mixed in a pail. He has tested the medicine at length and asserts it cures Diarrhea in any stage, and will also relieve severe headaches toothaches stomach pains and cramps. He offers to show how it works at the Telegraph office at no cost.
Special to the Sidney Telegraph reports General Crook retreating toward this post with reinforcements and no confirmation from official dispatches. The note suggests a grave, unsettled situation after the face off with Sitting Bull and allied forces.
Official dispatches recount General Custer attacking a large Indian village on the Little Horn river. He led five companies in a charge but was overwhelmed. estimates claim 815 soldiers and officers killed or missing. Major Reno faced siege with water denied until relief arrived. The battle lasted four to six hours with brutal hand to hand fighting and scalping by the Indians.
Eyewitness letters recount General Custer and his five companies killed near the Little Horn, Reno's command overwhelmed, and a vast Indian village overrun. Reports claim 305 killed including fifteen officers, with Gibbons and Reno joining to reinforce. The scene described as a slaughter pen, with casualties and missing details from the engagement.
Wanted ad from the American Hotel seeks a good cook and a dining room girl for immediate employment.
A Nebraska official warns that in Sidney Cheyenne County any person found engaging in common labor on Sundays will be prosecuted under criminal procedure. The notice cites the seventh commandment and Section 241, promising full penalties to the extent permitted by law.
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