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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1886
Page
2
The price is two dollars per year with payment due in advance. expiration dates are printed weekly. Papers won t be sent outside the county without prepayment. Notify when subscriptions expire if continued. Authorized agents for renewals and ads include Sinecluver Camp Giarko J Crane Lodge Pole De Burnkiasd Chappell G S Kinsman Dry Springs Aug Thorpeon Potter.
Local notices list Sidney officials across county, village, and land offices including clerk J J Meintoshs and treasurer Eubank. Sidney trustees Jos Oberfelder and board. state figures like Gov Janes Dawes and Secretary of State H H Shedd. rail lines including Union Pacific westbound No1 and eastbound No2 schedules. weekly community society meetings and church services. post office arrivals and closings details with daily mail routes and times.
The document outlines the Nebraska Republican state convention to be held in Lincoln on September 29 with delegates from Cheyenne County and others. It notes the formation of a new firm Bush & Callahan for the Telegraph, and mentions plans for printing, advertising, and public notices. It also discusses Fort Omaha, post relocation, and the sale of high-priced land amid military considerations.
Articles discuss Fort Omaha and Fort Sidney potential troop garrisons, possible gubernatorial candidate M. Clarke, Sheridan county Republican organization, and upcoming state conventions. Local notes include land and homestead discussions, preemption issues, and farm crops with corn near Springfield.
The fragment lists religious gatherings, a Big Springs well drill test on a hot July day, a new blacksmith shop, a horse replevy, a court visit by Judge Shuman and Judge Norvell, theft of harness, a deadly mine well collapse near Junehon with no recovery, and a two month public school vacation. It also mentions a concert program and various local personalities and events.
The piece describes a Chicago institution with a roomful of machines where up to six people at a time are seated to have their limbs oscillated by steam. Patrons, men and women of all ages, sit, talk, read, and laugh as chairs move at high speed, creating a humorous spectacle for the observers.
In Boston floods an amateur photographer plays to the crowd by bribing a ragged boy to pose on a plank. He promises a silver dollar, but the boy tips over into dirty water as the camera snaps. The tale reflects the quirks of photographers chasing dramatic images.
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