16 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1904
Page
1
This notice emphasizes continuous effort and asks readers to inquire while promising broad catalog goods. It mentions cash and credit differences and offers credit when needed. It touts furniture stoves ranges tools and implements as standard brands unavailable elsewhere and promises benefits from reader trade with a very low cut.
John Whisler travels to eastern Nebraska to farm then to settle in Harlan county with Telegraph following. Rev Carlin preaches at tents with women focused evening services and a men’s session at the Tobin opera house. Rob McConnell of Simla helps build a stone house, praising dairy success. Father Devane leaves Sidney for Dixon Nebraska. Father Sullivan succeeds him. Schlesinger plans a large beer vault north of the track in Sidney, steering Gund beer distribution. The Convict's Daughter staged at Tobin for fire dept benefit. Kimball telephone exchange to begin with 25 phones. lines planned to Sidney, Potter, Dalton, Weyerts, Lodgepole. Julesburg plant now 150 miles long with 165 phones.
Olof Schwartz of Lessdale visited Sidney on Tuesday with his wife and son. He filed on land under the Kinkaid law and subscribed to the leading county paper, paying one year in advance.
Local items list visitors from Ickes Lodgepole and Casper to Sidney, town meetings, and social notes. Notable mentions include Thos Epps Jacob Mayer J C Wolfe Father McCarthy Mrs Kelly Mrs McGrath Patrick Dalton and others. The Convict's Daughter to be staged July 25 at Tobin opera house. Civic notes cover cemetery fences, a senatorial convention set for August 10, and a Burlington night operator appointment.
The Baker and Sherwin Bros Show has returned to Sterling and will stay through the summer. It plans a short fall tour before resuming road work on a high grade show.
Charles Miller a Wisconsin resident filed a homestead on land featuring Court House Rock and Jail Rock in Pumpkinseed Valley. The two basalt-buttes rise sharply and have long marked the western Nebraska landscape, once near the California trail. Miller plans to return in a couple of months to settle the claim.
The Lincoln Star notes Cheyenne County items show revolvers valued at one dollar and a shift from mockery of cheap arms to acceptance of moderate cost firearms. It records 328 firearms in the county and lists a steamboat, a 310 typesetting machine, and several 60 cent dogs as part of the tax notes.
Judge Grimes from North Platté arrived Saturday to hear P H N Schlesinger before the Village Board as applicant for a saloon license. After court guidance, the board agreed to issue if preliminaries were met, grant made, suit dismissed, plaintiff Schlesinger paying costs.
Golden Elk Mining Co is newly incorporated by E B Sager Lute Dickinson Bert Mills with George Sager Grover Dickinson as directors. It controls about 1000 acres near surface rich gold with tin also present. water and timber are plentiful. Telegraph salutes the venture and hopes for a bonanza akin to Homestake.
Sidney Neb July 14 1904 a condolence message to Mrs Carl Buurk on the death of her husband from Herman Schroeder W J Shoemaker and the Sidney Lodge 1% A O U W committee offering sympathy and religious comfort mentioning the Good Shepherd and care for his flock.
The Rebeccas held a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to install officers for the coming term. Installed were Mrs. Chas. Wright N G, Mrs. J. W. Harper W G, Mrs. Jos. Nelson Secy, Mrs. A. K. Greenlee Treas.
A large turnout enjoyed the Knights and Lady Maccabees annual picnic at Kreuger Lake despite three main tent ropes being cut. Other items note local visits, livestock, land office schedules and community notices from Sidney Telegraph.
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