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The Sidney Telegraph Saga by a Tramp Printer
Lawrence Connell recalls the founding of The Telegraph in Sidney by a tramp printer named Andrew Conn and the writer, detailing early printing grit, the purchase of Bamberger’s plant, and the newspaper’s rough beginnings, the 1874 lynching, and Connell’s eventual escape to vacation and leisure while passing control to a financier.
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Andrew Conn
Big Springs
Conn
Bamberger
Sidney
James R. Menmgher
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney Barracks
Express
Electric Telegraph
Adams
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
District Court
Tom Court Room
The
Mr. Conn
Cheyenne County
Robert D. Porter
Ellis
Front Street
Western Union
Bob Porter
Ellises
John
Denis Carrigan
Carigan
Kinse
Mr. Ellis
Robert D Porter
Lambert Jenkins
Black Hills
Western Union Telegraph Office
Joseph B. Gossage
Mr Gossage
Joe Gossage
Gossage
Maquokeat