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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
4
One year postage paid six months postage paid single copies advance. Display per single column inch per WIOBED 22.2.6. Invariably in advance. Rate table lists business locals per line first insertion Eich subsequent insertion per line. Professional cards per month. Legal notices at statute rates. F A GAPEN.
In a tightly argued column the writer lauds the president as a principled leader while condemning the rival Telegraph for mudslinging, misrepresentation, and alleged corruption. The piece defends arbitration in labor disputes and praises patriotism and national unity.
Jay Poole visits sister in Bridgeport and returns with Clara Poole. Roadmaster Bowen beautifies the park with new flower beds and a rock center feature. Livery deals shift to Bert Mc Ostrich and D. A. Sharp while J. W. Lee turns to hog raising. A man dies after a train accident near the depot. Fire department and school moves are noted as the community grapples with weather and floods in the region.
Cool weather persists as crops show mixed progress. H G Millar tests Cheyenne Co soil and climate on nearly 200 acres. Local social notes include Henry Vick family visit, Andy Johnson outings, slow progress on new Geo Miller and Harm Fecht buildings, and a farm accident involving John Thompson with horse and buggy. The region received the season’s heaviest rain last Wednesday afternoon, flooding corn rows.
Dalton residents discuss a potential branch telephone line to Ickes and rural mail delivery to ease winters. The TXT Cattle Co. installs a steam heater to dip about 1000 head. A 40 by 50 foot stone barn is under construction by Dan Aldridge of Sidney.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Mayer and daughter spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jacob Eckert. Several residents from Ickes and Sidney visited relatives there. Jacob Eckert and John Harold traveled to Sidney returning Tuesday. Mrs Mayer and daughter and Sadie Houghlan visited Sidney to see President Roosevelt. Carrie and Clara Eckert of Sidney visited grandparents this week. Mike Dunne went to Cheyenne last week for work. Lillie Bergman visited Ickes Friday. Mayer and daughter Marie were callers at Ickes Thursday.
Insurance column in the Chicago Record-Herald delivers first hand, up to date reports from managers, agents, companies and telegraph dispatches. It boasts exclusive daily Insurance news service and worldwide correspondence.
Advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinin Tablets to cure a cold in one day with refund if it fails. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box and the text is presented as a sales claim.
Philip Higgins, a respected farmer in Cheyenne county, shares his sixty-year journey from two cows to a 150 head cattle operation. He details prudent buying, self denial, and diversified farming including potatoes, pigs, and chickens. He notes a 160 acre east farm bought for 50 dollars an acre and a reserve fund of 3500 dollars to seize opportunities.
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