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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
8
Notice warns hunting fishing swimming or trespassing is prohibited on section 1 township 13 north range 50 west Rattlesnake Ranch under penalties of law. Malefactors will be prosecuted and stock impounded. A $5 reward offered for information leading to conviction of sign damager, A D Stowitts.
160 acre tract sold cash only with no improvements located 83 miles southwest of Potter Nebraska. Price ten dollars per acre. Interested parties contact Mrs. Johanna Meyer Potter Neb.
All penalties owing on accounts contracted before January 1 1909 or notes due must be settled at once. Call and settle without further delay. Harper and Wright.
The Wood River Nursery Co announces ongoing operations in Sidney and vicinity with plans to canvass about July. They pledge to make good any mistakes and urge customers to save orders for home-grown stock, signed by state agent Irwin Williams.
A collection of small notices lists sales and services including Jackson's Furniture Store offerings on room moulding ice boxes stoves and sewing machines. Real estate and land purchase inquiries appear for Dalton and Sidney with contact names. Community events note the Dorcas Society bazaar and Knights of Pythias meeting with lunch after.
Unpaid personal tax for 1908 will be collected by distress warrants if not paid by June 19 1909. Dated June 11 1909. W R Woop County Treasurer.
The Board of Equalization for Cheyenne County will meet at the Clerk’s Office in the Court House Sidney on June 15 1909 to adjust real and personal property assessments for 1909. Taxpayers who believe their property was wrongly assessed must appear during the session or later complaints will not be adjusted.
One good Hereford bull registered No 312879 ready for service. Sired by a noted Kansas State Farm herd bull that was champion at the Nebraska state fair, second at the Kansas state fair, third at the American Royal. Low price of $80 for 20 days only. Ranch 1 mile east of Sidney. J. D. Loss Box 5.
Northwest quarter section 24 township 13 range 4 forty acres fenced and in cultivation price two thousand dollars. Dr BF A Packard Kearney Neb. Also 160 acres of good land with good fence on two sides 25 acres in crops. Jacob Eckert Ickes Neb.
The notice bans hunting on property described by sections and townships in Guernsey County. It warns trespassers will be prosecuted and is signed by Gus Weclner. Also included are local advertising blurbs about newspaper bundles, furniture sales, rentals, and a death in the Costello family. Frank Winkelman travels to Broadwater to tend his homestead.
Division Supt McKeown and Union Pacific officials toured the new line from Hers to Lisco to officially accept it. Steel has been laid within ten miles of Northport and should reach the town by July 1. The road will stay east of the river, about one and a half miles from Bridgeport, with plans to push beyond Northport.
A fragment suggests using tactics akin to Dollie Dimples to trap a young man. The text proposes that adopting such methods would increase the likelihood of achieving their objective, though it remains a partial and ambiguous note with no clear events or entities.
Clif Duggan and wife made two trips to Potter this week with one auto. A shower along the creek left them soaked as they experienced an open bath. Jack London is said to suffer a nervous condition, possibly explaining his Sea Wolf creation. Geo Darling of Alliance was in the cell by Thursday. The Telegraph offers typewriter ribbons and supplies, with a local news push and a yearly paper deal. Rugs, squares, couch covers and portieres are for sale at Jackson's Furniture Store.
A playful exchange praises a hotel balcony view of a sunset. The speaker notes a decorative bow of ribbons and a cluster of artificial roses and grapes forming a striking backdrop. A bat in front of them ominously blocks the sky, to comic effect.
A homeowner tells the architect that a step at the head of the stairs is dangerous, nearly breaking his neck when he returns home late. The plea is for an extra step to be installed to prevent future injuries.
The text promotes Quaker Oats griddle cakes as a delicious powerhouse food for strength and vigor. It notes their popularity in Germany and at the New York cereal restaurant of the Quaker Oats Company and provides a recipe with oats flour buttermilk eggs and butter. It urges soaking oats overnight and cooking the batter as griddle cakes.
Women in Sunnyside Washington started a Public Rest Room club to supply a free welcoming space for travelers shoppers and families. A rented room became a cozy facility with library dining and baby rooms funded by merchants and voluntary offerings. In its first year about 4000 visits supported by 25 cent monthly contributions, seen as a solid business investment.
A Madison Wisconsin committee found that 10 to 15 percent of the rise in total property values is due to the creation of parks and pleasure drives within and beyond city limits. The parks and drives were secured by the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association in cooperation with the city.
Fred Nolsan of Potter visited Tuesday. County Clerk Doran and family spent days in Denver. W Line of Lodgepole traveled Monday. C C Callahan attended Masonic Grant Lodge in Omaha. E V Colson and wife of Lodgepole stopped in Sidney Wednesday. R E Barrett and Mr Hoffman from Julesburg conducted business Thursday. Carl Miller returned from Julesburg to resume his meat market role. Miss Sadie McFadden assisted J E Trinner transcribing Cheyenne County records at the courthouse. Mrs L O Fundingsland and two children arrived from Armour to make their home with her husband. Dr A D Stewitts and wife in Omaha for Marguerite Stewitts graduation. Miss Valeska Neubauer, Sidney’s teacher, left for Peru to finish normal training. Dan McAleese returns to town after weeks in New Mexico. Miss Arta Kocken hosted by Harrett Radcliff as he visits North Platte. Helen Daugherty of Salt Lake City visits Mrs L G Simon. she is daughter of Matt Daugherty, longtime resident.
A Cleveland Leader quip jokes about a patient exhausted from trying to teach his wife to drive, highlighting a supposed remedy of outdoor exercise. The humor hinges on a man blaming long days behind the wheel for his fatigue.
Joe Hahler and his wife welcomed a daughter a week ago Sunday. The child was not registered with the paper and the couple, part of the firm Hahler & Johnson, were unaware of the birth until recently.
A Baltimore American quotation notes the April bride symbolized the month with a shower bouquet and a diamond sunburst, illustrating festive wedding customs.
Miss Myrtle Lancaster is ill with measles and absent this week. Mrs Lathrop handles the keys, alternating shifts with Miss May Lathrop to cover the office.
A brief exchange notes how shoppers can simply request items and let the salesman buy for them, illustrating a convenient approach to purchasing apparel. The dialogue contrasts a routine shopping method with a hands off purchase.
A quirky exchange features two eggs, Thief Egg and The Other Egg, with playful dialogue about emotions and a book title, set in a whimsical voice from the St. Louis Voat Dispatch.
Eurl Lobb trains to assume the postmaster duties when Mies Radcliff resigns on the 15th. The capable boy aims to keep the public well served at the window.
V Klein readies his store for public opening with groceries shoes and supplies daily arriving. A Bushnell washout near Cheyenne blocks U P traffic delaying mail to Sidney. A Brower city garage thief stole tools then was captured in Lincoln. Nebraska Stock Growers set June 16 17 18 at Alliance for a banner convention.
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