Rail timetable details scattered across Eastern and Western routes
Local timetable shows East routes with No. 2 Fast Mail No. 4 Atlantic Express No. 18 Way Freight No. 0 Fast Freight and West routes with No. 1 Fast Mail No. 3 Pacific Express No. 10 Fast Freight No. 21 Way Freight No. 23. Times listed include 5 40 p m 7 20 3 00 1 00 p m and 10 10 p m. Agent E R Bre
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Fast Mail
Atlantic Express
Fast
Pacific Express
Way Freight
Local items feature sales and social notes from Sidney
Local notes show Essig's offering top buggy and oil stoves at low prices while J W Harper Son advertise brick lawn sprinklers and steel ranges. Residents travel to Omaha Denver Canton Chicago and Lincoln. The Cheyenne county Teachers Institute opens and Mrs Pomeroy plans a Fourth lunch.
Sidney notices and arrivals mix of events in the 1899 scene
Local items report Miss Belle Hower and Miss Briddie Neumann going to Fremont for Summer Normal, J. J. McIntosh's Omaha trip, J. W. Harper & Son selling mowers and pumps, Gracie Daugherty's 10th birthday, a dynamited express car wreck near Wilcox, and a phrenology lecture by Prof. Bateman. Also noted: real estate and assessable property figures for Sidney precinct show a $9,508 rise from 1898 to 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Hower
Briddie Neumann
Fremont, Neb
Sidney
T. B. Dawson
Foster Dies After May 22 Accident at Age 20
Clarence Jesse Foster died June 9 1899 aged 20 years eight months and 27 days after failing to regain consciousness since an accident on May 22 He was born September 12 1878 youngest of five children surviving three brothers and sisters Services were at the Methodist church on Sunday and he was interred at Dunkard cemetery The Telegraph extends sympathy to Mr and Mrs J H Foster and the family.
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Diep
Clarence Jesse Foster
Moore
Dunkard
Telegraph
J. H. Foster
Sidney Wedding News and Local Notices
Cards announce the June wedding of Fred W. Smith and Blanch Willis in Omaha. Other items note a Ft. Collins marriage, new subscribers, sheriff auctions, teachers heading to Denver, local building society plans, and calls for hay cutting bids. Authorities pursue a Wilcox train robbery with bloodhounds and a total $18,000 reward posted.
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Sidney
Fred W. Smith
Miss Blanch Willis
Omaha
Mr. Smith
Camp Clarke
R. H
W. H. Willis
Beatrice
Neb
Wilcox, Wryo
Railroad and Express
Sidney and Bayard Telephone Company Incorporates
The Sidney and Bayard Telephone company directors met at W. F. Bassett's office on June 12, 1899. Officers elected were J W Harper president, W F Bassett vice president, A D Stewitts treasurer, F O Wisner secretary. Telephone rates set between Bayard and Sidney and nearby towns with station to station at ten cents. July 1 start date. Plan to obtain daily weather reports and upgrade wiring. Articles of incorporation adopted and sent to the state auditor.
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Sidney and Bayard Telephone Company
W. F. Bassett
J W. Harper
A. D. Stewitts
F. O. Wisner
Bayard
Sidney
Redington
Burtling
Darnall’s
Ickes
Higgins
Homestead Entries Noted At Land Office This Week
The land office lists homestead entries and final proofs for several residents including Joe V Pattison of Gering and Charles Peniston of Redington. It also notes 150 new contests since May 31 and 2 613 reservoir filings by Friday noon with many large filings by Rube Lisco and others, detailing numerous quarter sections.
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Land Office
Joe V. Pattison
Gering
Charles Peniston
Redington
Wmn
Colton
Ashford
Harry Paisley
Ramsay
Sarah A Gaumer
St. Ned
Anna Coffman
Oshkosh
S. P. Jones
Lloyd Remsburg
Jas. Kinney
H. L. Heard
S. P Delatour
L. W. Bickel
Morton B. Smith
E. M. Prouty
B. F. Duval
B. J. Knew
J F. Duffin
W. T Bower
L S. Walker
A. D. Barricklow
G. M. Simpson
J. A. Millett
Geo. Haxby
F. A. Tippett
Michael Hurry
H. C. Amos
Chas. Oberlin
W. T. Young
S. H. Graves
Redington M E Church Set Dedication and Meeting Plans
The Redington M E church dedication is scheduled for Sunday June 18 at 11 a m with Elder Leonard presiding. The Redington charge fourth quarterly meeting runs June 17 and 18 including a Saturday conference at 3 p m and Sunday love feast at 10 a m and 8 p m. Visitors attended the Redington Teachers association and local figures accompanied by a Sidney contingent.
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M. E
Redington
Leonard
Fair View
Steve Babbs
W. D. Merryman
Teachers’ Association
Miss McKee
Miss McFadden
Miss Griffith
Miss Neubauer
Messrs
O. D. Lyon
Caesar Neubauer
Walter Nelson
Sidney
Harvey Stephens
Bayard
Court House Rock
Golden
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Royal Baking Powder CO
New
R. R
Esesees
Resesee Oe
THO P.M
Isc
E.R. Bre
J. W. Harper & Son
Essig’s
Dr Harris
J. W. Harper & Son's
J. A. Palmer
Steers
South Omaha
Daniel Cary
Horace Hull
The
Chappell Register
Jos. Oberfelder
E. W. Murlless
Sidney, Neb
Oberfelder Block
E. B. Polley
Has. Doran
Miss Doran
Lincoln
R. P. Scott
City
W.P. Miles
Bergman’s
Shelly
Marshaltown
Iowa
McLernon’s
Cheyenne County Teachers’ Institute
Ladies' Aid Society
Charlie Wright
Harris
M. A. Daugherty
Ogalalla
Mary Lee
D. W. White
J. L. Essig
Hammaker
Canton
Ohio
Chicago
Jas. Davison
Sam Woolford and
John Eckert
Arcola
Til
Peter Cramer
U. P. Surveyors
Wyoming
Anna McFadden
Kimball
L. F. Closman
Osborn
McLernon's
M. M. Duggan
Mason
Cheyenne
Col. F. O. Wisner
W. T. McKelvey
Telephone Company
Jas. Britton
State University
Scanlon
J. J. McIntosh
Grace
J. R. Merrifield
Stewitts
John Cary
Union Pacific Company
Rock Creek
Wryo
Lapeer
Deering
Buckeye
Walter A. Wood
Champion
Osborne
Gracie Daugherty
Daugherty
Wilcox
Wyo
L. C. Bateman
Fowler & Wells Institute
New York
White House Hall
L. Wolf
J. Loheman & Co
McIntosh & Radcliff
Jamaica
Col. Chas. J. Lane
Union Pacific
Portland
Oregon
General Freight Agents’ Association
A. R. Green
Broken Bow
Ft. Collins, Colo
Elmer B. Ball
Mildred R. Norvell
Department of
State Agricultural College
J. H. Mackie
F. W. Thompson
C. A. Tolle
Irving
R. Swanger
Etta Braden
Delavan
Kans
Chas. R. Kelsey
Mountain Home
Idaho
Sheriff King
H. T. Libby
Wm. Stuht
Wm. Wood
Boulder
Col.Lodgepole Express
Miss Bordwell
Denver
Miss Chase
Willow Island
V. F. Kucera
Sterling
Colo
Sterling Land Office
Mark M. Coad
Horse Creek
Mark ML. Coan
Fremont
Little Horse Creek
King
Mont Chase
Lodgepole
Chase
North River
Haynes
Pease
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Land Matters
T. E. Calvert
Chas. Morell
Lincoln Townsite Company
M. W. Ensign
Lodgepole Valley
Badger
Wye
Devo
W. P. Miles
M. H. Tobin
Prop
Schlitz Beer
J.T. Alcintosh
J. T. McIntosh
Fimerican Bank
Nebraska
Europe
J. Frep Dawson
Rose Street
Palace Livery Barn
M. E. Washburn
E. Kruse
General Merchandise
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