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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
4
The item lists subscription prices with postage paid for one year and six months, then moves to advertising rates and notices. It includes a paste of Telegraph Dots and Dashes with satirical, offbeat commentary on international affairs, Roosevelts, politics, and foreign nations, mentioning Omaha and Sidney.
Herman and John Krause stockmen near Alliance were found guilty in Omaha federal court of fencing government lands and claiming rights to thousands of acres. The ruling marks the first such conviction, pleasing officials handling the case. The charge included hindering homesteaders and cross lands.
The article notes possible stiffer penalties of 1000 dollars and a year in prison for each case and cites widespread abuse under the Kinkaid law. It reports dummy entries by cattlemen, use of waiters and soldiers to file false homesteads, and ongoing investigations into public lands misdeeds tied to Krause Brothers trial revelations.
The Dalton column reports crops thriving on the divide and strong Sunday school support. Frank A. Rowan survived a lightning strike and danced it off Friday morning. Miss Davison earns praise for Henry Fieshner school, which closed June 10. Mrs. Fre r ichs dies in Texas. Mr. Frerichs delayed by a washout and absent at the funeral. A community dance is planned at Weisenman House near Sidney on June 23 with Chas Lowe the fiddler, district 114 closing that day.
Marie Davieon closes a successful term in District No. 17 on June 10. A large crowd gathered to hear a well rendered program by the school including Flag Salute Columbia The Gem of the Ocean and many pieces performed by students such as Rudolph Wolfe Mary Wolfe Freda Matson Gust Matson Lena Wolf Harry Wolfsteadt Marion Wickard and others. The program featured songs readings and recitations concluding with a farewell and Saving Clothes by Rudolph Wolfe and the Wasthday by Mary Wolf.
Prof H G Raschbach of the irrigation investigation office, in charge at the Cheyenne Experiment Farm east of the city, reports two large double power windmills are being installed. One is completed and the other under way for practical testing. Each mill is 12 horsepower with two 14 foot wheels.
Two windmills will pump water from three wells to a 100 by 200 foot reservoir. The project irrigates a five acre tract for experiments in Durum wheat potatoes sugar beets corn alfalfa barley rye oats and alfalfa while fifteen more acres will run dry farming tests with the same crops. One acre will grow garden truck and soil depth will vary eight to greater depths.
Ferdinand Peters, 71, longtime Lodgepole resident, was struck dead by lightning Friday morning June 9 while with his cattle in the South Divide area. His death followed two thunderstorms. his funeral is planned at the Lodgepole church with Rev. Petarett. Herman Peters survived injuries in a separate train-related accident nearby.
A Penang writer recalls a Perak tale of a Chinaman found asleep in a tiger trap near a Kinta mine. He reportedly slept all night in the trap and, awakened, claimed sleep overtook him. He said the tiger would avoid the trap that had failed for a year, sensing the hunter’s wits.
A Philadelphia Ledger cartoon caption features a pessimistic waiter lamenting fewer tips and a humorous reply referencing Esau trading his birthright for a meal. The exchange uses wry humor to critique changing social generosity and tipping norms.
A humorous old warning notes that peeping under a pie crust risks offending the hostess and insult to the stomach, advising to insult the one you can afford to insult as the only safe rule.
Creditors of Charles A. Wiggins deceased must present claims for examination and allowance before County Judge James Tucker in Cheyenne County Nebraska. Claims must be filed within six months. administrator has nine months to settle from May 3. Publication runs four weeks prior to June 19, 1905.
Notice announces that creditors of Soren C. Gertsen and Julius Neubauer deceased must present claims to the Cheyenne County Judge in Sidney Nebraska. Meetings set for July 6 1905 and July 7 1903 respectively with six months to file and one year to settle. Published in the Sidney Telegraph for four weeks prior to dates.
Old and new subscribers of THE TELEGRAPH may secure clubbing prices with THE SIDNEY TELEGRAPH, Prairie Farmer, Weekly Omaha World-Herald, and other papers. New paid subscriptions in advance qualify for reduced rates. upstanding subscribers may also receive the same discounts by settling arrears and paying a year ahead.
The Chicago Record Herald highlights Marion Harland in The Housewives Exchange with queries about home life, child care, and her famous recipes. Born Mary Virginian Terharge in 1831, she married Rev. Edward Payson Terhune in 1856 and authored many books while living in New York City after a summer home in Pompton New Jersey.
The Union Pacific proposes unusually low fares this summer to Portland Oregon for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The prompt service promises the shortest route to Portland and a rare chance for people in the East and Midwest to visit the Pacific Northwest. Inquiries can be made through agent W. W. Aldridge.
A nationwide plan uses blue vitriol iodine to kill weeds and microbes in ponds lakes and creeks. A small amount is reportedly safe for water and fish, released from a sack hung over a rowboat as it moves over the surface.
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