Sidney Telegraph: Historic Cheyenne County Paper’s Rise and Shifts
The Sidney Telegraph, Nebraska’s oldest Cheyenne County newspaper, grew from a four page, four column start in 1878 to a major semi weekly paper by mid 20th century. It weathered ownership changes, consolidations with The Plaindealer, and moves through Sidney locations, guided by editors including Drake, McNulty, Callahan, Devlin, Cary, Lyon, and Doran, with growth tied to oil and gas activity. The Telegraph’s evolution mirrors the town’s development from gold rush days to a rising modern community.
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Cheyenne Couunty
Sidney Telegraph
Nebraska Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Tiev
Telegraph
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Sidney
L. Connell
Joseph B. Gossage
George U. Darrow
Charles C. Callahan
Bush Callahan
Callahan
Frank J. Devlinn
J. F. Wellington
L. B. Cary
Otis B. Lyon
Mr. Cary
James McMullan
Contin
Richard Davis
Davis
J. C. Bush
Jack H. Lowe
The
Dorans
Bush
Lowe
Hagadorn
Fine’s
Sidney Colthing Co
Barker Cleaners
Rogers Jewelry
Hazel’s
Oberfelder Building
Western Union
Lodgepole Second Oldest Town In Cheyenne County
Lodgepole is the second oldest town in Cheyenne County with the first bank, first business house and first post office outside Sidney. Notables include Guy C. Newman born there and Col. A. B. Persinger who launched Hardscrabble and married into the Jewett family. The Lodgepole Express began in 1884 under J. W. Wolfe, and William S. Bates served in the legislature before becoming a university regent in 1921. The town grew with the UP railroad, established a school in 1879, and boasts a 554 population, a state bank, a park, and a yearly Old Settlers Picnic on Highway 30.
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Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Guy C. Newman
Col
A. B. Persinger
Mr. Persinger
G. H. Jewett
Nebraska Panhandle
Jewett
South Platte River
Lincoln
Young
E. Fenske
L. R. Barlow
First State Bank
Union Pacific
Highway 30
Old Settlers
Grand Re Opening of Globe Theatre in 1876
The Globe Theatre announces a grand re opening on Monday April 17 1876 after renovation to be a premier city venue with a mix of legitimate and variety acts. It promises constant talent additions, a minstrel first part, mirth, music, comic Ethiopian sketches, farces, vaudeville, dancing, burlesque and opera.
Oil Deposits Foreseen In Pioneer Era In Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County’s 85 year arc from wild Black Hills days to a modern oil and gas boom is traced. From 1867 to 1880 Sidney's boom era shaped by cattle trails and mining, then diversification into agriculture, wheat, gas and oil. The piece notes early leaders, elections, and the area’s evolving prosperity.
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Is. Connell
James H. Moore
D. Cowigan
George Cooke
John Ellis
James Moore
Thomas Kane
Henry Newman
Joseph Cleburne
P. Bailey
George R. Bailey
John Griffin
Frederick Glover
Texas
Sidney
Black Hills
Telegraph to Move to New Building North of Present Site
Illinois news notes that The Telegraph will relocate to a new structure a few doors north of its current building. The design provides ample room for daily publication, with machinery already ordered and tentative arrangements in place for a leased wire service.
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Illinois
Telegraph
Alrady
Effigy Hangs From Telegraph Pole Shames Sidney Citizens
Last Monday morning Sidney residents witnessed an effigy of a woman hanging from a telegraph pole near the western railroad coal shed. The display involved a frame, wrapper, and false face, staged to shock travellers on the westbound train. The incident risks branding Sidney as barbarous and highlights public concern over local reputation.
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Sidney
Western Railroad
West
United States
Sidney Public Schools Well Attended in 1878
The Sidney public schools report prosperity with Grammar and Primary departments thriving under Prof. E. M. Day and Miss Susie F. Powell. Attendance averages 46 in two months. 58 pupils on roll in grammar. fourteen additional seats to be added. Yards and facilities are in excellent order. calls for parental support and possible assistant teacher in primary.
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Sidney Public Schools
E. M. Day
Susie F. Powell
Day
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Culligan Soft Water Service
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Charles Callahan
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Grant L. Shumway
Scottsbluff
Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney Barracks
Fort Sedgewick
Colorado Territory
Lincoln County
David Butler
C. A. Moore
Fred Glover
H. L. Ellsworth
H. A. Dygart
D. A. Martin
George H. Heist
George ‘G. Cooke
Bagby’s Texaco Service
Iwinois
AKER
Studebaker
Crosby Motor Coo
the Telegraph
Fred Metz
Metz Bros. Brewing Company
Omaha
City
Metz
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