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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1896
Page
5
National and state offices listed for Nebraska from the Telegraph Directory. Includes U.S. Senate entries, governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general and other state officers, local county officers, village trustees, teachers, and church services. Also records Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, G.A.R., W.O.W., and other groups with meeting times and officers.
The Nebraska Republican electors call delegates from counties to Lincoln on July 1 to plan nominations for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor of public accounts treasurer superintendent of public instruction attorney general and other statewide offices. The apportionment assigns delegates by county and requires delegates present to cast their county vote. no proxies.
Republican electors of Cheyenne County are urged to send delegates to a convention at the Sidney Court House on June 20 1890 at 9 pm to nominate a County Attorney and choose delegates to state, congressional, senator ial and legislative conventions plus other business. Delegation rights are allocated by precinct voting in 1904 patterns. no proxies allowed, precinct delegates cast full precinct votes. Primaries to select delegates to be held June 13 with chair T B Dawson and secretary Callahar.
The Republican electors of the west senatorial district are urged to send delegates from their counties to a convention in Oxalalla on Monday June 2 at 4 00 pm to nominate a candidate for senator and conduct other proper business. Counties receive representation based on votes for Joseph Bartley in 1894 with each county having delegates at large and fractional delegates. E B Warner and John Sorenson sign as chairman and secretary.
Republican electors of the 50th Representative District are urged to send delegates to a convention in Ogallala on June 1 at 3 p.m. for nominating a representative and other proper business. Representation is allotted by county based on J. S. Bertley state treasurer vote from 1904 with one at large per county and one per 100 votes or major fraction thereof. E. M. Crane and J. R. Rector Jr. chair the organizing committee.
H E Gapen announces candidacy for County Attorney of Cheyenne County subject to Republican County Convention in Sidney on June 20 1896. Gapen states commitment to public duty and party selection.
A British iron firm builds a Russian bridge is inspected as unsafe to force a bribe. The bridge is shipped back to England and later resold to Russia for a larger sum. The same official accepts it again with a tip, repeating the cycle in a striking cautionary narrative.
A collage of anecdotes and brief notes: Bob Garrett warned by Cyrus Field about fighting major rivals in rail, telegraph, and express businesses. a German safety lamp for mines uses an internal gear to extinguish flame when closed. a Bowery restaurant encounter with a pie hungry patron. a list of senators whose terms expire in 1897. a shopwalker at a drapery emporium prompts customers to imitate his grand gesture. comments on German legends and patent activity in England and the U.S.
A New York Journal report notes a factory where female handfids must wear buttoned toes to avoid constant lace tying losses. The measure aims to reduce daily productivity losses across hundreds of workers, highlighting efficiency over comfort in harsh factory conditions.
Notice under the 1884 act lists Fort Sidney wood and timber lands in Nebraska as an abandoned military reservation. Sold by smallest legal subdivision on August 18, 1896 at 10 am for at least the appraised value not below 1.25 per acre. Adams, Register. Grivrita, Receiver.
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