Ranch land and cattle totals in Western Nebraska districts
President Delatour's figures for Sidney and Alliance show 6 146 200 deeded acres valued at 9 219 300 and 344 326 cattle worth 88 574 359, totaling 17 794 150 for ranches and cattle in those districts. Western Nebraska cattle and ranches are valued at about 60 000 000. Judge Paul Jessen likely Republican governor candidate. praised for speeches against Bartling pardon and regarded as a strong statewide figure.
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Delatour
Nebraska Stock Grower's Association
Nebraska
Sidney
Alliance
Nebraska City
Paul Jessen
Jessen
Bartling
Patrick Miles
Cheyenne County
Miles
Hayward
Gasa
Otoe
Telegraph
Irrigation Legislation Dominates Nebraska Delegation Interest
Washington correspondent notes irrigation provisions in the Newlands bill face objections and seeks state control of water under local laws. Proposed amendments would limit interstate water rights and assign federal jurisdiction to Congress. Tongue cites Interior Department plans for irrigation projects awaiting passage. Shallenberger notes $2,800,000 already spent locating reservoir sites in mountain states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Omaha World-Herald
Congress
Nebraska
Committee On Irrigation and Arid Lands
Department of the Interior
Shallenberger
Western irrigation plan eyed for six states
The document notes projects in Arizona Montana Nevada California and Wyoming with an estimated 9 million dollars. Mr Shallenberger backs an amendment requiring 75 percent of funds from a state to be spent there and favors US law governing interstate water distribution under interior secretary control. Nebraska seeks experimental irrigation works and reservoirs benefiting western landowners.
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Arizona
Montana
Nevada
California
Wyoming
Shallenberger
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Nebraska
State institutions save funds under fusion administration
A year end review notes a one hundred thousand dollar saving in state institution management under fusion leadership. Improvements are reported and critics claim removal of many free boarders tied to families of superintendents cut costs by about forty thousand dollars annually.
The Real Estate Man
The piece portrays the real estate man rising early as a sunlit force in enjoying better prices and popularity. It mocks hardship and predicts a bumper crop year while praising the man who spreads optimism with cigars and smiles.
Nebraskans vow independence from railroad bosses
The Bayard Transcript quotes a Nebraska Republican stance declaring the party a mere tool of railroad systems. They pledge free and independent Republicans will not support any ticket chosen by railroad managers, urging the people to unite against corporate control.
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Republican Party of
Nebraska
Republicans
Last Rites Comment on Bartling Pardon by Governor Savage
The piece mocks political jokes about Ezra’s fate and the Bartling pardon. It frames burial in a forest setting with rustic imagery and farcical detail, implying satire of state politics and desertion of public memory.
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Savage
Ezra
Property Transfers and Deeds Notice Brief
A fragmented list records multiple property transactions including transfers between individuals such as D Meyvlemere and HW T Dean with parcel details in 35-1-50 and 1E-18-80, divides and payments listed like 300 dollars, 20 dollars, and 74 dollars, plus a Lincoln Land Co to C E lower lot 3 in South Bayard and Betsy P Moe to Lora B Reilly for sections 22-21-52.
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E. M Stearns
C. P Lonquest
Lincoln Land Co
C. E. Lower
South Bayard
Betsy P. Moe
Lora B. Reilly
Sise
Advertised Letter List for Sidney Nebraska Feb 28 1902
Unclaimed letters remaining at the Sidney post office for the week ending Feb 28 1902 include gents Annalete We 1 2 Madson H M Mitchel Brinkerhad Wt M Play We Herne Ridgway Lain Geo Ridge J W Miller 1 W Alatar H C Hard and ladies Moon Mrs Ti Be Nelson Miss Ware Maloy Mrs Mary. Call for these letters and say advertised. Charles Callahan P M
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Sidney
Nebraska
Gents
Annalete
Madson
Harry Bassett
H. M. Mitchel
Mr. Brinkerhad
W. Herne
Ridgway
We. Lain
Geo. Ridge
J W Miller
W.alatar
H.C
Bayard Postmaster Suggested by Senator Millard
Senator Millard recommends James O Halloren for Bayard postmaster. Wyoming’s new anti gambling law halted wide open gambling in Cheyenne pending validation. Dr Thomas promotes cattle dip to halt statewide itch and scab outbreak. Alliance launches Herald under editor J T O Keefe after moving from Hemmingford. paper becomes Box Butte county official printing organ.
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Millard
James O'Halloren
Bayard
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Carlyle
Kimball Zos
Sterling Democrat
Sterling
Dr Thomas
Dr. Thomas
Allianece
The
Herald
J T O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Hemmingford
Box Butte County
Fusion County
Circulars issued for quarterly news work on railroads
The Omaha News reports circulars were sent by the Burlington and Union Pacific railroads announcing quarterly news gathering from March 4 for up to forty days. Twenty four extra workers join Union Pacific sites, about a dozen on Burlington, with Penn guiding operations in Nebraska north of the Platte and thirty weighers on main trains. Local trains to use postal clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha News
Burlington
Union Pacific
Platte
Nebraska
Penn
Omaha
John Deere farming implements on display at Essig's Big Store
Signs favor a productive year with wet weather ahead. The attentive buyer sees John Deere farming tools on exhibit at Essig's Big Store, including wagons buggies grain drills cultivators seeders and disc harrows. The dealer touts the best quality and right prices inviting examination before buying.
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Spring House
John Deere
Essig
C.D. Essic
Burlington Route opens Northwest tour to Big Horn Basin
Lowates Northwest via Burlington Route offers March and April travel to Cody Wyoming Helena and Batte Spokane Seattle Rossland and more with 20 to 62 50 fares from Missouri river terminals. The Big Horn Basin of Wyoming is promoted as a new accessible region with opportunities for homeseekers and a free Polder on request. Tickets and details available from agents or J Francis General Passenger Agent Omaha Nebr.
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Billings
Mont
Cody
Wyo
Helena
Batte
Spokane
Wash
Porthid Tecoma
Seattle
Rossland
B.C
Missouri River
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Burlington
J. Francis
Ag’t. Omaha
Nebr
Portuguese hotel clocks strike the hour and irritate guests
The article describes Portuguese hotel clocks as a nuisance, striking at midnight with four and twenty strokes. Guests fear multiple clocks, each with different rhythms, causing sleepless hours. A Galician and a Portuguese servant are summoned to identify the correct time, while staff prioritize their own comfort.
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Portuugese
The Last Gladiatorial Combat Ends Roman Era
A long uprising against gladiatorial games culminates when monk Telemachus interrupts a fight in the Colosseum and is killed. An imperial edict later abolishes gladiatorial sports in A D 381, honoring Telemachus and Christian martyrs across the empire.
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Constantine
Tonorius
Italy
Gawes
Vespasian
Telemachus
Coliseum
Stelenmedus
Nero
Gantlope and Ganthet Punishments in Military History
The London Graphic describes military punishments for theft. The gantlet involved a line of soldiers with switches, a backward sergeant, and a halberd, then a harsher form tied to four halberds and a rotating cat-o nine-tails passed along for lashes until the offense was expelled.
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London Graphic
Cannibal Quip Sparks Dinner Aisle in Prisoner Tale
A captured mariner asks why he was greeted with gunfire. The cannibal jokes that they pepper their food before eating, delivering a dark, curt exchange that fits a grim Philadelphia Record humor piece.
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Philadelphia Record
Earth moves and rent crisis collide in campus exchange
A dialog captures a professor asking why the earth moves while Hardup mutters about unpaid rent. The exchange hints at a contrast between grand scientific questions and everyday financial strain on campus.
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Hardup
Stock Market Report from South Omaha February 26 1902
Beef cattle prices rose last week with strong demand from packers. This week opens with steady prices and 8000 head for the first three days. Good heavy beeves 5.60 to 5.85, medium 5.00 to 5.50, common 4.00 to 4.80. Cows and mixed stock in demand, milkers and springers 30 to 50 per head. Hog receipts down, prices up 10 to 15 cents, bulk sold 5.80 to 5.90. Sheep: lambs 6.25 to 6.40, yearlings 5.60 to 5.75, wethers 4.82 to 5.15.
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South Omaha
Good Wethers
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the Telegraph
Sidney Telegraph and
Peoples Poniard
Cneyenne County
Postotice
Sidney, Neb
Jearney Hub
Bayard Transcript
Ainsley Chronicle
D Meyvlemere
HW T Dean
BF Mitchedl
T Dean
Redick
H T Dean
Hard
C. Weplinger
D Ete
Reitrond Ceessin
Fuller
Marjorie Futler
D. M.atchinson
Sidney Drug Co
Kearney
Kearney Drug Co
Lowates
Aterica
Associated Press
New York Sun
New York World— Day
Sidney Telegraph
Inter Ocean
Pictor
Rei Teel Pacific
Butte
Anaconda
Great Northern Ry
Wenatchee, Inc
Huntington
Grate Northern
Wenatchee
Portland
Tacoma
Ashland
Ore
S. P Co
W. D. Chirron
A. Pease
Schmoller & Mueller
Farnamst
C. D. Pease
Farnamist
Broadway
Council Bluffs
Ea Els
Fru
Entelogaa
Columbus Carriage & Harness CQ
Columbus
C. F.C. Gox
St. Louis
P.O. Bex
Culumbus
WYE & Buchanan Co
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