05 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1910
Page
1
Cheyenne County debates progress abroad with talks of better roads and a new county court house now under serious consideration. The article frames advancement as essential to not lag behind neighboring regions and urges timely action by local leaders.
Citizens vote on a bond proposition totaling 52 500 with 70 percent funded by railroads and non resident taxpayers and 35 cent interest per 1000 assessed value. The article also lists local notices and social notices including residents visiting relatives and a pneumonia case.
This week closed the sixth month of school with report cards next week and notices mailed for unsatisfactory work. The annual high school declamatory contest is set for Monday night March 14 at 8 15 in the opera house to select a representative for the district in Bridgeport March 24. Local program features eight students including Ella Ericson and Myrtle Taylor. The Sidney basketball team faced the Tourists from Kansas City, losing early 23 to 1 and ending 36 to 10 at halftime, then narrowing in the second half. Next week two games against Peru Normal are billed, with possible lineups listed and a note that the Peru team contends for the Collegiate championship. Also noted is the A 3 debating trip to Alliance where Sidney defeated by a margin decided by three judges, with Ethel James and others providing strong performances.
Three county commissioners of Cheyenne County Nebraska announce plans to select one taxpayer from each precinct to form an advisory committee. The group will help adopt plans and oversee expenditures for a new county courthouse to be voted on March 5 1910. The aim is to reduce graft concerns and urge votes for the bonds.
Lodge Pole official L. R. Barlow and his wife are proud parents of a baby girl born Monday night. The family previously denied a prior birth rumor, then requested cigars as congratulations, a lighthearted moment captured by the paper.
On March 1 the opera house changes hands with Fred Vath Wim Gatee and Martin Boresos taking over management. They pledge to present uniformly good attractions and ensure a year of pleasure for patrons.
Weather observer John P. Fischer records February totals for Cheyenne county with 1.8 inches of snow and 0.08 inches of rain. The period had 24 clear days and 4 cloudy days.
Little Folks Party honors Oberfelder’s birthday. The Degree of Honor initiates ten members under Mrs Worden as Chief of Honor. Oberfelder Clothing Company sells out children’s suits below cost as going out of that line.
A New York subscriber, long a reader, asks his paper be stopped as he is believed dead. He thanks the paper for prompt service and bids farewell, noting he paid up promptly and that the newspaper had not addressed the courthouse proposition.
The report notes repairs at the round house with the wall rebuilt and a new cooling dig. Several crew changes occur including Mason Tishane resigning to marry and farm, Harry Stone leaving suddenly for Denver, and Foreman Nicholson adding new labor. Engineers McGuire and Rockafield move temporarily, Hansen visits from the signal service, and flax seed shipments to Omaha via Dalton reflect local farming success. Easter suit ads and a help-wanted for a house girl round out the notice.
The village schedules an election on the first Tuesday in April to fill offices vacated by Dr. L G Simon and H V Redington whose terms expire. The current board is praised and readers are urged to vote to return them. A. A Severson of South Dakota visited town voicing approval of the courthouse proposition. Oberfelder Clothing promotes Wilson Brothers shirts.
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