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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1885
Page
2
The Sidney Telegraph outlines a new name Subsetiva Two Dollars per year while detailing publishing changes and a shift to a larger eight page paper. It discusses independence, local news focus, cattle drives, Cheyenne county facts, rail survey implications, and settler arrivals, with notes on politics and rainfall data.
The passage notes 1879’s special importance when tied to heavy rainfalls in following years. It also mentions dissatisfaction with the outcomes of the Swaim court martial, a matter of concern to all involved.
A letter to a 1885 Fort Lipser editor argues against a Pacific coast bias, describing dense fir forests near Vancouver barracks, a 100 to 1,000 yard target range, farms near Burnt Bridge Creek, abundant prairies, and cheap produce. The writer contrasts eastern views on poverty with plains life, praising Washington territory routes and farmable lands while noting low beggary in Vancouver.
Major Wyly of Jacksonville owns a cherry tree that drips a fine mist resembling dew. People can feel the moisture on their hands, yet the leaves and branches remain perfectly dry upon inspection, and no one has solved the strange phenomenon.
Martin Murphy who led the first emigrants to California in 1849 and later built wealth in San Jose has died at age 80. He was among early settlers, raised cattle, and held a substantial fortune estimated at 3,000,000 pounds.
The National Base-ball club meets in New York and adopts two key rule changes. Home plate will use white rubber instead of white marble to reduce impacts, and pitchers must deliver the ball immediately if they do not stall with habitual motions, ending long delaying theatrics. The piece also imagines an automatic iron pitcher and notes evolving innovations that could render human pitching obsolete.
A Washington Star reprints a lobbyist's lament describing fear and corruption in Congress. He accuses lobbyists of selling votes and pressuring members while openly noting bets, bargains, and tens of thousands paid to sway decisions. He warns reporters could uncover more schemes behind Capitol corridors.
A historical note discusses who first made flannel in the United States. It cites home spun methods, local crafts in New England, and mentions the Hewarth family and Andrew Howarth as possible early figures, with archival ties to Massachusetts.
A first person account describes riding and handling bucking cattle in a corral. The narrator recounts roping a heifer, nearly being dragged, and watching riders try to control stubborn cattle as they buck and rear.
A Boston Advertiser remark notes a poet's wife craving Amenes and a canvas-backed clam joke. P T Barnum claims 1 409 000 attendances in 19$4. A York County teacher with both hands lost writes with a pencil between stamps, outperforming peers.
Public notice from North Platte Nebraska dated February 19 lists Sine M Carly declaring intent to make fine proof on his preemption declaratory statement 631 for the northwest quarter and southwest quarter of section 1 township 13 north range 4 west. He names witnesses Hoss Freee Teemes Wil DeForest Trance au of Lentge Pow Cheyenne county and John Nell to prove continuous residence and cultivation. court clerk in Old Peys Nebraska to witness April 6 1586.
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