This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1896
Page
4
The Telegraph outlines subscription rates and delivery details for Cheyenne County residents. It lists options including one year and six months with postage paid, and single copies, indicating official county publication duties and subscriber information.
Advertising rates listed for display per single column inch per month and per insertion for locals and professional cards. Legal notice claims post office filing in Sidney Nebraska as second class mail matter. CHAS CALLAHAN editor and publisher.
Nebraska Republican electors are asked to send delegates from their counties to the Omaha convention on April 15 1896 at 8 o clock p m to choose four delegates and four alternates to the national convention in St Louis Missouri June 16 1896 at 12 o clock noon. Apportionment assigns counties representation based on votes for Joseph Bartley for state treasurer in 188? with one delegate at large plus one for each 100 votes and a fraction.
The Cheyenne County Republican electors are urged to send delegates to a Sidney court house convention on a Saturday in March for selecting delegates to state and congressional conventions. Precinct representation totals two delegates per precinct plus one per twenty votes or major fraction, with a rule against proxies. The county central committee advises holding primaries in each precinct on the same Saturday. T. B. Dawson and Chas Callaban sign as chairman and secretary.
A notice outlines a Republican primary at the Court House at 2 p m on March 21 to select seven delegates to the County Convention and handle other business. It urges Cheyenne County cattle raising, mentions Governor Holcomb appointing Judge Neville to a Transmississippi Congress post, and notes Carlisle's proposed New York move.
Bayard Transcript cites Cheyenne county as the best stock growing region. It notes residents’ claim no hay fed this winter and urges eastern readers to relocate cattle raising there. The item frames the message as regional pride and economic opportunity.
The Union Pacific and connecting lines will run a Pullman Tourist Sleeper from Minneapolis and St Paul to Los Angeles via Sioux City and Columbus Nebraska with no change. Departure from Minneapolis Thursdays at 7:40 p.m. and St Paul at 8:15 p.m. Return from Los Angeles Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. Space applications urged. E L Lomax is Gen Passenger and Ticket Agent, Omaha Nebraska.
All agree that the solid vestibuled trains of the Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line distance all competitors with ease. No change of delay at the Missouri River. For full information call on or address E. R. Breisch agent UP System.
Legal advertisements announce creditors of Mary Verner deceased must present claims to the Cheyenne County Nebraska administrator before County Judge at the county court room on August 18. The notice runs four weeks prior to August 18 1896 and sets a one year limit for claims from February 18 1890.
Mr. L. W. Gallaher, once a successful lumber products maker, describes how epilepsy forced him to quit his business years ago. He recounts seizures occurring at inopportune moments including a fall from a carriage, a fall downstairs, in the street, and a shaft fall in a mill, with near fatal injuries. He writes from Milwaukee dated February 16.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.