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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1902
Page
4
A chaotic Sidney column derides critics and a local political process. It mocks factions, cites nominating Gustave Runge for Congress, questions county delegate selection, and laments media bias. It notes Senator Deitrick's bill to split Nebraska into two judicial districts passing in the senate.
A local businessman urges the Tribune to back a statewide movement to make Judge Jessen governor. He argues litigants in Otoe and Cass will oppose removing a capable judge and praises the judge's integrity and justice. He contends the honor earned by the judge exceeds that of a governor.
Local notes report a new cellar under a store, a finished blacksmith shop awaiting tools, and a riding plow purchase with seed grain. Election talk heats up as wets and drys prepare for spring voting. a death tolls a family with funeral crowds at the Methodist church.
R Epps returns home after a Sidney stay while Julius Quaint from Union Valley visits T T Epps. T H Epps hauls posts bought from Frank Norfolk in Potter. John Burk ships a 850 lb hog and corn to Kimball. Calves are numerous signaling a potentially large spring crop.
Sunday visits to town and pleasant calls Monday at Ickes mark a busy period. Maids travel to Bridgeport on Tuesday for maiden business and Mary Davison visits Miss Hanna at Willis School. Farming resumes with favorable weather, crops expected large. William Morrow, Ralph Reinmuth seen around Tekes. Reinmuth family visits Mayer household. L Smith makes rounds Saturday. Sam and Jakie Eckert hunt Indian ponies, later grazing near home.
Ducks arrive from the south as Riverside notes ongoing farm activity. Pat Rowshin broke four fractious bronchs Monday. Garfield McCoy of Remsburg’s ranch traveled to Bridgeport and Alliance Saturday. Anthony Johnson visited Irving and Dugout Creek Wednesday in search of a missing yearling. Maggie and Nora Hagerty of Alliance were also noted.
In Lodgepole Chas Kruse opens a new blacksmith shop. Ogalalla schools and churches close temporarily due to smallpox. Adele Peters of Lodgepole dies at age 12 from appendicitis. A goat farm stock company forms in Omaha starting with 6000 goats. A tramp on train No 5 falls and is killed at Julesburg. Republican state central committee set for March 20. Democratic and Populist meetings March 19. Bridgeport Blade notes 420 cattle sold for $30,000. February reports 704 smallpox cases statewide, 189 in Douglas county. A novel debt collection in Almoce involves a mother sending a child to another family over board bills.
South Omaha market notes for March 12 1902 show cattle prices up to 6 60 per 100 pounds with good to choice beef and steady to strong demand. Hogs above 200 pounds sell 6 cents or more. lambs and sheep prices mixed with liberal receipts and steady to slightly higher quotes. local trades include buyers Wellner Lindberg Lehmkuhl and shipping of stock by Win Etter to St George Co. Also California rail special and travel info offered by Burlington Route with sale dates and stopovers.
The Newlands irrigation bill, favorably reported by the house committee, creates a reclamation fund from public land sales to build irrigation works and support agricultural colleges. It authorizes surveys, land withdrawals under homestead rules, eight hour days, and limits on land entries to 160 acres.
Signs of good crop year fill the page as Essig’s Big Store showcases a full line of John Deere farming tools. Wagons, buggies, drills, cultivators, harrows, and disc barrows promise efficiency and value with competitive prices. Examine before buying and trust Essig’s selection for up-to-date equipment.
An advertisement asserts Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures wounds ulcers sores skin eruptions burns and piles with a money back guarantee. The copy emphasizes its use after a cobweb caused cut and claims universal recognition as the healing remedy. It notes the price as 25 cents and availability at all druggists.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway may publish a roll of honor titled xo high on the world's roll of honor. Readers can obtain a copy by sending six cents in postage to F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago Tl.
Daily revelations praise Dr King's New Life Pills as a grand remedy for liver and bowel trouble. Thousands bless them for constipation sick headache biliousness jaundice and indigestion. Try them 25c at all druggists.
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