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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1889
Page
1
A promotional event at Ickes Barrs promises liberal offers to attract customers. Exhibits include glassware crockery furniture and apparel with prizes and a display of seasonal goods, from lamps and shoes to hats and knitwear.
The piece praises Sidney as a modern center with strong farming ties, urging growth through Board of Trade actions. It calls for cooperation between farmers and town merchants, lower costs, and attracting outside capital to build a prosperous, unified community.
The note lists a dress parade at 5 p m, a band concert at 2, and several social and military events. It mentions repairs, poetry readings, lectures on war, promotions, and promotions resulting dinners and duties at Fort Licey with personnel details, local civic notes, and a village election upcoming on April 2 for five trustees.
The Sidney board of trade executive committee met at Norvell & McIntosh to discuss seed wheat for farmers. They decided to buy a carload at cost, securing temporary loans, and expected to supply seed wheat to farmers. The group also discussed a new depot and offering stone to the railway for lane construction if the depot is built this season.
The record notes 15000 for Fort Sutney Nebraska repairs and plans for two new officer quarters and two new barracks with a band facility. It also mentions a $5 prize for Cheyenne county farmer letters, a parsonage contract at $1,000, a new county surveyor appointment for WF Paine, and county assets to liabilities by county.
The Leve-Inman Company staged Diamonds and Pearls on Tuesday and Facing the Enemy the following night at the Post Theatre. Both shows exceeded local standards, yet audiences were sparse and discouraging to the troupe. Location Iowa? Pierre Sanders transfers his east Front street grocery stock to new premises.
A friend in Omaha reports rising interest in Wyoming oil and coal fields with strong investor activity and forecasts a bright season. The article also notes local improvements in Sidney, business openings, a Masonic temple loan plan, a bottled goods business, a masquerade at Pythian Castle, and St Patrick's Day parade plans.
The president sent to the senate on Thursday the names of J. B. Clarkson of Iowa to be first assistant postmaster general and A. A. Wyman of Omaha to the United States treasury. Also a bone purchase advertisement appears from OsERrrEeLpEn & Co offering to buy bones at top market price.
The two counties met in joint session to agree on a settlement basis. Devel county will assume its share of the old county debt and receive its proportion of the property. Contracts will be drawn and signed at the next Devel meeting. Devel’s share of assets and liabilities is 23.4 percent.
At the Sidney Creamery annual meeting in Moudlay Court House, directors elected include Joseph Sharmer, Wm J Brennan, M I D L Pobin, John M Adams, A Pease, Andrew Borg, Gen W Jenner, Bo MecLernon, E O Juce. M H Tobin proposed taking all stock, assuming debts, and running the factory for three years, gaining two thirds stock and likely control to invest and make it a leading Western Nebraska creamery.
Mary Slingraff teaching will return to school soon. Fred Dawson is elected president Florence Stoward vice president Belle Morrow secretary Mamie Tobin treasurer. Pupils in intermediate grammar and high school have Leslie's Day School Gems and now devote much attention to music.
Sidewalk vendor Chas. Troguitz touts spring water as a path to fortune, Judge Pease questions county bonding to liquidate debts, and Receiver Blakely notes 7,000 acres of government land taken up in the week’s first days.
Chaplain Barry conducts services at Christchurch tomorrow forenoon at 11 o’clock and Sunday school at 10 o’clock. A Lutheran church holds Sunday morning and evening services with the morning sermon titled Jerusalem a Type of the Church and the evening sermon Jerusalem a Type of Heaven.
An 19th century style advertisement warns of danger from neglecting a cough and touts Hallard’s Syrup and Hallard’s Snow Giniment as cures for coughs sore throats neuralgia and other ailments. W J Brennan promotes the remedies and notes local street business shifts on Front Street as vacancies fill with new tenants.
In Judge Shuman's court this week Robert Thomas was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the county jail for wife beating.
The bill to abolish the five stock commission is seen as likely to pass in the House before adjournment, with supporters arguing for faster action and reform.
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