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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1901
Page
8
Advertises sleeping dining and reclining chase cars with free coat service. Tickets sold and baggage checked to any point in the United States or Canada. For information maps time tables and tickets contact M A Shipman agent or J Francis general passenger agent Omaha Nebraska.
A fragmented timetable lists trains such as No.2 Overland Limited No.4 Atlantic Express No.6 Mail and Express and No.3 Pacific Express. It mentions freight and passenger movements with times like 5:40 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 3:50 a.m. 9:05 a.m. and references points KR and Mall.
Local notices advertise jewelry bicycles sewing machines and windmills at C M Wright J W Harper Son and other merchants Also special sales on jackets suits and caps Dillon related ads promote Hereford cattle and fifty cows for sale plus land office blanks and a hotel for sale or rent Local professional notices include Dr Harris and eye ear nose throat specialist coming Apr 6 at U P Hotel and a subscription offer for The Telegraph and Twenty Century Farmer
Dr. Seymour, the noted Lincoln eye specialist, will make a one day visit here Saturday April 6 with Dr. Williams. They will have rooms at the U P Hotel. The Globe Hotel for rent and various ads fill the page as Sidney merchants promote goods and services.
Local notes report Jacob Mayer visiting the city, A B Persinger touring Sidney, and Ed McElhanecy sidelined by mumps. Updates include J. W. Harper’s sale of his lumber business, a stockholders meeting for Sidney Bayard Telephone Co on March 21, and a Lutheran church reception for Rev Leamer.
W. M. Fuller and his son arrived from Otho Iowa and will reside permanently in the county. Fuller Jr. serves as superintendent of the St George Cattle Co. Building work continues at the company home ranch two miles east of town. A Catholic church supper and dance next Monday promises an elaborate, well attended event.
Mrs. C E VanDeusen of Kilbourn Wisconsin credits Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with relief from long stomach trouble and constipation. They are sold by D J Scanlon drugstore at 25 cents with free samples. The Moler Barber College Omaha Nebraska seeks young men to learn the trade, promising short terms and high wages with free catalog. Western Nebraska endured a blizzard Tuesday, causing business disruption though no stock losses were reported. Wind remained gale force after the snowstorm subsided.
County Superintendent Lyon plans a 12 by 24 two story wing to his south city residence. Drs Seymour and William, eye ear nose and throat specialists, will be in Saturday April 6. Jan O Halloren and Mrs Anna Gruber of Bayard visited for Henry Gruber estate settlement. M A Daugherty returns from Washington to serve as receiver of the land office until J L McIntosh arrives. R D Harris and D F Atchison of Sidney Drug Co. build a large corrugated iron storeroom at Mitchell in Scotts Bluff Co with a registered pharmacist to run it. The Mitchell people welcome these enterprising business men.
Special to the Telegraph cattle receipts were liberal in the past week and prices softened slightly while hogs rose sharply with bids from 5.40 to 5.50. Sheep demand remained strong as receipts eased, supported by lighter Chicago supplies. Nye & Buchanan Co.
The Burlington Route offers twenty prizes, including a round trip from any Nebraska Burlington station to Yellowstone National Park and travel through the park, plus trips to Colorado Black Hills Chicago and St. Louis. Cash prizes are also available for letters promoting immigration to Nebraska describing farming cattle dairying fruit growing and similar pursuits. Content closes May 31 1901. Circulars available on request from J Francis General Passenger Agent Omaha Neb.
A brief note records Oberfelders paying the highest cash price for school orders. The item notes the sale price level but provides limited context about the buyer or date.
Beaty Bros presented Edison Kinetoscope moving pictures at the Opera House on Thursday with a phonograph concert beforehand. A fair crowd enjoyed both parts and a ballot praised Miss Hart as the most beautiful and Ernest Worden as the ugliest. Some cried foul about ballot stuffing, but the charges were dismissed.
An advertisement extols Dr. King’s New Life Pills claiming tireless workers cure indigestion billiousness constipation sick head ache and stomach liver and bowel troubles. The pill claims ease safety pleasantness and affordability at 25 cents from all druggists.
Advertisement for $45.00 round trip via Union Pacific from Missouri River Kansas and Nebraska points. Sale dates July 6 to July 1% inclusive with final return limit August. Agent: E. R. Breisch at 101 E. Slat.
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