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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
8
Maps offered at five cents each with additional option to subscribe to all magazines and periodicals. Office accepts subscriptions and map sales any time.
The Jackson Bee Hive Store will begin service on February first offering daily papers and leading magazines. They have taken over the Thornburg and Select agencies, which have gone out of business in Sidney. Visit the Jackson news stand.
WILLIAM FRANK of Grand Island Nebraska offers immediate loans on improved ranches and livestock with no delay. He invites interested ranchers to contact for financing options and terms.
Classified notice offers old newspapers suitable for pantry shelves and carpet lining among other uses, available at the office.
J W Harper offers farm loans with ample funds and serves as agent for the Guarantee Life Fund Association. Also writes fire and accident insurance. J W Warper, local agent in Sidney Nebraska.
North side Sidney dwelling house offered for sale or rent. Contact L. P. Cunningham for details at the listed address.
Mahogany finish Victrola for sale from 1916. Used only a short time. Inquire at this office.
Brief classifed notice seeks a boy about 15 years old to assist on a ranch. Applicants to address Box No 561 Sidney Nebraska.
Auction notice seeking offers for section 31 near 15 range 5L west of IH P.M Cheyenne Counts Neb Fest offers include ACHN Of POPE sire from 225 South 2nd East, ecur lapids, Lowa. buyers urged to submit bids.
Property offers twenty five acres of productive farmland close to town. Suitable for crops or cattle. Lessee handles taxes and insurance. Contact McFadden agency for details and terms.
Three cottages for sale inquire of Mrs Wrazey. For rent furnished sleeping room strictly modern. Seed corn for sale shelled and graded 1914 crop thirteen miles southwest of Sidney. One two year old red and white Hereford steer taken up near the old Ickes post office. Owner must prove property and pay expenses. J C Kreader post office Dalton Web.
A nurse named Mrs A Fef Dewey is listed with a contact phone number 139 for reach. The compact notice presents a personal service or availability contact without additional context or dates.
Report notes cash sales and cash on hand as of February 1, detailing funds available and immediate cash balance. Includes basic ledger snapshot with totals and references to daily receipts and petty cash.
Saturday, March 18, marks the final filing deadline for candidates in county, state, and national elections. The notice urges lagging candidates to file by evening Saturday, as publication may occur afterward at the candidate's chosen time. Existing candidates exclaim that “The water's fine.”
Cheyenne County precinct assessors are notified of a meeting at the courthouse on Thursday March 28 1916 to transact important business. Louis Wasem County Assessor announces the event. Auctioneers Fundingland and Millett report finishing over sixty sales since November 1 1915 with most customers gaining 200 to 2000 above estimates. Sales occurred along the Union Pacific corridor between Julesburg Colo and Cheyenne Wyo.
For sale at a bargain clear title to section 25 township 13 range 49 with small payment required and balance to be carried back on the land at 6 percent interest. Address C Austin in Blue Hill Nebraska.
Splendid seed corn, Galloway seed oats, Pure Bred Plymouth Rock eggs for setting. Joseph Morfeld, Peter, Neb. One mile south of Point of Rocks.
For rent 640 acres with five acres under cultivation and the rest pasture and hay ground. Inquire of Marion Asbury in Dalton Nebraska.
J G Lire and Gus Babbit of Dal ton were in Sidney overnight Tuesday, spending time in the city and likely visiting local partners or sightseeing.
Gus Aldrup of Dalton had business dealings in a large town on Monday.
A local notice promises a box of Vonny five cent cigars to any minister who calls and visits about Vonny cigars manufactured. The invitation specifies Saturday March 18 for the visit and discussion.
The piece notes St Patrick's Day with green symbols like shamrocks and says there is no special celebration this year, reflecting a subdued observance across nationalities. It emphasizes remembrance of the saint who freed Ireland from snakes in a concise report.
C P Grant exchanged his residence this week for a quarter of land on the north divide. The purchaser is Mr Nelson, a newcomer, who will take possession shortly.
Mrs Knox reporter for The Telegraph is contacted at 222 and the office at 17 for news items. Attn J L McIntosh spent a night in Denver. Mrs R D Devine visited with friends in North Platte. Mrs L A Lewis and son depart for a Minnesota summer. John Johnson Leafdale visited Sidney or L Neubauer, bank cashier, in Denver. Reverend Kahse of the Lutheran canned left for church business in the state. Dr Harry Zick left for Wheatland and Torrington, Wyoming for sixteen days. Mr and Mrs Paul Collare and Mr and Mrs Ed Mayer shopped in Sidney and visited Haiston women. Joe Deitrich of Lorenzo transacted business in Sidney. George and Mrs Richardson of Orlando were in Sidney visiting by car. Virgil Marsh of Denver visiting his sister Mrs West. Marsh also visited Belle Fourche briefly. Mrs L Jessen spent time at Bridgeport with her niece Mrs Ellen Ickes Hurd. Leo Bartholomew and Glenn Van Gorder drove to Sterling Colorado for dinner with the McQueens.
Louis Schellenberger, a new arrival welcomed as a good citizen, unloaded his car last week and settled on his place two miles north of Idlewild Ranch in Cheyenne County.
Mr and Mrs McCaskey of Toledo Iowa arrived last Saturday to visit the Bentley and Swazzlander households. They left Wednesday for Los Angeles with their hosts and wives accompanying them as far as Denver.
Miss Edith Oldershaw arrived home Saturday morning to spend a week with the folks. She is studying at Kearney Normal in her last year and took her spring vacation now rather than at Easter.
Joe Baumen from Richardson County arrived Monday and moved onto the Pomeroy ranch which he has rented for the season. He owns land about nine miles from Sidney but will not build on it this year.
Mr and Mrs H A Fecht of Dalton visited Sidney on Saturday about a month after a horse incident left Mr Fecht with a broken shoulder. The cast was removed Saturday and the arm will stay in a sling for a few more days.
BE Worden arrived back Saturday from Norfolk where his wife is convalescing in a hospital after an appendicitis operation. Their daughter Elizabeth stays in Norfolk to visit her grandparents Mr and Mrs M J Sanders.
F W Vath of the Sidney Mercantile tile Company returned Saturday from Omaha where he spent a week on business. He visited with the architect employed on the new store building set to be erected in Sidney this spring.
Bargain price offered for a seven room house with two lots located on East Lincoln Highway. Seller identified as James Worden.
An Aspingwall Potato Planter claim promises larger yield per acre and asks for reason and special price. Company E. Harper advertises the device and McKean Bros invites readers to bring eye troubles to solve them.
A short market note lists prices for rye corn eggs butter cream and potatoes with hens and chickens in varied ages. The fragment hints at a small-town grocery or country store price board and daily stock.
A reader notes that the so called young five cent cigar is a regular peace pipe. Nobody feels scrap py while enjoying its mild and fragrant aroma.
Miss Henrietta Shoemaker of Northwestern University spends a pleasant week in her hometown with parents and friends, explaining the visit as a change from an extended vacation.
Six couples from the younger married set surprised Mr and Mrs Simons Tuesday evening at their home. Friends brought a delightful lunch and joined in a series of card games, ending the evening with amusement and cheer.
Miss Mabel Wallick came back last week after a three week absence visiting Chicago and other cities. March winds are same everywhere. Mr and Mrs Otto Hink returned from extensive travels to Iowa Missouri and Minnesota and may move west. They may settle in Sidney.
R L McAdam of Potter was among visitors at the counts seat Saturday.
Clarence Evans from Peetz traveled to Sidney to handle business matters. He is associated with local ventures and was seen in the city on a routine errand. Specific details of the business were not disclosed.
Hans Anderson of Dalton was in the city Tuesday for undisclosed business, meeting locals and moving between small shops and offices during a brief visit.
Sidney Lumber Co offers a construction loan to fund building a home. Terms emphasize quick funding and local service. Potential borrowers are urged to inquire at the Sidney outlet for project specifics and warranty details.
It will pay you to look over our line of implements and see if we have what you want before buying elsewhere. We have some interesting prices for the spring trade. C. FE. HARPER.
Saturday the shop will receive a new shipment featuring very choice hats and trimmings.
Owing to scarlet fever unrest in Sidneys and district communities the executive committee postpones the Sidney meeting of the North Platte Valley Teachers' Association until next year. The declamatory contest will be held at Sidney Friday evening March dist at the Tobin Opera House. W. S Bostder Pres C. M. Matheny Vice Anna McFadden Sec.
A Johnston funeral in Dalton drew a Sidney contingent including Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Greenlee, Miss McFadden, Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Wiser, Miss Grace, Laura Johnston, R. G. Webb and Maynard Osborn attending Wednesday.
Dr E W Murless was selected by the state Prohibition Party as a presidential elector, likely in recognition of his lifelong commitment to the Prohibition cause.
Dr G D Webster dentist will be out of the city for the week beginning Monday March 20 and his dental parlors in the Gapen Building will be closed for that period.
Harold Linde of Lodgepole was in Sidney on Friday for unreported reasons, with no further details provided about activity or purpose of the visit.
A concise ad asks readers if they desire a good home in the best town on earth and invites them to visit.
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