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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1904
Page
8
Through trains offer free seats with tickets sold and baggage checked at any point in the United States or Canada. For information maps time tables and tickets contact M. A. Shirman agent or Francis general passenger agent Omaha Nebraska.
The timetable lists Union Pacific trains going east including No.2 Overland Limited No.4 Atlantic Express No.6 Mail and Express No.101 Fast Mail No.1 Overland Limited No.101 No.102 Fast Mail No.3 Pacific Express No.5 Mail and Express. Some freight trains do not carry passengers and stop at certain points. Times noted include 7:45 8:45 and 10 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. with passenger travel to Lasengers m. to.
Readable fragments show prices for wheat corn oats rye barley prairie hay alfalfa dressed hogs and steers with per hundredweight and per pound figures. Also listed are potatoes butter eggs and dressed chickens with unit pricing.
Roundhouse Foreman Smyth visited North Platte on business while J. R. Phelan led a belated Burlington train bound for Denver. U P railroads issued new nonby pay checks and orange shipping began with specials eastward.
Local items advertise Oberfelders upcoming sale and discounted goods. Mentions Heath Milligan paint, D J Scanlon and Greenlee Ben son suppliers, Mound City paints, Harper Wright hardware and cook stoves, and general hardware, shoes, optics, and wood preservative Anticeptine. Also notes bull herd near Potter, M H Tobin pigs for sale, and optician J R Merifield with free eye tests.
A remark extols the Union Pacific railway for its 75 pound rails and top motive power, noting the line spans over 6,000 miles. The speaker suggests if the Russian government modernized its railway to that standard, the cost would exceed that of Japan’s war.
A Colorado agricultural expert urges scientific irrigation of hay meadows. Do not let ground stay wet beyond 24 hours to avoid soggy soil and poor hay. Warns alkali land and fox-tail hay from Platte and Lodgepole Valleys have depressed prices and quality. Farmers should change irrigation every twenty four hours.
During March and April Burlington offers low one way fares to the Pacific Coast with examples such as 25.00 to San Francisco and Los Angeles 25.00 to Portland Tacoma and Seattle 22.50 to Spokane 20.00 to Salt Lake City Butte and Helena 16.75 to Big Horn Basin Wyoming 15.00 to Billings and nearby points Proportionately low rates to hundreds of other points The note encourages homeseekers to consider the Northwest and invites inquiries for full details and advertising material J Francis General Passenger Agent Omaha Neb.
Sidney Neb March 18 1904 list of letters remaining unclaimed in the post office. In calling for some please say advertised O G Woolmin J M Johnson Mr Thos Brown John Cronin Chas Kelly EK McLeernon Postmaster.
Oberfelver Co offers first class trans Atlantic steamship tickets for travel to and from Europe. Tickets cover all major lines and ports, with schedules and fares available at agency offices.
The Methodist church ladies announce a supper and fair around April 20. Sidney Junior Baseball Team reorganized this week naming M. O. Sager as manager Arthur Okerfelder as treasurer Ed Brennan as captain. Joseph Lafors deputy U S marshal of Wyoming passed through with a prisoner en route to the penitentiary for mail robbery. Lafors is tied to Tom Horn’s confession leading to Horn's Cheyenne execution.
A Civil War era account details Arabian baby customs including browning powder and eyelid painting, tight calico wrapping, blue bead hooding, six week hair weighing for alms, koranic charms, and strange medicines. The writer laments the treatment versus American standards.
Ancient legend tells how Adam on expulsion found a dead thorn bush and a talking wild ass. After slew the beast, he wrapped its skin around him to warm, then used the thorn tree to shade himself. Thus the tent and civilization began.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, visiting a Boston woman, comments on the boy’s misbehavior. When the mother claims the boy is bad, Stanton replies she prefers bad children because they are usually sent out of the room.
Daily until April 30 1904 Union Pacific offers rail fares from Sidney Nebraska to Ogden Salt Lake City Butte Anaconda Helena Spokane Wenatchee Everett Fairhaven Vancouver Astoria Portland Tacoma Seattle Ashland Roseburg Eugene Albany Salem San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego and other California cities. For details contact agent W O Dz Curiox.
The essay argues badgers eat eggs from partridge or pheasant nests, honey, wasp and wild bee nests, and occasionally young rabbits. It notes their carnivorous tastes and that while keepers blame them for game losses, they probably destroy few young rabbits or game at large.
The notice emphasizes courteous treatment and good sales as customers become advocates. It invites a trial shipment with assurance of best effort to please, and mentions Bank of Ne-Denke Market reports available on application through permission.
A garbled roster of county officers, commissioners, school board members, and church groups lists various names and titles including McIntosh, Greenlee, Harris, Tucker, Knox, and Martin. It also outlines church services for Evangelical Lutheran, Catholic, Episcopal, Dunkard, and fraternal lodge meetings with schedules and leaders.
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