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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
4
A Nebraska locality records damp snow and sod soaked ground delaying tiling and farming work. The piece notes rising optimism for prosperity while criticizing suffrage debates and congressional rule changes led by Cannon.
Mrs. Dunn visited Sidney last Thursday while Ella Iverson and Anna Henrich traveled southward by train. H. E. Brown moved along the line on Friday. Mrs. Adams household settled in a new home south of town. Mr. Dann received a fine thoroughbred hog by express Friday. Mrs. J. Reed went to Conad to be at.
The brief items report illness and home care for a daughter, moves of Mr. Reed, church officer elections at the farmers grain company, and upcoming Presbyterian ministering. Pianos are sold, relatives are visited, and local travel notes include J. I. Case work, a sick list, potato shipment, a successful sale, and talks of residents moving to California.
Center residents report bustling activity with visits from Dalton and Mercer folk. Marshal Perkins sold a team to Mr. Bush, while Paul Collart drills wells for Mr. Bush. The league choir plans a practice with Miss Anna Bennett next Saturday.
Clara reports no news last week. Meadames Knox and Foster visited the Cunningham home. Werby Bros. from near Potter were seen in the diggings. March weather hastened the hay stack disappearance. A petition for rural mail delivery circulated by Mr Puitz with hopeful odds. Mr and Mrs Foster and John Owens visited the Higgins couple last Friday. Henry Shrear traveled to Potter last Saturday. The Eppa couple went to the county seat Monday. Dalton from Crimson Rambler ranch visited the Ash Grove ranch Sunday. Last Sunday’s ideal day spurred a boys’ meeting to form a baseball team. Joe Benish of Sextorp passed through en route to Sidney with wood. Chas Heimer has been spending time there.
A brief roundup lists ranch names and managers such as Boy Ranch J Daugherty Fairview Farm P Quinn Crimson Rambler Ranch P Dalton and others. It notes residents at home visiting relatives and calls for others to send names to the correspondent.
Crete earned a reputation for prolonged combat as Turks took over twenty years to seize its capital during the seventeenth century. While the 1821 revolution succeeded rapidly in the open country, fortified towns remained until outside powers intervened in 1830.
Notice for publication from the Interior Land Office at North Platte Nebraska states Oren S. Brooks of Higgins Nebraska filed to prove up his 1907 homestead entry No 2681 for the n half section and township with west 6th principal meridian. He will present evidence before James Tucker county judge in Sidney Nebraska on May 6 1909 with witnesses William N. Foster Alvin B Knox Leslie F Cunningham and Jerome B R Hatson.
Notice sets election for April 6 1000 in Sidney Nebraska to elect three village trustees for two years. Voters may cast ballots at the district courtroom from morning to evening. Attest Clerk LeESS Lib Neubauer signer Swan Devuick. Chairman.
An ordinance levies a license-occupation tax of two hundred dollars on retailing intoxicating beverages in Sidney Nebraska. It sets May first annual start, debt collection, purpose funds for waterworks, and liquor license suspension until tax paid. Repeals prior conflicting ordinances. Passed March 5 1909. Leslie Neubauer Swan Clerk.
The snippet compiles names of state officers, district representatives, and local board members across Nebraska including the sixth congressional district and counties around Lincoln and Sidney. Mentions officers such as attorney general, auditor, secretary of state, treasurer, and others, with church and civic notices from Sidney and area.
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