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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1891
Page
4
The Sidney Telegraph lists the U Vv Ry time table showing arrivals and departures for passenger and freight trains. Notable departures include Pac Express at 10:15 am and Limamf 5:14 am, with freight at 2:00 pm and other services at 8:15 am and 3:00 pm. Agent J C Bauxnant is noted.
Local items report visits by editors and residents from Lodge Pole Dix and Kearney. J. E. Logan and W. F. Gerhart of Lodge Pole appear in Sidney. Pat Loupy opens a blacksmith shop on Second Street. Essig's Furniture advertises stock and low prices. Mentions of coal, windmills, concerts, and church events fill a local page with short notices and ads.
Local items include residents J A Slinglaff and Ohn Snyder sharing travel tales and a sermon announced at the Lutheran church by Rev Fleck. The village council elected Robt Obesfelder mayor and Ickes clerk, with routine meeting dates. A man named Dick Douglas faced a self inflicted wound, with poetry and romance cited as a motive. An ad promotes a Demorest family magazine and a local bridge bid invites sealed proposals. Messages reference a lodge pole creek bridge bid, a railway advertisement, and travel details for the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul line.
The Sidney boot and shoe store moves to the Dawnon Store building to offer lower prices. A. A. Ricker, proprietor, promises plow shoes from 1 to 1.75 and workingmen's shoes from 1.75 to 2.60, with kangaroo shoes and children’s footwear emphasized. Also advertises English Spavin Liniment by C. B. Bourguiss for horse blemishes with claims of savings.
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