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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1892
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR shows a train timetable from Sidney Gelegurph Local with East and West bound routes. Entries include No.8 AtlhExp 7:41 pm No.7 Pao Exp 2:00 am with minor times and agent signature J.C Bausuant. The legibility is poor and only partial times are readable.
Rain fills the town as residents list bread from Daugherty's and meals at the Metropolitan for 25 cents. Ads urge Essig's wholesale goods and new John Deere plows, with notes on local visitors, court terms, and a special train of ministers en route to Portland.
The Sidney Telegraph column highlights a fresh stock of garden seeds from L M Halstad and lists local figures such as Louis Deuis of Kearney and Tony Ross. It laments school board friction, praises prompt teacher hiring, and recaps social and political notes from Sidney and surrounding towns with mentions of merchants Ed North and J B McCormick amid a flurry of community tidbits.
A fragmentary local notice describes Sidney as lacking a jewelry store, praising a neighboring jeweler Thoelecke with jewelry, watches, and a repair shop. It mentions licensed watchmaking and notes about area cows, horse stock, and a brief Army and Navy Union gathering in Fort Sidney with various attendees listed. The text is a mixed, partial OCR of a small town notice page.
An OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and towns including Omaha Lincoln Denver St Louis North Platte Grand Island Chicago Minneapolis Buffalo and various personal names such as M Sucks Frank P Lawrence J A Dean J F Billings J Huhn C E B Jennings and others, tied to regional references. The text appears as a scatter of names and places without a coherent narrative or event.
Classified ads describe various sales and offerings in Nebraska and surrounding areas. Notable items include ready to order spring suits, a drugstore liquidation with shelving and an organ, estray notices for three mire colts, a public auction of White House furniture in Sidney, and discounted railroad travel to Portland with amenities on the Union Pacific route.
Rail companies announce round trip fares for visitors to the National Republican Convention in Minneapolis on June 7 with tickets sold from Sidney Nebraska. Union Pacific and Avina Pacific provide one fare round trips to Minneapolis and Helena with sale dates June 7 to 14 and 30 day validity, plus agent contact J C Barmany or J Barmart for details. Also notice free subscription offer to American Farmer for advance payments, sample copies available.
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