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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1899
Page
8
The timetable lists East and West bound trains with numbers and times including No 2 Fast Mail, No 4 Atlantic Express, No 18 Way Freight, No 90 Fast Freight, No 3 Pacific Express, No 10 Fast Freight and No 21 Fast Freight. Agent E R Brerscu signs as station contact.
The page lists multiple local items including business ads for J W Harper & Son brickwork and Essig's goods, medical notices by Drs Carlyle Harris Murilless, and real estate deals like Felix Polocek selling 160 acres to John Vosika. It notes travel for Leroy Martin and John Leeman, Bundled community events, shopwide sales, a Catholic Fair May 81st to June 2nd, and upcoming Memorial Day plans.
Miss Anna McFadden teaches at Kimball and visits her parents in town. Dr. G D Webster returns and opens his office. A wagon of provisions heads to Union Pacific survey parties along the north river. Miss Clara Rankin will be at the gallery in Sidney May 30. Photographs available by call. Nels Martin departs with extra gang to extend sidetracks for Hershey project. Mrs Mancely advertises $1 hats for ladies and 50 cent hats for children. Local merchants tout best lines of wrappers and shirts at low prices. Catholic Fair May 31 to June 2 offers Midway-like exhibits. Tobin sues Vacik on an account. settled with Justice McFadden. Fence around game preserve west of town completed by Lyon and Stewitts. Pease prepares distress warrants for unpaid taxes. Pay-car visited with Supt Park and road crews aboard. Essig's advertises Standard Eclipse wind mills and fittings. D J Scanlon’s Extract of Sarsaparilla marketed as a blood purifier. Hudson of Lisco offers a wide general store line. Hale brings a carload of household goods. returning from Michigan to Colorado. Grace Goodwin returns from Cleveland to England via New York. Catholic Fair hype with grand time anticipated. Steel Range showcased at Essig’s and raffled June 2. Katie Emmett travels via No 4. sick on board. Sidney doctor summoned. McIntosh and Radcliffe sold 450 cattle to J Lobeman for July delivery in a $15,000 deal.
Henry Graber buys part of the old Bullock ranch from Ed Herrington this week. J. W. Harper & Son and John L. Trinnier visit, with Trinnier seeking health care at Cottonwood ranch. Geo. Caldwell of the Denver News rustler reports on B M line routes. Contractors Scott & Atkins plan grading for the B M east of Camp Clarke. Social news notes a party for Rushia Hart and staff changes at the Pacific hotel in Cheyenne.
Many women misattribute kidney and bladder signs to womb trouble or female weakness. Symptoms include neuralgia headache back pain weakness and urinary issues. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root is advertised as a remedy with free sample bottle and book by mail from Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
Filings on homesteads were made by Zella M Foreman Hull Mrs Kate Anderson Hutchinson E Kimberley and W O Fuller Dorrington Fred I Griffith and Myrtle E Griffith Lodge Pole Horace Hull Chappell Samuel Burdene Gering May Cawley and Fred A Gapen Sidney Proofs on homesteads were made by Howard M Pollock Sidney and Jas L Marshall Harrisburg Timber culture proofs involve H P Hinds Chas Gingrich and Chas H Spieth Harrisburg Albert Nelson Cripple Creek Colo E Kimberley Dorrington Contest cases started Beatty vs Miller and Raymond vs Albrecht.
G A R calls all comrades to observe Memorial Day May 30 by decorating soldiers graves. W R C and Sons of Veterans will join. school children invited. Memorial services set for Sunday May 28 at the Episcopal church. J W Nelson Adjutant.
Epworth League plans mid June literary entertainment to aid church finances. Sidney will provide talent, with music readings drills oratory and tableaux. High School Alumni met. Leslie Neubauer elected president. banquet set for May 27 for class of 99.
A white-face heifer calf about four months old is missing with a slit in its right ear. A liberal reward is offered for the calf's return or for information leading to its recovery. Contact Henry Leiner in Nemaha County.
In Omaha, builders press for promised work on 150 miles of Union Pacific extension in the North Platte Valley. They say they came at the railroad’s invitation and hope for work, while others await incentives on the Burlington branch already underway.
A writer notes that lending corn to hogs yields strong returns as hogs condense grain into products like bacon and lard. He lists hogs as a maker of many goods from buttons to soaps, arguing they transform corn into wealth.
Announcement from J. B. Haiston via E. McLernon inviting inspection of new dress goods trims silks and embroideries. A warning to parties making bargains contracts to hire or trades with any underage workers to consult him to avoid trouble.
For sale a grade white faced hall style item offered by P R Borgquist. It can be seen at the ranch three miles east of Sidney.
For rent a room above the post office suitable as an office or sleeping apartment. Terms are available at the office. The telephone line connects with Sidney and, with an expert inspection along the route, can be made satisfactory for service to residents in Sidney. Bayard Transcript notes this progress.
Herman Schroeder returned from Lincoln as a delegate of the A. O. U. W. lodge to the Grand Lodge. The same head officers were re elected. The graded assessment proposal failed. the level plan remains in use. Headquarters moved to Grand Island and a committee was formed to plan a permanent building there. The next Grand Lodge meeting will occur in Nebraska City in 1901.
Ward VerValin considers a family wagon journey through the east after school closes. The Lodgeple Express promises them a good time during their travel, highlighting a wholesome excursion.
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