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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1913
Page
8
The Telegraph offers old papers for sale suitable for shelves and carpetings and small sectional maps of Cheyenne County. Also listed are subscriptions for magazines, first class prices, and tailoring by Adolph Swenson offering repair and alterations. Call for details.
Attention farmers hear of a $1,000,000 land loan program plus fire lightning tornado and hail insurance. The Bentley Land Co of Sidney Nebraska also advertises sale of a new house, sought by Mrs Andrew Lindberg, as well as a safe with time lock and a Hall make buggy noted by Mrs M Ahrens.
Two Lobb cottages for rent at 380 dollars monthly or may trade for a good automobile or horses or clear land. Cottages built four years ago and well located. Contact Ernest Raasch, Norfolk Nebraska.
Classified notices include a cottage for rent seven rooms one block west of the schoolhouse with inquiries directed to Miss Flossie Hastings. Also listed are Lost and Found items and job notices including a Tuesday evening lost item near the U P Hotel with initials D S D, a reward offered at Box 1057 Cheyenne Wyoming. WANTED a girl for general house work. J T Davis phone 101. For rent a warm furnished room by Mrs J W MacDaniel. Lost items include a grey messaline dress with brass trimmings and a ladies' whipcord tan jacket with rewards offered, items to be left at Couch's residence or this office.
An old advertisement offers over one hundred dollars reward for a cure of catarri with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It quotes F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and National Bank of Commerce endorsing the firm. Promotes internal remedy and testimonials, price 75 cents. Also plugs Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Readable price ledger shows items such as red wheat per bushel and macaroni wheat per bushel, loose hay per ton, butter fat, potatoes per 100 pounds, and various coded figures. Includes country butter per pound and eggs per dozen with numeric codes and inconsistent symbols.
The Quinn family thanks friends through the press for help and comforting gestures after their bereavement and expresses gratitude for the beautiful flowers. Thomas J. Quinn and sons. For rent one furnished room with modern conveniences. Phone 79.
Lincoln Oct 39 Labor Commissioner Charles Pool who drew claim No 65 in the North Platte land drawing speaks of rapidly increasing wealth from the land but notes a drawback He must reside on the land which keeps him from the First congressional district and makes him ineligible to run for congress from that district.
Nebraska football players, strained by the Haskell Indian game, are under heavy medical care. An osteopath worked all day to ease injuries in backs, legs, and arms, leaving many unable to leave beds. In Fauhury Gilbert Hoch, a Rock Island conductor, died instantly after a ladder fall while removing window screens. Hoch, 35, had been with the Nebraska division for years, survived by a widow and young son. funeral plans set for Andrews, Ind.
The North Platte Tribune reports Union Pacific ticket office receipts over two registration weeks reached 29,600 dollars from about 12,000 tickets. Ella Huxell was awarded 20,000 dollars against U P A R Co for the death of her husband Fred Huxell, killed January 1, 1911 in Sidney while walking to his engine during a storm. The trial before Judge Cosgrove lasted ten days in Lancaster County. Engineers and trainmen on western roads seek a new schedule, with notice served October 10, and a thirty day lead time before November 10. The two groups are said to act in concert for the first time, though trainmen face different issues. the report notes no direct involvement from trainmen in the demand.
Omaha bankers await clarification on a provision of the income tax law effective soon. They say a 1 percent tax on all bond coupons collected at banks would reduce a $500 coupon to $495, withholding $5 for tax. They warn even small bond holders could owe tax when cashing coupons, contradicting the exemption for incomes under $3,000.
An out of town stranger markets insurance options urging readers to trust Livoni & Sons for life or fire coverage. The pitch emphasizes locality and hints the stranger does not handle tax payments.
Beatrice Neb Oct 30 after five hours deliberation a district court jury ruled the signature of the late D W Shafer of Liberty on a $2 000 note held by U S Raynor is genuine and the Shafer estate owes $2 000 with 8 1 2 percent interest from February 1911 The note was sold to Raynor by QO A Ripley a Shafer son in law The heirs had argued the signature was forged and the estate not liable
Russell Holz seven years old was killed when a shotgun in the hands of his brother discharged while the boys played near Turkey creek in Wilber Nebraska. An inquest was held but verdict withheld for further inquiry as to which brother fired the gun and how. The youngest victim’s brain fragments were found on a nearby arm. In Ord Nebraska ministers formed the Ministerial Association of the North Loup Valley with Rev George B Shaw as president and Rev A A Van Luren as vice president. In Grand Island Nebraska fire officials suspect incendiary arson in a fire at the Soldiers Home chapel area, while a prior barn blaze on the same grounds is thought accidental.
The 1913 alfalfa crop is valued at 31,206,481 with 970,965 acres. Nebraska ranks second in acreage and likely first in tonnage produced. Average yield is 2.57 tons per acre for 1918, with a $1250 per ton price. In eastern Nebraska carload lots, alfalfa sells for $14 per ton.
A heated exchange over women’s suffrage sees two speakers mock and question each other’s views. One voices doubt about women’s feelings on the issue while the other retorts with a sharp jab about gendered expectations.
E M Nelson of Sidney Draw visited town Friday. Banker Woten from Potter came Thursday. Eugene Delatour of Omaha made his semi annual visit Thursday. Mr and Mrs George Dickenson were Sunol visitors Thursday. Mrs Essig and Miss Morgan dined in Kimball Sunday and left in Mrs Essig car. Miss Olive Mann hosted a Halloween party for friends last night. New teacher Miss Starrett arrived and stayed with Mrs B W Frazey. Mrs George Davis and children visited Kimball Tuesday for two weeks with her parents. Frank Hahler stayed with relatives at North Platte, returning Saturday. Dr Mantor returned Saturday from Illinois after taking his father's body for burial. Mrs Ernest Worden hosted Bridge Club Thursday afternoon. Dorcas Society met with Mrs Radcliff Thursday for sewing and lunch. L McIntosh and family and nephew Clifton McIntosh returned Wednesday from a few days in Denver.
Mrs B A Jones hosted a neighborhood Kensington on Wednesday afternoon and invited guests to a Methodist chicken pie supper. Mrs R M Perkins and daughter Mildred left Thursday morning to visit relatives in Denver, then plan to visit Hereford, Texas.
Frank Matthes returned to Wisner Nebraska last Saturday and stated he will move back to the Cheyenne county area next spring to make his home on his farm northwest of Sidney, continuing agricultural pursuits.
C c P Birk of Grand Island and Deputy Grand Master Workman were active in town late last week as a large class prepares for initiation into the A O U W.
Mrs Pfeiffer entertained Tuesday with a small kaife klatch for Mrs Helmer. Seven ladies shared an afternoon tea while gentlemen joined later. The hostess provided a gracious, complete gathering with no wishes left unmet.
Mrs Scanlon took her car full of friends to the Ward sale Tuesday. The party included Mrs Frank Tobin Mrs S Dedrich Russell Dedrich drove the car. D R Jones A J Jorgenson and S Fishman were also out.
Mrs Wirt entertained two tables at five hundred on Monday serving a three course lunch for matrons and her house guest Mrs Calvin of Cheyenne. She also hosted a larger gathering last night with dancing as the main pleasure.
Lincoln Oct 29 State Superintendent Delzell acting for the state normal board filed a nine page typewritten statement charging Dr Thomas of the Kearney normal school with misrepresentation He allegedly told the board he had been offered the bancellorship of the Arkansas state university and was granted a two weeks vacation to consult the board about the matter
Crystal Theatre shows latest motion pictures every night. Extra features on Tuesday and Friday add two to three reels, totaling five or six reels those nights. Admission costs 10 cents on all nights except Tuesday and Friday when 15 cents are charged.
A plumbing partnership Ramella and Stover dissolves. M Ramella will continue the business under Ramella and Stover, with all accounts payable to Mr Ramella and he assumes all indebtedness. Sidney Nebraska August 31 1913.
The family thanks neighbors and friends for their help during the bereavement of their son and brother George Schrear Henry Schrear Rebecca Schrear and the extended support provided by the community during the difficult time.
An old advertisement promotes Harmony Hair Beautifier as a non dye liquid dressing for gloss and brightness and Harmony Shampoo for cleansing. It touts easy application, no hair color change, and a vanilla rose scent, with both products sold at The Rexall Store for $1.00 and 50 cents respectively and guaranteed. The copy notes Harmony laboratories in Boston and a wide international network of stores.
Sidney readers urged to act on a new 1913 list of over 100 used pianos and player pianos with illustrations and descriptions. Instruments are heavily discounted to save buyers from $50 to $75 on pianos and $75 to $150 on player pianos. Regular terms cut in half, freight prepaid to the buyer’s depot, and money back satisfaction guaranteed after 40 years of business. Located at 1625-31 California Street in Denver, the Knight Campbell Music Co proclaims itself the city’s largest and oldest music house.
A reader testimonial praises Chamberlain's Tablets for chronic dyspepsia. W. Q. Mattison of Hornellsville New York says the tablets have done more good than any other medicine. Advertisement notes sale by all dealers.
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