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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1911
Page
8
Eaith Well confirms wedding gift choices for Anne. They select a violet hand painted china set with a chocolate brown border, noting 6 inch plates priced at 4 per set and additional Sinch plates at 1 each plus a salad bowl at 2.50. Dolly is urged to visit and consider matching pieces to keep costs reasonable.
Fragmentary price list from Sidney shows bids for hay bale hay and irrigated hay, red wheat macaroni wheat oats shelled corn country butter eggs potatoes and other staples with per unit quotes. Readable items include per bushel prices for wheat and corn and per pound prices for butter potatoes and eggs.
Dentists advertise reasonable fret class prices by E. W Muurless with contact. Resident tote and blocks in Wellner addition to Sidney Blocke offered at 320 dollars with lots at 100 dollars each. Inquiries directed to Gua Wellner. Acorn coal for sale at the Vienne Restaurant. Dual-proof letter files and a fireproof safe for sale via Chas Callahan.
For rent a large front room in Callaban Block. Inquire of Chas Callaban.
A Radiant Home No 6 hard coal stove will be sold at a low price. Call The Telegraph office for details. The undersigned has moved to Sidney and offers painting and decorating services, inviting old and new patrons to call S R Sweet's store or phone 84. M W OB BORN
Ten miles north and two and a half east of Dix, on section 6 two.16 range 58, sale on Wednesday Nov 8 1911 at 10:00 am. Eight work mares and two geldings, one gelding saddle horse, eight two year old mares, two yearling mares, six sucking colts, one two year old mule, three hogs and chickens. Two milk cows and three spring calves. Farm implements and household furniture including a first-rate piano. Twenty five tons of feed. Terms: ten percent down, balance due within time announced, notes bear 19 percent interest with approved security. cash under $10, five percent discount on sums over $10. No removal until terms met. A. D. Grup and F R Grup, owners. F L Wincut, auctioneer. J A Woren, clerk.
Heirs of the late Geo Kiensecker announce the sale of a quarter section of valuable land in Cheyenne County Section 34 Township 16 Range 48. Written bids or inquiries may be sent to B A Jones attorney for the heirs. Auction or sale details to follow.
Dairy farm for sale covering 640 acres six miles from Sidney. Priced at 14 dollars per acre with half cash and flexible terms. Property includes a six room house, 12 acres of alfalfa, 200 cherry trees and 300 other fruit trees, a 58 by 42 barn, granary and other buildings. Inquiries at The Telegraph office.
Well improved 160 acre farm ten miles west of Sidney on Lodgepole creek for rent. 60 acres cultivated 15 acres alfalfa and 80 acres hay land. For information call or write owner C B Anderson Pont Office address Sidney Neb.
Earl Gorman and George King have rented the Mitchell livery barn. Rates: 30 cents per hay feed for a team and 15 cents for one horse. 30 cents per grain feed for a team and 15 cents for one horse. If horses are not cared for properly, money will be refunded.
For sale a high grade dark red Shortborn ball eight years old. priced at 50 dollars. contact J Hedges.
Robert Gunderson of Potter Nebraska dated November 8 1911 states he falsely complained about Lora and Caroline Schwartz during their hotel work and apologizes noting the girls behaved properly in his presence and he was misled by others.
The club president expresses gratitude to friends who aided the Saturday fundraiser for a good cause. The note calls the effort a grand success and is signed by President B. M. S. Cunn. Stray notices list two horses: a 1200 pound black with C on the left shoulder and a 1100 pound bay with G on the left shoulder and T on the left hip. A reward is offered for recovery and contact is given as B. E Rowinson of Sidney, Ned. An advertisement promotes Chamberlains Remedy for colds, credited to Enos Bat on the aartek.
Seven miles south of Redington Nebraska a bay mare 10 years old branded Suzy on left shoulder a bay yearling a black yearling mare no brand a brown mare with a wire cut on the right leg and an iron gray cuckling cost. A suitable reward will be paid for information leading to their recovery. Address Oliver H Hewson Owner Redington Nebr.
B A Jones advertises six homes for sale with flexible terms suitable for varying fortunes. Also lists 100 lots priced from 50 dollars and up, inviting buyers of cottages to larger properties at the First National Bank location.
Classified notices list five cent sectional maps for sale, a Steinway piano priced very cheap, rental offers for five and eight room houses, furnished or unfurnished cottages, and inquiries directed to local merchants and residents including C. D. Essig, W. P. Brosman, Mrs. James O’Kane, V. A Klein, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Curtis, B. W. Frazey, and Mrs. Hudson. The Ladies Aid Pie Supper is announced for November 24.
D J Scanlon reports a single dose of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients sold as Amerika helps constipation sour stomach or gas on the stomach almost instantly. Many Sidney residents are being helped.
Two passenger Wayne automobile available for sale or trade. View at Brewers' Garage in Sidney Nebraska. Contact C. Anderson.
Mrs C Haskell offers White Plymouth Rock chickens with fine cockerels at $1 each for immediate pickup. Also advertises a medicinal claim about tablets relieving headaches and stomach issues for dealers.
An advertisement from F J Cheney & Co claims catarrh causes deafness and offers a $100 reward for a case of deafness cured by catarrh treatment. It promotes Cheney's Catarrh Cure and notes the product is sold by local druggists.
Federal hearing in Lincoln before Special Examiner J E Smith on coal rate disputes between Colorado and Nebraska towns involves Burlington, Colorado and Southern, and Rio Grande railroads. Nebraska and Colorado argue $3.50 per ton unjust. $3.80 proposed. Also reports a state serum plant contract let to W A Campbell of Lincoln for $6,000 to produce hog cholera serum at cost for farmers.
The state railway commission cuts alfalfa meal rate 4 cents between Albion and Omaha from 12 to 8 cents and matches baled alfalfa hay rate. A 10 cent rate on alfalfa meal from Kearney to Omaha is set with a 30,000 pound minimum. The commission also allows Mutual Telephone of Wilcox and Ash Grove to disconnect from Wilcox Telephone.
An extra Missouri Pacific freight train meeting a work train two miles north of Nebraska City injured four crew members, Engineers George Magle and Cummins, Fireman John Neal, and Conductor Kimball. None fatally hurt. A misunderstanding of orders is blamed. Both engines wrecked.
Rock Island passenger No. 354 derailed near Dubois in Pawnee county when two coaches left the track and sank into the roadbed up to their axles. No injuries among passengers. Traffic halted on the line all day. Cause cited as spreading rails. Farmer George Hughes, near Steele City, critically injured jumping from a wagon onto a pitchfork. pitchfork wound eight inches. Recovery considered unlikely.
The supreme court was asked for a decision on the authority of the state food commissioner to prohibit payment for cream on the day it is tested.
Mr. D. Short has purchased W. E. Hinman’s store and taken possession. Ada South Dakota visitor Nora Fields visits sister Mrs. L. O. Fundingsland. Afton Iowa guest Mrs. M. A. Shaw stays with sister Mrs. Haskell for an extended visit. Dr. Quigley of North Platte testified in the Burling ton damage case. Mrs. Weber closes millinery stock and plans a winter in California with husband and daughter.
O B Mercer of Ogalalla brother of Mrs Haskell and Mrs W A Woodward of Lincoln attended A J Haskell's funeral. C D Essig suffered a paralysis attack last Friday evening. he was seriously ill but has since shown gradual recovery. The society column is incomplete this week and will be continued in next issue.
Sidney High School stages The Sophomore to showcase weeks of hard work by students. The community is urged to attend the presentation and provide a large, enthusiastic audience for the production.
Judge Pemberton issues opinion in a noted equity dispute over a half section in Jefferson county near Reynolds. Plaintiff John Krause gave the land to son Paul years ago and now seeks repayment. Court allows the deed to stand and orders support payment raised from $10 to $25.
Professors at the agricultural college of Nebraska State University report registration this year will exceed last year. The current term opens with over 300 students enrolled and female enrollment reaches the highest since the domestic science program joined the agriculture school.
A fire on the Madgett block in Hastings, fed by burning sulphur used to kill roaches, exploded and blew Chief Mead and six firemen from the building. No injuries, though water reacting with sulphur fumes created the explosive gas.
At Christ Church Rev. F A Joseph will preach and administer the Holy Communion at 11 am with the True Purpose of Religious Services as his topic. An evening service follows at 7 30 pm. The Methodist Episcopal Church morning topic is The Valorous Queen and the evening sermon is Every man his own biographer. Rev Sparks of Canon City Colorado preached a trial sermon Thursday night at the Lutheran Church as the congregation searches for a local pastor.
Omaha hosts the Nebraska teachers annual session starting November 8 with Lincoln observers closing schools. Superintendent W L Stephens will lead the Lincoln staff. Delegates from Tekamah Hastings South Omaha Harvard Clay Center Edgar Fairfield Norfolk Fullerton Ashland West Point Auburn Neligh David City Plattsmouth Sutton and others will attend.
The Nebraska legislative bureau drafts a statement comparing state registration laws to Nebraska. It notes residents in cities with annual registration must register yearly even after long residence, while other states maintain a permanent voter register and only hold brief annual sessions to correct it.
T C Eggleston president of the State Irrigation association met with State Engineer Donald Price to finalize plans for the second annual gathering to be held in Bridgeport on November 14 and 15.
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