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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1906
Page
1
The note references Cheyenne County official vote from 1906 and mentions Governor and numbers. It reads as a historical ballot record with limited readable details and scattered figures. No clear names or dates are fully legible but implies an electoral tally context.
Cheyenne County voters gravitated to Republican candidates with Barlow defeating Sebank for county commissioner by 102 votes and County Attorney Gapen unopposed. Total county turnout was about 125 from 257 last year, reflecting travel difficulties from heavy snows. The constitutional amendment drew 477 yes and 30 no.
Sidney precinct lists officers voted in were A Brockway as Justices, G Willis as Constables, with W N Ention and Fritz Brauner as district overseers in districts 1 and 2, plus H A Buzza. Mary Steven remains seriously ill and may require Omaha hospital care with no operation yet planned. A road leveler improves Rose street as Sidney eyes better streets and sidewalks. Funeral for Lewis Cochran, killed in Cheyenne Union Pacific yards, moved to Sidney for burial. coroner releases. E J Carpenter’s A Little Outcast to be produced at Tubin opera house next Tuesday with praise for melodrama.
Expresses gratitude from Mrs. L. J. Cochran and relatives to friends in Sidney and Cheyenne Wyo for help with the funeral of L. J. Cochran. Signed by the Phillips and Fast families. Commissioner-elect Barlow visited town yesterday to hear election news and receive congratulations from friends.
Burlington right of way agents push a mainline through the Platte valley from Newark toward North Platte securing rights for a Pacific coast extension. The plan ties Newark to North Platte and Guernsey with a Denver connection, a low grade through the Platte river valley and a possible Worland Frannie route, aiming to move western traffic to Lincoln.
Foreman Robin Bailey takes temporary charge of U P feed yards in Wyoming. Ollie Camblin assumes Willson livery management. U P track laid four miles east of Lewellen with gravel unloading and team transport for depot site. Mrs. Kingelty recovers from pleurisy. son William aided her. E Y Worman resigns as foreman of U P round house. replaced by Mr Nicholson of Omaha. Worman and wife depart east. Mr Chamberlain resigns from Union Pacific to run a ranch near Dexter Neb. Assistant Supt Vick Roy and Chief Dispatcher Morris visit to address operations as repairs on the turntable congest demand in the yard.
The Sidney Farmers Institute with University of Nebraska support hosts a two session program on Friday November 23 1906. Afternoon topics include Alfalfa and Pork Production by O Hull Alma Neb and Cure of Dairy Cow by D P Ashburn Gibbon Neb. Evening sessions cover Soil Tillage by Mr Hull and Poultry Raising by Mr Ashburn with other local talks. Free admission for all families. vendors from Home Bakery offer gum and candy.
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