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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1906
Page
4
The piece celebrates a bountiful harvest and rising prices, contrasts optimistic momentum with past pessimism, and urges humility and gratitude to the Maker. It notes prosperity on the eastern Rockies and calls readers to be faithful stewards, not boastful.
The article cites Root and Taft agreeing Roosevelt should not seek a third term while other commentary mocks or lampoons political figures. It intertwines regional flood imagery and sensational asides about bankers, politics, and social stances with sardonic humor.
A quirky collection of snippets includes a woman pursuing a pole stand project, talk of trial marriages, rumors about actresses dying or migrating, and Georgia Cuyvan’s reported death in New York. Iowa churchwomen pick corn in fields for treasury funds, paid by the corn owner by nightfall.
A local note lists residents Chas M Pickering moving to Big Springs as Section Foreman and Chas D Minshull to Cheyenne as a machinist. Land deals, new grain elevator and creamery plans surface. John Eddy injures his foot. J L King opens King’s Hotel north of the depot. References to Russia and France add rustic satire.
The piece recalls John Kendrick Bangs joking about moving furniture on a rainy day in Yonkers. It then notes George von L. Meyer as President Roosevelt's postmaster general nominee, detailing his Boston roots, Harvard education, and political career from 1889 to 1899.
Legal notice details a bank statement and probate order. It cites Nebraskan banking reports with figures on assets and liabilities, followed by a county court order in Cheyenne County for the estate of John Niccols, with a hearing set for December 10, 1900 and publication requirements.
Itching blind bleeding and protruding piles offered Pazo Ointment 30c with druggists authorized to refund money if not cured in 14 days. Benjamin W. Twist, aged 81, died at Bridgeport after twenty years in Cheyenne county, once enjoying good health.
The Sidney Telegraph reports in Cheyenne County Nebraska that County Judge James Tucker set December 1 at 9 a m for a hearing on the petition by W M Fuller to probate a purported last will and testament from Mercer County Nebraska as the will of William Drury deceased. The order requires all interested parties to appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted.
Nebraska Cheyenne County County Court schedules December 11 hearing on petition by John M. Adams requesting recognition of a purported copy of the last will and testament of Julia H. Touten. Notice to interested parties to publish in The Storey weekly for three weeks prior. Judge James Tucker presiding.
James Tucker county judge issued an attachment order on October 10 1906 for 88.90 in an action by Simon Fishman against R J Pero. Property including money 57.18 in the hands of Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway Co. was attached. The case was continued to December 4 1908 at 9 o clock AM.
Notice of sale under a chattel mortgage dated February 1 1906 and filed March 24 1906 in Cheyenne County Nebraska. Property includes a cylinder press and engine and related gear at the Le Grand Hotel basement in Sidney. Sale to occur December 8 1906 at 1 o clock PM to satisfy $406.10 debt, owner B A Jones.
One heifer about three years old with red color and white spots on head, no brand, half round undercut on both ears. Taken from premises in NW quarter of Section 12, Township 16 Range 2. In Cheyenne County Nebraska. Owner may recover by proving property and paying advertising costs. Dated 4-5 Aug. N Johnson. Sextorp Neb.
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