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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1902
Page
8
Western timetable showing train numbers and routes for Overland Limited Atlantic Express Fast Mail and Pacific Express. It lists westbound departures at specific times and notes freight trains stop at points along the line.
Wheat per bushel Corn shelled per bushel Oats per bushel Rye per bushel Potatoes new per cwt Eggs per dozen Butter per pound Chickens per dozen Hogs per cwt Cows Steers Hay pricing basis listed without values.
McLernon’s offers dress goods and trimmings and underwear lines for all ages while Miller’s serves meals and short orders. Seamon’s Rheumatism Cure and Dr Muriless dentistry advertise affordable first class care. City Meat Market features fresh pork and sausages. J W Harper & Son sell Mitchell wagons. auctioneer Vv. F. Kucera runs weekly sales. Dr Seymour will be at the U P Hotel for eye and ear care on Oct 11.
Puritan hosiery offered at McLernon's with Robert Conn visiting Omaha for a shirtwaist pattern sale. The item lists numerous residents and visitors, church notices, a medical ad for Dr. Seymour, a marriage, a ministerial appointment, a Lutheran synod report, and a Prohibition rally with Rev. Swander speaking in North Platte.
The county commissioners will convene next Tuesday. Reports note wild ducks along the creek. Dr. Seymour will visit October 11 and requires early calls. Teachers received their monthly stipends, and merchants had a busy Saturday with strong sales. Local cattle and irrigation projects are discussed amid a prosperous season for farmers and stockraisers. Dr. Romine, former Mitchell merchant, is jailed in Lincoln awaiting trial for fraud charges from Massachusetts.
In nearly every Chinese city women sit in the streets mending clothing. Their skill centers on running stitch and they are seldom favored by Western travelers, yet they have steady patronage from Chinese tradesmen who need fast repairs while they wait.
A New York Times item explains that anyone with worn or folded money can swap it at the U S subtreasury for new bills in any denomination. Clerks typically replace worn money with fresh notes, provided supply allows, with government supplying the new cash at no cost to the exchanger.
A New England village near Randolph Massachusetts features a doctor whose house is surrounded by a cemetery. The graveyard sits behind the home and runs east and west for an eighth of a mile, creating a doleful but not terrifying prospect for neighbors. The doctor quips that the dead owe him money, easing fears of nightly return.
A child vows to wash before dinner but forgets amid daily duties. At the table the mother notes the fifth child’s hands are black, and the girl admits she washed only after breakfast to avoid forgetting. The New York Times notes this anecdote of domestic daily life.
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