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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1911
Page
8
Resident lots and blocks in Wellner's addition to Sidney offered at 320 dollars for blocks and 100 dollars for lots. Contacts Gus Wellacer and E. W Murness for details. Also listed are an Acorn hard coal stove in excellent condition and durable duel letter files for sale by The Telegraph.
Fireproof safe offered for sale. Interested buyers directed to inquire with Chas Cuilaban regarding the purchase.
Front room available for rent in the Callahan Block. Inquiries directed to Chas. Cuallahan for details and arrangements.
Radiant Home No. 6 Hard Coal Stove offered at a low price by M. W. Obborn. Call The Telegraph office for details. Also available for paper hanging painting and decorating services by S. R. Sweet's store. contact 84.
Two passenger Wayne automobile for sale or trade. View at Brew ere Garage Sidney Nebraska. C S Anderson. Apprentice girls wanted at Mrs Pfeifer's Tobin grout house one block east of Post Office. Strayed From Fred Lindberg's pasture seven miles south of Redington seven miles south of Redington bay mare 10 years old branded Suzy 2 left shoulder bay yearling no brand black yearling mare no brand brown mare with wire cut on right leg iron gray suckling colt reward offered for info leading to recovery Address Oliver H Hewson Owner Redington Nebraska
Jones advertises six properties for sale with easy terms suitable for buyers in various conditions of prosperity. Also offers one hundred lots for sale starting at $50 and up. Financing and timing details available through First National Bank contact.
John Oldershaw owner A K Greenlee clerk and V F Kocera auctioneer are listed as key figures for the upcoming sale event. The document names these individuals in roles tied to the notice.
Farm for rent ten miles west of Sidney with 160 acres along Lodgepole creek 60 cultivated 15 alfalfa 30 hay. For inquiries contact owner C B Anderson Sidney Neb. Also SALA One bedroom suite and house furniture by Mrs Joe Hahler. Steinway piano very cheap call at C D Basig's store or house.
Adolph Swenson expands his tailoring business by adding a French dry cleaner to the shop and declares readiness to handle all forms of dry cleaning.
Pure bred Shortborn bull for sale displayed at the ranch. Contact C. J. Osborn for details.
Gov Harmon of Ohio, a leading Democratic presidential hopeful, will tour Nebraska mid November. Lt Gov Nichols will visit Oct 21 if plans hold. Harmon will pass Omaha and Lincoln en route to San Francisco to pick a site for Ohio’s Panama exposition building. Speeches are not confirmed but Nebraskan interest and Democratic review are noted.
J R Quein clerk of the district court Beatrice reports a letter from Hastings asylum indicating Fred Robinson who killed his wife on November 28 1999 and was sentenced by Judge Pemberton has been moved back to the penitentiary. His mental condition led to transfer for treatment. At Beatrice hearing he pleaded insanity and later guilty to murder without trial.
The Scottsbluff sugar factory began operations last week for the 1911 season. The beet crop is about 110 percent of normal, while the North Platte valley potato crop suffers from blight yet yields fair returns. Martin Schmacher north of Scottsbluff sold 2400 dollars worth from 26 acres and has 270 sacks valued at about 400 dollars on hand.
Lincoln reports C. K. Shedd professor of agricultural engineering at the university college of agriculture has submitted his resignation to accept a position at Iowa State College in Ames. He has been at the university two years and was slated for a salary advance according to a recent board of regents order.
The Belle M. Stoutenborough Club hosts a Bazaar and Supper at the opera house this Saturday October 28 featuring a baby show open to mothers in Sydney and nearby areas. Prizes include best baby under three months and several age based contests including twins and red hair categories.
The State Journal says Harry Neville did not escape from the penitentiary despite a September entry calling it an escape. Neville, an electrician, was allowed state work outside the prison after authorities praised his service. In Beatrice he borrowed money, took a suitcase, and struck a loan request before vanishing. He was serving ten years for a railroad watchman murder in Cheyenne County, with his sentence expiring this fall.
The week opened with cold conditions and dense fogs resembling London. Tuesday brought light rain, and Wednesday night rain became a steady downpour lasting all day. Rain intensified late afternoon before easing in the evening. Friday returned to Nebraska sunshine drying mud.
S. C. Bixby and family moved back into their home after a month at the Episcopal parsonage. Improvements are nearly finished and the family anticipates comfort and pleasure in their restored residence.
Manager Lambourne of the Sidney Telephone Company made a business trip to Potter during the latter part of this week, accompanying the company’s ongoing outreach and service discussions.
An Adler-ika book claims to easily guard against appendicitis and relieve stomach and bowel trouble almost instantly. It is offered free for a short time by D. J. Scanlon, Druggist.
J. J. McIntosh shows steady improvement. Mrs. Bertha Neubauer returns to Denver after a visit. Mr. Dawson spends Ak-sar-ben week in Omaha. Joseph Oberfelder returns from business in Scottsbluff and Bayard. John G. Baker of Cheyenne visits Sidney for property matters. Emil Johnson of Soperton handles estate affairs, returns home to Wisconsin. E. J. Milliken visits Sidney then Lincoln for business before going back to Los Angeles.
Milton Ahrens sent several carloads of cattle to the South Omaha market this week and will press on toward Iowa points after selling his stock. An exchange notes that women, once seen as a man’s rib, are now his backbone, suggesting fewer suffragettes and more contented wives if that view spread.
National Bank examiner W. J. Beatty of Salt Lake City completed the semi annual examination of the First National Bank on Thursday. He was accompanied on the trip by his son.
Gordon B. Laing of Clovis California spent a few days in Sidney renewing old acquaintances. He plans visits to North Platte and Lincoln and will boost his home state at the Omaha Land Show.
Austin Pennsylvania counts 32 dead and 54 missing after Saturdays Bayless dam flood. Relief is organized with money, men and food in demand. Eight hundred laborers work to clear tangled debris and recover bodies as the railroad is aimed to reopen to Costello by week’s end.
Charles W. Allen the Kenosha manufacturer who died after falling from a Palmer House window ten days ago had his will admitted to probate. The estate is valued at about 8,000,000 and is left entirely to his widow.
Vice Admiral Faravelli states bombardment began at 3 30 p m and continued to sunset with limited destruction as gunners avoided civilian structures The fleet under Rear Admiral Aubrey spared consulates churches mosques and forts aiming to minimize bloodshed Turks withdrew guns to higher ground and landed 4900 men after renewed firing calm fleet with no casualties.
Chicago reports show wide differences in how many shop workers joined the strike on Harriman lines. Julius Kruttschnitt cites 4000 on Union Pacific, J A Franklin says 20000 or more, Illinois Central shows about 63 to 90 percent. Burnside plant remained quiet with a police line 200 feet away on the Belt railway.
Closing prices show Wheat December at 97 1 2 cents, May 1.03 1/4 dollars. Corn December 64 3/4 cents, May 65 1/4 cents. Oats December 47 1/2 cents, May 50 1/4 cents. Pork January 15.00, May 14.95. Lard October 8.87 1/4, January 8.85. Ribs October 8.12 1/4, January 7.90. Cash prices: No 2 hard wheat 101 1/4 to 105 1/4, No 3 corn 64 1/4 to 70 1/4 cents, No 2 oats 47 cents.
Cattle receipts 19 000 steady to 10 cents higher with beef cattle at 4.70 to 8.25, western steers 4.20 to 6.90, stockers and feeders 3.25 to 5.60, cows and heifers 2.00 to 6.15, calves 6.00 to 49.25. Hog receipts 21 000 five cents lower with light 6.15 to 6.80, mixed 6.00 to 6.85, heavy 5.80 to 6.75, pigs 4.40 to 6.35, bulk 6.10 to 6.65. Sheep receipts 35 000 strong to 10 cents up with natives 2.40 to 4.00, westerns 2.75 to 4.10, yearlings 3.65 to 4.60, lambs 4.25 to 6.20.
South Omaha cattle receipts reach 8 400 with steadiness across beef steers at 4 25 to 7 30, cows and heifers 3 25 to 4 25, stockers 3 50 to 5 00, bulls 3 55 to 4 25, calves 4 50 to 7 50. Hogs number 3 000 weak to lower, top at 6 30, some 6 25. Sheep receipts 25 700 firm, wethers 3 35 to 4 00, ewes 2 75 to 3 35, lambs 4 50 to 5 65.
The School Board meeting with Supt. Braham and Principal Hanna approved purchasing 36 movable chairs with writing space on the right arm to replace fixed desks. They also authorized courses in English and American literature history and to acquire many classic volumes for intensive study. A shorthand and typewriting course is starting, with student interest noted. Domestic science on the Crete Plan and a boys manual training program are planned with town ladies’ assistance. The district praises its teachers.
County school superintendent Miss Edith Morrison faced a typhoid scare this week but her physician treated it. On Wednesday her sister Mrs J C Wolf from Lodgepole invited her to rest at home. A bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is advised for travelers and is sold by dealers.
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