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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1889
Page
1
A rural booster piece argues Cheyenne County should develop sheep raising as a diversified farming pillar. It advocates about five hundred farmers each keeping around one hundred sheep, linking wool and mutton sales to broader wheat, corn, and cattle interests, with pasture, water, and disease control emphasized to boost local prosperity and potential wool mills in Sidney.
A U.S. Senate Special Committee on the Union and Central Pacific railroads travels by special train through Sidney and press on to Cheyenne while discussing debts, settlement plans, and potential open land actions. The delegation includes Dawes Davis Fry and others, with brief meetings at Fort Sidney and local observations of public life and military command.
Rev and Mrs Fleck of Trinity Lutheran returned from prayer meeting to a prank at their home. The front door lock failed after they unlocked it for entry, and neighbor Mr Ickes offered to help. He opened the door and the elder began to tell a story as darkness settled in.
Kidney News and Miscellaneous Gossip in Sidney recounts church reassignment moves causing changes for Rev. Clifton and Rev. Hardaway. It notes a woman jumping from a fast eastbound train near Hillsdale, a Deuel County burglary case, and local business ads. Also covers the 21st Infantry Band, hotel expansion, ES Crigler as a prospective commissioner, Union Pacific gravel pit switch plans, Carbon Cut-off coal line accident, and visitor Hiram Morey of Monmouth.
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