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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1897
Page
4
Lincoln November 22 1897 mentions Land Commissioner Wolfe and his land manipulations. The piece notes Wolfe as Populist candidate for state treasurer in 1900 protesting railroad passes as bribes and urging balance between people and corporations amid transport issues.
J. W. Johnson blasts Land Commissioner Wolfe and Populist leaders for canceling $460,000 in old rents on state school lands, while collecting only $10,800 on new leases. He accuses Wolfe of political ad campaigns, mismanaging tenant farmers and harming the state treasury, with further disclosures promised.
An old advertisement extols Swift's Specific S.S.S. as the sole blood remedy that cures rheumatism, claiming early pains warn of severe winter flare ups. It cites Capt. O. E. Hughes of Columbia, S C, praising S.S.S. after lauded cures and condemns mercury and potash tonics as harmful.
An advertisement asserts a cure-all for rheumatism catarrh scrofula contagious blood diseases cancer and eczema and offers free mailed books from the Swift Specific Company Atlanta Georgia.
An old medical note states the bladder and womb have a single purpose and resist disease unless kidneys fail or local treatment is careless. It explains misattributing urinary symptoms to female weakness and urges urine testing after 24 hours. The ad promotes Kilmer’s Swamp Root kidney and bladder remedy with sample offers and mail-in pamphlets.
Notice is given that settlers Elia Hughes and Louis Schuetz will file final proof in Sidney Nebraska on November 6, 1897. Hughes seeks entry for SE X and NW Y and other fractions in section 2, township 18, range 50 with witnesses Nelson Trinnler Carrier and Scherer from Sidney. Schuetz seeks entry for HE 50 and other fractions in section 43, township 18, range 0 with witnesses Nelson and Trinnfer from Lapeer Nebraska and Sidney Nebraska.
Notice to creditors heirs and others interested in the estate of James Greenan deceased. Michael Waldron administrator report set for hearing November 4 1897 at 10 oclock a.m. at Sidney County Court. Interested parties may appear and contest. Publication in Sidney Telegraph for three weeks prior. Witness seal and date October 14 1897.
Notice for publication announces final proof by William W Cisco for homestead land in Sidney Nebraska. He is to appear Nov 14 before the Register at Sidney. Witnesses Asa M Remsberg Lloyd A Remsberg Milton Ahrens and Albert R Persinger are named. Groner W Heist is the Register.
The notice lists lands and town lots with unpaid 1806 taxes to be offered for sale at the County Treasurer’s office in Sidney, Oheyenns County, Nebraska, starting November first between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dated October 1, 187. Property notes include sections, townships, ranges and lot identifiers with fractional and numbered descriptions.
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