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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1876
Page
5
Reading fragment indicates charges at two cents per issue or line and a 10 cent local rate. Mentions sections or sites of local lines, black links, and changes to the description of local services. The text appears as garbled OCR with multiple misread terms and partial place names.
Local notes report a blacksmith shop nearing completion, a county convention at the court house, freight demand in Sidney, and various letters and visits. Updates cover wagon freighters, town commerce, a wedding in Sidney, and ongoing county fair activity with hints of editorial expansion and local business openings.
Fragmented local political letter rails against Dr W F Goodwill in North Plain district as a Democrat turned independent. The piece denounces campaign tactics, calls for honest party ties, and warns that rival candidates will win if leaders fail to unite behind true reform.
Catherine Meowes, aged about 100, born in Mailsreel Cork Ireland, moved to this country, died suddenly in Cheyenne. Remains placed in Catholic cemetery on Sunday. Rev Father McCutdrick presiding. Devoted son Mortuaer Meaweensy mourns loss to community and family.
The fragmentary page lists Dudley’s grocer and Dudley’s store promotions with offerings from canned goods to hardware and clothing. McDonald’s advertises hunting knives, ladies wear, pipes, cigars, and a new stock of bronze chimps. Several local shops tout cakes, confections, flour, bread, buns, and peppermints with urging phrases and low prices.
A fragmented page advertises numerous local shops and goods including fresh oysters, winter apples, onions, meats, saloons, drugs, and liquor. It highlights Dudleys McDonalds McFaddens Adams Redington Hans Jenkins Dear and other vendors with prices, stock, and services amid a bustling, promotional tone.
For sale a furnished 18 by 40 Saratoga House with 10 rooms including the kitchen. Suitable as a total or boarding house, centrally located near the business part of the city. Inquiries to O 0 Garthwart Bidney. A Life Scholarship in the Western Business College Omaha Neb Geo RK Rathburn President. Terms reasonable. For particulars apply at this office. th
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