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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1903
Page
4
Advertisements list rates for legal notices and professional cards while several candidates announce for Cheyenne county clerk sheriff and assessor positions. The piece also reports on the Republican and Democratic conventions and the selection process for the Twelfth Judicial district judge and the new state normal school site.
The Sidney Nebraska post office lists unclaimed letters as of August 28 1903. Advertised: E W McClain Clarence Haslet E McLernon. Postmaster notes call for claim.
Eight dollar eighty five cent round trip from this office to Hastings on Burlington. Tickets on sale August 31 through September 5 with return good September 7. Inquiries to nearest Burlington agent. Also 464 legal blanks available at this office.
Local notes report heavy rainfall and activity. O Nelson of Sexthrop arrives with a corn binder. Cattle shipping remains main business. Chas P Heimer reports a runaway incident with no damage. Calves cause a noisy scene around Heimer’s property.
M B Smith Robin Waleh and Clyde Spanogle visited the county seat last Friday to transact business before the United States land office. H C Armstrong from Alliance arranged for a new front on his River street building. various residents traveled to Sidney Mitchell Bayard and Scottbluff for visits business and dental work. The Sunday School Convention met with good attendance and the Bridgeport Citizens Band plans a hall dance.
In Union Valley the threshers advance as Geo. Miller sells his steam outfit to Fred Bauer. Floods damaged wells and boosted corn yield estimates to about forty bushels per acre while heavy rainfall continues. Local residents discuss travel to California and wedding events amid ongoing farm labor and weather challenges.
Medames Davison Ovall Grosvenor and Mrs C E Garper and children visited Rosy McNulty Thursday. The Ickes meeting Sunday drew a good crowd. Mrs Ovall returned to Sidney after a week at Ickes. Everett Davison of Sidney visits grandparents at Ickes. Hiram Eckert spent Sunday at Redington with wife and sister. Rev Haya visited Jacob Eckert Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Jacob Eckert and Mrs Charles Harper with children spent Sunday at Davison's. James Davison and son James and Herbert Harlan called at Mrs Woolsey's Sunday. Kate and Dan Welsh visited Everett Davison Tuesday.
Grandpa Cunningham passed through Pleasant View Sunday enroute to Diz. Pat Nelson and Miss Bridget and Smith were visiting their many friends here Sunday. The Nelson Bros. and D. Heimer each shipped a car of cattle. Pat Nelson accompanied them. P. T. Higgins and family were visiting at D. Heimer's Sunday.
Fragmentary note shows McConnell as chairman with references to Weir and Lisco at Union Valley. No clear event or outcome is stated.
The county committee orders precinct primaries on Saturday September 12 1903 to nominate precinct officers and elect delegates to the county convention. Delegates are allocated by 15 votes or major fraction for Governor Thompson with one at large delegate per precinct. Officials include W H Thompson supporters in Bayard Lodgepole Colton Potter and others listed with varying counts. The secretary is R V Scott. chairman C P Chambers.
Legal notice from Cheyenne County Nebraska sheriff announces sale of real estate to satisfy a judgment from Nem County district court. Property: Northwest quarter of Section 28 Township 14 North Range 49 West. Sale set for October 3, 1903 at 3 PM in Sidney in front of the courthouse.
A list details government and school officers such as O. M. Wright and John Daugherty, plus church schedules for Evangelical Lutheran, Methodist, Catholic, and Episcopal congregations. It also lists fraternal groups including Masons and Odd Fellows with meeting times and officer names.
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