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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1900
Page
8
Western trains listed include Overland Limited No 101 Pacific Express and Fast Mall No 3 with times 900 am to 58 pm and 3:55 am to 7:05 pm. All freight trains carry passengers at stops. FE R Breisen, Agent.
Sidney markets list staple commodity prices including wheat and corn per bushel, oats and rye per bushel, new potatoes per cwt, eggs per dozen, butter per pound, chickens per dozen, hogs per cwt, and cattle per cwt. Prices shown represent current market rates with varied figures for each item.
A wide array of ads from McMullan's to Beard & Wooldridge's promote low prices on flour eggs and produce. Hardware furniture shoes harness windmills and farm supplies are advertised along with job and land office blanks and local services. Community updates note births weddings school moves and travel to Omaha Ogden and North Platte.
L Knox of Lenox Iowa spent a few days in town. Dr Carlyle of Kimball attended a pension board meeting. Andrew Struthers and Grace and Roy Struthers plan a Grand Junction Colorado visit to relatives. Mrs Vanderhoof left for Omaha after visiting Mrs Dawson. The senior editor’s family enjoyed a melon gift from Jim Cawley. Fred Heimer of Potter renewed his subscription with his mother. A L Chase heads to Lincoln to study a year at the State University before entering Ann Arbor. Harris and Daugherty of the land office visited Lawrence Fork for a government wood reservation sale. Chas Doran left for North Platte then New York to study at the college of Physicians and Surgeons. The W A C social yielded about fifty dollars with forty couples in the grand march.
Auction at Chas Jankovsky's place seven miles southeast of Sidney on September 10 1900 at 10 oclock sharp offers 14 Milch cows 10 Calves 1 Hereford bull 1 six year old mare 1 mare with foal 1 yearling colt and saddle and harness plus household goods cash terms free lunch V F Kucera auctioneer Fred Lehmkurl clerk Next thirty days curtain line of boys shoes discounted with cash saving across multiple sizes and a clothing line including coats vests suits pants all marked down substantial percent off call now for bargains
Bargains list includes six hole steel range 25 dollars heavy four hole cook stove 10 dollars neat perlor heating stove 5 dollars massive oak side board 15 dollars strong iron bed 2.50 best all wool carpet 60 cents from C D Essie House Furnishing Department.
Fifty or sixty Aberdeen Angus cows and heifers, none less than three quarters pure bred. A royal opportunity to stock a new ranch with market top price. Call or address at Goering Neb. Claypool and Woop.
The Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings will auction about 14 000 acres of school land at Sidney starting 1 p m Sept 27 1900 at the County Treasurer’s office. If not leased at appraised value the land may be leased at six percent on the highest bid. Lists and appraisements available from County Treasurer or the Commissioner in Lincoln. J T White of Bridgeport elected commander for next reunion. White's Grove near Bridgeport set as site. Sidney veterans report a modest turnout at the Hackberry reunion with some travel challenges and remarks by Hose of Astriburg and Wou gter of Bayard.
A fire sale offers a carload of flour damaged during removal from the Sidney Mill warehouse. Bargains include Western Light at 50 cents per sack, 1900 at 60 cents, and 80 Per cent Patent at 75 cents per sack, while stock lasts.
Estrayed from pasture two miles northeast of Sidney a small brown horse branded on the right shoulder with white fronts above the pastern and one left hind foot. A liberal reward is offered to anyone returning the animal or bringing it to McDaniel's barn.
Real estate note announcing a half section of land seven miles east of Sidney and a quarter mile north of the U P railroad line. For price and terms, contact this office.
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