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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1893
Page
2
A jumble of notices announces candidacies for Cheyenne County offices and other items. Sheriff and surveyor races are listed with names such as GEO W Jennes and RP Scorn, plus nonpartisan mentions. The text also reports bandit robbery near Mound City Kansas, a long Ireland bill debate, a proposed great north south railroad, storm and hurricane updates, economic outlooks, cholera at Mecca, and a Denver jail death.
A strong movement seeks federal aid to build irrigation systems across Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. An Interstate Convention is set for Salina, Kansas, on September 28 with three delegates from each state or territory to pursue a government-backed program.
A long reminiscence recalls a Democratic rally praising Grover Cleveland with a chorus of four more years while noting political disillusion. The text then shifts to New York City’s plan for a 16 story office tower near Trinity Church, using caisson foundations and a piers and cantilevers system to rise above bedrock and span multiple plots.
The bold plan earns admiration abroad and at home for a horticultural building, with height touted at 1932 feet and a construction cost of 800000. The Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line promises cheap through rates to Chicago with uninterrupted through service and no car changes.
The Chicago Milwathee and St Panay line markets its steam heated transit between Viesourtiaver and Chicago with patented seats and deluxe fittings. It urges travelers to connect at Union Depot Omaha and to contact agent FA Nash or Wes Howell for tickets. It claims better year round service than rival lines to Chicago, Omaha, and intermediates during the World’s Fair and beyond.
Nonin Praign endorses Prof Hirschberg’s plan to dispatch competent ophthalmologists to our area periodically to examine the eyes of our people. He emphasizes not advising on glasses but ensuring properly prescribed, scientifically adjusted spectacles, and commends Dr Waves for consideration.
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