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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
1
Rain dominates reports as threshers pause and ponds fill. Cattle, land deals, and new structures appear amid hail damage fears. McKinley tragedy prompts sorrow while community socializes despite weather.
Rain drenches Cheyenne County as residents adjust plans and travel. Remsburg visits Bridgeport for fencing material while Patrick Rowlan, M OC Ranch, and Miss May Johnson head to Bridgeport or Denver. E A Johnson travels to Denver for dressmaking. Lloyd Remsburg returns improved from Sidney.
C F Metty returned from an extended Buffalo trip while Mrs Metty visited Iowa Friends. Mr Wilcox seeks hospital care in Chicago for a long standing facial condition. Bridgeport reunion has drawn away many old soldiers and candidates. W C Bullock plans a Colorado trip for the Fall round up. Postmaster Barlow attends the reunion and oversees political work. Charley Swift may return soon to Iowa for medical studies. Fenske shipped two wheat cars to Chicago. Will Anderson from Potter eyes County Superintendent nomination. A B Persinger moves his tele phone into Metty’s store.
Mrs Margaret A Nelson died Tuesday at 2 a m after a two week illness of dysentery. Born July 19 1830 in County Cuveren Ireland she settled in Norwich Connecticut in 1858 and married James A Nelson there in 1859. The couple moved to Henry county Missouri in 1860, Mr Nelson dying in 1889. Surviving are sons John and Charles Nelson. She moved to Cheyenne county then Sidney and later to this city. She joined the Methodist church recently after being with the Church of England. Funeral services were held at her home Wednesday at 10 am with many relatives and friends attending the burial in City Cemetery. Pallbearers were H V Redington A W Atkins Wm Kingelty E McLernon Peter Benson and J L McIntosh.
Receipts of cattle for the week are fair but about 4000 fewer than last week. Western range cattle dominate, corn fed cattle light with a slow and uneven market though good stock tends to stay steady. Cows and mixed and stockers are in fair supply with active demand at steady to strong prices. Hog receipts light with about 5000 on sale. market opened slow and declined but closed steady with prices $6.25 to $6.60 era, $6.35 to $6.45 typical. Sheep receipts liberal. market slow but improving slightly. NYE & BUCHANAN Co.
Wanted. Butter and eggs from chickens. 124 cents to license butter, price for fresh eggs and highest market price for chickens at McMullan’s.
The family thanks neighbors and friends for services shown during the bereavement of wife and mother from FRANK SHECKLER and daughters.
A brief notice records an inquiry titled Four Reem House and Two Rem directed at A Lameoved. Details are sparse in the legible text and no additional context or actions are provided.
Bulletin updates show President McKinley near death with heart exhaustion and extreme prostration. Updates note limited improvement at times, gravest hour at 6 p m and ongoing oxygen support as physicians focus on strengthening and healing internal injuries. Mrs McKinley is feeble but steady under care as public concern shifts to cautious optimism.
Bridgeport hosts a G A R reunion with two days of events despite rain clouds. crowds tour grounds west of town. opening exercises feature a welcome by J T White and a choral rendition of America.
Friday featured Miss Britton singing She Was Happy Till She Met You then a ball game between Bridgeport and Alliance with Bridgeport prevailing 10 to 1. Afternoon dances and camp-fire gatherings closed the day as the reunion drew strong attendance and praise.
The piece notes 56 men enrolled, travelers Odie Lyon and Mackie Radcliff enjoying a holiday on the merry go round. It hints at a paid cigarette prize won by Mike Tobin at a ball and baby game, while teasing misidentification of Lyon. Sidney’s reunion delegation is about 100 people plus unspecified babies.
J. J. Elliott becomes passenger brakeman between Cheyenne and North Platte as semaphore signals shift near U P depot. The Burlington sold over a hundred tickets Sidney to Bridgeport for the Republican county convention. UP officials resume duties after illness. Italian surfacing gang discharged with checks sent to North Platte. most plan to return next spring. A. Camropa confirms 120 Italians remain for work until cold weather.
Burlington Route offers a round trip to San Francisco at reduced rates for the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Travel is open to the public, with return by November 15, 1901, and stopovers allowed west of Colorado. Folder details available on request. J. Francis.
Managers Callahan and Bassett list the lineup for the Opera House with acts including The Johnson-Stater's Minstrels on Sept 16, Della Pringle Co on Sept 30, Two Married Men on Oct 1, Roanoke on Oct 9, Sidney R. Spencer's Cosmopolitan Players on Dec 2, A Merry Chase on Dec 26, and Romance of Coon Hollow on Jan 21.
Transfers of Cheyenne county funds filed with the county clerk list Fred Lehmkuhbl and wife to H. H. Hippen for acres 14 15 47 at $250 J Slocum and wife to H. H. Hippen acres 10 15 47 at $250 J A Stradberg et al to C A Stran berg no 18 16 52 at $1.00 Cornelius Bradley and wife to B A Jones no 21 13 49 at $200
Quincy Lee Morrow of Indiana speaks at the Court House Tuesday September 34th at 8 p m in a temperance event praised by the Evening Telegram Providence as the greatest lecture here in twenty years. Admission is free with music by Miss TerrEase Salle and others.
Baysard sent a car load of irrigated grain vegetables native and tame grasses to the Nebraska State Fair. Sixteen product groups were judged with 1600 possible points but two groups were omitted, trimming 200 points. Bayard's display scored 1023 points led by oats at 98 points, highlighting local enterprise.
From the annual report by County Superintendent Lyon: 1,564 children will share in next year’s school apportionment. county school property valued at $50,658. total district indebtedness $30,598. county teachers paid $17,331 last year. average wages for male teachers $13 per month and female teachers $32. average county term 95 days. Seventy-six districts held schools. eight districts had nine months, twenty had six months, and forty-eight had less than six months.
Olaf Swanson and Miss Lucy McClain wed Wednesday afternoon at 8 in the bride’s father home in Morrow addition. Rev. W. L. Austin officiated as relatives looked on. The groom, a Union Pacific section foreman, and the bride, a lively young woman, will start housekeeping in the East Section house. The Telegraph extends best wishes for a long and happy life together.
Two large heating stoves offered for sale at a bargain with inquiry at the post office.
Local Kimball merchants sign an agreement to sell no goods on Sunday except in case of sickness. Each merchant also deposits a ten dollar check in the bank as a pledge of good faith to be shared if anyone breaks the agreement.
Mr and Mrs Z McCombs left Thursday for Centralia Kansas to visit the former's mother.
Carpenters are constructing a substantial carriage house for Judge Pease, reflecting ongoing improvement work at his residence. The project emphasizes sturdy design and orderly progress on the property.
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