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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1899
Page
7
The Tenth regiment of Pennsylvania was moved from San Francisco to Chicago at a cost of $30,851. From Chicago to Pittsburg the trip was free, with the Pennsylvania railroad covering all arrangements along the entire route at no charge.
City funds 120000 dollars to create a six acre park on the crowded East Side of New York. The area was a mudhole near Corlear's Slip before the improvement.
Do your feet ache and burn Shakento your shoes. Allen's Foot-Ease powder for feet makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet. At all druggists and shoe stores 25c. Sample sent free Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
In a Chicago Times Herald excerpt a speaker urges women to seek ambition and public influence while a counterpoint joke mocks limited futures for girls. The piece notes there is an apparatus devised for automatically photographing people as they enter shops.
Blair Nebraska September 8 The choice of the site for the new public building at the corner of Walker Avenue and Lincoln Streets gives general satisfaction. All elements are pleased with the selection.
In Geneva Nebraska on September 8 Captain Beals received a plain gold ring from the Forby Guard County Attorney Frank Sloan during a guard meeting.
Stanton Nebraska September 8 preliminary examination of Oliver Anderson for the killing of his half brother Andrew Johnson Sr was held before County Judge Vining and the prisoner was remanded to await trial in the district court which convenes September 25
Governor Poynter has posted a reward of $200 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Benjamin F. Stump, who died in Richardson county on July 19 from a pistol wound. No trace has been found and the suspect is believed to have left the state.
In Dunbar Nebraska on September 8 the hot winds of the last three days severely damaged late corn. Fall plowing is nearly finished, as rain is needed to loosen the hard ground. No fall wheat can be sown in the cornfields because August 19 winds blew much of the corn down, making seeding between rows impossible.
Hastings Neb sept 8 the city council held a special meeting and appropriated 600 for lighting the streets with arc lights during street fair week. a contract was made with western electrical of omaha. dynamos will come from omaha but power will be furnished by hastings milling company.
At a two day camp near Brady Nebraska Joe Zebra was killed when a shotgun discharged by fellow laborer T Stevens attempting to shoot a flying bird. The blast struck Zebra in the eye killing him instantly. Zebra leaves a mother in Vermont.
In Blair Nebraska Judge Baker ruled the Sioux City and Pacific railroad bonds illegal due to lack of statutory authority. Issued over thirty years ago, the county has paid over 55 thousand dollars in interest, with total bond and interest exceeding 176 thousand dollars. The case likely proceeds to the state supreme court.
Grand Island Nebraska September 8 Corporal George Hirst of Company M Second Nebraska regiment died after a lengthy illness from appendicitis then typhoid fever. He fell ill following Chicamauga and Omaha return, endured two operations, and despite expert care and nursing, passed away.
Arrangements for the First Nebraska reunion week are advancing at the fair grounds Mercantile Hall. Twenty seven dining tables are in place seating twenty to forty with four to six waiters per table. Mrs Davis met the table committee chairs at the Commercial club to finalize plans. Breakfast at 7 am dinner at 12 and supper at 6 pm.
In Tekamah Nebraska Sunday George Kelley a farmer was shot in the legs and one ankle shattered by an Omaha haying outfit led by T C Platts and C C Bigelow who were arrested on charges of shooting with intent to wound and maim. A companion was beaten and threatened during the confrontation over a disrupted horse and corn.
Dr P M Hobbs a leading southern Nebraska physician and former mayor died at his home in Wymore after several days of stomach illness. He was a popular town figure, generous and active in public service and many city organizations.
Johnson, accused of aiming to kill Sheriff Farris, was brought to Wahoo and jailed awaiting a preliminary examination after arrival in the city.
In Sutton Nebraska on September 11 a buggy ride ended when the hired man for IL Lavington tried to cross a railroad track ahead of train No. 3. He was thrown clear with no serious injuries but the horse was killed and the buggy wrecked.
Tecumseh Nebraska reports Earl Versaw five year old son of Mr and Mrs F I Versaw fell from the windmill wheel platform and broke his right leg between thigh and knee. Nearby farmer boy William Rhoden was severely scalded about the head and likely to lose an eye from burns received recently.
D S Quick, 23, a Burlington switchman in Lincoln, was killed when a freight car ran him over on a repair track. He left a wife and three children. He was standing atop a car when it lurched and he fell before the wheels passed over him.
A freight train No. 22 halted at Pine Bluffs Wyoming for an hour when a fruit special crested a sharp curve at 35 mph. The fruit train struck the freight caboose, destroying it and five coal cars. No serious injuries reported.
Lincoln Sept 11 Auditor Cornwell rejects the claims of Robert W Furnas secretary of the state board of agriculture for unused state fair appropriations in 1898 and 1899 totaling 4000. Deputy Attorney General Oldham says funds are for premiums only and since no fairs were held the money stays in the treasury. The association carries about 6000 debt and the appropriation cannot be used for unpaid premiums.
Benjamin D. Mills, longtime Harlan county banker and former Republican leader at Republican City, was paroled by Governor Poynter after about a year and a half of a five year sentence for being an accessory to unlawful conversion of public funds. He and Ezra S. Whitney, the county treasurer, were involved in a scheme that left Whitney short more than $20,000. Whitney testified under immunity that he lent Mills $6,000 of county money.
Lincoln attorney A G Wolfenbarger sues Isaac B Robinson in district court for 35000 damages claiming a rawhide beating over a divorce trial incident two months prior. He says medical costs reached 10 dollars and total damages include pain humiliation and damage to his name witnessed by hundreds at Burr block on O street. Wolfenbarger, a temperance advocate, links the assault to liquor influence in local anti saloon circles.
The laying ceremony in Tekamah Nebraska marked the start of a brick and stone high school building costing $25,000. The event was hosted by the grand lodge of Masons with Hon. W. W. Keysor giving an address and Hon. M R Hopewell directing arrangements. Mayor W. G. Sears ordered noon business closures as the town celebrated with decorations and a parade.
Wymore Nebraska ends its summer stint as a wide open town after the Gayety club run by South Omaha gamblers dissolves in a row last week with several guns drawn.
Ross L. Hammond announces the annual meeting of the Nebraska Republican Newspaper federation at the Millard hotel Omaha at 10 o clock a m on September 21. Editors of republican papers not yet members are invited to attend and join.
In Mason City Nebraska court area, dry weather and hot winds over the past two weeks have reduced the corn crop from an expected fifty bushels per acre to ten. This marks the seventh year such late season dryness has spoiled corn, though small grain crops have stayed fair.
WYMORE Neb Sept 9 At a meeting the school board decided to place telephones in all three public school buildings. Arrangements with the telephone company will be made soon. The measure will aid the principal in communicating with ward schools and in conducting school board business.
FAIRBURY reports Jefferson county for August shows Parm mortgages with twenty filings totaling 27,997.50 and releases totaling 31,698.33 plus city and chattel mortgage activity. Fremont notes Dodge county August records with sixty-one chattel filings totaling 20,644.82 and releases 43,408.33, farm and town mortgage activity listed with amounts and releases.
Fred Hipke a driver for May Bros left town and did not attend a planned wedding despite Osborn Anderson a harnessmaker seeking his return at the police station. The 18 year old bride and family waited as the supper was cleared after Hipke did not appear for the ceremony.
In Mead Neb on Sept 9 assistant state veterinarian Thomas Farrow inoculated fifty hogs with anti cholera serum in Saunders county plague district near Ithaca on farms of H K Marcy August H Smith and Herman Hankle Hankle’s hogs show no disease while others yard test results will be watched as blood samples from ill hogs were sent to a laboratory for examination Farmers in the county await outcome and test results of the serum
A $10,000 shortage was found at Nebraska National Bank in Omaha. Teller Ned H. Copeland, who began as a rail road teller ten years earlier, resigned August 17 and left for Arion Iowa, with last reports placing him in Washington DC. His whereabouts are unknown.
A nearby outbuilding ignited near the Richardson County courthouse in Wahoo Nebraska on September 9. Firefighters acted quickly under strong southwest winds and contained the blaze before it spread beyond the adjacent structure.
The United States commissioner to the Paris exposition states no life sized gold statue of a woman will be allowed as an exhibit or concession on the exposition grounds. The aim is to preserve the dignity of the U S display and avoid discrediting advertising.
Redlands California deploys a giant mowing machine that cuts a strip of wheat fifty feet wide across the field, highlighting a novel agricultural method.
The Frisco Line Passenger Department issues a handsome illustrated pamphlet detailing resources and advantages for homeseekers. Free copies available by mail on application to Bryan Snyder, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Missouri.
United States Patent Office records show 141 patentees sold part or all interest in their inventions this week, a 32 percent success rate. Buyers include American Shoe Machinery Co Portland Maine Gorham Manufacturing Providence Brown & Sharpe Providence Winchester Repeating Arms New Haven Western Electric Chicago Scoville Waterbury Bethlehem Bethlehem Inventors seek free patent info from Sues & Co Omaha Neb.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad lengthened runs of through trains by double crewing locomotives. Engines now cover 7,000 to 8,000 miles monthly, replacing 3,500 to 4,000 miles, reducing locomotive needs by twenty four and enabling power to be used elsewhere.
Experts estimate the Stewart fortune left by A. T. Stewart, held by the late Judge Hilton, at about 40 million dollars. Mrs. Stewart outlived him and the fortune by ten years, with the final loss of the visible Stewart millions occurring in 1896 amid the wreck of Hilton, Hughes & Co.
The Prso Company of Warren Pennsylvania says it will forfeit £1000 if any published testimonials prove false. The note adds that a pun is a wordplay but can be hard to grasp for some readers.
The czar's household includes ninety eight officers, eighty three from the army and fifteen from the navy. Nineteen royal family members are listed among the personnel.
Fifteen patents issued to Iowa inventors this week include A W Lewis Keota for a vehicle attachment J James Atlantic for a draft equalizer W Loudon Fairfield for a hay carier J W Macy Scarsboro for a road grader A W and T E Morgan Burlington for a wire fence stay J H Morris Maquoketa for a cream separator C F Nelson Extra for a boot and shoe cleaner C O Haven and P P Uhrig Fort Madison for a harrow H Phillips and W Hunt Ottumwa for a car loader H B Porter Hartwick for a hat and clothes rack E L Rigg Griswold for a steam generating appliance H Tuttle Cedar Rapids for two bicycles C H Van Alstyne Manchester for a barrel heater and feed cooker S Adson Springwater for a collar clasp. A copyright is granted to Rev A C Smith Des Moines for Gathered Gems of Literature. The work is in Chicago and will be printed and sold by subscription. Free consultation on securing property rights offered by Thomas G Orwig & Co. Des Moines IA Sept 2 1899.
The report states 63 000 Boers, 87 000 Uitlanders, and 600 000 kaffirs and ulus reside in the South African Republic, highlighting the racial and ethnic composition of the region.
Black Hawk, famed Winnebago chief of Wisconsin, died in Brockway at age 90 after half a century of influencing relations with whites. He helped keep peace and deterred possible hostilities. Also noting a global beer trade estimated at 1.08 billion dollars annually. The inevitable life truth is that change surprises us.
Mrs J O Barnard of Minitrown Wasnincron Co reports suffering from bladder trouble heart flutter dizziness and painful menstruation. She writes that after taking two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she feels like a new person and praises the medicine highly.
Miss A P of Abort Iowa writes that after three doctors and a failed prognosis surgery was once suggested she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She reports renewed strength and plans to recommend the medicine to others.
The government offers payments ranging from 200 to 600 dollars per day for each vessel transporting horses supplies and army baggage to the Philippines and 1000 dollars per day for vessels carrying troops.
Advert says Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures swollen burning sweating corns and bunions. Shakable in shoes 25c at druggists and shoe stores. Free sample by mail Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY. Also a cartoon caption about farming from Puck magazine.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for children teething to soften gums reduce inflammations and ease pain. The copy claims it cures windcollc and sells a two dollar bottle. A separate moral line warns that those who forge to the front may be mobbed if they falter.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at five cents. The piece also notes the common challenge for amateur farmers is securing funds to operate the farm.
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