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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1907
Page
4
A special village election is called for Tuesday October 8 to approve bonds for a water works plan. The vote follows a technical error in prior proceedings and increases bond amounts for a more elaborate mains system. Citizens are urged to support the needed improvement.
A long critique argues Bridgeport drives county division to rush matters, smear Sidney, and push a new boundary near Sidney to boost their bid. It claims few residents shape lines, questions the fifty thousand dollar courthouse, and warns railroad plans may redraw maps, urging broader input.
Bishop John H. Vincent urges religious fidelity over mere loyalty to day place or denomination. He warns against church ritual without conviction and calls for a practical life of faith every day, not only Sundays, across all duties and homes.
Editor Meek questions Bridgeport figures named as county officers after a peaceful county split. A Bridgeport source claims prospective officers are chosen, though names aren’t released. In the primary, Reese won supreme judge by about seven thousand votes, Clarke narrowly won railway commissioner by under two hundred.
Lodgepole sketches a booming yet strained town with dwindling general stores and hotels while praising education and new students. Ruth Fawcett resumes studies at Lincoln State University. Viola Young returns to Brownell Hall. Verne Bates, Harry Schank, Roy Libby, and Mary Swift attend schools in Lincoln, Council Bluffs, and Heaney.
A fragmented clipping mentions a birth to Mr and Mrs R Kidney on September 16 a daughter and notes sales by T A Kellais Chas Olson H H Hippen and Frank Karlisky plus county events with Sheriff McDaniel and a marriage of Miss Anna Benish of Potter by County Judge Tucker. a fireman Albert Nelson runs between Sidney and Cheyenne.
Notice to Sidney Nebraska voters outlines a bond issue of twenty thousand dollars for a Water Works system. Election set for October at the Engine House with bonds paying six percent interest, twenty-year terms, and a sinking fund to cover principal.
Department of the Interior notice from North Platte Nebraska 1907 states Frank Jenik of Lodgepole seeks five year final proof for Homestead entry No 28 Township 6 Range 4. Proof will be before the register and receiver at North Platte November 18 1907 with witnesses Albert Swarie Mitchell Pasha Frank Olverius and Fred Nawath all of Lodgepole Nebraska.
The Cheyenne County Court orders Agnes M Kishner or petitioner to show cause why the administration of the estate of Cornelius Bowman cannot be granted to Tf E Gapen as administrator. A notice will be published in the Sidney Telegraph for three weeks prior to a hearing on September 13, 1907. County Judge James Pucker seals the document.
John Slinghatf petitions Cheyenne county court to waive administration in the estate of Harper N Slinghuf deceased. The heirs are Hawolin U Slinginis and Water Slimglais. The hearing is set for October T at 10 o'clock in the County Court. Notice to interested parties will be published in the Sidney Daily Telegram Weekly for three weeks.
A court ordered sale of Lots Seven and Eight in Block Five Clarkson's Addition to Sidney Nebraska to satisfy a judgment for Butler A Jones against Anna C Pindson and C Hudson. The sale occurs August 24 at 10 am in front of the courthouse, Cheyenne County.
Notice to creditors of the deceased Edmund Abbott to present claims before the County Judge of Cheyenne County Nebraska. The hearing in the County Court Room is set for September 10 at 9 30 a m with four weeks publication in the Sidney Telegraph prior to September 4. Claims must be filed within twelve months and the administrator has one year to settle the estate from August 22. (True Copy) James Tucker.
Creditors of Johny Niccolls deceased must file and present claims for examination and allowance before the Cheyenne County Nebraska County Judge on October 8, 1907 at 10 o clock a m. Six months to file claims and one year to settle the estate from August 11, 1907. Public notice published prior to October.
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