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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1911
Page
3
The town chews over phone service changes as Thornburg advances to install a local central. Local merchants push patronage while farmers and residents rally around home businesses. Visits span Sidney, Kimball, Denver, and Ravenna with youth schooling and community events featured.
Mrs Sol Willis of West Second Street Sidney Nebraska reports four years of kidney and bladder trouble with back and body pains. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills her pains subsided and kidneys returned to normal. She urges others to use Doan's Pills, sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's.
Closing activity in Chicago shows Wheat Sept 92 1 2 c Dec 97 1 2 c. Corn Sept 67 1 2 c Dec 94 c. Oats Sept 43 44 c Dec 45 4 5 c. Pork Jan 15.10. Lard Sept 9.25 Jan 8 87 1 4. Ribs Oct 8.45 Jan 7 97 4 c. Cash: No 2 hard wheat 95 144 to 98 c. No 2 corn 67 1 2 68 c. No 2 white oats 45 to 45 1 2 c.
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts 20 000 steady to 10 cents off with steer and heifer ranges from 4.25 to 7.00, hogs 22 000 shade lower with prices from 4.25 to 7.20, sheep 40 000 steady to 10 cents lower with natives 2.25 to 4.30 and lambs 4.00 to 6.25.
Cattle receipts 6300 higher by 10 cents with beef steers 5.25 to 7.25, cows and heifers 3.0 to 4.35, stockers 3.50 to 4.50, calves 5.25 to 7.25. Hog receipts 6300 down 5 to 10 cents, large droves sold with best light at 6.86. Sheep receipts 26000 steady with wethers 3.85 to 4.00, ewes 2.50 to 3.50, lambs 5.00 to 5.50.
Ortie McManigal, the state’s chief witness in the McNamara murder by dynamiting case, announces he has broken with his wife Emma McManigal as the trial approaches in Los Angeles.
Simplicity is the keynote of this charming bungalow with a stone piagat on the side and projecting caves. The living room fireplace faces the dining area, making that space cheerful. Rear kitchen has a grade door and cellar stairway. two bedrooms, a bath, ample closets. Cost to build 5100 exclusive of heating and plumbing. Dimensions width 26 feet depth 46 feet. Plans and specifications of design No S04 available for 16 dollars. Glen Lo Saxton.
W J Taughman spends week in North Platte Valley on Sidney Transfer business. Ralph Ribble of Winston Colorado attends the fair and reports the marriage of Jean Ribble to Miss Garey of Peetz last Saturday night. Friends extend congratulations for a happy life.
F M Siddens of the Baldwin Piano Company Denver and Denver College of Music graduate spent a brief period in Sidney tuning Krueger and V F Kucera pianos. He travels to Bridgeport for more tuning and will return to Sidney if any residents need their pianos tuned.
Clint Lane and James Thompson of Dalton were observed on the streets Tuesday. Mrs. Frazier and her son from Peets were among Friday's visitors to the county fair.
L. H. Graves of the Kearney Land Company attended the fair on Friday. J. J. McIntosh shows improving health and can sit up a little each day. Len Sherwin, his family, and William Forward represented Winston at the fair on Friday. Clayton Sharp returned home in Crook after visiting cousins Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Brown.
Len Sherwin was summoned to Sterling Colorado on Saturday morning due to the serious illness of his father A. G. Sherwin president of the Farmers National Bank.
A. L. Brown from Sumner Nebraska visited his brother who recently sold three quarters of a section of land eleven miles north of Lodgepole.
Folsony Cal se, a condemned inmate at Folsom, struck Francisco Quads with an iron bar in the corridor, killing him. The double murder arose from a long running feud and follows a recent jailbreak attempt involving both men.
The next land lottery runs Oct 2 to 21 offering 6502 acres on Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations. Registration points include Gregory Dallas Chamberlain and Rapid City with a drawing to start Oct 24. In Kiev, September 21 reports claim Jews flee amid panic and fears of a pogrom following the premier Stolypin's death.
Mount Etna in Sicily returned to active eruption on September 21 as lava floods hampered access. Reports say eight peasants were cut off by lava and gunfire from the area were heard, though no details could be confirmed due to the dangerous conditions and floods.
John Petty aged 14 drowned in the Platte river three miles southeast of Springfield while bathing. Two companions Glo Fackler and Earl Adair heard him shout and saw him sink. Search parties found his body two hours later nearly a mile downriver.
Frank Morris of San Antonio declares his mission to cure nightmares. He describes nightly visions of being torn by a pitchfork, eaten by a whale, crushed in a building collapse, or ruined in business, claiming sleep or method changes fail to stop the dream. He reports up to forty eight hours without sleep.
Dr J I Gibson state veterinarian and commission chair announces Iowa will not admit livestock unless animals are in healthy condition under the strictest rules in force in the United States. This action aims to protect Iowa livestock from future disease outbreaks statewide.
A telegram from Melilla Morocco received in Madrid states that Spaniards suffered eighteen dead and seventy seven wounded while tribesmen losses reached about six hundred to seven hundred. The message declares a complete Spanish victory.
J W Kline, spokesman for the Harriman shop employees committee, again changed plans and departed for Salt Lake. He said there is still no change to the shop craft situation.
Kansas City report notes the International Union of Bakery and Confectionery Workers in convention plans to oppose the alleged bread trust by starting operations in baking themselves.
Minneapolis Sept 18 Nolan chairman of the executive committee of the Minnesota Progressive Republican League branded as untrue the statement that the progressives would throw their support from La Follette to Charles Evans Hughes.
William F Stammer, brakeman on Northwestern freight train, was fatally crushed between the bumpers of freight cars during switching in Blair yards.
A brief item notes a musician who advocates steady work and thrift in the trade. The piece frames industry as a key virtue for bass players and shoots at noisy, showy excess. A local voice praises practical effort over flash.
A dense directory layout lists government offices from governor to auditor to attorney general, land offices, and local posts. It details school boards, church notices, and numerous fraternal and women's groups with meeting times and officers in Sidney and surrounding areas.
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