I again made my way to the Heritage Center library to read filmstrips of Sheldon newspapers dated 1908 to see how things were going there one hundred years ago. I gleaned some interesting tidbits from the issues of January, February, and March. A weekly paper, it covered local through international news and gave the subscribers quite a good product for their money.
A.S. Taylor and Son: We have in stock too many good horse blankets at $1.80 each - Dan Torfin lost another horse from swamp fever yesterday and has another he doesn't expect to pull through. He has had six die since harvest representing a loss of $1,200 - The Wyndmere wolf hunt was not a success - There are a lot of bachelor homesteaders down in the southwestern corner of the state who want wives - A blacksmith of Mandan was kicked in the face by a broncho and the owner of the equine fears its leg so badly sprained it will never be of much use - An epidemic among the canines at Mohall beat the dog catcher out of his fees - Manager Chauncey Durgin is this week adding all new scenery to the opera house - Lew Howell's auction sale turned out quite auspiciously, the total amount realized about $2,400. A large crowd was present and the bidding was brisk, the horses bringing from $160 - $200 each.
Wolves are reported very bold along the Mouse River in McHenry County and some stockmen are losers - The people in the vicinity of Owego School No. 1 are well now, and arrangements are being made to open the school at an early date. The school house will be fumigated this week - El Paso, Texas: Pat Garrett, known the continent over as "the man who killed Billy the Kid," the noted outlaw and one of the last of the most prominent gunmen of frontier days was shot and killed in a dispute over a ranch lease - Yankton, SD: Fighting for his life with a hammer against a vicious bull, George Moon, a well-known farmer, drove off the brute but is in a terrible condition - Will Baguhn has been manufacturing considerable lumber on the banks of the Sheyenne River this winter.
Superintendent Hutchinson was in Owego on Wednesday trying to persuade the school board that the proper thing to do was to have another month of school this year - High school attendance still is regular although it will soon be time for the large boys to drop out on account of the spring rush. Permit us to urge the parents to keep their children in school every day if possible - For children's hoarseness use White Pine Syrup with Tar, P.J.Hoff's - Anselm now has a hotel, Mr. Grey partitioned off the poolroom and public hall into rooms - The county commission will pay three cents for each and every gopher tail. This will be good news to the small boy and indirectly to the candy merchants.
