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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1924
Page
12
The Falun copper mine in Sweden, owned for 700 years by Stora Kopparbergs Bergslag Aktiebolag, has yielded gold, silver, and copper since 1225. It features 18 miles of galleries, 3,000 chambers, and depths reaching 800 feet, with visitors guided in heavy gear and red flares.
A man would need to dig a tunnel thirty seven miles long and large enough for his body in a single night to perform the work of a web footed mole.
A compact reflection on ignorance as a peril to health and humanity. It frames ignorance as a curse that follows a man content with his current knowledge, warning of its destructive impact on people’s lives.
An obscure city law still on the books in Chicago limits how far women's hat pins may extend beyond their hats though it is long forgotten. The rule is rarely enforced and the measure remains a curious relic of past civic regulation.
New comets are usually discovered at five per year, but in the past six months only one newcomer to the skies has been spotted. The observer is a sixteen year old English boy living in Athens, whose sighting stands out in a period of unusually sparse discoveries.
Charles Lyngholm of Bronson visited Sidney on Wednesday. John Tulleys, Lincoln banker, was in Sidney on business Tuesday. J. B. Morfeldt of Bronson lost a fine heifer to lightning last Saturday. Dr. Hugh Mantor removed tonsils for LH FE Armitage Sunday. The community notes include several visits from Sterling residents H E Whittaker and John Morrison on business Wednesday, along with family visits and a lawn picnic at Mrs. Martin’s Sunday school class Thursday afternoon.
Winfield Kretz spent the weekend visiting friends and on business in Denver. Joe Haller expects to receive a car load of 1925 standard six Buicks this week. Judge Oberfelder left Wednesday to make addresses at Bridgeport and Bayard. Congressman Simmons addressed the meeting of wheat growers of Potter at Johnson's grove Sunday. George Thompson and family motor ed to Kimball Sunday and visited with friends. Miss Ann Kurz and Howard Parker visited Sunday at the Bert Walker home southeast of Sidney. The Lorenzo school district is unloading a car of coal this week purchased from the Sidney Coal company. Mrs Planck, son Forest and Elis Robbins left last Friday by motor for Casper, where they will visit with relatives for a month.
Aged zinc plating warning notes hazards in food handling. A disabled instruction warns against keeping food in disordered containers. Food left briefly in contaminated vessels may dissolve zinc and cause poisoning from consumption.
A historical note suggests Rembrandt spent much of his life creating cheap imitations of his own works, casting doubt on the authenticity of several paintings attributed to him and hinting at a broader practice of copying within his career.
Deep sea sucking fishes have a modified back fin forming a powerful sucker enabling them to cling to ship hulls and large sea creatures, solving a transport problem in maritime environments.
Jud Tunkins notes that a man losing a hundred thousand dollars on a horse race is not as unfairly unlucky as the man who could only risk two dollars. He contrasts wealth and restraint, implying honesty more tied to circumstance than fate.
A community learns the value of adequate public health services when a deadly epidemic highlights gaps and prompts calls for improved health infrastructure and response capacity.
Mrs G P Brown and daughter Grace of Longmont visited this week at the Fred Stephens home. The state game warden and a deputy were reported to have been in Sidney Monday.
Misses Mabel Perry and Elvira Jund plan a two week motor trip through eastern Nebraska cities. Mr. and Mrs. M. Joseph of Coal Gate Oklahoma visit daughter Mrs. Leon Fine and family. J. M. Nelson and family returned from a Colorado mountain vacation. Martha Greenlee Hill arrived for an extended stay at the parental home. She teaches in Tucson Arizona schools. Jim Bertramson reports his son Rodney eleven fell from a horse near Potter and was unconscious for hours.
Mr and Mrs Chester Hendrix visited in Sidney this week. She is sister of Mrs C W Smith of Gurley. Former Sidney residents, they have lived in Glen Rock Wyoming and are now bound for Oklahoma to establish their new home.
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