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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1923
Page
5
Charles Mayer in Asia recounts a near fatal accident while transferring an orang utan in Singapore. While guiding the bars, a rusty socket sprung and a single bar slammed his face, leaving his nose crooked. The incident shows the orang’s power and intent, with the animal later threatening to work him.
The piece notes historical bans on kissing as unhealthy and recalls Milwaukee physicians backing a bill for its suppression. It cites Puritan New England laws including Captain Kemble being set in stocks for public kissing on the Sabbath and later fines for smiling on the Lord's day, illustrating strict Sabbath decorum.
An English firm supplied Brazil with an 18 inch diameter telescope that includes two photographic star cameras above the main tube. The vertical axis uses hall bearings that ease setup and reduce clock work, enabling the instrument to stay aimed at a given star for three to four hours without adjustment.
Professor Spinazzola shows Pompeii houses were two stories with balconies over narrow streets and shops with slatted windows. Many interiors housed small gardens and wall frescoes reveal flowers used by past inhabitants, which he replants in modern recreations.
Rev W F Johnson D D recalls the ten most useful years of his life as a missionary were ages seventy to eighty. Sixty three years ago he and his wife sailed from Boston to India to begin service. Now eighty two, he greatly contributed to Indian Christian literature through translation and authorship. In the last decade the simplified Hindi four gospels was produced, with 538000 copies circulated.
A young preacher Arthur Train fills a rural Waycross chapel. A mysterious blue eyed singer in diamonds arrives amid rain. He preaches sharply on unselfish service while she reveals she guided the car and plans a shared ride to Mrs Story.
A New York company forms to reclaim used pins from dresses and floors. After a year of tests they found magnets failed to clean pins adequately. The refined pins will return to users at half the cost of new pins, with profits for the firm.
A common hound protected eight year old by attacking an enraged bull that charged and dragged the boy. The pup struck from the rear sinking teeth into the bull’s hind leg, forced the animal to retreat, then led the bull away while the boy crawled to safety under a fence. The dog then returned to its master, tail wagging.
In Nazareth a new repair shop run by Arabs, Syrians, or Jews adapts to rising automobile traffic. The town remains secluded yet now hosts modern garages near the site of the carpenter shop once linked to the Master of Men, highlighting a blend of old reverence and new trade.
A vivid scene from The Diamond-Back by Carlyle Graham Raht depicts a colossal diamond-back slithering onto a warm ledge as a thunderstorm roars above. The rattlers scatter when the colossus strikes, fangs sinking into a wary gelding, while others flee in panic.
Airplanes between London and Paris now carry a printing outfit to publish a daily newspaper aboard during flight. News is wireless transmitted between London and Paris, an aerial editor compiles and prints the edition, and parachute deliveries reach towns along the route. The paper includes stock quotes features and general news.
Senator Francis E Warren of Wyoming who chairs the Senate Committee on Appropriations is described as serious minded. A humorous anecdote recalls a committee discussion on Indian heirship cases where a senator asks what Indians have to do with airships, highlighting a clash between detail and imagination.
In Indianapolis a Sunday school class led to a lively guessing game about a boy’s name. Several children offered John Clark John Fox and John Anderson before the boy finally revealed his name as John Anderson. A back-row boy exclaimed wondering if he is married again.
A professor coins a thermos concept for houses with two concrete walls and a vacuum between them. Heat would be minimized in winter, but outer air pressure would require bridge work to support the vacuum, preventing a perfect seal.
A tourist extols a promising Western region as soon to be the nation's top recreational area. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge interrupts, saying he will move due to sleepless nights from answering visitors and making up stories for crowds. The exchange appears in a Kansas City Star citation.
Industrial accidents cost over 125 million dollars in compensation in nine years in New York. Publicly released by the state industrial commissioner, the funds went to more than 400,000 claimants. Over 2.5 million accidents occurred, averaging about 300,000 yearly, with 12,480 deaths reported.
Hessian fly infects Otoc county wheat stubble. A H DeLong urges precautions for fall seeding. Hog cholera worsens. Alvan R Hecht urges vaccination if cholera within a mile. R A Stewart aids farmers with farm record books to save money. J W Wesley sowed alfalfa oats barley and alfalfa alone. barley reduces alfalfa stand. Ruben Vogel’s White Leghorn flock averages 258.2 eggs in June, leading state flock competition. Plate glass windshields and sedan doors installed at Hahler Garage.
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