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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1922
Page
14
In 1922 a diver Linn battles an enormous octopus to free Leeson from a sunken wreck the Karlowitz. The rescue succeeds as Leeson ascends but Linn is fatalistically bound by the monster amid a final memory of Annette.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch note quotes a flapper dreaming of a life in New York. She jokes about riding all over the city in an open-backed taxi while reading a paper, aiming to look bored amid Broadway crowds.
A lyrical meditation on the dawn chorus and spring migrations. The author describes waking before birds and tracing distant flocks across the sky, from tiny warblers to mighty geese, and the thrill of hearing their call as they travel northward. Read as a rueful ode to nature and season.
Asia describes the geisha hairstyle as the world’s most elaborate, built with anver and gold papers artificial flowers and jade pins. A professional kamiyama drafts it, while the geisha keeps her long black hair oiled and pristine with nightly care, framing the face like carved lacquer.
A Sierra Nevada bluff along the middle fork of the San Joaquin reveals a mile long pile of weathered posts 400 feet high. Columns protrude in rows like organ pipes and honeycomb cells, ranging 14 inches to over 3 feet in diameter, mostly pentagonal while elsewhere hexagonal. The most striking western face exceeds 1,000 feet in height. The full extent of the formation remains conjectural.
A narrator recalls rushing to a drug store to send a tele phone message before boarding a river boat. On returning the last passengers were aboard and a ticket question arose. A porter's rough action caps the episode as a sailor helps the narrator back aboard.
The New York Sun notes that famous toxicologists built reputations by hiring men who ingested various poisons, with some recovering while others were harmed. It contrasts human tests with guinea pig experiments, describing tiny germs fed and housed for medical knowledge.
A humorous quip questions the fuss about monkey gland surgery. The speaker suggests the subject’s behavior shows he was born with monkey glands, implying the operation had little impact. The exchange plays on medical vanity and public curiosity.
A map from the United States Department of Agriculture shows the approximate percentage of cattle infected with tuberculosis across states and counties. Tests over five years indicate less than one percent in about half the country, mainly in the south and southwest, while other regions report one to fifteen percent, and some areas over 50,000 square miles exceed 25 percent. The data aim to guide eradication efforts.
News note urges readers to mind personal affairs and avoid meddling in neighbors' matters. Practice discretion and respect privacy to maintain healthy communities.
Notice of dissolution of the partnership between Mabel Wallick and Rose McFadden operating as The Elite Millinery. On August 19, 1922, Rose McFadden acquired sole ownership of the business.
Sheriff J. W. McDaniel will offer for sale at public auction on September 25, 1922 at 10 am at the east front door of the Sidney Court House the described real estate in Dalton Nebraska to satisfy a foreclosure decree issued October 25, 1921 in a G. H. Watkins vs Dalton Trading Company action. The property includes Lots 5 and 6 in Block 4 of Original Town of Dalton and multiple tracts forming an irregular plot south of Main Street with Depot Street, a parcel near the B and M Railroad right of way, and additional parcels in northwest quarter of Section 33 Township 17 Range 49. Sale open one hour. payment cash.
Meadow Lawn items recount visits and gatherings across Dalton and nearby homes. Families including Morrow, Bovee, Mayer, Kreader, Walsh, Eckert, and Shannon are noted visiting, hosting, or traveling, with multiple Sunday calls and Saturday evenings mentioned.
Weekly events feature open air dancing every Wednesday and Saturday night with good music. All are welcome at the American Legion venue.
Educators are pressing for a fresh Shakespeare, arguing strain of eye fatigue hinders study. The piece notes the public belief that hard work remains the cure for the blues and that many advise the other fellow to persist.
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