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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1898
Page
5
Community notices list numerous groups led by organizers and officers in Sidney. Reads like a city directory with lodge meetings, church services, and charitable societies scheduled across weeks, including Methodist, Catholic, Episcopal churches and various orders.
A jumble of ad copy and misspelled notices warns manufacturers to have trade circulars translated by true experts. The piece cites misrendered English into German and lists comical mistranslations, followed by odd vignettes about a Yale rock key, the post office, and a dubious onion remedy with health claims.
A noted claim describes Peruvian cotton growing in twelve colors from white to dark red, with each color yielding the same hue in fiber. It also asserts a high rate of throat worm complaints among Chinese children due to weather and raw vegetables, and references a vague goal related to a storehouse of colored products and explosives.
The author praises peccaries as fearless, highly intelligent wild hogs in Mexico. They scout people, hunt in packs, and can corner a man who flees to a tree. A hunter’s dramatic encounter, ammo exhausted, ends with the herd feasting on fallen prey as dawn approaches. Weather notes and travel observations in Achitie add scant context.
In July the earth receives 6 percent less heat than in January, yet winter in the southern hemisphere is warmer due to the sun’s higher path. The article notes longer days and changes in solar exposure, affecting perceived heat despite total annual heat rising.
Ticket sales announced for a Renn Trip funding effort with $500 contributions from patrons across Kansas Nebraska and Utah. Travel dates span May through October with daily services between key points as listed and seating limited.
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