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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1924
Page
10
The local Bible Students class meets every Sunday at two o'clock in the afternoon at 102 0 Street. All who are interested in studying the Bible are invited. Clara Downey is the class secretary.
Rev. Anton Line presides at Catholic Church with Sunday masses at 7:30 and 9:38 a.m. Rosary instruction and benediction follow at 7:30 p.m. Weekday mass is 8:00 a.m.
Customary services held last Sunday with visiting attenders and a joyful Lord's supper. Evening union meeting at the M. E. church aided all, worship at 11 a.m., Bible school 10 a.m., Cc. E. at 6:30 p.m. Pastor Samuel Light invites more worshippers to find room and welcome.
On Sunday January 20 German worship will be held at 11:00 with Sunday school at 10:00. All who have no church or Sunday school home are cordially invited to attend all services. W. F. Peters.
United Lutheran Church in Sidney lists a church school at 10 a m and a worship service with Holy Communion at 7 30 p m on Sunday January 20 1924 The regular winter Communion will be the following Sunday morning An invitation is extended to all Grace Church Gurley holds a 10 a m church school and 11 a m morning worship with Holy Communion Rev W T Kahee is the pastor.
The M E Church outlines Sunday programs including Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m Junior League at 3 p m Epworth League at 6 30 p m and another sermon at 7 30 p m On January 20 Dr A M Keve district superintendent will preach morning and evening After the evening service the second quarterly conference will be held and members are urged to greet the new superintendent A united service honoring the eighteenth amendment was held with W C T U involvement and church members urged to consider their civic Christian duties
Notice states L V Slocumb is the sole authorised person to draft all leases for the McNish Land Company of Sidney Nebraska. Jesse O McNish is named in the notice.
Article highlights egg laying among mammals with the platypus from Australia described as rare and curious. It notes underground nests with two entrances and one to three eggs, and mentions the anteater porcupine as another egg laying mammal.
Three young women employed at the meteorological office in London claim to be the only weather clerks in Great Britain. All are university graduates and fully qualified by practical experience to handle forecasting and compilation for daily weather reports and prophecies.
A concise musing notes that a man who does only what he is paid to do rarely has much to do, underscoring a caution about laziness and initiative in daily labor. The line reads as a compact moral about personal effort and ambition within a workforce.
An elderly bank janitor declines a wage raise and is tempted by a coworker to steal securities. He grapples with crime, resists at first, then fights off assailants, saving the bank from a $50,000 loss as police arrive. Hanson praises his loyalty.
Scientists at the Bureau of Standards in Washington test waterproofing and stone preservatives by soaking treated limestone in strong salt solution and drying above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Salt crystallizes in the stone pores, expanding and creating pressure that imitates frost damage.
A humorous exchange about married life with an author. A wife jokes that her husband writes red-blood stories and demands rare beef meals several times daily, a costly whim. She adds that love chapters are best served in mush to balance the diet.
An English professor criticizes using hello as a greeting while Megan Linyd George notes Americans often lack a reflexive reply to pleasantries. She considers responses such as Oh are you and Really and wonders if British reserve clashes with American etiquette in casual encounters.
The Bourne Cape Cod trading post founded in 1627 by Pilgrims, Indians, and Dutch New Yorkers introduced wampum. Quahog shells were cut and polished into standardized pieces to serve as a stable trade medium, marking early American money.
The Court of Love were noble ladies in the later Middle Ages who judged questions of etiquette and love. Some authorities say these tribunals became regular institutions in the Twelfth Century with a code of 81 articles guiding decisions.
The Devil s Tower is a 1200 foot volcanic rock formation in eastern Wyoming near Moorecraft. It served as a guiding landmark for Plains Indians and French explorers, guiding Sioux and Crow campaigns. In 1908 the U S government proclaimed it a national monument under the National Park Service.
A humorous incident explains Greeley's archaic handwriting forcing a single compositor to read his copy. A bird stained ink on loose sheets leading to mistaken typesetting. The absent worker misread the text and asked Greeley to clarify a word, prompting the mobbed retort that the passage was unconstitutional.
Mose carries a rod and basket and meets a parson en route to church. He confesses intentions to go to the river to fish. The parson asks about conscience and Mose vows his luck might bring the preacher a fine mess of fish.
The lawyer meets his broker friend at dawn aboard a horse. The broker boasts he is ready in the saddle for the seventh time, highlighting a light, witty exchange from Stockholm Kasper.
Mrs Hood asks if there was knocking at the knitting club today. Mrs Root answers no, everyone was present, noting full attendance among members.
Market report from Union Stock Yards South Omaha dated January 16 1924 shows light receipts of sheep and lambs with a slow steady trade. Best fat lambs sold at 12.75 to 13.00 with hogs around 6.05 to 6.90. Cattle prices ranged widely from veal calves to high grade beeves, with feeders and stockers varying by class.
Vale, Dakota breeder K L Tye dal reports 85 bushels per acre from irrigated alfalfa rich land, contrasting with 8 bushels on other farms. He spoke in Omaha about hog loads and the paradox that passion for work often yields little money, yet happiness is in the effort itself.
Warm rain over snow is the wind that drives melting. One inch of rain at 50 F can melt about three inches of light new snow or one inch of old snow.
A Washington Evening Star quote suggests a conference to compromise between old and young generations. Uncle Eben notes that elders fear modern trends while youth view elders as out of touch, calling for a meeting to find balance.
A London dock cinnamon warehouse is claimed as an influenza immunity sanctuary where no employee has ever contracted the disease. The note asserts the warehouse consistently remains free of flu exposure among workers.
Scientific American reports the donga tree of the Fil islands holds bark with a higher tannin percentage than renowned wattle bark from Australia and South Africa, suggesting potential commercial exploitation.
A playful quip from the Boston Evening Tran captions a light exchange on words and consequences. The writer muses that careful speech helps life, yet acknowledges that even well chosen phrases may be eaten later in a humorous turn of phrase.
The quote credits happiness at home as the ultimate result of all ambition and the end toward which every enterprise and labor tends, prompting every desire to pursue it, attributed to Johnson.
The Altar Society will hold a bake sale at Greenlees Grocery on Saturday January 20 at 1 30 p m. Committee members include Mrs BE D Worden Mrs Julia Scanlon Mrs Robert Barlow and Mrs J Hahler.
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