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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1924
Page
6
A Philadelphia Inquirer note recounts a trout fry flocking in shallow ponds on a Scottish estate, a blackbird drinking there discovering fish as food, then teaching others. The birds’ change of feeding habit forced the owner to act or abandon trout rearing, while a side claim notes cows in Norway fed on fish.
Mary L. Lewes recounts in The Queer Side of Things how a London hairdresser’s shop in Kensington is haunted by a red haired former attendant. Customers report being shampooed by an unseen assistant who then vanishes before the bill, attributed to the ghost of the former worker who killed herself.
A court session features a juror who steps from the jury box to the witness box and declares himself the plaintiff. The judge notes the conflict and the juror admits he mistaken the summons for his chance to try his own case, calling it luck.
A Kansas City Star item recalls Dick entering a club when a friend notes his beaming mood. He shares that after a year of courting a Chevy Chase girl she finally confessed she loves him, changing her stance from respect to affection.
A 300 year old Norfolk custom gives £1000 to the eldest and youngest, and the tallest and shortest brides married in the castle village. After each wedding the clergyman measures the brides and at year end the record holders are announced to receive the gifts.
The passage notes handshaking as an old social custom mentioned by Aristophanes and Virgil and found in Bible history. It states English-speaking peoples, especially British and Americans, adopted it vigorously while others like the French and Italians have variations. The idea is portrayed as largely Anglo-Saxon today.
Route A West Gurley and Sidney residents visit kin and attend events. Local dances, band concert, and weekend visits are noted alongside weather, grain conditions, and a heat related horse death.
White Cove Valley reports residents visiting and hosting in Sterling Crook and local farms. John McDonnell family and Mrs Bob Simpson share meals and attend dinners with relatives. Alfalfa cutting begins, neighborly visits continue, and Nora English narrowly injures a finger.
Several residents list Thursday and Sunday activities. Kensington met with Mrs. Bob Nicholas while Joan McDonnell and family called on John Scott. Harold Jobe visited his folk, and Mrs. Raymond Pope returned from Sterling. D. R. Gross and John McDonnell were in Sidney. Frakes motored to Sidney. Families visited Crook and shared meals with Pope, McDonnell, Bloom, and the Grosses through the weekend.
John Webb returned Wednesday morning from a visit with relatives at Brownsville Nebraska. Mrs Mull and the Millard Parlat children spent Thursday at the Rilleter home and helped celebrate Lucille s birthday. Mrs Christensen visited Joe Demers Friday evening. Barbara Jane Pavlat has the chicken pox. Mr and Mrs L E Allington spent Sunday afternoon visiting relatives at
Olive Warren returned home Saturday and announced her marriage to Samuel P Hunt of Sidney, at Julesburg Colorado on June 28. Hunt works with the Sidney Telegraph. The couple, well known in Cheyenne County, will reside near Lodge Pole after a brief visit with family and friends.
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