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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
2
A scrambled snippet mentions the time 12 45 and 24 pm with isolated letters and unreadable context. No clear event person or organization is identifiable from the fragment.
Lincoln dated item reports Joseph Walt of Union Central Insurance complains about A C Hull and J C Swigart of Farm Mutual Central for twisting. Hull and Swigart agree to return funds and apologize. State Auditor Howard aims to charge Dart the alias fraudster and a Chicago company rep will testify at trial. Charter convention debate and clemency plea for Evans noted. Blue sky law actions push out questionable firms. Indeterminate sentence ruling adjusts minimums to one year in Griffith case. State Veterinarian inspects cattle shipment. cornerstone laid for new agricultural hall at the state fairgrounds.
A dialogue likens entering politics to riding over Niagara Falls in a stout barrel. The exchange frames political life as a high risk venture requiring preparedness and nerve.
The piece extols garden spiders and their webs as weather forecasters and pest catchers. It notes many morning webs mean no rain, praises their control of flies and mosquitoes, and urges no harm to the spiders or their webs due to harmless nature.
The 1678 Rules of Civility prescribe etiquette for dining with a person of quality. A guest should remain hatless only after the host removes his hat, and must uncover when greeted or addressed. When the host proposes a toast, the guest should be uncovered. if rising before others, the guest must remove his hat.
A Boston Globe note summarizes German professor Meinar dus calculations on a drop of water’s journey. It would stay in the ocean about 3,460 years if it waited its turn to evaporate, yet surface water often returns to land much sooner, averaging twelve days before rain and return to the sea.
Harper's notes a curious statute granting the king ownership of sturgeon and whale head while the queen holds the whale tail, with shalebone shared. It lists other odd perquisites such as white doves, cumin seed, scarlet hose, and a silver needle from the tailor as examples of royal prerogative.
The piece complains of press haste and lists chaotic topics from Sidney and nearby Potter and Lodgepole. It mocks civic nerves, riotous behavior, and the tension over firecrackers, liquor, and patriotism while noting officers and public notices have paused for a holiday.
The Richardson road dragging act requires a county board levy at the regular August meeting to finance scientific road work. The act assigns county boards responsibility for implementation and ensures that provisions do not raise road taxes in the counties.
Sidney residents report that a single dose of Adlerika, prepared with buckthorn bark and glycerine, acts as a German appendicitis remedy to remove gas and constipation at once. Laune's Pharmacy sells the product.
A compact booklet of maxims and quotes on life faith and virtue. It presents venerable sayings from Marcus Aurelius Shakespeare Anna Burnham Bryant and others praising truth love beauty and duty while urging kindness honesty and reflection.
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