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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1929
Page
7
Professor Heber D Curtis argues the night sky remains dark due to a granular universe with stars in distant clusters. He cites Charlier’s math and the island universe model, noting hundreds of galaxy groups separated by vast distances create a general glare-free heavens.
The passage traces the origin of the word meander from the ancient river Meander in Vhrygia, noted for its winding course into the Aegean opposite Samos. It cites Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad and explains how the crooked river gave its name to a common dictionary term.
The article explains how the Bureau of Standards notes nitrates of metals color fireworks by supplying oxygen for combustion of sawdust and other ingredients. It also discusses chlorides as an alternative for slower evaporation and notes dyes from chlorides of barium strontium calcium lithium and potassium. Too much sodium chloride mutes other colors with a yellow flame.
The piece explains that ancient counting used ten fingers and ten toes, so counts were in tens. Each time reaching 20, a mark was made to track progress, creating the term score meaning 20. It connects the decimal system to human anatomy.
The text notes that feminine pronouns are commonly used for vehicles such as cars and planes, mirroring the historic tradition of ships as female. It explains the terms Jennies for airplanes and Lizzies for small automobiles, and cites poets and Latin as historical support for feminine associations with ships.
The Greeks gave the term lyric poetry to non narrative verse sung with the lyre. It later widened to poetry not tied to music but based on musical measures and finally to short poems of limited emotion without musical adaptation.
Soldiers were drilled to throw hand grenades overhand to gain more distance and reduce strain on forearm muscles.
When water meets oil light refracts differently, producing a spectrum. The colors of the rainbow appear as light transitions between the two substances.
A Popular Mechanics excerpt notes that soap bubbles, once seen as childish, serve as precise models in science. Bubbles illustrate internal combustion, metal prospecting, and gas explosion rates, with thermodynamic behavior captured by high speed photography showing orderly reactions rather than random events.
The Robbins brothers circus brings a baby elephant to Sterling on Friday August 2 with two shows at 2 PM and 8 PM. The young elephant suckles milk, playfully mimicking human feeding behavior, while the mother supplies about two quarts.
A historical note explains a shift from spontaneous generation to biogenesis. It recounts Francesco Redi's 1668 experiment with exposed meat and gauze covered meat, showing maggots come from fly eggs, not from decaying meat, and that airborne organisms cause putrefaction.
The bureau of standards explains a fireproofing process for paper by spraying before press passage with ammonium chloride, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate, or sodium borate chosen for the product. Treated paper resists ignition but will char and burn at high building fire temperatures. More fire resistant papers use asbestos fiber blends with paper and binders, calendaring for writing, and special inks designed to endure prolonged heat exposure.
Scientists explain that the Great Salt Lake basin is a remnant of a large Pleistocene lake named Lake Bonneville. Clear physiography shows two shore lines the Bonneville line about 1000 feet above the current lake and the Provo line about 625 feet higher.
Platinum resists attack by acids unlike most metals which are dissolved by nitric or hydrochloric acid. The text notes that tin and lead may form alloys with copper and antimony. A simple acid test can distinguish platinum from other metals by its lack of reaction.
A historical note explains that one micron is one part in a million of atmospheric pressure. It states that 1434 pounds per square inch would be the reference, while incandescent lamp interiors reach a vacuum of about 150 microns.
Mrs Frank Kinton was taken to Taylor hospital Sunday morning. Farmers began harvest in the district. Neary all the farmers have started to harvest. Several visits and gatherings occurred, including 4 H club, C C club, 500 card party, and multiple callers at homes. Names include Nieman, Kinton, Flicker, Anderson, Engelland, Miller, Wolverton, Dimick, Thurston, and Seimers among others.
The Dalton school board contracted with H. A. Faes to supervise building a septic tank and cesspool system on the school grounds. Problems with the old system led to a decision that a complete new exterior system was necessary after careful investigation.
County commissioners hold a joint session with the Department of Public Works in Sidney Cheyenne county Nebraska at the courthouse on July 25 1929 and were represented by Lincoln officials.
In the absence of Chairman Joseph Nelson T C Middleswart called the meeting to order. A motion to nominate a temporary chairman elected P C Collart as temporary chair with unanimous support. The group including Bert Allington J W Billeter Henry Paviat and others approved rejecting the Western Bridge & Construction bid for project 130 B and awarding the bridge contract to Western Bridge & Construction Co of Omaha under department of public works supervision. Meeting adjourned to August 6 or a special call.
The public works committee appointed P C Colnt as temporary chairman with Bert Allington and Henry Paviat serving counts clerk duties during the session.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska a petition for adoption of Baby Joseph was filed on July 17 1929 by Thomas B O Connell and Julia Marie O Connell. St James Orphanage consent was filed the same day. A hearing is set for August 26 1929 at 9 a.m. in the County Court room Sidney Nebraska. If not contested the court may grant the adoption. (Seal) G P Kratz County Judge Edward F Leary Lawyer Omaha Nebraska 89 91 3 5. If you have something to sell Telegraph Want-ad. tf
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