Local Notes and Human Interest From Sidney Area
Jack Coates visits North Partz with grandparents while Mr and Mrs Loss Meredith of Mitchell stay as guests of Glen Bales. Mrs Bertha Coates and son Jack move to 12485 Ninth avenue. Attorney Paul Martin leaves for Omaha on a business mission. Keith Howard becomes a soda fountain clerk at Western Drug. Sun Drug’s William Kretke trips to Chapell. Mr Joe Musii of Potter admitted to Roche hospital. Mrs Neil McKissick of Shenandoah visits Richard Krueger’s home. John Spence and Wayne Feikert discharged from Roche hospital. Mr and Mrs Art Nelson visit Greeley for business and pleasure. Geneva Darby of Bronson undergoes tonsil removal. Jerry Small has tonsillectomy at Roche. Judge J L Tewell returns after court duties at Arthur, North Platte and Ogallala. Frank Goodwin and family return from Long Beach Calif. Attorney G P Kratz and Don Goodwin visit Denver and Colorado Springs on business. Mrs H W Shively and Venus Lou Shively with mother depart for two weeks in Lamar and Holly Colo. Odd Fellows lodge Sidney team installs in Peetz. ~20 attend. Kenneth Lynch of the state highway dept transferred from Sidney to Imperial.
Dr J R Taylor Return From Grand Island Detention
Dr J R Taylor came home Tuesday evening from Grand Island where he had been detained two weeks due to illness.
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J R Taylor
Grand Island
Local Visitors and Family News At Sidney
Miss Ethel Hargens of Lodge Pole stayed with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Hargens for several days. Mrs Lee Ellsworth and children Marilee and Dick return from a two week vacation in Omaha and Yankton South Dakota. Miss Isobel Dorrington of Denver, a former student of St Patrick's academy, visited Sidney yesterday with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Hargens
Lodge Pole
Henry Hargens
Lee Ellsworth
Marilee and
Omaha
Yankton
S. D
Isobel Dorrington
Denver
St. Patrick's Academy
Sidney
Couple Mortensens Headed to Omaha and Casper Guests Arrive
Mr and Mrs toward Mortensen and Bill Mortensen left yesterday for Omaha with the former set to return Sunday while Bill remains there permanently. Mr and Mrs Roy Herter of Casper, Wyoming, arrived Wednesday to spend the rest of the week as guests of Mr and Mrs Herbert Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Toward Mortensen
Bill Mortensen
Omaha
Roy Herter
Casper, Wyo
Herbert Burke
Beat er City Guests At Lee Gain Home
Mrs William Boop and Mrs Mack Watson and their son Burdette of Beat er City were guests over the weekend at the Lee Gain home. The ladies are sisters of Mrs Gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boop
Mack Watson
Burdette
Beater City
Lee Gain Home
Gain
Rebekah Lodge Convention Heads to Sidney Next Year
Mrs. L. H. Jonson and Mrs. Lee Gain attended the annual district convention of the Rebekah lodge in Bridgeport Tuesday. The meeting will be held in Sidney next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Jonson
Lee Gain
Rebekah Lodge
Bridgeport
Sidney
Bakers Convention Draws Breternitz Party to Denver
Ralph Osborn and Ed Breternitz spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Denver on business. Breternitz attended the bakers convention while the manager conducted other meetings during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Osborn
Ed Bréternitz
Denver
Mgr. Breternitz
Mr and Mrs Means Visit from Council Bluffs Iowa
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Means and daughter and Mrs Nan Means of Council Bluffs Iowa visited from Wednesday until this morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Means
Nan Means
Council Bluffs
Gilbert Peters
Williams Family Visit To New Mexico Relatives
Mr and Mrs Harry Williams and their two children from Raton New Mexico are visiting Mrs Williams mother Mrs Anna Greenwood and family. They arrived Tuesday and will be there for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Williams
Cof Raton, NM
Arthur visit to Newtown from Chicago couple arrives
Mr and Mrs Harrold Arthur of Chicago arrived last Saturday for a two week stay with Mrs Arthurs mother. Mrs Jack Bowman, Mrs Arthur is the former Grace Cracit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrold Arthur
Chicago
Arthur
Jack Bowman
Arthhur
Grace Cracit
Family trio returns from Laramie visit with relatives
R A Barlow drove to Laramie yesterday to bring home his wife who had been there since Monday. Their daughter Mrs Don Sample and the infant son accompanied them and will stay for several weeks. Mr and Mrs Frank McLaughlin and Mr and Mrs Harry Falvey of Omaha spent several days with sisters Mrs Art Nelson and Mrs Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R A. Barlow
Laramie
Don Sample
Frank McLaughlin
Harry Falvey
Omaha
Art Nelson
Earl
Krueger and Harte Family Leave for Mayo Clinic Visit
Krueger and Al Sutter with their families Mr and Mrs W D Harte depart for Rochester Minnesota where Mr Harte will undergo medical treatment at the Mayo Clinic for a fungus poisoning of the hands. He has suffered the condition for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Harte
Rochester
Minn
Harte
Mayo Clinic
Miss Charlene Davis Returns From Bayard Visit
Miss Charlene Davis returned home Wednesday from Bayard where she spent a week as a guest at the Fricke home The Muses Ise and Margaret Fricke and Jack Kirk brought her home and spent the day in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlene Davis
Bayard
Fricke
Muses Ise
Margaret Fricke
Jack Kirk
Sidney
Mrs Berry Takes Two Week Vacation From Feney Store
Mrs Wesley Berry, a clerk at the J C. Feney store, left for a two week vacation early in the week. She is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Art Borcher in the north Branson district this week and will spend next week with friends in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Berry
J C. Feney
Art Borcher
North Branson
Denver
Funeral for Leon Fine Sr. Held During Beaver Visit
Mr and Mrs Leon Fine and their son Leonard returned Tuesday from Beaver where they attended the funeral of the father of Leon Fine Sr. The trip followed a family bereavement, with relatives gathering in Beaver for the services.
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Leon Fine
Leonard
Beaver
Families Attend Rites and Commencement Across States
Louis Fine's death is noted with his six sons and two daughters present at last rites along with grandchildren. Mr and Mrs R A Babcock and daughters Janice and Phyllis plan to travel to Columbia Missouri for Stephens College commencement on June 3 where Bernice, their daughter and sister, graduates. They will return via Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Fine
R. A. Babcock
Janice
Phyllis
Columbia
Stephens College
Bernice
Chicago
Sidney Transfer Shifts Local Telephone Worker
Joe Call a former Sidney resident long employed in the North western Bell Telephone construction department at Lexington has been temporarily transferred to Sidney. Myr Call assists with the bond extension of farm telephone lines and lives near Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Call
Sidney
Lexington
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Myr Call
Helring Bnd
Farm Telephone
Miss Lois Simpson Marries D. Reddish in Omaha Event
Miss Lois Simpson daughter of Mrs Shay Oshkosh and D Reddish of Miami Fla were married in Omaha on Thursday May 20. Mrs Simpson has lived in Sidnes for several years and for the past four years has been employed as night operator at the local telephone exchange.
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Lois Simpson
Shay
Oshkosh
Reddish
Miama, Fla
Omaha
Simpson
Sidnes
Family visits and moves noted in local column
Mr Reddish formerly lived at Oshkosh and moved to Miami with Mr and Mrs Archie Kirkpatrick and daughters Shirley and Marcia. Mr and Mrs Gus Hellbush visited Lexington over the weekend. Kirkpatricks stayed with Vern Living to and the Hellbishes stayed with Rev L H Kard Kirley Kirkpatrick remained for an extended visit with her aunt.
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Mr. Reddish
Oshkosh
Miami
Archie Kirkpatrick
Shirley
Marcia
Gus Hellbush
Lexington
Kirkpatricks
Vern Livingto
Hellbishes
L. H. Kard
Kirley Kirkpatrick
Mr Hetter Hare Family Trip To Los Angeles
Mr Hetter Hare and son in law travel with Caachter Mr and Mrs Albert iLintes and children from Dalton by auto to Los Angeles California for a visit with Mrs Hart's three daughters Mrs Willie Janes Mrs Elmer Wright and Mr Fxa Durant The Lina, will be away about three weeks but Mrs Hauer will stay until late August.
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Hetter Hare
Caachter
Albert iLintes
Dalton
Los Angeles
Calif
Hart
Wilie Janes
Elmer Wright
Fxa Durant
Hauer
Alchemy Stemps from China and Arab Practice
Fragmentary OCR notes claim alchemy began in China about 1,009 years before Arabs expanded practice. The text labels a vague timeline and origins without specific dates or sources.
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China
In Memoriam Frieda and Herbert Wallin
In loving memory of Frieda and Herbert Wallin who left us a year ago today. We never knew the pain they bore or saw them die, only that they passed away and could not say goodbye. Sadly missed by the Siedow families.
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Frieda
Herbert Wallin
Siedow
Market Quotations From Market Report
Wheat at 1.10 and corn 120 listed alongside oats 50 barley 70 hens priced per hundredweight with various No 1 and No 2 grades Leghorn listings for hens broilers springs roosters and colored varieties. butterfat 26 eggs No 1 14.
Compensation of Metals and Temperature Compensation
The term compensation of metals denotes mixing metals with different expansions to offset temperature effects. A compensation bar or strip uses diverse metals to keep length stable, while a compensation balance in a timepiece uses varied metals to offset hair spring changes, maintaining accuracy.
Limelight and the shift from lime illumination
The piece explains that political use of the term limelight is outdated. It contrasts old limelight, produced by oxyhydrogen flames on lime, with electric bulbs that now provide powerful, varied illumination. It notes that a candidate can bask in intense light without lime involvement.
Nose shows nose cartage color in races, Collier's Weekly says
A Collier's Weekly piece asserts that the blood makeup of many mulatto individuals renders them indistinguishable from whites except by examining the cartilage in the nose. It claims mixed ancestry creates a nasal tissue difference that is distinctive to negroes and varies in other races.
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Collier’s
Child Drew Designs Plow Diagram Genius
A young Drew Designs of Plow Rittenhouse, famed American philosopher scientist and Franklin contemporary, sketched geometric diagrams on his plow and studied them as he tilled the furrow.
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Rittenhouse
Benjamin Franklin
Water Wheels Turn in Swiss Valleys Without Electricity
In secluded Valais valleys Switzerland villagers rely on water wheels to drive operations such as churning rather than using electric power. The common devices harness flowing brooks to perform traditional tasks in a rural setting.
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Valais
Switzerland
Pygmies Plentiful In Various Regions Across World
The Washington Post reports pygmies are plentiful worldwide with races in equatorial Africa and Pacific islands. Historical tales of European pygmies may have inspired elves and fairies. The term pygmy derives from Greek meaning the distance between elbow and knuckles. Homer used the term for a tiny people likely in Africa.
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Equatorial
Africa
Pacific Islands
Washington Post
Europe
Edison as a Schoolboy
Edison as a schoolboy Thomas Alva Edison was deemed dull by a teacher who sent him home. His mother taught him at home in desperation, enduring experiments like attempting to hatch duck eggs by sitting on them and making odorous chemical mixtures.
Disarming Humor in Handling Hostility
A brief note on humor as a strategic tool to defuse tension and hostility. It describes wit and levity as effective methods to ease confrontations and promote open communication in difficult interactions.
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Jack Coates
North Partz
Loss Meredith of
Mitchell
Glen Bales
Bertha Coates
Jack
Wath
Ninth Avenue
Paul Martin
Keith Howard
Western Drug
William Kretke
Sun Drug Store
Chapell
Joe Musii
Potter
Roche Hospital
Neil McKissick
Shenandoah, I
Richard Krueger
John Spence
Wayne Feikert
Greeley
Geneva Darby of
Bronson
Dr. Abbott
Jerry Small
Ward Johnson
Roche
J L. Tewell
North Platte
Ogallala
Frank Goodwin
Long Beach
G P Kratz
Don Goodwin
Colorado Springs
H. W Shively
Venus Lou
Shively
RE. Wood
Lamar and
Holly
Colo
Odd Fellows Lodge
Peetz
Kenneth Lynch
State Highway Department
Imperial
Greenlees
Mt. Holyoke
Honors Women College Heads
Katherine Blunt
Connecticut College For Women
Mildred McAffee
Wellesley
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard College
Margaret S. Morriss
Pembroke College
Aurelia H. Reinhardt
Mills College
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
Mary Lyon
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Mount Holyoke Seminary
Krueger and
al Sutter
Memoriam
White
Raidito
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