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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1928
Page
8
A forest fire lookout, perched atop a steel tower, spends weeks or months in isolation with only telephone links to headquarters. The job demands intelligence, map reading, triangulation, meteorology, and self sufficiency, with women increasingly employed in some areas. Towers range from 20 to 100 feet, offering 10 to 40 mile visibility on clear days.
Austin Texas Dr Farry J Leon of the University of Texas says tombstone mispellings in Rome the Jewish catacombs reveal how Romans and Greek influenced Hebrew Jewish residents used Greek Latin and Hebrew inscriptions. In six catacombs about 40000 Jews in Rome show Greek Latin mix and that inscriptions preserve language evolution.
In Fayetteville West Virginia J W Carnifix of Tico Fayette County entered for national doners in egg eating. A J Sandigo a general store operator at Hico supplied the eggs and witnessed Carnifix weighing eight pounds after consuming sixty eggs in fifteen minutes. He proclaimed the meal tasted as good as the first though claiming he was not so hungry afterward.
A superb mosaic disk of turquoise pieces, believed to number over a thousand, was found by excavators in Yu Sama. The artifact, dusted by centuries, reveals intricate workmanship and offered insights into ancient decorative arts.
Cork industry in Madrid faces hard times after supplying two thirds of the world corks. Spanish cork output is sharply reduced due to declining demand and economic pressures. Industry leaders warn of lasting effects on cork workers and associated businesses.
Washington reports an ancient sand crab lineage in North Carolina, traced through fossil tracks in Grand Canyon formations. Dr Charles Wugh more of the Smithsonian notes a Permian trackway, with early finds by Walcott and Schubert, suggesting modern sand crab likeness observed by Remington Kellogg on Hatteras Island.
W G Plymire J T Mathewson English missionary and Dr Wilhelm Filchner have arrived in Leh after a magnetic survey of the Himalayas. The party, once believed killed by bandits, marks the final stage of their expedition, linking the western European magnetic net with Chinese and Indian networks across Kulua and Chinese Turkestan.
Washington reports Dr. Charles G Abbot, secretary of the Sixth Institute, asserts the sun’s energy will last a vast period. He notes the sun is burning through atoms, but estimates its destruction lies far in the future. New findings indicate solar energy comparable to one horsepower per square yard at Earth’s distance.
Washington authorities report Dr Paul R Heyl a bureau physicist rechecking his 1 year old earth weight experiments. The weight previously computed as 6.592 with 18 trailing digits is expected to remain largely unchanged though minor modifications to the apparatus may yield a scientifically meaningful difference.
A. Wyatt Verrill of the Museum of the American Indian Heye foundation reports on his sixtieth South American expedition. He describes a 380-member tribe living in impenetrable jungle between Brazil and Bolivia, with unclothed members and long Solomon-like beards. The people are said to practice nature worship.
A hospital on a remote Victoria River outpost serves northern Australia's cattle region. The nearest railhead and post office are 80 miles away, doctors 400 miles, and nurses stay only two years due to isolation. Supplies arrive six weeks for nurses and yearly for other needs via mule teams over 80 miles.
A convention of the American Academy of Optometry discussed calling near sighted drivers poor fish. The claim linked myopia to retained fishlike eye divergence. Inner eye muscles strain to fix this and keep parallel vision, producing myopia.
The Methodist Kensington will hold its regular meeting at the church parlors Wednesday afternoon at 2 30. A 25 cent lunch will be served. Mrs Rudd's division.
Portunity to multiply the state game warden's office urges sportsmen to take advantage of pheasant shooting this year. Bag limits set include 20 ducks per day or 40 in possession, 5 brants per day or in possession, 5 geese per day or in possession, 15 snipe per day or 25 in possession, and 5 prairie chickens per day or in possession. Restrictions include no hunting from launch, sailboat, or airplane, no rifle or trap use, and permitted shooting only from half an hour before sunrise to sunset.
A partial awards list from last week's Cheyenne county fair shows top honors across cattle and swine divisions. Winners include A A Bauer and Olson & Sons for multiple cattle classes, Delbert Hawkins and Bert Allington earning grand champion and ribbon spots, with Jacob Butherus and Wayne Campbell among others recognized for Poland China and spotted breeds.
Long list of prize winners from a 1927 agricultural sweepstakes covering wheat, oats, barley, alfalfa and more with multiple firsts for Ralph Welton, John Seidel, George Kavanaugh and others. The Friday Cheyenne County fair racing program featured Heather Honey, Moon Brook, Elmer H, Irwin’s string and a Derby, plus numerous consolation races and a relay. An Altar Society bake sale at Greenlees is announced for September 22 at 2:30.
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