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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1927
Page
2
New Orleans reports Mrs Blanche Leathers the only regularly licensed woman captain of a Mississippi river steamboat, the Natchez. She recalls daring voyages, Civil War era passengers, gambling, plantations mortgaged to pay debts, and the boat’s bar and social life. Declares river transport once thrived before railroads reduced business.
Pepin Wisconsin reported an unusual reunion as Mrs Hannal Wartinhe returned to Hicks Valley school to call the role of 1866 students. All five men and two women were present for the rural schools contest award event. Wartinhe 84 uses a crutch but traveled to meet former pupils and many old friends. Two of her daughters are teachers.
Stuttgart Texas creates bat roost to house up to 1,000,000 bats in an old building repurposed as a steeping roost. Bats will roost near winds from the southwest and emerge at night to hunt insects, returning by dawn. Balt will lure visiting bats to settle in the new roost.
A village tale tells of Kolberg Kolberg and Cernbanys who bet he could drink 50 glasses of korn. He reportedly drank five and collapsed fatally while moving to claim the wager.
Fred U Phillips II, scion of a wealthy Villa Nova family, drives an express truck here. He says he took the job for money but would rather drive a truck than go to college.
Rural aviation corps faces new rule requiring surgeons to undertake air travel duty before eligibility for increased remuneration. Officials urge compliance to align with national aviation service standards and medical access goals.
Paris society buzzes as Louis Cartier, famed Rue de la Paix jeweler, challenges Baron Maurice de Rothschild after a party invitation mix up leads Cartier to demand seconds and threaten a duel with swords or pistols. Rothschild departs for Marienbad, leaving the quarrel in suspense.
Chief Two Guns White Calf of Glacier National Park says the automobile will not replace panies among Indians until the older generation passes away. He notes younger Indians learn quickly to pressure and control pedals, while seniors never mastered automatic use due to long habit of digging heels into the ground.
A Boston housewife averages about eight miles of walking daily in household work. The National Foundation for Foot Health survey found that the trips up and down stairs total more than climbing to the top of the Boston Custom House tower, about thirty stories.
Berkeley astronomer Allan Maxwell estimates the sidereal universe diameter at 194 quadrillion miles from Lick Observatory. Using six spectroscope areas in Cygnus, he charts distances to faint stars toward the galaxy edge, suggesting the universe may end beyond known Cartes.
Hudson Essex officials report 1927 production near 250000 six cylinder cars, more than all of 1926, with the year nearing a new milestone. Distributors credit versatile engines and smooth, easy riding as Hudson and Essex strengths driving unprecedented demand and confidence in the car’s future.
The notice confirms a new site at 706 Central Ave for Brewer’s Machine Shop alongside Kretz Radio and Ignition Company 46-T-ti, signaling business expansion and relocation plans.
A French marquis' will foretold a three karat diamond hidden in his second left molar and to remove the tooth before burial. The note also mentions a nightly dance at Hardy hall during the county fair on September 28 29 and 30.
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