Good Old Days 12-20-13

COMPILED BY THE SIDNEY Sun-Telegraph Staff

These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons.

100 YEARS AGO

'Admits Swindling Patients'

December 13, 1913

"We are now making our usual 'getaway'. It is now 2 o'clock and if they leave us alone until 4 o'clock, everything will be all right. The newspapers are beginning to raise h-ll, and there is no use in staying here longer."

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