22 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
1
Broad sweep of community briefs from Bloomfield to Sioux City with visitors, births, travels, deaths, and Armistice era notices. Mentions Mrs. Killackey, Dan Ryan’s drowning, August 1918 births, and scout camp prep. Includes regional society notes from Pender, Wakefield, Sioux City, and surrounding towns.
Sioux City Tribune reports Miss Marion Aay of South Sioux City is visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Wilkins. Jesse Manhisen, 17, a Sioux City youth, returned yesterday to Lakota County Jail from Crinhna after involvement in a theft case involving three watches.
Dr Yerian of Omaha, president of Synod, visited the pastor’s home after a Ponca trip. The piece urges listeners to heed the Word, practice Christian principles, and apply preaching to daily life, warning against selective hearing and neglecting medicine when ill.
An auto tour last Wednesday drew a large crowd despite constant drizzle. Thirteen wet cars joined, with seven or eight finishing, and attendees praised the educational value and hospitality at each farm stop. County Leader R F Holland and Emma R Davinson spoke from under a tree, sheep-husbandry talk was given, and a second tour is likely. readers are advised to buy heed wheat for fall or spring sowing.
The notice urges growers to sow a large wheat acreage to meet a potential shortage next spring. It invites leads on good seed wheat and alfalfa buyers, and notes calls increasing as farmers seek markets. Hog cholera hits several farms Don Forbes Guy Sides Wm Hetcke and C E Kline with vaccination plans hampered by serum shortages.
Church notes discuss preaching next Sunday at Salem Ladhecan church and Synod prep in six weeks at Rising City. Readers are urged to settle arrears in benevolences and apportionment with Mr Culbertson, noting the pastor’s view that full payment is a personal obligation. Immanuel church owes three dollars and Salem eighty eight.
The article warns women about fermenting canned pickles and jars turning white with fermentation. It notes risks, suggests sealing with paraffin, and shares a cornmeal spoon bread recipe to conserve wheat. It also mentions a home soap making demonstration by Mr. C. R. Young on August 23 at 2 o clock inviting interest.
An emergency bulletin urges Nebraska farmers to sow more wheat this fall. The pledge lists the United States Department of Agriculture the Governor the State Council of Defense the College of Agriculture the Federal Food Administration the Nebraska Extension Service and other state groups. It calls for a 17 percent increase over last year with some organizations urging 20 percent more wheat planted.
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