01 May 1919
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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1919
Page
1
A collage of brief items from Wayne Herald and neighboring papers covers visits and travel, military returns, weddings, family visits, and small-town movements. Individuals named include Clara McGoff, Maurey Pender, George Lamson, and many returning soldiers, with mentions of Easter gatherings, building plans, and local exchanges across Neligh, Jackson, Brunswick, Pender, Wayne, and Sloan.
A local service advertises Ford parts and trained specialists ready to service vehicles. It promises upfront labor costs before starting work and a guaranteed, accurate final bill.
Carroll worker returns home. Easter gatherings. divorce suit over alleged alienation. church notes record new members and baptisms. Wynot reports crossing improvements and a drowned trial verdict. Sioux City mourns George Ironsides a river pilot. Charles Austin found dead after influenza illness. family survivors listed including eight sons and a daughter.
A wartime appeal argues against excuses for not supporting the Victory Liberty Loan. It rebukes refusals to lend, defends banks’ need to supply loans, and condemns petty complaints about bond values or emergency funds. It frames war sacrifice against comfort-driven excuses.
The speech dismantles common justifications for avoiding war bonds. It argues the wealthy fear taxes and profits, while citizens should fund the war through lending. It condemns complacency and claims true patriotism shows year round, not only in crises, urging consistent support and sacrifice.
The article describes medals presented by the United States to faithful workers who helped finance the war. The medals are crafted from melted cannon captured from the enemy.
Omadi precinct has subscribed its quota and county chairman W H ean says several other precincts near the top will go over before May 1. The campaign says the Liberty Loan is the biggest bargain and a cold test of American patriotism distinguishing true Americans from the rest.
The University Extension Service provides blue print plans for farm buildings including barns hog houses milk houses and silos. Each set is complete for carpenters or contractors to build from with descriptive material and a small charge for postage and manufacturing. A bulletin lists all available plans upon request from The Agricultural Engineering department University Farm Lincoln.
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