04 Jan 1918
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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
1
A crisis looms as Russia refuses German peace terms and pushes for Stockholm talks. Moscow demands changes to occupied territories, threatening renewed hostilities if German position persists. Leaders in Germany and Austria rush to brief the emperor amid calls to reconvene the Reichstag.
The National Junior Red Cross drive, targeting all schoolchildren, will launch at week’s end from Washington headquarters. Nebraska campaign prep is under way though delayed by lack of Red Cross staff from Omaha. Students who joined with $1 during Christmas become junior members automatically, officials say. You will miss Leader Mercantile Co. sale, a money saving event for the people.
Washington reports General Crowder’s plan to assign all unattached single men and certain married men with dependent incomes to class one, with an estimated 1,000,000 eligible and 700,000 added yearly. Quotas would be state based on class one totals rather than population, while noting other notices about local events, lost items, and Stuttgart’s aviation history.
W J Landgraf returns from Kansas City and Omaha. Laura Murray visits Lincoln relatives. A Burke Locust Sixth corner gas station is being built. Seth and Mrs Sherwood visit Sidney. Beeth Patterson returns from Omaha. The Leader Mercantile Co hosts a large annual inventory sale with many bargains. J & Jeter return from Indianapolis trip. BP O Ellis dancing club enjoyed a larger-than-usual gathering. Lillian McCracken plans to return to Boulder. Coates Beauty Parlor relocates to McDonald bank building. Dr Geo B Dent spends days in Omaha with Mrs Dent. Rev A C Mullis in Omaha for Baptist meetings. Edith Patterson heads to Chateau to resume school. Lost crocheting bag with money. Roy and Dick Banks travel to San Diego for mother’s illness. Red Cross knitting department to ship goods next week. Lincoln county questionnaire classifications progress. January hat sale to run Jan 6 with deep discounts at Villa Whittaker block. Mrs Magele Rosendahl placed in Hastings asylum. Doung Chat on fast freight accident leaves a woman dead after crossing tracks. she had been discharged from a state asylum recently.
Michael Kenney once a Brooklyn water inspector lived quietly in a Morris Avenue Bronx room for twelve years. He died by accidental gun asphyxiation, leaving a two family house and cash found in drawers and furniture totaling over twenty thousand dollars, with additional gold. Public Administrator Hammer sought relatives during a room search.
Omaha reports government operation of railroads stopping freight and passenger service, reorganizing advertising, and shifting staff. Missouri Pacific gains bridge rights into Council Bluffs, while wheat mills adopt government directed flour production reducing white bread and increasing nutrition. Local readers urged to switch to cash payments and budget discipline.
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