24 Jan 1918
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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
1
Petrograd delegates unanimously reject the German terms including annexation of the Baltic provinces and Courland. Germany warned of renewed attack and occupation within a week if refused. Conference adjourned to January 29 for Russia to present formal answer.
North Platte and Ogallala battle at the Franklin auditorium this evening. Admission is 25 cents for balcony seats, 35 cents on the first floor. The game follows a recent Ogallala win and features Pizer Woodward Hunt Robinson Jones Anderson Geisert Barton Gaston amet on the roster.
A Hershey area brother of Earl Comstock died at Camp Cody and was shipped to Gibbon for interment. H Nagoshi sells property near Hershey and plans to move to Japan. J D Kelleher sold a 200 acre Maxwell farm for 875 per acre to Lavla Biggeretomf of Wahoo with possession next March. Maxwell Red Cross chapter has 206 members. Leander Clark farm south of Maxwell sold to C E Burgess of Cozad for 212 000. About 25 Prady area men are in service. Sutherland Red Cross ladies sent a second consignment of soldiers relief items including wristlets helmets socks and sweaters.
Government urges speed as the first class group faces rapid medical screening. Exemption board plans calls in groups of thirty to fifty with a rigid, continuous process. Lincoln county men seek service while others await WWI quotas. Raleigh Cantini’s errand homeward delayed by wreck and snow.
P E O members entertained their husbands the B I L S at an old fashioned dinner hosted at the W H McDonald residence on Wednesday. Menu featured sausage and gravy baked potatoes baked beans hot rolls and other dishes. After dinner Roy Mehlman and W P Snyder were invited into the B I L S a ceremony that occasioned merriment with about forty attendees.
Local items report Anie display at McVicker’s millinery J Landheim travels to Kearney for sale. Ray Murray visits from Lincoln. Harold Spencer sick with grippe. Sammy Girls host Monday 7:30 in Federal building court room. Will Cross fractures leg. For sale 16 8 tall barn. Funeral for Mrs Duncan McNical at 617 With street. Lillian Curry leaves for Hastings College. Rexall offers free film development. Oliver Kilgore dies in France. Hendy Ogier brick work begins. Red Cross pajama sewing progress. Sammy Girls move to Federal building rooms. England seeks 74 million bushels wheat from U S.
The Baptist Church invites all men to a 9:45 Sunday school class studying church history and hosts an 11:00 morning worship with Motives of Christ. Evening worship at 7:30 features the first of four sermons on Personal Religion in War Time. Also notes a camp wedding of Freda Sudman and W. Triplet at Camp Flint.
A battered line notes a heavy car that consumed funds beyond what parties could spare and led to higher ongoing maintenance costs.
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