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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
9
Editorial proclaims the United States must fight Germany, urging swift decisive action and national unity. It praises patriotism and conscience as war tests, notes Germans in America may face conflict, and expresses sympathy for loyal German Americans joining the nation’s cause.
The piece emphasizes food as a frontline defense in the war, urging economy and efficiency. It highlights vacant lot gardens, cooking schools, and federal tips on crop preparedness, with Secretary Houston and Vrooman pushing farmer registration and crop planning. President Wilson says increasing the food supply serves the nation and communities.
The piece extols college glee clubs as vital for education and fellowship. It praises music's mood benefits, notes stores hiring choirs for atmosphere, and describes college songs sparking memories of school days and promoting college spirit across towns and time.
The West has rapidly grown its federal presence with new and existing agencies in Omaha Kansas City and Denver. Agriculture forest service and parks railroads irrigation highways public lands oil and minerals are represented by stations labs and bureaus. Western access to Washington has reduced sectional envy and boosted industrial awareness and opportunity.
The piece reflects on the 1867 Alaska purchase for 7.2 million dollars, noting Alaska’s rise to a value of 600 million. It touts the AIL Alaska exposition touring Juneau and Sitka, and discusses expansion to Hawaii, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Cuba, the Danish West Indies, and Panama Canal implications. It argues U S growth stems from beneficial interventions at home and abroad, emphasizing benevolent rulers and self reliance rather than force.
In a reflective essay tone the piece urges resilience and cheerful thinking amid war, notes Germany’s revealed stance, and references sacrifices endured. It then diverges into marriage, arguing love defies selection, links conjugal harmony to shared effort, and warns that aiming for ideal matches often leads to boredom or divorce.
The piece notes flour at three dollars a sack and shoes from seven to ten dollars a pair, arguing that such costs make marriage impractical for average earners. It contrasts regions with rising marriage rates due to men seeking wartime exemption from enlistment.
Wartime readers are urged to plan for peace as disruption may strike suddenly, with authorities warning that abrupt changes can unsettle communities as much as ongoing conflict.
A fragment outlines a newlywed man threatening to enlist his wife and her tender love dissolving in response. It notes older marriages in the yoke do not respond similarly. The text appears lyrical and lacks concrete facts or names.
Clark Fuller, overseer of the Fuller cattle in the Bayard territory, is visiting his family while recovering from an injury that cost him the first joint of the second finger on his left hand after a difference of opinion with a steer during a rope activity.
A brief Victorian styled ad asserts music and art uplift human nature and are necessities for universal progress. It urges accenting beauty in home life and cites harmony, love, and order as core to social welfare, promoting Sidney Lumber Co. as a point of contact.
County Court in Cheyenne County Nebraska on April 6 1917 heard Oscar Redeen petition for recognition of Illinois will as Nebraska will for Nels Redeen deceased. Hearing set for May 12 1917 at 1 pm with notice by publication in The Telegraph weekly for three weeks.
Estate No 110 of Alice Redeen deceased in Cheyenne County Nebraska court. Oscar Redeen filed petition stating Alice Redeen died in Cook County Illinois about February 20 1917, owner of west half of section 11 township 16 range 52 W, sole heirs Oscar N Redeen and Esther A Redeen now Esther A Carson. Hearing set May 12 1917. Sidney Nebraska April 11 1917. County Judge C P Chambers seal.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska the County Court schedules a hearing on Susannah Oldershaw petition to admit the Last Will and Testament of John Oldershaw to probate and issue Letters Testamentary. The matter concerns both real and personal property with a hearing set for Wednesday the 5th day of May 1917.
Legal notice states hearing at county court room at 9:00 AM for petition in estate matter. Interested persons must appear and contest, with notices published in a county newspaper for three successive weeks before the hearing. Witness dated April 10 1917 by County Judge Cheyenne County Neb.
The city adopts an ordinance prohibiting barbed wire or similar fences with projections near sidewalks to prevent snagging clothing or body parts. Existing noncompliant fences are declared a nuisance and must be removed or altered within five days after notice, with penalties up to 100 dollars and jail time. The measure, approved April 6, 1917, sets enforcement by the street commissioner and police.
The City of Sidney enacts an ordinance making it unlawful to drive across or molest water hoses or fire fighting apparatus used by the city fire department. Violators may be fined up to 100 dollars and costs, and jailed at hard labor until fines and costs are paid.
The document states that all ordinances or parts of ordinances are repealed and that the ordinance shall take effect. Mayor J. McIntosh and City Clerk Leslie Neubauer are named as officials associated with the measure.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska County Court proceedings W P Miles seeks a decree that William K Fulton died intestate in Illinois about August 1 1896 and that the descendants named are his heirs at law. The petition requests that the Nebraska real estate described as NE and S 1/2 of section 19 13 13 50 be decreed to the heirs in fee simple and that no Nebraska administration exists. Hearing set for April 30 1917, March 29 1917. (Seal) Co Pp CHAMBERS County Judge.
In the matter No. 109 of Charles Burmeister deceased the County Court of Cheyenne County Nebraska set a hearing for April 30 1917 on Christopher Fe Weyerts petition stating Charles Burmeister died intestate in California Missouri about October 11 1900 and left heirs Sophia Burmeister Karl Burmeister Cornelia Oesterly Charles Oesterly and Louisa Burmeister The estate includes the SE quarter section 22 township 16 range 48 Cheyenne County Neb and Weyerts asks that heirs be decreed owners in fee simple of the described real estate with no Nebraska administration having occurred. Dated Sidney Neb March 28 1917 (Seal) Co P Chambers County Judge
Florence Frazey as guardian of Ila Grosvenor, a minor, requests court permission to sell an undivided one half interest in Lots 1 and 2 Clarkson's Addition to Sidney Nebraska. Sale at public auction April 28 1917 at 10 a.m. at the Sidney courthouse, with max one hour bidding open.
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