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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
6
Six year old Little Ben Alexander, a top draw in Hearts of the World, is set to be featured in a new film produced by D. W. Griffith for Artcraft. The child star debuted under Griffith and is hailed by the producer as a juvenile find with strong prospects.
Prairie Gem reports widespread flu illness among residents. Mrs Nis Anderson and daughter Mabel, Charles, and several families including Walter Martin and Ralph Kili are listed as victims. Harry Dittam and Glen Cuddyford also sick. Local visitors Hugh Hammond Ezra Chambers and Hugh Hammond’s family are noted, with others aiding the ill.
A brief, playful dialogue features a violinist accusing a professor of heartlessness and theft while a banjo responds with humor about constant picking on him. The exchange captures light stage whimsy and musician camaraderie in a concise comic moment.
The Sidney Schools honor roll lists students from multiple grades including Grade I with Richard Lee Chaney through Clifford Smith, Grade HL with Irene Brooks and Grace McPadden, Grade IV Anna Bayne and Wilma Schiller, Grade V Frederick Ahrens and James Daugherty, Grade VI Leslie Bentley and Rex Bayne, Grade VIIE Irvin Brooks and Arthur Daugherty, and the High School with Efe Bayne and Gertrude Brewer. Teachers noted include Mah Marshall, Nellie Simpkins, Vera Spencer, Rose Sullivan, and Mayme J. White.
A cadet on his first solo flight at Kelly Field tossed an item from his plane claiming a jammed throttle. He circled the observation towers ten times before realizing a magneto switch could shut off ignition. He landed with a hard thump, according to a cousin in the aviation service report cited by the Chicago Tribune.
Arthur, eight, ponders Christmas plans involving his neighbor Jimmy. He suggests giving Jimmy his own knife as a present, claiming he found it long ago and it is “lost.” He argues findin’s keepin’s, since Jimmy is with him most of the time.
Mean wheat production per acre over 1899 to 1913 shows Denmark 42.5 bushels Treland 85.4 Belgium 34.1 Great Britain 31.5 Germany 29.7 France 20.2 Austria 19.1 Hungary 18.1 Roumania 16.7 United States 14.1 Bushels measured as 60 pounds for Denmark France Great Britain Ireland and Roumania, otherwise per country standard.
The piece discusses medals made from melted cannon captured from Germany by American forces. The honors recognize workers active in financing the war and include loyal newspapers in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, noted as front rank war workers and proud souvenirs of the Victory Liberty Loan effort.
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