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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
9
An Omaha editorial cites the United States League report: Nebraska ranks eighth with 72 associations, 94 927 members, and 47 917 847 capital, noting many homes are built by individual thrift. It praises country homes for pleasing architecture, yards, and a pride shared by communities and women artisans, beyond suburbs and city life.
A Senate public lands committee report advances a plan to open government owned coal gas oil and mineral lands in the west to private purchase or lease up to 2500 acres per applicant with penalties for evasion. Nebraska stands to gain from increased investment as Colorado and Wyoming benefit from development under the act.
County councils of defense push canning and drying of surplus food from war gardens truck gardens and orchards toward a satisfactory stage of development Centers have been established in many communities to supervise food conservation Professor Pugsley’s experiment is financed by the Lincoln Rotary Club and is organizing one of the efforts.
The women's council of defense pushes community evaporation plants as the key to saving food before spoilage. Public displays of canning and drying methods attract home-makers, with emphasis on preventing waste and supporting wartime needs. Canning interests nationwide are urged to reserve packs for army and navy use.
Provost Marshal Crowder’s guidance to local draft exemption boards explains exemption aims and fair application under selective service. The piece praises officials for discipline, notes few evaders, and highlights self sacrifice in forming a national army without favoritism or secrecy.
The piece urges continued sympathy and optimism about falling costs of living. It notes Washington correspondence and Hoover talks with Northwest flour millers agreeing to cut prices ten to twenty five percent, promising relief for average families.
The piece notes flour prices: Chicago 11.50 per barrel, New York 1200, west bakery flour 9.50, New York 1000. It cites bakery running costs including telephone, credits, and delivery wagons totaling almost three cents per loaf. It questions if cash customers deserve a three cent loaf discount. It also discusses proposed warehouse receipts to aid farmers and curb price speculation, reducing root crop risks.
The Nebraska State Council of Defense through vice chairman George Coupland appeals to county councils to employ county farm agents. It notes most counties lack agents and cites $115000 in congressional funds for salaries. The score emphasizes the agents’ role in increasing food production and easing farmer burdens.
A fragmented rural reminiscence notes government wartime campaigns joining citizens in productive thrift. An August garden ledger from Sidney U.S.A. tallies spading seeds spuds plants water and labor against modest crop yields and a humorous bond with patriotism valued at sixty eight dollars and twenty one cents. The anecdote ends mid thought with a salesful jab at dietary gains and Scott's Emulsion.
The piece mocks a farmer relying on late garden yields to ease store shortages. It recalls past garden successes but warns the late crops from spuds corn and beans will not significantly reduce demand for store goods or solve national shortages.
A witty observation notes that listening to a tiresome public speaker often turns attention to locating suitable moments for departure, signaling disengagement through mental planning a graceful exit.
A compact critique notes that most claims about foul air filth and tainted food harming health are baseless. It argues that the healthiest people rarely worry about health words, suggesting common fears are exaggerated and unnecessary.
A lighthearted note suggests remaining cheerful and patient during long sermons by imagining a preacher sneezing from a cold. It frames the idea as humorous guidance for audience endurance in religious talks.
In this town a young woman commands respect for the bold act of trusting her frail underpinning to bear her weight. A yard of silken fabric drapes from her form down to the ground, drawing attention and admiration for her courage and poise.
The island of Corsica was briefly British from 1794 to 1796 after Toulon’s evacuation. Lord Howe and Nelson led operations to seize Calvi where Nelson lost an eye, and George II crowned Corsican rulers while a Corsican assembly remained. Britain withdrew to restore French control by October 1796.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recounts a quarrel between a newlywed couple on their first leave. The wife accuses the husband of regret while he insists he joined for the war's term, highlighting a tense domestic moment amid conflict.
Near Charlotte Amalie in the former Danish West Indies stand two towers known as Bluebeard's castle and Blackbeard's castle. Legend claims pirates used them as HQs, but history says they were Danish fortifications built in 1689 for defense.
Experiments with two ship screws in a front to rear arrangement show increased speed. Opposing rotation directions, whether equal or different speeds, have little effect on performance. Claim is made that the double screw offers better vessel control. Save The Waste And Win The War.
Turtles over 150 pounds are seldom in demand as they age. They can reach 800 pounds and seven feet long. Green turtle eggs, a delicacy, are laid in sand nests of about sixty. Eggs hatch in eight to nine weeks by sun heat, and hatchlings head for the sea where many fall to crabs or fish.
In the County Court Nebraska Cheyenne County the matter of the Estate of Lewis Agard deceased. Emma Engle petitions administration to W D Engle as administrator. Hearing set August 28 1917 at 2 PM. Notice to interested parties by three weekly Telegraph notices. Dated July 28 1917.
Joseph F Pancake deceased Elix T Pancake asks that J M Swenson be named administrator of the estate A county court hearing is set for 1917 at 10 o clock A M Interested parties may appear to show cause why the prayer should not be granted Notice of pendency and hearing to be published in the county newspaper for three successive weeks prior to the hearing Dated July 28 1917 Seal c P Chambers
Notice of hearing informs James Corbett and George W Corbett deceased and heirs that J R C Carter filed in County Court of Cheyenne County Nebraska a petition alleging James Corbett died testate or intestate about May 30 1893 in Sheboygan Wisconsin owning an inherited interest in the southwest quarter of section 33 township 17 north range 52 west and naming heirs including Cinderella Corbett and others for creditor and heir rights to the estates of both James and George W Corbett.
A petition filed in Sidney Nebraska seeks a decree barring claims against the estates of James Corbett and George W Corbett who died intestate. It names heirs Hattie B Corbett J Fremont Corbett and Marie Corbett and sets August 18 1917 as the hearing date in the County Court Room Sidney Nebraska.
Notice to interested parties that Minnie L. Holmes filed on July 24 1917 in Cheyenne County Nebraska a petition seeking a decree that John S Holmes died intestate and that heirs Anna J Holmes Minnie L Holmes Jennie O Holmes Edna M Holmes and John S Holmes be decreed owners in fee simple of 160 acres SE section 13 township 10 north range 53 west in Cheyenne County with hearing set for August 25 1917 at 10 am in Sidney Nebraska.
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