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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
2
The Brooklyn Eagle health department warns that a baby can harbor microbes and might infect the dog. It recommends a separate bed for the dog with a nightly change of sheets to ensure safety.
The phrase carpet-bagger is traced to political adventurers said to wander the nation pandering to ignorant voters to gain office. Named for supposedly owning only enough property to fill a carpet bag, the label reflects a time when out‑of‑town candidates sought power.
The passage describes Daniel Carter Beard of the Boy Scouts composing an Invo cation for council fires in response to Col Theodore Roosevelt's death. It includes The Indian Invocation praising nature and a separate The Indian Prayer seeking wisdom for ceremonial use. It also notes National Geographic Magazine on cattle driving in Australia and how stock routes are managed, plus a brief note on Torchon laces and Cream of Nut Margarine.
The text urges strict rationing and says the Food Administration accepts Chief Scout Executive James E West's offer of scout cooperation. It notes scouts may act as messengers and in distributing literature and food boards, hoping for broader, distinctive roles in the campaign.
A spirited piece urges scouts to lead by example and foster teamwork through positive actions. It notes a plan to breed rabbits on Park Island to help food shortages and reports a missing person found after a long search by Avemore Pennsylvania scouts. It also highlights Seattle’s 45 scouts and leaders enjoying snowshoeing in the Cascade mountains with many from prominent families.
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