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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
5
The Red Cross calls all Americans including youth to enlist in war work at home with no age limit. A Christmas campaign aims to add 10 million names to the rolls and operate 50,000 recruiting booths across the United States. President Wilson hails Red Cross membership as the Christmas spirit in action.
In the Biffleton School event a treaty government food official orders stopping the egg-and-spoon race in the interest of the country to avoid possible loss of an egg amid a passing show.
The column notes fine snow improving wheat, many corn fields waiting for harvest due to labor shortages, and local farm activity. It lists new vehicles and buildings including barns, a new corn elevator company organized in Lorenzo, and several trips and sales. Residents Harvey Jacobson, Will Payzant, and others are mentioned with livestock and travel updates.
Aeschlimann returns home with two boys after a pleasant visit while Mrs. Aeschlimann recovers from an operation. Many scholars absent from school due to cold weather and the grip. Miss Anna Kurz returns to Sidney Draw after months with Mrs. Sparks. Jessie Sanders to Denver hospital for further treatment. Isaac Jones family enjoyed a Sunday afternoon at the Nelson home. Coyote and rabbit hunting grows popular with snow and storm.
A fierce gale wrecked the tug Eugene F. Moran three miles off Atlantic City, with the captain and ten crew missing. Other items note Oscar Lewinsohn leaving $6 million to his widow Edna May, Capt. Collier wounded in a Norfolk divorce case, 24 Austrians denied citizenship in Chicago, John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve at Camp Dix for two weeks, and seven deaths from the Desmond steamer near South Chicago. Additional brief notes cover blizzard deaths, William MacLaren of Ginbel Brothers, army recruitment up to 282,005, Haelen detention by Germany, Van Rappard arrival, and Indiana milk price uniformity aims.
Government officials announce a new program placing a government income tax officer in each county to assist taxpayers. The officer will visit county seats, answer questions, collect returns, and explain new exemptions of 1000 and 2000 dollars. Taxpayers must file by March 1, 1918, or face penalties.
The lantern fly carries a phosphorescent headlight not from a locomotive but from its forward head. The hollow bulging head forms a paperlike structure that glows at night, a puzzling trait not yet explained by science.
A quotation from A Edward Newton in the Atlantic asserts true happiness lies in a loving home where confidence grows with years and life’s necessities are met without strain. It argues wealth tests character less than poverty and stresses self respect under financial hardship.
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