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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
8
Washington calls for rushed production of refugee garments to ship abroad by February 1 to save lives in war devastated Europe. Carolyn Ely appeals chapter leaders to mobilize, noting recent France survey and greater need for orphans and widows in France and Belgium.
Washington officials refuse to publish Germanys latest appeal for leniency toward its people. The Swedish channel delivery to Morris at Stockholm repeats previous notes and follows Lansing's rule that Germany address all allied governments. Officials deem the move a propaganda tactic and refuse further public comment.
Chicago reports an expected drop in flour prices and bread costs following a United States food administration order to cancel milling regulations and fair price schedules. A return to cash and future wheat trading on boards of trade is considered as the government gauges potential losses from guaranteeing $2.26 per bushel to 1919 wheat growers.
The British steamship Baltic of the White Star line docked in New York bringing home 2,062 officers and men of the American Expeditionary Forces from France. The vessel's arrival on December 23 marks the return of troops to the United States.
The USDA flour standards list bids by type and grade for barley corn white rye and hard winter flour with prices ranging from 8.00 to 16.50 per barrel. Hay and clover mixes show strong values with timothy at 28 to 40 dollars per ton. Butter eggs and live poultry prices appear with fresh firsts at 60s to 70s cents, various poultry cuts and tied meat figures, while potatoes cattle hogs and sheep show broad bands from mid-teens to over eighteen dollars per hundredweight, reflecting a broad farm market snapshot.
Versailles conference postponed to early February due to President Wilson's visit to England and British cabinet reconstructions. Premier Lloyd George will be occupied until after December 28 elections. Italy's leaders travel. American delegation studies possible liberty of seas plans. Sorbonne grants honorary degree to the president.
New York reports the United States Shipping Board will promptly release part of 174 tank steamships, including 18 Pacific coast vessels, totaling about 1.4 million dead weight tons. Only ships needed to supply fuel oil for the army and navy will remain in government hands.
Paris reports that after conferences between Edward N Hurley and General Pershing plans are ready to release about 1 000 000 tons of shipping now used to supply the American army in France for American trade.
A Nebraska Good Roads Association was organized in Omaha on November 26. The group aims to advocate better roads, improve road workers, push practical highway legislation, and promote permanent bridges and culverts. Officers include Geo Wola as president and C H Roper as secretary, with six district directors and plans to hire a field manager when funds permit. Membership is 5 for individuals and 10 for corporations, with voting rights at meetings.
The piece notes many war widows and the maimed in Great Britain now earn wages they never dreamed of before the war. In the Black country on pay days the lame halt, the blind, and the disabled perform for coppers. Music comes from caps as workers leave the gates, a steady clink fills the caps of the poor folk until the last passer.
In a Spot ted Dog bar parlor patrons debate a beer price increase. A cider drinker notes the tax helps him reclaim footing as he refrains from beer. the landlord adds the levy forced him to sell his horse and trap. The exchange reflects humorous takes on taxation.
The British board of trade trimways committee suggests industrial concerns stagger opening and closing times. By discharging and taking on work at ten minute intervals, cars could run more economically with a continuous passenger stream rather than peak-hour rushes.
A Pullman porter declares discovery of a passenger berth secret and retrieves a flask from beneath the pillow, in a cartoon caption from Cartoons Magazine.
The postal carrier missed the area this Monday while residents like Mrs Wm Reiners and son Otto and Alfred Jorgensen made Sidney visits. Flu illness affects John Edgzard and family but they show improvement. Sled transport remains the only means of conveyance as cold snaps grip Grand Prairie. Local names such as FO Lundgren Marl Voli and others appear with various chores and visits including a house addition in progress by Albert Frerictis and a sale attended by Johnson Bo Plone and Beu.
An old classified style line extols optimistic thinking as a sign of good sense and invites readers to see Sidney Lumber Co for home improvement, noting no place compares to home. The terse ad uses period punctuation and concise branding to attract customers.
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