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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
9
The Sidney Telegraph reflects on forgetting past grievances and facing the future with confidence. It notes America’s wartime resolve, the value of perseverance, and urges a positive start for 1919, citing education, labor, farming, and national achievement themes with reference to New Year goals and civic progress.
The public backs President Wilson amid praise and questions about his mission to France. Dispatches note Yankee cheers for Lafayette, his wreath ceremony, and praise from Lord Northcliffe. Paris grants an honorary doctorate, and an Arab chieftain seeks independence. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson visit wounded soldiers, offering comfort and Christmas wishes.
A compact editorial praising the United States shift from war to peace, highlighting the unity of patriots and the Panama Canal Zone’s role in postwar reconstruction. It notes canal employees subscribing nearly $5,000,000 in liberty bonds and mentions acting superintendent Mortensen of the canal.
Nebraska voters weigh legislative priorities as the board of control seeks charges for land and new buildings. Auditor Smith urges tax exemptions for home bonds to spur postwar investment. Gov elect McKelvie urged farmers to form co operatives and push crop rotation laws at a governors conference.
Beth Marvin asks to work on a farm to help her family during her father’s service in France. She secretly saves money sent to her father and sacrifices pretty things to buy a phonograph for soldiers overseas, prompting a proud embrace from her mother.
Paris says Hoover will gain a million tons of German shipping to revive devastated French, Serbian, Belgian and Romanian areas now starving. Germany may rely on hoarded food and peasantry stores while allies first feed neutral regions. Hurley and Gibbs tour Tours to inspect U S supply service and trim expeditionary shipping once need declines. Wadsworth notes salvage plant in Tours as model for return to America.
Paris reports 1,400,000 French soldiers killed in the great war according to socialist deputy Lucien Violin during a deputy chamber interpellation on demobilization. The six nations show more than 20,000,000 dead wounded and missing, with figures from semi official estimates.
Success came late in life for Kor, a brilliant woman journalist of the last century. Although married and widowed before she began writing, she became a popular author. Her first book sold 132,000 copies, a near record for the era.
Berlin December 23 The Krupp company at a general meeting decided not to pay a dividend this year after paying 12 percent in the first two war years and 10 percent last year. Directors had planned a 4 percent dividend from the 1916 surplus but unfavorably affected by recent developments they were unable to recommend any dividend.
Washington reports Grosvenor B. Clarkson of New York has been elected director of the council of national defense to succeed WS Gilford who resigned to return to private business Clarkson has served as secretary of the council throughout the war Telegraphed state council reports indicate about 180000 defense council units nationwide are maintaining cooperation with the government in demobilization efforts.
A motherly old woman with glasses told the police court complaint clerk that the woman next door is a devil who sits up all night transferring evil thoughts. She insisted no decent person can endure it, prompting amusement from the other neighbor as the clerk tried to calm her.
A Boston Transcript quip notes a philosopher remarks that he who says nothing is never misquoted, while a wife may accuse him of merely sitting and thinking. The line plays on misquotation and the stereotype of reflective husbands.
Vernlyn Foster born November 10 189? near Straw Nebraska moved to Sidney with parents in 1900s. She excelled in school, taught briefly, married John Cox of Mayard Minnesota, and died December 19 1918 after illness. Funeral at home with J J Langston pastor. burial Greenlawn. Survived by husband her parents Mirae and George Foster sisters Aletia Poster and Mrs John Sellers and brother Everette Foster.
The article explains a 24 hour time system used in China and Italy for railway timetables. It notes examples from Shanghai Nanking line with Nanyang at 12 00 and Nanking at 14 15, Pukow at 15 20, and describes day start at 1 AM and ending at midnight as 24 o'clock.
Notice to creditors of the estate of Jaua Sulagar Deceased that the county court will sit in Sidney to examine claims on April 18 1919 with three months from January 17 1919 to present claims and debts due by December 13 1918 to be paid within one year. Leah Chambers County Judge signs the notice December 26 1918.
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