Red Cross Knit Goods and Donations Report
The Sidney Chapter reports knitted articles totaling 275 sweaters 133 mufflers 115 wristlets 126 socks and 26 helmets shipped since November. Donations include a sewing machine from Mrs A H Clemens and a water set from Firemen. The Board voted $100 to the Base Hospital at Omaha with other local support noted.
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A. H Clemens
Red Cross
Board of Trustees
Base
Omaha
Sidney
Lodgepole
Nebraska
Sidney High Beats Alliance in Clean 15 to 10
Sidney High defeated Alliance 15 to 10 in a hard fought clean contest. Starters included Lospiech and Runge for Sidney with strong support from Big Bear Olson and Ells. Receipts were $42.60, players were treated to oyster stews after the game, and future games against Kimball and Lodgepole were noted.
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Sidney High
Alliance
Sidney
Crawford
Lospiech
Rottger
Little Bear
Big Bear
Wnt
Big Olson
Ells
Chum
Runge
Wooldridge
Kimball
Plato
Frabert
O'Conner
Lespiech
Loomis
Juder
Anderson
Elis
Olson
Marsh
Dr. Bliss
Forced to kiss U S flag by striking coal miners
In Springfield Illinois on February 19 two hundred coal miners quit work at the Citizens Coal company mine and drove the mine manager Henry Martini and his two sons to the public square. The men compelled them to kiss the US flag and swear allegiance to the United States, citing unpatriotic conduct as the motive while hundreds of citizens watched.
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Springfield
Citizens Coal Company
Henry Martini
United States
Pershing Tours Front Inspecting American Troops In France
General Pershing completed a two day inspection of the American sector northwest of Toul. In a tin hat with a gas mask he walked trenches, visited dugouts, and read orders, asking soldiers about rations and conditions. He questioned cooks and artillery crews, urging improvements while noting most were satisfied. He limped slightly from an earlier ankle injury and pledged further visits to ensure maximum protection and best conditions for the troops.
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France
Pershing
Toul
Mont Lee
Metz
Leutenant
General Pershing
British tightens meat curb amid market consolidations
London reports indicate rumors of full government control of Smithfield meat distribution are false. The food ministry has urged reducing meat firms, prompting several large firms to combine unofficially under government aegis. The situation recalls 1908 mergers at Smithfield, though on a much larger scale.
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London
Smithfield
Food Ministry
Sidney School Debaters Chosen for Inter scholastic Meet
In a Monday afternoon session Sidney selected Zella Owens Dolly Walker and Belle Stafford with Ray Clinton as alternate to represent the school in the Inter scholastic debates. They will face Kimball on March 1 affirming the topic that compulsory military drill should be established in U S high schools.
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Sidney
Zella Owens
Dolly Walker
Belle Stafford
Ray Clinton
U. S
Hasel Haeslitt
Harry Marsh
Kimball
van Ermen
W. J. Braham
Chappell
Devel County Teachers’ Association
Scottsbluff
Braham
Roettger
Miss Schulte
Death at Guard Hill Farm Ends Van Courtlandt Silence
Robert B. Van Courtlandt of a prominent New York family was found dead in the bathroom at Guard Hill Farm near Mount Kisco on February 19. His throat was cut after arriving Sunday from New York City, with the keeper stating he had complained of not feeling well. The Van Courtlandts were early New York settlers.
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Mount Kisco
N. Y
Robert B. van Courtlandt
New York
Guard Hill Farm
van Courtlandt
New York City
van Courtlandts
Echo de Paris reports Germany at 4.805 million strong
A Paris dispatch cited by Echo de Paris put Germany’s army and war mobilization at 4 805 000 men available for service. The telegraph advertisement mentions coal and lumber prices, with Colorado lignite lump coal at 7 25 per ton and Cheyenne County Lumber Co advertising.
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New York
Paris
Echo de Paris
Germany
Colorado
Cheyenne County Lumber Co
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