Farmer Taxes and Record Books Prompt Income Report
Extension News Service urges all unmarried earners over 1000 and married earners over 2000 to file income tax by March 1, 1918. Farmers must account for living expenses, investment interest, and farm costs, with limited deductions. University of Nebraska Farm Management offers free account books to help farmers prepare.
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Internal Revenue
Department of Farm Management
University of Nebraska
Demongra Bone
University Farm
Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska Home Economics Association Week Events
The Nebraska Home Economics Association schedules meetings during Organized Agriculture Week January 14 to 19 with a patriotic, wartime focus. Wednesday is Conservation Day featuring talks on food conservation. speakers invite input for Road Table Day and practical suggestions. The roster includes Egg Hatching timing advice, Farm Equipment Association debut on January 19, and an Emergency Bulletin on sugar conservation with substitute recipes.
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Nebraska Home Economics Association
Nebraska
Wll
Farm Equipment Association
University Farm
Lincoln
Nebr
Federal Land Bank under attack by proposed Congress bill
Nebraska farmers rely on the Federal Land Bank for long term amortized loans with favorable rates. A January bill in Congress would force new loans only through the Land Banks and bar renewals with private lenders, threatening the Bank’s usefulness and the agricultural sector. The policy, opposed by Nebraska’s State Board of Agriculture, could impact loan availability and farmer relief.
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Congress
United States
Federal Land Banks
Federal Land Bank
Nebraska
Federal Land Bank Impacts Nebraska Farming and War Finance
The bank’s loan program in Nebraska totals 20 million dollars in applications with nine million already granted. Officials say the bank will not compete with Liberty Bonds but will steadily place its stock on the market to avoid war financing interference. Local loan associations are urged to contact congressmen to oppose amendments blocking renewals of bank loans.
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Nebraska
Federal Lands Bank
Federal Land Bank
Demonstrate thrift at home and in the neighborhood
Encourage thrift in households and among neighbors, making saving fashionable. Urge shared responsibility, not leaving all saving to women, to ensure economy becomes a social standard rather than a burden.
Keeping Fruit for Winter Canning Guide
Instructions on sterilizing jars and utensils for canning fruit. It covers syrup ratios two to three, four to six, boiling times for small and large fruits, packing density, sealing technique, and safety steps for heat processing to prevent yeast or fermentation.
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Nike
McCoy Urged for Pay Rise by McAdoo to 4000
Joseph S McCoy the government actuary is the sole Treasury employee targeted by Secretary McAdoo for a raise from 2500 to 4000 His encyclopedic knowledge makes him a key consultant for the ways and means committee during appropriation bill framing.
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Joseph S. McCoy
United States
Treasury Department
McAdoo
McCoy
Ways and Means Committee
House
Ships and names from a bygone navy era in a trade ad
In a vintage ad style passage a parade of ships is named including Manacacy Jetret Casino Don Juan de Austria Elcano Isle de Luzon Pampanga Quiros Sandoval Samar Villalobos. The Villalobos is nicknamed Village Hobo and Dewey era vessels are noted as station ships. The fragment ends with an inquiry about a home in the best torp on earth and a Sidney Lumber Co. promotion.
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Admiral Dewey
Manila Bay
Casino
Don Juan de Austria
Elcano
Isle de Luzon
Pampanga
Quiros Sandoval
Samar
Villalobos
Spain
Santiago
Frank E. Evans
St. Nicholas
Sidney Lumber Co
Pleasant Valley Holiday News From Sidney Area
Pleasant Valley notes report mild spell after cold snap. Families gather for Christmas in Sidney with the Simpsons and Rishels. Victor Simpson ill but improving. wheat hauled to Sidney. several visits and telegrams, plus a call for improved telephone service and a new switch.
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Jay Simpson
Roy Dennis
Sidney
Chas. Lee
Victor Simpson
Melvin Simpson
Ida Hunter
Fleming
Colo
Dora Rishel
A. V. Rish
Grandpa Lauderback
A. E. Rishel
Sidney Lumber Co Advertises Local Homecoming
Lodgepole Sunday spent with Mr. Rishel's sister Mrs W Morrow and family. J K Simpson and son Jay visited Sidney Monday. No place like home. See us about Sidney Lumber Co.
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Lodgepole
Mr. Rishel
Sidney Lumber Co
Governors Pardoning Power Across States
Governors in most states hold authority to grant pardons and reprieves. A pardon removes punishment for a crime, while a reprieve delays execution of sentence for a set period.
Farm prospects and oil boom in Bushnell Nebr listings
An early Nebraska notice highlights yields by crop with ranges for wheat barley oats corn flax potatoes and alfalfa. It promotes land prices grazing land and flexible payment plans, notes an oil boom near the area, and praises education and local church life while listing multiple local business contacts for potential settlers.
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Union
Nebraska
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Extension News Service
Agricultural Extension Service
Bulletin of the
Nebraska State Board OF Agriculture
Verure Mapwell
Policemen of the Sea
Omana
ABC
Chioad
Chas. Perry
Sidney, Nebr
Pleasant Valley
Kilroy & Wepinsky
Reo
Dearborn
M. W. Osborn
Bordwell Building
Chevrolet
Buick
Monroe
Hupmeliie
Hahler’s
Lincoln Highway
Union Pacific
Bushnell
Kimball County
Lodgepole Valley
Lodgepole Creek
Wideawake
Bushnell State Bank
Bushnell Record
Thomas & Sonday
Emery Howe
Guy Disney
Bushnell Garage
Hook & Bogle
Bailey's Pharmacy
Sorenson’s
Foster Lumber Company
Farmer’s Elevator
R. E. Holmes
J. L. DeLong
Lehman's Cash
Elliott’s General Store
Farmers’ Telephone Co
George Hammond
Mgr
O. D. Pickett
Dr. J. R. Carter
The
Big Farmers
G. A. Miller
Flowerfield
Wiliams Bros
Lester van Pelt
H. I. Miller
D. G. Kinnison
C. M. Vanlaningham
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