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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
2
An extended editorial argues a town is a wheel whose hub, spokes, and tire must all thrive. It warns that abandoning home merchants for mail order reduces civic prosperity and property values. The piece praises local business people and urges full local patronage for communal uplift.
A Seed Stock Committee has been appointed by the Nebraska Council of Defense and the U S Department of Agriculture to ensure ample seed for farmers, aid distribution, and fair prices. The initial focus is seed corn. a public meeting is set for Monday January 14 at 1 30 PM in the Nebraska State Council of Defense rooms, 13th and N streets, to discuss the corn situation and enlist seed corn growers, users, and dealers, with government funding backing the effort.
A State Council of Defense and the U S Department of Agriculture appointed a committee to manage a seed crisis. The reform aims to cut costs for Nebraska farmers and safeguard national food supplies during a shift away from outdated farm methods and slow machinery.
The piece argues that special gifts without drive rarely rise to prominence. It urges ordinary talent plus effort, urging self belief and action. Collaboration, discipline, and using both mind and body are praised as the path to success and lasting mark in history.
Frank C. Bulita outlines the National War Savings Committee drive to raise two billion dollars through War Savings Stamps. The piece urges thrift, explains stamp types, interest, and the need for citizens to lend money to government to fund guns and munitions, with maturity details and cashing terms.
Viola Walker returned to Sidney Sunday after two weeks vacation at home. John Harvey and Mr and Mrs Charles Harvey made a business trip to Chappell. Ivan Walker at Agricultural College Lincoln spent a week at home. Fred and Albert Rehmer hauled wheat to Hunstman Monday. Mr and Mrs Charles Harvey rode to Sidney Wednesday morning. Mr Rehmer and sons were in Sidney Tuesday. Mr Chapman had been visiting in Iowa and returned last Thursday. Mr Newton was a business visitor in Sidney Saturday. Mr and Mrs Chapman called at the Harvey home Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Charles Harvey, who had been visiting their parents for three weeks, returned to Phillips Nebraska Mednay.
London reports a raid near Hollebeke was repulsed with no losses to our troops while another German probe east of Zonnebeke succeeded, with a few of our men missing. The war office notes the enemy raid occurred during the alghet.
Henry C. Koenig former member of the St Louis board of education was bound over to the federal grand jury after a Red Cross solicitor testified to disloyal utterances he made when asked to join the Red Cross. Bond set at 2000 dollars.
The note asserts worry is a chronic form of fear that undermines civilization and efficiency. It links fear to modern psycho-therapeutics and Christian Science as efforts to overcome fear in people's minds, emphasizing worry as a central, persistent aspect.
A Popular Science Monthly note describes Italian tobacco shops using home made rope lighters outside stores. Lighters are fashioned from cheap hemp rope waste or rags twisted and tied with twine, serving as substitutes for standard cigar lighters.
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