Manchus Favor Bean Fuel Over Coal in Marbin
In Manchuria the Chinese prefer bean cake to coal as fuel due to lower price. Bean cake costs 75 kopeks versus coal at 90, and supporters claim it emits more heat. With mills stockpiling, expected demand for bean-based energy rising. A Handy Story. Daughter: I am ashamed of you for kissing the parlor maid. Father: I have several bottles of Scotch and questioned Nellie, I just smelled her. that is all. Subscribe: for The Telegraph.
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Prairie Gem Weather Buses School Absences and Delays
Severe cold kept most children absent from Prairie Gem area schools last week. Several local residents made visits between Sidney and Dalton despite the bad roads. The January 12 school dance and box social at District 36 was postponed due to weather. Families noted include Mohatts Lovalls Chambers and Hendersens with occasional illness and travel updates.
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Clarence Chambers
Sidney
Eli Henderson
W. W. Chowins
Alliance
Minatare
G. C. Mohatt
Dalton
G. C
W. F. Mohatt
Anna Kurz
Leo Mohatt
John Mohatt
Andrew Anderson
H. Luken
Nis Anderson
Lovall
Bob Henderson
Ralph
Judge's Poker Question Sparks City Race Debate
A New York speech by a reelection hopeful city judge ends with a live poker query. In a club setting the question is posed whether a straight flush beats four of a kind under all circumstances, highlighting civic virtue and public trust themes.
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New York
Markets Needed by the Farmers
Town and rural residents share a mutual dependence as urban growth hinges on farm prosperity. Merchants and chambers support rural marketing, roads, and credit while mail order outfits drain revenue away. The piece urges home merchants to back farmers during tough times to sustain local markets and road funds.
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Chambers of Commerce
Meatless Week and Day Plan Urged in Nebraska
Nebraska Food Administration announces a meatless day each week and meal each day with a meatless Saturday to conserve meats for the war effort. Federal Food Administrator Gordon W. Wattles urges every household, family, and commercial eaterie to adopt the program immediately, stressing government necessity and hotel cooperation. He says if meat is not supplied, the war cannot be won.
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Gordon W. Wattles
Nebraska
Mr. Wattles
New Hoarding Rule Sets 30 Day Storing Limit
Gordon W. Wattles, Federal Food Administrator for Nebraska, announces that holding more than a thirty day supply of foodstuffs by dealers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, or customers will be treated as hoarding. He warns violators face strict enforcement and consequences, urging restraint to support wartime allies.
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Gordon W. Wattles
Nebraska
Mr. Wattles
Ranchmen Free Sugar Limits Amid Supply Rules
Ranchmen living far from towns may buy sugar in larger quantities than city dwellers, under Gordon W. Wattles' instructions to county food administrators. Merchants must justify larger sales by impossibility of following regular rules. Ranchmen may buy up to 25 pounds. Sugar limits: town customers 5 pounds, country customers 10 pounds. flour limits: town 50 pounds, country 100 pounds.
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Gordon W. Wattles
Wattles Praises Nebraska Food Self Sufficiency
Federal Food Administrator Gordon W Wattles says Nebraska can feed itself and others, citing last year’s output of 700 pounds of meat per person, 647 pounds of flour and 112 pounds of sugar. He warns current consumption and waste threaten future supply and urges reductions to free vast quantities of wheat, meat and sugar.
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Wattles
Nebraska
Gordon W. Wattles
Food Administration
Why Swagger Sticks Are Used
In Canada recruits during the last three years carried swagger sticks off duty to keep their right hands from pockets learned restraint. Canadian youths at Valcartier and Aldershot became heroes of Vimy Ridge. See us about one. Sidney Lumber Co.
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