Boys' School Encampment at State Fair Lincoln Neb
Lincoln Nebraska September 2 to 6 1918 at the Nebraska State Fair a Boys School Encampment invites Cheyenne County to send two delegates one rural school and one city school. Delegates aged over fifteen and under twenty one will have railroad fare paid and pay five dollars for board tuition and incidentals sent to Secretary E. R. Danielson State Fair Lincoln Nebraska. Attendance organized under the supervision of the University Farm Principal Those desiring to attend should apply to Anna McFadden County Supt.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Cheyenne County
E. R. Danielson
State Fair
Nebraska
University Farm
Anna McFadden
Volunteers Sought for Multiple Trades in Sidney Neb
Class 1 to 5 men may volunteer for Auto Repairmen Axemen Blacksmiths Boatmen Bridge Carpenters Cabinet Makers Caulkers Concrete foremen Concrete workers Construction foremen Cooks Craftsmen Electricians Gas Engine men Stationary engineers Farriers Horseshoers Lithographers Machinists Beig ers Photographers Plumbers Powdermen Quar rymen Riggers Shoemakers Surveyors Tailors Teamsters Telephone operators Timbermen Topographers Applications to Local Board Sidney Nebraska close at noon July 16.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Soldiers' Superstition Cavarly Man Carries Horse Tooth
Cavalrymen hold a superstition that a mounted rider will survive the leading charge unscathed if he carries the tooth of a war horse that has at some time been through a charge unhurt. The charm rests on the horse’s prior proven bravery.
Clarence Perry Under the Colors in France 1918 Letter
Clarence Perry writes from Co. C 16 Engineers Ry AEF France in June 1918, detailing ankle injury, varied work from fireman to conductor, tented camp life with air raid protections, a 14 to 0 ball win, access to canteen goods, and a longing for home. He mentions relatives, the front proximity, and wartime conditions, ending with greetings to friends and a cheerful farewell.
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France
Buths
Tom
Josnan
Bin
Co. C
Food Administration Message In Rural Speech
A rustic dialogue mocks wartime food guidance urging saving meat and baking with corn meal to preserve wheat flour for soldiers. It features a narrator claiming a big fish and a comic phrase about substitutions, reflecting the era’s home front morale and food conservation themes.
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U. S. Food Administration
Rich Anthracite Deposits in Pennsylvania
At least twenty one workable beds of anthracite have been identified in Pennsylvania. They average sixty to seventy feet of coal with maximum depths near 2,500 feet. Some beds in the southern field are estimated to reach 4,000 feet below the surface.
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Pennsylvania
Sidney Boy in France Letters Home From AEF
Private GROVER HATCHER of the 3 Held Remount Squadron writes from France via New York to a Sidney family. He describes a safe voyage, good health, hopes to visit next winter, missing fried chicken, and small details about friends Stevens and Potter, Old John, Fanny, and postal cards not being thrown away.
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Hatcher Sidnes
Dewar
France
Stevens
Potter
Jump Funston
Tam
John
Fanny
Private Grover Hatcher
A. P O
AEF. F
New York
Cremona Violins Wood Study Shows Higher Belly Note
Small splinters of Cremona violin wood vibrated with a bow produce a consistent pitch. The note is always higher when the wood is from the belly of the instrument than from the back.
Childs Food Importance in Early Years Thought
Froebel, a deep student of child culture, argued early life nutrition shapes a child for life. He claimed proper food could influence temperament, energy, and eventual vigor or sluggishness, potentially impacting lifelong development.
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Froebel
Uncle Eben Quote Reflects Tough Love Moral Ambition
Uncle Eben declares willingness to love all but cannot uplift Romo's ambition to sedate with some of them as a rabbit to a hound dog, illustrating a rural dialect moral edge. The fragment hints at a local figure voicing blunt judgment on effort and loyalty.
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Eben
Romo
Life as daily labor under sun and stars
John Burroughs reflects that life is a continuous effort rather than a war. It is a day's work shared with fellow laborers under God's earth, where we can think, sing, and rejoice as we toil.
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John Burroughs
Ingenious Finger Ring Guard Prevents Unguenting Wear
A clever inside ring device presses against the finger to prevent ungenting while remaining nearly invisible. The pew guard for finger rings adapts a discreet design aimed at comfort and concealment for daily use.
Problem of Human Nature Clock Debate
A Philadelphia Ledger quote notes that daylight saving would work if everyone woke earlier, but the flaw is that not everybody will. The remark highlights the impracticality of universal behavior change to gain time.
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Philadelphia Ledger
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Your Father
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