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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
6
The Nebraska Food Administration will enforce sugar purchase limits with retailers required to keep detailed records of buyers. The 2 pound limit in cities and towns and 5 pounds for rural customers will be strictly applied, with certificates for upcoming months denied for violations.
The nation shifted to efficient farming and conservation to boost food shipments abroad, sending large quantities to Allied and neutral nations over the past year. President Herbert Hoover presides over the program expanding agricultural output and wartime aid.
Hoover summarizes U S aid to the Allies noting meat and fat exports rose from 2 166 5 million pounds in 1919 to 3 011 1 million pounds in 1921, cereals from 259 9 million to 340 8 million bushels, with gains of 80 9 million bushels. He credits conservation and farmer production for the rise.
The Food Administration will distribute all sugar through the Sugar Equalization Board led by Herbert Hoover. The board, capitalized at 5 million dollars, can buy and sell sugar to keep consumer prices down. Advertisement urges local merchants to advertise in The Telegraph.
A pair of pine needles fear being threaded by children and placed in sewing or knitting bags. They long for natural winds and pine tree life, imagining dangers in baskets, scissors, or fires. They conclude bag life would be dull, preferring freedom in the outdoors.
A teacher explains that history repeats itself and asks for recent significant events. A student volunteers, saying "Me," illustrating a lesson about new happenings within the last quarter century.
The War Department opened five central officers training camps to train civilians and enlisted men for commissions in the Officers Reserve Corps. Infantry camps are Camp Lee Petersburg Va Camp Gordon Atlanta Ga Camp Pike Little Rock Ark. field artillery at Camp Taylor Louisville Ky. machine gun at Camp Hancock Augusta Ga. Courses run four months for infantry and machine gun and three months for field artillery. new classes admitted monthly. Eligibility covers civilians 20 years 8 months to 40, US citizens not born in wartime or allied countries. enlisted men must meet officer standards. Civilians need high school or equivalent, good character and fitness. field artillery applicants must know arithmetic algebra including quadratic equations and geometry. engineers desired. Civilian applicants certified by the Army professor of military science at the nearest institution.
Travelers in the Orient note Corvus splendens as clever, audacious, and prankful. A hawk captures a small bird on a bare branch, two crows mob and distract, while a third crow reverses the hawk by grabbing its tail and tipping it to the ground, the titbit then carried away by the first crow. You can have your batteries FELLED and TESTED free at OSBORN'S BATTERY STATION.
Johnsons successor Doctor Furness admitted he could not work without his big black cat near the library. William Butler Yeats loves cats and quips there is a twilight time when all cats are gray and all men are handsome.
Free battery tests offered at the Sidney Battery Station on West Lincoln Way. Local service informs motorists and residents that checks cover charge health and performance, with potential recommendations or replacements as needed.
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