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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
11
Jas A Rodman of Kimball Nebraska declares candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 76th District. He seeks voter support at the August primary.
Oshkosh candidate Guy Roberts announces for State Representative on the Democratic ticket. He pledges cooperation with the federal government to end the war, ratification of the Prohibition amendment, and support for woman suffrage, labor measures, and postwar public works. Roberts is a lifelong resident aiming to advance roads, schools, and state owned grain elevators.
J. W. McDaniel of Sidney Nebraska announces candidacy for sheriff on the Democratic ticket subject to August primary voters decision.
Nebraska teems with red blooded Americans who aspire to public life and we ought to make no mistake in our choice. The nation has decided on its war policy and those who know this best are the ones for us to cast our ballots for.
Nebraska is trusted to provide special investigations for crop problems, drawing on training and experience. Residents express confidence in state administrators, whether created for war needs or regular parts of state government.
Federal bulletin cites J R Anderson on Nebraska horse stock raised by live stock rules and urges breeders to improve production for postwar need. It urges four year finishing, plus a War department notice seeking 927 Nebraska locals for technical training in auto mechanics blacksmithing machinery radio operation tractor work and more. Kennedy notes Pennsylvanian anthracite cut to Nebraska markets due to higher demand and transport limits while Nebraskans are urged to comply with fuel administration requirements.
Nebraska's farmers are confident in a record winter and spring wheat crop of about 931 million bushels per a Washington report. The piece notes surplus for home use after supplying soldiers and allies, adherence to Hoover's fair price efforts, and Nebraska council of defense support for labor standards boosting harvest speed. It highlights stabilized farm labor, transportation benefits, and a projection of lower living costs from price boards and cash and carry policies.
The article notes that the push to drop German from schools newspapers and churches in the country has spurred a search for a substitute and mentions New York mayor John F. Hylan supporting international education.
A Havana fall Pan American congress is proposed to promote Spanish as a preferred language in public schools across the Americas while English would lead in Central and South America study. Lawrence A. Wilkins argues Spanish is vital commercially and culturally to interlinked future trade and to better interpret Monroe Doctrine relations. Honolulu chamber efforts seek to free homestead lands now leased to sugar firms to support postwar production and allow veterans to homestead.
The article highlights American aid beyond munitions, emphasizing agricultural support in France and Italy. Engineers train Italian farmers to maximize yields with intensive methods, overcoming capital shortages and machinery gaps. With investment and expertise, home-food exports may decline and allies gain self sufficiency, including Parisian municipal hog raising.
A housekeeper bakes a batch of rich cookies with white flour after abstaining from white flour. The family finds them hard to swallow and reflects on the difficulty of eating white flour while thinking of people overseas.
An Acparty advocate of reforming the world was spotted last Sunday in the country with a companion, fishing earnestly. The writer argues against attending picture shows on Sunday but supports fishing, stating personal fondness for the activity.
A husband sets out in a trained automobile on Mort day and tells his wife farewell. She calls the eight-mile distant party he planned to visit and learns by phone that he has arrived by air within the moment she ends crossing the floor. The call asks about rescue needs, including a market basket or spool box for mangled remains.
A married city man takes young ladies on a patriotic car mission. His unfamiliar antique design stalls, his wife discovers he stopped the engine in front of their home and cannot restart. He still buys new clothes and jewelry, trying to renew a honeymoon, while the partner remains cool.
An appeal urges the United States to provide food for starving peoples abroad until freedom returns. It cites food conservation measures proposed by Herbert Hoover and Gordon Wattles, including wheat elimination, sugar economy, and meat limits to two pounds per person per week.
Rodney Blake and Winnie defy guardians and suitors with a circus balloon marriage plan. The crowd cheers as the couple, dressed in disguise, are married aloft in the big balloon, ending a town’s whispered scheming and securing a union Winnie desired.
Saturday evening Miss Marjorie Shipman led a Presbyterian Sunday school outing to a gravel pit roaster. The Helping Hand club met at Mrs. C. E. Dimmick’s home for a good meeting and lunch, aiming to sew skirts for refugee bundles and learn canning. A large family dinner honored Albert Johnson returning from Omaha travel. E. J. Sweet celebrated a birthday with family at home, attended by twenty five relatives. Sammie Girls enjoyed a June 10 picnic hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Trognitz with cake, photos, and transport aid from Bramwell Kinney and Jorgensen. Eastern Star installed officers and adjourned for ice cream refreshments at the Schroeder home for the newborn granddaughter.
Mrs Corntossgel asks if Josh will like returning to the old place. Her husband responds that he expects Josh will be glad to go back. He mentions that the idea of no man's land suggests plain Peaceable plowed ground would be satisfying and soothing.
A street scene features Virgil Marsh Jeweler offering expert lens work and “we can duplicate any broken lens” while a sign proclaims free battery testing at the Sidney Battery Station on West Lincoln Way. A weary caller asks for charity, hinting at hardship and luck in a garbled plea.
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