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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
2
Gordon W. Wattles Nebraska Food Administrator urges continued conservation even after this summer’s crop. He says available savings have been used to meet immediate needs and warns that a reserve is essential in case of overseas disruption. A bountiful harvest could allow some setting aside for future use.
The Bureau of Publicity invites Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota papers and advertisers to supply photos of Liberty Loan Red Cross and War Savings demonstrations. Photos with brief sketches will be sent as lantern slides to France for YMCA huts to show soldiers at the front. A press convention in Omaha June 20 22 will feature Mayor Smith Gordon W Wattles and John W Gamble with entertainment for traveling newspaper men and wives.
Nebraska Food Administrator Gordon W. Wattles urges use of fresh perishable foods to release staple foods for export, conserve transportation for munitions and staples, and save labor for winter handling. Canning at home is highlighted as a major saving for households as canned goods grow scarce this winter.
A series of warranty deeds recorded in Sidney Nebraska transfer ownership among multiple parties. Transactions include Johanna Erickson to Clarence Strangberg for $4,000 in section 8-16-52, James T Slama to Lewis N Willson for $900 in NW and SW quarters of 20-17-52, and several others with properties across Nebraska sections 7-12-50 6-16-51 25-18-51 and more, sums ranging from $1 to $12,800.00.
The piece extols sleep as the greatest health restorer and urges ample fresh air in the bedroom and a hot bath before bed to relax nerves and promote easy sleep.
In the local chatter Mrs Allwash notes a man’s gloom since his divorce. Mrs Bigbrain counters that his need to work for a living explains his downcast mood.
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