Livestock prices at South Omaha June 19 1918
Receipts moderate with cattle 6000 head. Trade generally lower with steers 25 to 50 cents off and light yearlings down 60 cents. Good to choice cattle quoted 17.00 to 18.00, yearlings 14.50 to 16.50, butchers 9.0 to 14.50. Hog prices 16.35 to 16.50 on the bulk. lambs 16.00 to 20.25, ewes and lambs trending lower from Monday. Sheep offerings 6400 head with unsettled, 25 to 30 cent declines, spring lambs 16.00 to 20.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Airplane Wood Needs In Excess Of Timber to Build
An aviation note explains a typical airplane uses about 200 hoard feet of wood in construction and requires milling over 1,500 feet of select lumber. This lumber often comes from forests with around 15,000 hoard feet of standing timber.
Government asks for funds through stamp program
Government urges payment through stamp program to raise revenue. Citizens urged to contribute funds via stamps, with officials emphasizing national need for support and compliance across communities.
Sidney Concert Band Plans July Uniforms For Fourth
The Sidney Concert Band under Director I J Lewis resumes Sunday concerts after a Chautauqua break. Members practice Thursday and uniforms ordered by Miles and Marsh to arrive by July first. The band will appear in uniform for the July Fourth celebration with musicians led by Samuel Light Donald Bassett and G D VanGorder among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
I. J. Lewis
Harvey Bush
Glenn VanGorder
Lewis
Sidney Concert
W. T P. Miles
Virgil Marsh
Cornets
Samuel Light
Donald Bassett
Sam Weir
Dr. Zwink
C. M. Wright
Reuben Crock
E. L. Montgomery
Sterling Mendenhall
Mr. Larguardia
G. D. VanGorder
Base
Elmer Grabill
Dr. E. 5
Sherrerd
Goldwyn Doran
Viccola
Charmets
A. Sittler
Marin
Pledge to Save and Buy War Savings Stamps Monthly
A call urging readers to commit to saving as much as possible and to purchase a set amount of War Savings Stamps each month, reinforcing patriotic duties and financial support for the war program.
American amid pokeberry ink water tale in France
William Allen White recalls thirst on a French motor journey where safe drinking water was scarce. Bottled water from the American supply finally appears, provoking bemused stares as he drinks four bottles and endures the spectacle with humor about a desperate man commanding respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen White
Book News Monthly
France
American Commissary Department
Henry
Dalton Village Diary Notes Many Visitors and Harvest Tasks
A Dalton area column lists numerous weekend visitors and residents in and around Dalton. Teachers from Spokane Miss Bowers visits. families and neighbors host, dine, shop, and market hogs. Alfalfa work, chautauqua trips, and home repairs fill days as long rambling social schedule unfolds. Earth tremor tale closes with weather bureau note on thunder resonance causing door and window rattles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Douglas F. Manning
Alexandria Bay
N. Y
Machine Gun Noisy as Riveter War Sayings Stamps Mention
A Yale Alumni Weekly note recalls a sound like a riveter from a machine gun near the front. A doctor reflects on the roar and explains the comparison as a woodpecker like noise in a hollow tree. Citizens urged to buy War Savings Stamps to the utmost and in time.
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Yale Alumni Weekly
Cornraising and local travel in Grand Prairie vicinity
Most residents cultivate corn while FE and family drive to Sunol and Sidney. Miss Mabel Johnson and Ed Miles attend a chautauqua. Emil Johnson and Mrs. Roy Witters visit Sidney. Mrs. A E Millerson and daughter plan a Fremont Nebraska trip to visit relatives. Mrs Van Reiners and daughters call in Sidney. Mrs Heingsman and Mrs Swensen visit Albert Frerichs. Planck and son Firl remodel their Sidney property. War Savings Stamps urged as buying restrictions rise during wartime.
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Norv Eckert
Walsh
J. M. Kreader
Andy Jones
Dalton
Miss Bowers
Spokane
Washington
J. C. Dunn
Frank Weigands
John Poppen
Loebe
Miss Nagengast
John Eckert
Irma Morrow
Mrs. Matson
Herb Foster
Mr. Valentine and Son
D. E. Davison
Colorado
James Davison
John
Everett Davison
Dennis
Catherine Walsh
Miss Bowere
Alvin Dunn
John Davison
Elmer Mayers
Frank Lipska
Mr. Govee
Colorado Springs
James McNulty
Gustafson
Willard Mowrer
John Peters
Mier
Schreinert
Scribner
J. C Kreader
Colman
Sidney
Catherine Ward
Carr Ross
Vera Ross
Reinholdt Miller
Foster
Frances
Hazel Overlease
Beulah
Wheatland
Will Gustafson
Ed Walsh
Rose McNulty
John Woppen
Irene White
Frank White
Alec Ross
George Shinker
Devina
W. E. Larson
Weyerts
J.C. Dunn
al Morrom
Sam Eckert
Will
Morrow
J. M
J. C. Kreader
James Davison, Sr
Los Angeles
California
Mrs. Anderson
Mabel Johnson
Ed Miles
Emil Johnson
Roy Witters
A. E. Millerson
Fremont
Nebraska
van. Reiners
Frank Heingsman
Joe Swensen
Albert Frerichs
FE. Planck
Son Firl
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Ogallala, Nebr
Keith Co
W.C. Nye
Grand Prairie
Phinck
Sunol
MR. Farmer
Sunset Grocery Co
Bassett & Littler
National War Savings Committee
Sidney Telegraph
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