Lodgepole Community Notes Round Up Travelers Visitors
Lodgepole residents and visitors appear in a long list of trips visits and daily happenings. Fred Slawson and Mrs Slawson of Sidney call on Mrs Slawson. BF Robinson returns from eastern Nebraska. Ray Petersons visit Broken Bow. Trwin walks with crutches from a sprained knee. Dr Hugh Mantor of Sidney visits his brother Dr Harry Mantor. Dan Jewett bitten by a bulldog with no serious injury. B J Bates returns from Denver and Cheyenne Wells. Clara Petters visits Tincoln and Camp Funston. Jean Rogers of Akron Colorado visits the Rogers and Pierce families. Ben F Robinson moves into the Libby house. Red Cross rooms open with growing attendance. Glenn MacCreath leaves for Thedford to visit before entering service. J G Doherty becomes cashier in Ogallala. C L Tate of Omaha transacts business in Lodgepole. Bertha Bates leaves for Wisball to work with Campbell Realty. Local camping party near old swimming hole includes Fern Barlow Alta Schrall Helen Englert Cora Kidney Eunice Booth Nellie Bates Genevieve Crawford Mary Burroughs Mrs B F Robinson as chaperone. Mrs L R Barlow hosts eight couples for a Woold ridge gathering honoring Miss Wooldridge and MacCreath on army service eve. Dancing and refreshments follow.
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BF. Robinson
Nebraska
Ray Peterson
Broken Bow
Peterson
Trwin
Hugh Mantor
Sidney
Harry Mantor
Dan Jewett
B. J. Bates
Denver
Cheyenne Wells
Colorado
Clara Petters
Tincoln
Jennette Alden
C. L. Tate
Omaha
Lodgepole
Bertha Bates
Wisuball
Campbell Realty Company
Fern Barlow
Alta Schrall
Helen Englert
Cora Kidney
Eunice Booth
Nellié Bates
Genevieve Crawford
Mary Burroughs
Telegraph Between Girls Substory on Office Romance
In a humorous exchange two young women discuss office life and romance. They note that many nice men are met at work and joke about chasing a husband while imagining a freer social life, reflecting lighthearted attitudes toward matchmaking.
Money Talks in a Witty Exchange
A brief dialogue centers on a $5 loan. Gill asserts money talks and recalls the debt, while the other party quips that the note is saying to forget it. The exchange captures a humorous take on finance and memory in casual conversation.
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Gill
Try It They Explain A Grand Dinner Ruse
Duggs claims he helped his wife cut costs by taking her to expensive restaurants where she could not afford to eat. Muggs questions the method as a tactic to reduce expenditure.
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Duggs
Muggs
Lifting Auto Out of Rut Manual from Popular Mechanics
Edwin L. Purkess describes a simple field method to free a mired heavy auto truck using saplings as fulcrums and tailboard chains. A rope tourniquet lifts the wheel rim, draws saplings tight, and slabs are added under the wheel and axle to prevent slip, allowing the vehicle to reach solid ground.
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Edwin L. Purkess
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Mr. Purkess
New American Artificial Leg Aims to End Crutches
An Army surgeon introduces a $25 artificial leg that closely mimics a natural limb, even for a double amputee. Described at the New York Academy of Medicine, the device by Maj David Silver offers superior movement with a jointed instep and rubber base, potentially outperforming $100 government models.
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Uncle Sam
New York Evening Post
New York Academy of Medicine
P. B. Magnuson
Medical Reserve Corps
Surgeon General
David Silver
Pittsburgh
Magnuson
Silver
War edema grips Germany in medical weeklies
German physicians report a strange new disease labeled war edema. It causes swelling of the legs face and serous cavities, may last months without relief, and is blamed on poor diet with excess carbohydrates and little fat and high water intake. Treatment centers on bed rest and adding at least 100 grams of fat daily.
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Germany
American Medical Association
Bayonet Armor Model Aids Soldiers in France
Civil war veterans recall bayonet wounds stopped by prayer books as Boston Post notes a new protection for soldiers in France. Invented by Everett Dunbar of Lynn the flexible steel bodice shield has been given to the war department without patenting. Women volunteers may sew the cloth parts for the armor.
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France
Boston Post
Everett Dunbar
Lynn
War Department
Stefansson challenges old Arctic sayings on frost and snow
Arctic explorer Stefansson argues against long held maxims saying rubbing snow on frost bites is useless eating snow when thirsty is not harmful and Eskimo houses are well ventilated and not generally smoky
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Stefansson
No Quid Pro Quo in a Wife's Will Dispute
A cryptic exchange hints at motives in a probate dispute. The man denies any quid pro quo while the woman questions the will's terms. The line suggests underlying tension over inheritance without clear concessions.
Sidney Social Roundup Finds Many Local Visits
A sequence of Monday through Saturday calls and visits ties Sidney residents to Sprenger and Reed households. Names include Mrs Frank Klentz daughter Helen, Miss Islan Trammond, W. W Chowins, Hugh Hammond, Mrs Cuddeford Lois, Charles Hammond, Frank Klentz, Irritz Kreagle, Glenn Cuddeford, Clifford Tammond, WE Chambers, Lingwall, Henry Elsen, Ann Lingwall, Alfred Sprenger, Minnie Sprenger, Fred Anderson, Ed Howe, Anna Lingwall, Dwane Reed, and more as neighbors attend chautauqua and share meals and travel by car.
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Clifford Hammond
WE Chambers
Charley Sprenger
W. W. Chowins
Sidney
Chautauqua
Alfred Sprenger
Minnie
Glenn Cuddeford
Charley
Fred Anderson
W. F. Chambers
Kreagle
Ed Howe
Christina Sprenger
Sunday Socials Reported In Local Homes
Sunday evening gatherings included Mro and Mrs Charles Humimend, Mro and Mrs Jak Benedict with Mrs Anni Lingwall and daughter Ann, plus Mr o and Mrs Frank Sxlentz and family and Mr and Mrs Eugene Howe and their little boy on a Jumbo Reservoir picnic. Hugh Hammond celebrated at the Charley Hammond home.
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Mro
Charles Humimend
Jak Benedict
Anni Lingwall
Ann
Frank Sxlentz
Eugene Howe
Jumbo Reservoir
Everybody Does It Says Forgotten Debts Comment
A brief Ohio State Journal quip noting how people often claim they forgot debts when a prominent friend repays what he owes, or part of it, reflecting a common social excuse.
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Ohio State Journal
War Savings Stumps Misused by Grown Ups Rather Than Youth
The note warns that the War Savings Stumps scheme is misused predominantly by adults, not children, highlighting that grown ups squander resources more than the young in this program.
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Fred Slawson
Mrs. Slawson
Oldsmobile
B. Lansing, Mich
Louis Mann
Brewer
NEBR
Hugh Hammond
Charley Hammond
Purcha
Stubbto
Krueger Ice Company
The
Sidney Ice
Sidney Ice Co
Sam Fine
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