Prairie Gem school closed as flu sweeps families
Lukens and Littunss families report multiple illnesses with the flu. Andrew Andersens are recovering. Ethelrice stays with Lola Lovall. Miss Ethel Price returns to Sidney. Clyde Lovall and Dean Lankston visit Sidney and the Ben Wagner family over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Littunss
Andrew Andersens
Ethelrice
Lola Lovall
Ethel Price
Sidney
Clyde Lovall
Dean Lankston
Ben Wagner
Real Estate and Farm Equipment Sale Ad by Fundingsland Investment Co
Splendid Half Section East half of 22-15-51 improved 150 acres under cultivation with possession March 1. Quick sale bargain terms. Also for sale or trade a Bethlehem Truck 2% tons with box, a 1918 Moon car in good condition, a Forty horse Flour City Tractor, eight bottom Avery plows, drills, discs, packer, oil tank, wagons, shack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Avery
Fundingsland Investment CO
Women of Nebraska Rally for Victory Loan Drive
A Nebraska appeal urges women to fund a short term victory loan to support the war effort. It honors mothers and wives who bore the costs of conflict and calls on all women to contribute from their own funds to prevent a renewed war and assist starving populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Nebraska
Women’s Victory Loan Committee
Local Battery Service Ad At Manns Battery Station
An ad promotes battery testing at Manns Battery Service Station located in the Brewer Building. It includes a humorous line about home and urges customers to see them for service, with contact style hints and references to Sidney Lumber Co. nearby.
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Mann’s
Brewer Building
Sidney Lumber CO
Sore throat tale of hippo and elephant chatter
A hippo and an elephant debate sympathy and illness as the hippo jokes about a giraffe’s sore throat while the elephant laments being lame. The pair discuss what it means to be sympathetic and whether compassion should extend to all creatures or just oneself.
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Snal
Pye
Hippopotamus
Tam
Sympathetic Power Aids Elephant and Hippo at Zoo
The elephant and hippopotamus discuss who bears pain and the meaning of sympathy. A zoo doctor treats the elephant with ankle braces and shoes to strengthen his ankles and relieves the hippo’s sore throat. Both animals feel much better after the visit.
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Zoo
Hippopotamus
Western Newspaper Union
No Brush For Him A Schoolboy Hair Joke
A teacher asks why a boy has untidy hair. The boy replies he has no brush, and his friend has no brush either because he has no hair. The quip ends with the boy's gloomy truth about his friend's lack of hair.
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Efe
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Prairie Gem
Kimpston
Just
Buicers
Hahler Garage
Sidney, Nebr
Furor Grocery Co
Sidney, Nebraska
Ommencining
Plymouth Rock
John Deere Lister
John Deere
John Deere Gang
Fred Pegden
Col V. F. Kucera
R. A. Barlow
Brownson
Gurley
S&s
Jack
Jenny
Deering
McCormick
Rolla M. Mace
A. A. Sharp, Auctioneer
Farmers State Bank of
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