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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1918
Page
11
A wartime letter signed CIUPMZEN SOLDIER urges citizens to supply ongoing needs for the front. He describes the trenches Fortus and the harsh winter, stressing the need for food clothes care and weapons as the nation supports those at war.
F declares L as a Republican candidate for State Representative in the Tuth District, subject to voters and the August primary. The notice comes from FAS AL Rodman in Kimball Nebraska.
Robert M. Joyce, chair of the Nebraska State Council of Defense, praises Nebraska after a two month Pacific Coast trip. He argues Nebraska offers abundant opportunities, thrift, and easy access, while California is crowded and costly for modest means. He cites army presence near San Diego and urges residents to value home states over relocating.
Letters from French orphans praising Nebraska donors highlight wartime humanitarian work. The French orphan society, with branches across the states, notes Lincoln caring for 436 children as examples of sacrifices by cities and communities in support of homereal youngsters.
Overseas reports describe restored life in Vise and Somme departments after German destruction. Livestock poultry and deer return, farm machinery donated including mowers reapers plows and wagons. Communities pool resources to buy traction engines and cultivate 3000 acres. French thrift and resilience inspire future agricultural loss plans.
From Washington comes a push for large scale standardization of clothing and footwear to cut costs during the war. The piece extols uniform parts across items, cites railroads as a success model, and argues standardized designs boost labor, equipment use, and consumer protection while preferring American-made goods over foreign products. It claims unity through standardized, cooperative progress and decries excessive variety as insecurity.
A fragmented set of light anecdotes about married life and social habits. It mentions a Sidney man listening to his wife and a jealous young wife organizing a watchful group of ladies. It also notes spring cleaning, household duties, and fashion changes like hats.
The piece argues that a standardized home model, while not artistic, offers comfort and sanitation. It notes the federal role in housing hundreds of thousands of workers on war contracts such as shipping, and asserts standardization helps life proceed more evenly and securely.
National programs urge conserving food and resources to aid the war. Increased grazing in Colorado and Wyoming for 61,000 more cattle and 151,000 more sheep, wool output turned over to the government, sugar distribution through certificates to curb hoarding, tin can detinning to save 17,000 tons of tin, and home canning efforts in Kentucky and Cleveland to boost farm product value by 300 to 375 million dollars, easing transport needs for the army.
A concise quotation argues that no human attribute breeds danger more than overconfidence. It notes inefficiency is less likely to spark disaster than blind self belief, asserting that confidence alone never won life’s battles.
Miss Frances Raymond of Scottsbluff visited relatives in Sidney this week while Dan Bergman of Cheyenne, an former local merchant, spent Tuesday and Wednesday here to observe progress. Gilbert Clinson and family from North Platte arrived to make Sidney home. Mar Clawson serves with the U P. The Business Men's club plans its regular monthly meeting next Monday evening with ATL members urged to attend. George Reetz, chair of the Pleasant View precinct Council of Defense, was in Sidney Monday for a county session. Jwon Fine serves as manager for the pres-
The Funston Band was scheduled for a concert here last night and arrived as we went to press. N. E. Medlock and wife returned from a two week outing in the Denver mountains. Jim Davis and the Camp Funston group were here on furlough, much of it spent in Laramie with his parents. Mesdames Birdsley and Watton returned to Shubert after a pleasant visit with their purveaiws. Shulenberg and wife were also mentioned in the social notes.
Mr and Mrs W A Davis and Mrs Mary Henderson returned Thursday from Gibbon where they had been on the sad errand to bury their son and grandson Elza Davis.
Major Davis of the Horse Battalion at Camp Funston requests Nebraska Council of Defense saddles by county residents. Urgent need noted, saddles to be returned with utmost care. County Chairman CHAMBERS asks prompt consideration and asks lenders to aid in training for defense.
The text argues the crown or top of a tree is most important, housing reproduction and digestion. It emphasizes that the crown contains the lungs and stomach of the tree, underscoring its central role in overall health and function.
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