Nebraska Farmers War Council Pledges Support To Wilson
County Agent notes recount Lincoln meeting where Nebraska farmers committed to full government loyalty and wartime production. They urged defense steps to employ all able bodied for essential war work, advocated sedition law compliance, and called for replacing workers with women in stores and offices. Minutes cover elevator association representation, grain selling plans, and a new Farmers Union Cooperative Insurance Company formed in Lincoln May 1. A Sidney court-house meeting for May 11 to report on Lincoln discussions is announced.
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Farmers War Council
Lincoln
Farmers of
Nebraska
Wilson
State Council of Defense
Farmers Union Co-operative Insurance Company
Spiker
Bauer
Court House
Sidney
G. Gould
Livestage Prices at South Omaha Market Report
Livestock prices at Union Stock Yards South Omaha Neb May 8 1918 describe cattle run of about 10400 head with best heavy beeves steady to $17.25 to $17.50 prime steers. Cows and heifers steady to down 10 11 cents. yearlings 9.50 to 15.60. hogs mostly $16.55 to $17.25. lambs steady to lower with select lambs around $20.00.
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Union Stock Yards
South Omaha
Neb
Sulou
St.sugs
Camouflage Artist Shows Soldier's Wire Envelopment
A French soldier skillfully blends with a wire screen becoming nearly invisible to the enemy. He wraps himself in wire and, after shaping a deadly grenade, works in a trench captured from German forces. Plow blades lie at Brewer's machine shop as experts from SID NEY Battery Station operate near Hardy Hardware Store.
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Sidney
Hardy Hardware Store
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B. F
Knerr
cKibb
McKibbin
Sidney Merc. Co
Brewer's
Eton
Cheyenne County
P. W. Barker, Mer
Sidney’s Department Store