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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
3
Miss Ann Radcliffe reports Miss Mildred James competed at Clarkson Nebraska last Friday night in the state oratorical event. From over fifty towns and seven district representatives she earned third place, boosting Sidney’s reputation in oratory and other contests.
The Vienna Neue Wiener Tageblatt reports that Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and Austrian foreign minister Count Czernin reached a complete understanding between the central powers. The Neue Frieze Presse adds that the chancellor's reply in the Reichstag will reflect harmonious wishes of all central powers.
National capital briefs describe the conscription plan tax measures and a rewritten espionage bill. debate over Roosevelt amendments continues while war funding and censorship provisions face final changes before President Wilson’s proclamation.
A dialogue about ambition and social ambition notes a clue to a prominent figure’s approach. The exchange humorously ties a motto to a rising clergyman’s influence, suggesting a formal advancement within the church hierarchy.
The Extension Service of the Nebraska College of Agriculture plans a state wide labor bureau system. Local bureaus would list available labor and calls for workers, report to county and state bureaus, and coordinate with the National Labor Bureau in Washington. Local leaders and secretaries would organize enrollments and reports to the State Labor Bureau in Lincoln.
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