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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
5
Lodgepole residents shared visits with friends in Sidney and Chappell while others returned from trips to Wyoming and Omaha. Election day turnout favored Republicans. coyotes drew hunters. shifts included a new Harper building apartment, and clerks aimed for top efficiency as wartime labor ends.
Edna Jessen called at the Olson home on Friday. Olson vaccinated calves for J V Jessen last Tuesday. Neighbors husk corn for Nels Hoagland this week and visit multiple homes. Marion Wolfe and wife prep to move in spring. Mrs Bert Laure leaves for Cheyenne to be with her hospitalized husband. Forney family and others attend Sidney visitors. Gerald Jewell burns hand playing near stove. Local residents visit, travel, and farm tasks spread across the week.
Mrs Alfred Johnson and Miss Anna Carlson visited Mrs C FE Leafdale on Thursday. Charles Dechesr departed for Crete Monday for business. H B Leafdale, ill, spent part of the week with his parents in Potter. Albert Skubes, daughter of Mr, mentioned in passing.
The Flu has claimed several victims in the surrounding country with none yet in the immediate area. Mr and Mrs Hd Swanson and child, Mr and Mrs H Bowen and Ed Bradley, and Mrs Joe Kubes are sick. Tracks from Vorter have been hauling grain for Joe Johnson while he threshes. Aura spent Saturday and Sunday at C EB Leatdale.
Several people are on the sick list but no flu is reported yet. The school remained closed this week due to the epidemic. Floyd Vawell visits Burlington briefly to see his brother. Halloween activities were minor with light pranks and no property damage. A small business building was added on Main Street. A Modern Woodman Camp is being organized locally by A B P Martin. Dr Colman of Chappell conducted physical exams at the Bank on Sunday. Mrs Bert Allington hosted the Booth sisters at dinner Sunday. Miss Tlenrietta Oliverins of South Divide is very ill with Spanish flu.
Mr and Mrs Hongley attended the funeral of a near relative who died with influenza at Potter last week. Paul Booth has the mumps but can be around others. A number of men from here went coyote hunting Sunday. C W Smith went to Denver last week to apply for an officers training camp.
Rev Fenske visited several sick residents last Friday. John Hinrichs installed a new wind mill Friday. Henry Quick finishes threshing. Geo Hr Miller stacked hay. Dick Miller and family visited Mrs Miller’s parents J Bruns at Lodgepole last Sunday. Sherman Wallace and wife drove to Kimball Monday. Albert Hargens and Martha Winrichs wed by Rev Fenske Wednesday and left for Douglas Wyoming on honeymoon. Herbert Raabe and wife visited Mrs Raabe’s parents last week. Miller and wife called at Wm Nelk’s Sunday evening. Patronize Osborn Battery Station for service.
The Food Administration announces an effective November first limit of three pounds of sugar per person per month for consumers and permits a full month’s supply at one time. It urges continued sugar saving through policing and notes a timely increase for household use and canning needs during the season.
The Stock Committee and papers set a minimum hog price of 17.50 per hundred on the Chicago basis for November. Agreement dated October 28 to 25.
At a meeting of state retail potato dealers a claim was made that Nebraska potatoes were inferior. The Nebraska Food Administration requested a Washington plant pathologist study the issue and found Nebraska potatoes match those raised elsewhere. The agency urges producer and consumer cooperation, careful handling, local inspection, and seed quality at planting to boost Cheyenne County’s growing potato industry.
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