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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1917
Page
7
A central Africa tale notes jackals and hyenas craving crocodile eggs. The farmer is a skilled poacher. Natives say the jackal has sixteen eyes with one watching eggs and fifteen scouting for prey. Hyenas focus on eggs, risking crocodile ambush from motionless hiding. The crocodile may strike prey from the canoe or shore with its tail and jaws.
Edgar Berkland writes from the Presidio San Francisco thanking Sidney Telegraph readers for packing soldiers kits. He describes medical service since April, training on the coast, transfers between Hospital Ambulance Co. No. and the 63rd Infantry, and praises YMCA church entertainments and good rations and passes on military reserve.
The idea posits lava from volcanic eruptions can be shaped into sewer pipes and bricks with suitable machinery, in the same manner as molten material is formed in foundries. The proposal hints at a revolutionary material science approach and potential large scale applications.
Louis J. Horowitz, who came from Russia to Brooklyn as a 17 year old worker earning $2 a week, is drafted from the presidency of a major New York construction firm to head foreign relief work for the American Red Cross, linking commissions overseas with U S operations.
Nebraska Food Administration announces G Wattles as Administrator in charge. Wattles assumes duties guiding state food programs and regulatory actions under the agency's oversight.
Gordon W Wattles will appoint a county food administrator in Nebraska on his return from Washington. The administrator will be the chief executive of the county with broad powers to enforce the Food Control Act. County administrators will be summoned to Omaha for a conference to receive Department briefings.
Government will not fix cattle and sheep prices at this time, announced by Meat Director Joseph Cotton. To boost hog production a minimum price of 15.50 per hundred for spring farrowed hogs is set, based on a 138 to 1 ratio with corn as the basis. Meatless and wheatless days remain, with licenses possible for hotels and restaurants failing to comply. meatless day bans beef to pork products, suggesting fowl and fish as substitutes.
Mr Letton sent letters to every hotel and restaurant operator in the state urging cooperation with government requests. Those who refuse to sign will be reported to Washington for action. The pledge covers serving non wheat items like rice and puddings and avoiding pies and cakes.
Letters to the Food Administration from across Nebraska report corn cribbing prior to thorough curing and spoilage. They urge delaying husking and cribbing where moisture remains high. Observers warn of soft moisture filled corn in fields needing immediate attention after a Live Stock Committee meeting in Omaha.
Westerners describe the jack rabbit as elusive and robust. The animal can appear fat and content, resting under a scanty shade while enduring intense heat that would dehydrate others, yet it persists with apparent ease.
An offer invites adults with cough cold or bronchitis to visit the Red Cross Pharmacy and receive a free sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup. The remedy claims fifty years of use and promises a good night’s rest with morning expectoration. Regular sizes cost 25 and 75 cents and sales extend to civilized countries.
In Sidney Draw corn husking is advancing and threshing continues. Jid Howe is adding to his house with HH Reed assisting. Hammond family homes near completion. Lars Hammond was ill last week. Henry Elsen went duck hunting on North River. Charley Sprenger bought a new Ford. Ed Howe butchered a beef recently. Sprenger Reed and Ed Howe families dined with Pete Howe on Sunday. New district library books and Victrola arrived. Selover worked in Kimball County building a new barn. Mrs Sprenger and Minnie Reed joined Mrs Schultz on a midweek Sidney trip.
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