Farmers National Congress backs woman suffrage in farm states
The Sidney Telegraph notes the Farmers National Congress adopted resolutions in support of woman suffrage and endorsing the Keating bill to establish a farm woman’s bureau in the agriculture department. It cites rural support, political implications, and Indiana’s consolidation of rural schools as evidence of progressive change.
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Farmers’ National Congress
National
House of Representatives
Department of Agriculture
National Congress
Congress
Wilson
Omaha
Rural School Need for Equal Access to High Education
State superintendent A O Thomas urged in a Farmers National Congress address that every rural district in Nebraska should have access to high school. He cited 500 districts with only one to three pupils and touted high school branches in combination schools lifting over 3,000 rural students to high school studies. He argued for equal opportunity for country youths and pointed to consolidation as a key to better facilities, highlighting Indiana as a notable example.
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Indiana
A. O. Thomas
Farmers’ National Congress
Nebraska
Jie
Thomas
Allegiance the Slogan in 1916 Campaign Propaganda
The 1916 campaign discussion centers on allegiance to the United States as a citizenship condition. Foreign-born residents are urged to uphold loyalty, while some groups are seen as fostering anti-government sentiment that could affect politics and internal peace. Senator Sherman asserts allegiance transcends party and race, grounded in Americanism under the flag.
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United States
Sherman of
Sinois
Allegiance and the Nation Above All
In a call for unity and loyalty, the piece argues that while strangers may retain sympathy for their homelands, they must not act against the country’s peace and welfare. It asserts undivided allegiance as essential to preserve order and neutrality amid global conflict, transcending party race and creed.
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United States
Illinois
Righty
Wilson’s Defense and Tariff Views Limited by Caution
Washington reports suggest President Wilson will not disclose firm plans to Congress on defense or tariff. He may broaden defense concepts yet seems unlikely to endorse radical tariff changes despite growing deficits and postwar foreign competition.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
National Treasury
Prosperity and war orders in the nation’s economy
The piece argues prosperity isn’t solely from war orders. It notes railroads placing large orders for cars and rails with manufacturers, signaling improving conditions. It stresses that while full prosperity isn’t reached, hopeful signs point toward eventual realization.
Farmer Bratz records oat and wheat yields at Dalton area farm
Fred Bratz of eight miles east and two miles south of Dalton reports his small grain acreage and yields. Ten acres of oats yielded 422 bushels and 26 pounds while eight acres of summer fallow winter wheat produced 381 bushels and 40 pounds. Thirty-one acres of winter wheat yielded 688 bushels and 2 pounds and thirty-five acres of macaroni wheat 866 bushels and 47 pounds. At the Cheyenne County fair Bratz won first premium on winter wheat and on oats. A humorous note closes with a joke about a girl playing a prank on her best fellow on Sunday.
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Fred Bratz
Dalton
Cheyenne County
Gun shy romance ends in window breakage and flight
A feuding couple leads to a shooting scare when a man sees a shotgun and a window is shattered as he flees. The incident leaves the girl puzzled by the gunman's sudden exit and the man nervous on the street. The tale blends with other brief notices across the region.
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Bob
B M Club Meeting Changes Date And Host
The B M Club will meet next Tuesday afternoon October 19 with Mrs McClenaghan instead of as printed in the year book.
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B. M
Under a Hat lecture spurs sharp moral jolt in society club
A Lincoln man reports on a local society gathering where women criticized an absent mother while discussing charity. Instead of gospel chatter, the group savaged a family, serving up a brutal social indictment as the Man on the Street estimates the scene with wry, piercing commentary.
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1St Corinthians
Marconi
A Man on the Street Rumination on News and Propriety
A speaker mocks paper reports of boards and clubs versus what can be learned from the street. He reflects on tired heads, reformatories, adenoids, and the quirks of a Sidney couple selecting furniture. They joke about furnishing a castle in Spain.
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Omaha
Beemer
Billy Sunday
Beemer Times
Star Chamber
Sidney
Spain
Plymouth Standard Twine Offers Low Price Deals
FundingLand Transfer Co promotes Plymouth Standard guaranteed twine at very low prices. Call to place orders and ensure timely delivery.
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Fundingsland Transfer CO
Wath's Pharmacy applies for druggist liquor permit Sidney
Notice states Wath's Pharmacy filed October 14 1915 with the Board of Village Trustees of Sidney Nebraska for a malt spiritous and vinious liquor permit for medicinal and chemical purposes on part of lot 1 block 28 from grant date to April 30 1916. If no objections remonstrance or protest filed by October 18 1915 the permit will be granted. VATH'S PHARMACY Applicant By L W VATH.
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Wath
Board of Village Trustees
Sidney
Nebraska
Vath’s
L. W. Vath
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