Valuable cargo lost as West Arvada foundered after mine strike
London dispatch reports White Star liner aground north of Ronaldshay in Orkneys. Vessel carried 1,000 troops from northern Russia and is not believed to be in danger. West Arvada, a United States Shipping Board steamer, previously struck a mine off Terschelling on Sep 16 and sank. her cargo included 21,920 bales of cotton valued over 3.8 million dollars.
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London
West Arvada
Terschelling
United States Shipping Board
Galveston
Hamburg
Kirkwall
Ronaldshay
Russia
White Star
Orkneys
Scotland
Arctic
Archangel
The Call of Duty and a Love Across War’s Wake
Ann Rogers leaves Burr and Marchant’s for a war department post in Washington. She endures a bittersweet separation from a First Lieutenant sent to the front, then returns to her old job as roses from Mr. Marchant signal renewed fortune. A final glow of happiness crowns a city-lit life transformed by service and longing.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Ance Rogers
Daily News
Burr & Marchant’s
Ann Rogers
War Department
War Service
Burr & Marchant's
Adjutant General's Office
Downs
Ann
Burr & Marchant
Mr. Marchant
Bbuay
Marchant
The
McClure News
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Flowers
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and floral offerings during the illness and death of our darling baby. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Nelson and Children. W Sloan of Norton Kansas was in Sidney on a business mission. Weed and Kid O Skid Chains at Jackson Auto Supply Co. Full stock of Electric Auto Bulbs at Osborn Motor Company.
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E. M. Nelson
W., Sloan
Norton, Kansas
Sidney
Jackson Auto Supply CO
Osborn Motor Company
Adaptability and the Joy of Change in Home Life
An Exchange column reflects on adaptability easing household burdens in modern life. It notes that what was once essential may now be useless, saving time and resources, enabling people to live more smoothly and cheerfully despite changed conditions.
Sidney Lumber Co Advertising Blurb
Do you want speed home in the best town on earth See us. SIDNEY LUMBER CO.
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Speed
Earth
Sidney Lumber CO
Towner Warns Bolshevism Threat In U S
Representative Towner of Town in an address to the house on the 132nd anniversary of the Constitution warns Bolshevism is an existing U S institution and urges congressionally backed stamping out. He links the Communist party to international socialists and says they aim to dominate the working class, abolish capitalism, and destroy the Constitution.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Representative Towner
House
Communist Party
Bolshevik
Russia
Towner
World's Altitude Record Set At Roosevelt Field
Roland Robins, test pilot for Curtis Airplane and Motor Company, broke the world altitude record at Roosevelt Field Long Island by reaching 34,610 feet in a Curtis triplane on September 20.
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Roosevelt Field
L. I
Roland Robins
Curtis Airplane and Motor Company
Curtis
Market Prices Reported for Grains Butter Eggs and Livestock
Prices listed for flour hay butter eggs and live stock with per unit ranges across categories. Includes corn flour white rye dark rye spring wheat hay timothy mixed and clover prices. butter egg and poultry retail ranges. live cattle hogs sheep and lambs values by grade and weight. Includes regional grain and feed items and special brands pricing where applicable.
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Hay—Choice
Ucks
School Notes Highlight Assembly Expansion and Plans
The High School adds two rows of desks easing crowding in the assembly. Mr. Lewis sang solo during Chapel and earned an encore. Rev Light urged choosing worthy aims and invited non residents to town church services. Students plan a school publication as football practice builds to a first scrimmage on October 3 at Scottsbluff.
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Lewis
No Man’s Land
Light
Roettger
Scottsbluff
Ocotber
Births Roundup Highlights Three Newborns and Families
A sequence of birth notices reports a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Claud W. Sparks on September 20, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Anton Tesor on September 18, and a girl named Jean Frances Topolski born to Mr. and Mrs. Topolski. Jean Frances was welcomed with well wishes as the family enjoys the new arrival and the parents’ happiness.
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Claud W. Sparks
Anton‘Tesor
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U.S
West Arvada Founders
California
Chocolate Shop
Los Angeles
Bassett’s Pharmacy
G. W. Puckett
Brown Land and Loan Co
Stuht-Hink Building
NEBR
Says
Rose Reds
Chicago
Bulletin
F. H. Meinecke
Fundingsland & Smith
Frank Chapman
L. A. Yowell
E. A. Nichols
Wm. Herrick, B. Dick
Rumely
J. W. Reinmuth
Prop
Kratz Abstract Company
Hink's
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