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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1918
Page
2
A. J. Jorgenson announces Nebraskan Food Administration amends rule for October 1, 1918. The first licensed buyer must handle every lot before settlement. An Egg Candling Certificate must be placed on each case candled by licensed receivers and handlers. County administrators will advise affected parties and note certificates may be procured from those they ship to.
Under the Food Administration rules all potatoes sold by licensed deniers must be graded. An inspector will be appointed and stationed at Sidner to supervise grading. The inspector will issue a certificate proving the grade and act as evidence at the market. Individual producers may ship without inspection, but the administration warns there is no protection against fraud in such cases.
Food Administration reports higher labor costs in harvest and manufacture raise wholesale sugar prices. Merchants may charge 12 cents per pound for sugar bought at the new price, while sugar bought at the old price must be sold at 10 cents. Housewives urged to save sugar. a spoonful saved per meal for 120 days by 100 million people could feed the armed forces.
Private Delbert Cook writes from Presidio California describing training with the railroad artillery unit in Fort Funston, noting marksman status, barracks setup, and a large mess fund. He details transports including seven automobiles and sleeping cars, plans to patrol from Belgium to Italy, and assurances to family that they will return. He mentions contact with West Point officers and nostalgia for home.
North Divide reports CM Andrews Lewis Shulenberg and wives visiting Sterling for business. Sprenger Bros ship cattle to Denver. Miss Sylvain Stoner helps Mrs Ray Frame with housework. Benes Leecy of Richardson county visits Frances Kelly. Ladies of the Helping Hand aid at Red Cross auction, raising a fair sum. Francis Kelly and family visit Dalton. Shulenberg and Kelly called to Sidney for questioning. A steady rain renews dry ground. Opal Spiker improves in a Denver hospital with her parents by her side.
The campaign urges Americans to back the Fourth Liberty Loan as a fighting loan. It emphasizes soldiers in France near Berlin and calls for home-front sacrifice, declaring support to strengthen the army and honor those risking their lives for liberty and victory.
A promotional piece extols International Motor Trucks emphasizing two core components the engine and the rear axle. It argues a well built motor and efficient internal gear drive rear axle deliver high performance for commercial hauling. Owners praise the reliability and value of these trucks in business use.
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