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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1917
Page
11
A wartime appeal urges citizens to increase food production and personal sacrifice. It contrasts liberty bond purchases with soldiers’ sacrifice and calls farmers to cultivate more land, conserve resources, and curb waste. It stresses individual duty, loyalty to government, and doing one’s part to speed victory.
The piece notes a swift approval of an eleven billion dollar war budget in twenty minutes. It highlights a 660,000 strong army mobilized in six months, factories repurposed for military needs, railroads aiding transport, and workers reassigned with job security promises as patriotic support grows despite exposing German sabotage and anti-American agitation. It emphasizes rapid government action and broad national effort.
Reports and observations from state officials show widespread farmer effort to maximize crop output. Land Commissioner Shumway and Secretary Pool recently toured state school lands in a road trip through Devel Garden Morr Cheyenne and Keith Lingoly to inspect reappraisal progress.
In sixth district and beyond, farmers receive praise for plowing every acre for winter wheat while corn looks strong. A landowner near the penitentiary faces criticism for sunflowers and weeds, with the reply not in wartime.Douglas Cones urges priority for drafted farmers in harvest and neighborly help to keep crops marketable before service. President Wilson backs supporting indispensable farm labor, emphasizing community patriotism.
The document fragment describes a presidential inquiry into a political scandal with references to a public event and the solicitation of Walter Lippmann for assistance. It notes an order to carry out an investigation and to justify potential actions by the president amid public scrutiny and governance concerns.
The article notes that humane labor treatment outweighs cheap supply costs, with dispatches showing harsher methods avoided due to in effect contracts and urgent needs. It praises removal of worst features, ongoing committee work on shop conditions, and warns sweatshop abuses persist though municipal inspections and stricter rules reduce them. federal government remains vigilant.
Chauncey Abbot Jr of Schuyler and Nebraska millers say fixed $2.20 per bushel for 1917 wheat will keep flour cheap. They expect speculation eliminated, profits capped, and bread prices stable next June. Abbott stresses war needs won’t push bread prices up and that war flour is unnecessary.
Professor M. M. Fogg of the University of Nebraska becomes director of the Nebraska division of the four minute men. The program, coordinated by Louis W. Mack and William McCormick with the U S Bureau of Public Information, deploys 4000 speakers in 16000 theatres to explain why America is in the war and rally patriotic support through films and lectures.
Amid war news and rising food prices Americans adapt with quickness and grit. The public shifts from fear to brisk action, turning fear into practical resolve as households stretch dollars and keep spirits steady.
A reader notes modest price changes with a man paying two dollars and a half per bushel of potatoes after quarrelling over forty five cents, and a woman paying forty cents for butter today after previously selling it for ten cents. The piece urges cheerfulness and marks optimism amid loved ones in the army, urging not to waste time on gloom.
A metropolitan daily runs soldiers letters from training camps and cantonments. The editor praises these heart to heart dispatches as intimate, credible portraits of young men preparing for service in faraway Flanders. Letters offer insight and moral support, strengthening resolve to win the war.
The passage contrasts feeble remarks with stubborn canning dames and a draft dodger who mocks comments about his appearance. It frames the evasion as a cowardly act, opposing the idea of living as a hero in others eyes and warning against vanity.
A lighthearted yet cautionary note describes a nationwide canning craze among housewives that threatens thrift and family balance. It warns against overdoing preserves while praising prudent storage and temperate effort, urging moderation to avoid wasteful excess.
A column laments wasted energy on jams and pickles when families lack money for bread and meat. It argues wages fall short of coal costs and grocers won't refund sugar, urging practical, community minded effort to curb idleness and economic hardship.
The passage argues that job availability is ample with three jobs per person in every labor department. It contrasts the pessimist and optimist, notes a provocative view that fear can override respect, and observes high rents push people to own homes, implying social and economic tensions.
Fragmentary line notes that rnatorff rhymes with brain storm and that Bernstorff rhymes poorly, reflecting a puzzling naming quip with limited readable context.
Cheyenne County’s twenty draft fighters report to Camp Funston Kansas on Sept 23 1917. They travel by special train with 500 drafted boys in one pullman car. The group decorates trains with To Hell With the Kaiser motto and receives a royal welcome at Grand Island Fairbury and other stops. They endure vaccinations drills and kitchen chores while housing in Barrack 1835 with 156 men from Cheyenne Kimball Banner Devel Keith and Garden counties.
State of Nebraska Cheyenne County holds a County Court session on September 12 1917. Judge C P Chambers presides. J W McDaniel administrator seeks final settlement and discharge in the Estate of Frederick W Thompson. Hearing set for October 13 1917 at 10 00 AM to consider the petition and distribution. Notice to interested parties by publication in The Telegraph weekly for three weeks prior to hearing.
State of Nebraska Cheyenne County. On reading and filing the petition of Charles Nelk administrator for final settlement and allowance of his final administrator's account filed September 19 1917 and for distribution and discharge. Ordered November 5 hearing set with notice by publication in The Telegraph for three weeks prior.
The State of Nebraska in Cheyenne County County Court notifies creditors of Wilhelmna J. Gould deceased to present claims by December 14, 1917. Claims must be filed within three months from September 13, 1917, and debts paid within one year from January 10, 1917. Witnessed by County Judge Co P Chambers. 50-4
In the matter of the estate of Otto Valdemar Neilson deceased, William R. Weeden prays for administration to be granted as Administrator. Court orders October 22, 1917 for hearing at County Court, with notice of pendency and hearings to be given.
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