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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1019
VOL. 27. NO. 19
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
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OUK EXCHAXtiKS
Wynot Tribune: Miss Ruth McCor
mick of Hnrtington spent Christmas
at her home in Wynot.'.. .Misses
Helen and Irene McCormick, teach
ers of Logan Center and Meadow
Grove schools north of Laurel, arc
home in Wynot.
Pender Times: W. W. Pounds is
down from Dakota county.... R. P.
Mason has gone to Nacora, the Mose-man-Heync
agent at that place being
quarantined. .. .Malcolm Smith, son
of E. J. Smith of Homer, has been
appointed a lieutenant in the army.
Good boy, 'Malcolm.
Ponca Jqurnal: .George Hcrriek,
Jr., soh'of' Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Her
rick, pf "Waterbury, is in the 32 Div
ision -which is a part of the army of
occupation now in Germany. .. .Miss
Mary Maxwell , of Dakota City, gave
r.n udi'.rcss before the local Ked Cross
on the subject of Civilian Rerief Mon
day afternoon. Her talk was much
appreciated by those present.
Sioux City Journal, 25: Miss Cora
Midkiff was a passenger to , Homer
Saturday night.... Mr. and Mrs. S.
A. Bridenbaugh, of Dakota City, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Jessie Margaret Bri
denbaugh, to r Lieut. Kenneth 0.
F6uts, of Minneola, L. I. The wed
ding Will take place Wednesday, Jan
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Walthill Citizen: Mrs. Ralph Ma
son spent Xmas with her husband at
this place. .. .Miss Lena Mason was
a Sioux City visitor Thursday night
and Friday Mrs. Geo. Whaley of
Homer, spent Christmas at the Henry
Stromer home.... Mrs. Geo. Rohde
and children,' left Thursday to jbin
her hdsband at Homer, where they
will make their future home.
Lyons Mirror: Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Warner and daughter, Mary, Len
Craig and family, and Chas. Frey
and family spent Christmas at the
Frcy plantation near Pender, over
fifty friends and relatives being pre
sent..:. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Warner
had a -'real turkey, yes, turkey, for
Xmas, sent to them from Cope, Colo.,
by their old time friends Mr. and
Mrs. Eric Rodinf.
Sioux City Journal, 27: Mrs. Gil
bert Mathieson, -of Salix, Ia whose
husband was killed Christmas night
near Sergeant Bluffs when their auto
mobile was struck by a Northwestern
train, 'is reported in an improved
condition at St. Vincent's hospital.
No evidence of internal injuries have
been discovered. Mrs. Mathieson
was flung nearly 100 feet in the col
lision, her body being badly bruised
and several ribs broken.
Rlpadow Grove. News; Next to Dr.
Kindrbd, rcv, e, T. Antrim has been
the busiest man in town. He has
kept in close touch with every case
of influenza in the whole community
and has been going day and night,
doing toll in his power to help those
in distress, not only he but his wife
and family as well. Some, people
discoupt preachers on whatever they
do, but no one will certainly charge
Rev. Antrim with not doing all in
his power toy alleviate distress in the
epidemic we have just passed thru.
Sioux- City Daily Tribune, 23rd:
Corp. -Jlimes. P. Twohig, who has
months', describes the welcome the
soldiers, received whqn they moved
the headquarters of the French army
jpto captured German territory, in a
letter to his parents, Mr, and Mrs,
J, P, -Twohig, 2622 Pierce street,
Corporal Twohig- was one of the few
American soldiers chosen for that
duty. .'."Every sign was German, and
that vus the only language spoken.
Wo wore certainly welcome. They
gnvo the boys rooms and eats and no
charges.. The people, old and young,
would shake our hands and pat us on
thoobaqks and say 'Americans?' The
next day the French army came i.n
and paraded the streeU", which were
decorated with French and American
flags and Christmas trees," the letter
COAL
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
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their winter needs JHOW.
We have on hand some Fancy Illinois Egg. Coal,
Hocking Valley Coal, and have some Choice ' Wyoming
Coal on way.
We can supply your needs NOW, but get your orders
in early, while Coal can be secured.
Call on Mr. Fred Jensen, at the Elevator.
Slaughter-Prestcott Elev. Co.
HUNGER
Famine Conditions'
Food Shortage approchmo
UH Serious Food Shortage
RSSjwj Sufficient Present Food Supply
s Bui rulure Serious1
irajaPeopcss already receivrnA
i-"- Araef icarx aid
ffy) Unclassified
DECEMBER, 1. 1918
A food map of Europe today shows
not a single country in which the fu
ture docs not hold threat of serious
difficulties and only a small part which
Is not rapidly approaching the famlue
point. With tho exception of the
Ukraine only those countries which
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest, and.
even In the Ukraine, with stores accu
mulated on tho farms, thero Is famine
In the largo centers of population.
-Belgium and- northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from tho rest of Europe
because they stand In a different rela
tion from the other nations to tho peo
ple of the United States. America has
ifor four years maintained the small
war rations of Belgium nnd northern
Franco, and Is already making special
efforts to care for their Increased
uffcr-tlio-wnr needs, which, with those
of "Serbia, must bo included In this
plan, are urgent In tho extreme and
must have Immediate relief.
( The gratitude of the Belgian nation
for the help America has extended to
iher during tho war constitutes tho
strongest appeal for us to continue our
work thtfre. JTho moment tho German
armies withdrew from her soil andsho
was established onco more in her own
saidi
Sioux. City Journal, 28: Engineerl
and bridge builders of Dcs Moines
aro working on estimates of tho cost
of erecting, a high, bridge across tho
Missouri river, with the Iowa approach
at the foot of Nebraska streot. Rep
resentatives of Des Moines engineer
ing and bridge building concerns
were in Sioux City Tuesday io mako
a preliminary survey of the project
jon which they can base their figures1
lor an estimate. Iney also attend-
ed a meeting in Dakota City at whicn !
the project was outlined. Tho !
bridge under consideration would be '
erected by Sioux City and the two
towns across the river, Dakota City
j and South Sioux City. It would bo '
a iree unuge it nas neen suggested
that tho approach to the bridge from
tho Iowa side be started at Third
GARFIELT) has asked us to I
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DRAWS THE MAP
famine Poinl
seat of government the little nation's
first thought was to express her grati
tude to the Commission for Relief In
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions" of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure In such a map for Ameri
cans because there Is no present Indi
cation that wo shall be called on at ull
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem If she Is
given access to shlpplngand Is cnubledJ
to" uiscriourc iooa rotne cmes"wun
dense populations, which nro tho trou
ble centers.
Epgland, France, tho Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which, have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food to meet Immediate
needs, but their fututro present; seri
ous difficulties. The same Is true of
Spain and tho northern neutral coun
tries Norway, Sweden and Denmark
whoso ports havo been open and who
have been ablo to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia Is already In the
throes of famine, and -10,000,000 people
there nro. beyoid tho possibility of
help. Beforo another spring thou
sands of them Inevitably must die.
This applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout the Baltic re
street, so as to form a viaduct across
tho Nebraska street tracks and elim
inate the danger of that crossing,
according to Ward Evans, one of tho
men behind the bridgo project. By
the erection of this viaduct the Neb
raska street station could be made
into a union station, it is said.
Sioux City Tribune, 25th: Lyle
Hall, who has been stationed at the
Great Lakes naval base hospital, is
spending Christmas with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hall, of South
Sioux City. .. .George Laulor, of Elk
Point, S, D who wiw found uncon
scious in a room at HI 2 Iowa street
Tuesday as a result of gas asphyxia
tion, died Tuesday night in St. Vin
cent's Hospital without regaining
consciousness. Another man who
was in tho same room remained un
conscious 18 hours, but was revived
early today. He gave his name as
Joe' Bird, of Jackson, Neb. . . .Mr. and
Mrs. II. A. Evans entertained twenty
guests at a 1 o'clock dinner today.
Tho guest list includes Mr. and Mrs.
carl Evans and son, Mr. Ward Evans,
Mr. J. M. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Simmons and son Mr. Forrest Sim
mons, of Mapleton, la., Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Smith, and Miss Helen Smith of
Whiting, la., Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cummins and daughter, Miss Mildred
Cummins, of Sioux Falls, S. I)., and
Mr. and Mrs. Dal Evans, of Nacora,
Neb.
Sioux City Journal, 31st: South
Sioux City, Neb., has the distinction,
it is claimed, of tho lowest mortal
ity rato from influenza of any town
in surrounding statos if comparison
is made of tho number of case, tho
population nnd the resulting deaths.
With two separate epidemics, tho
first in October and a second late in
November, about one-fourth of the
2,000 residents arc said to havo been
attacked by tho malady, and but ono
death occurred. Seven cases of the
disease aro now under quarantine,
but none of the patients is consider
ed dangerously ill, and tho majority
of the homos will be releusud from
quarantine in the near future. In
comparison to mortality rates in oth
er Nebraska towns South Sioux City'
recoru is saiu to stand out in strong
comparison. TJio second epidemic
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gions, with conditions most' serious In
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumanla and
Montenegro havo already reached tho
famine point and aro suffering n heavy
toll of death. Tho Armenian popula
tion Is falling each week as hunger
takes Its toll, nnd In Greece, Albania
nnd Roumanla so serious nro the food
shortages that famino Is near. Al
though starvation Is not yet Imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur
kcjhro In the throes of serlousstrln-,
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In order to fulfill America's pledge
in world relief wo will havo to export
every ton of food which can bo han
dled through our ports. This means at
the very least a minimum of 20,000,000
tons compared with 0,000,000 tons pre
wnr exports nnd 11,820,000 tons ex
ported hist year, when wo wero bound
by the ties of war to tho European
allies.
If wo fall to lighten tho black spo'ts
on tho hunger mnp or If we allow any
portions to hecomo darker tho very
peace for which wo fought and bled
will bo threatened. Revolt nnd anarchy
Inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen wo will seo In other parts of
Europe n repetition of tho Russian de
bacle nnd our fight for world peaco
will havo been in vain.
in Nebraska in late November nnd
extending throughout December
caused an alarming number of deaths,
figures compiled by tho state league
of municipalities showing that 5,500
deaths occurred in a twenty-day per
iod ending about December 15. This
led to resolutions by tho league that
all homes be placed under a strict
(luarantine, and this action was tak
en by the state board of health.
Sioux City Journal, 2Gth: Mrs. J.
M. King nnd son, Robert King, of
Homer, Neb., are guests for the holi
days in the William Hogan home....
Gjlhert Mathieson, a farmer living
near Salix, Iowa, was almost instant
ly killed and his wife seriously
jured when a southbound Northwcjt-
KM'n train struck their automobile at
r Sergeant Blufr at 5:20 o'clock yester
day nfternoon. The accident occur
red at n grade crossing on the out
skirts of tho town. The Mathiesons
were on their way homo after spend
the day wih relatives in Sioux City.
Mrs Mahieson being a daughter ol
Frank M. Hirsch, 100!) Fifteenth St.
The automobile, which was totally
wrecked, had nearly cleared tha
tracks when struck. Both occupants
wero thrown nearly 100 feet from tho
crossing, Mr. Mathieson sustaining a
fractured skull. It is believed this
injury was caused when his body
struck a telegraph pole. He lived
about twenty-five minutes after tno
accident, failing to regain conscio .,
nt-SB. Mrs. Mathieson was found ly
ing near her husband. Several ribs
wero broken and she is in a serious
condition from shock. Whether in
tirnal injuries wero sustained has not
bi-en determined. Tralnmjn carried
the victims to the Tom Roan home,
near the scene of tho tragedy. Dr.
B M. Conmey was summoned. Exam
ination of Mathieson's injury indicat
ed that death was imminent and at
t( ntlon was given to Mrs. Mathieson's
irjurios. At 9 o'clock last night she
w is brought to Sioux City and taken
to St. Vincent's hospital. Sho has
not been informed of the death of
hir husband. Mr. Mathieson, whoso
body is at WoBtcott's undertaking cs
tpbliihmunt, was 33 years old. He is
survived by Ills widow. Residents of
Serjeant Bluff say that a clear view
is obtainable of tho railroad tracks
for a short distunce to tho north, tho
direction from which the train wa9
coining, a distant viow being obscur
ed by a curve... Tho supposition is
that Mathieson's view of tho track
was obscured by the storm curtains
of tho car and that ho failed to hoar
I the signal of the approaching train.
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M. 13. Church Notes
Rev, S. A. Draisc, Pastor
Dr. Sherman Powell gavo a very
inspiring nddress at tho church on
Friday evening. Superintendent E.
M. Furmnn was also present and gave
an address. Tho subject was tho
"Centenary." Tho groat program of
the Methodist churches of tho United
States and Canada. They showed
that for the first timo in history
there has developed a world situation.
The phrase has often been used bo
fore, but until tho conflict which
has just ended drew tho whole world
into its vortex, no train of events lias
aver bound up the destinies of all
nations together. Tho name of tho
conflict has been changed sovornl
times but at last it named itself
"The World War." And that name
is more than a geographical measurement-
t .1 history. The great
result of u war is the discovery of
the worlu v whole it was not
a war of the world but also,n war
for a world, n new world, a world
where "democracy is safe." But
victory over tho Hun is not making
tho new world safe. Shattered civ
ilization, colossal destruction of prop
erty, seven million men dying in act
ion, a million women nnd children
brutally massacred, threo million
dying of starvation, six million dy
ing in hospitals, unnumbered thous
ands sent homo crippled, blinded, or
deformed; is that the assurance of
safety for domocracy?
Is 11G billion dollars of public
debt levied upon the twelve leading
war nations, tho purchase price of
safety? All this has taken place,
and then thero aro tho burdens of
future generation, tho legacies of
hatred, the sotting back of tho forces
progress, none of theso havo begun
to comprehend nor embody tho truo
principles of democracy. What is
a safe democracy? When every
man has just rights, knows that ho
has the right of tho other? "Leag
ues to Enforco Peaco" may have their
mission and aro right, but tho hert
of peace means brotherhood, and to
attain it is to acknowledge Christ,
the solo hope of world because none
other has been found to bo dynamic
of brotherhood of mankind.
President Wilson said, "Wo shall
fight for a universal dpminlon of
right, by sucl n consent of ftce
peoples ns shall ' bring peaco and
safety to all nations and shall mako
the world at last free." A war to end
war, such a program involves noth
ing less than the evangelization of
the world. Only roligion can kill
war, for religion alone, creates tho
new heart. Has Christianity been
tried and found wanting? No, it
has been foipid difficult nnd not
tried." Tho dollar sign has sup
planted the cross and tho world now
opens its eyes to see tho torriblo re
sult. No part of the world is safe
till all is safo. Democracy is not
safe anywhero until it is safo every
where. Ignorance nnd ilarkness and
vice nnd degradation can no moro be
quarantined than war. Tho world
cannot be saved by giving homeo
pathic potions of tho gospel hero and
there a little. A united world de
mands of a world church, a world
program. "When God rubs out,"
said Bousset, "it is becauso Ho is
beginning to write." If thero over
was a timo in the history of tho
Christian church when tho establish
ment of tho world wide kingdom of
God should be tho dominating
thought and purpose of tho united
body of .Christ, it is now. From ev
ery direction conies tho cry of tho
new-born world, pleading its need,
nnd asking for help. Thero is laid
at tho door of tho church in this
generation, tho greatest opportunity
that over was made known in tho
divine plan.
Tho church must either tako care
of it or bo crust' by It. She need
not wait for r eater, it will not
come. Now o- never this thing
must ho done. To your tents, Oh
Christian, God is calling for tho
greater service.
Ford
I wish to announco that tho Homer Motor Co., Homor, Nebr,, has
been appointed as tho official Sales and Service Station for Da
kota City nnd surrounding vicinity. Wo havo a complete stock
of Ford parts and n compotont mochnnic at your call at any
timo. Telephone calls promptly attended to. Placo your order,
now for n Ford car. Wo will givo you prompt delivery.
Thanking you for any favors, etc., Wo aro yours
Homer Motor Company
Telephone iil).
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Lutheran Church Notes
By Rev. C. It. Lowo.
We nil romomber that about n year
ago thero was a drive on for tho
wolfnre to the soldiers from tho Lu-
Vinrnn Plinrpli if wna bnnitM, no
tho Soldiers nnd Sailors' Wolfaro and
was under tho nuspiccs of what was
termed the Nationnl Lutheran Com
mission. Tho Lutherans nnd thoir
friends in this community raised
something Hko" two hundred and sov-enty-flvo
dollars for this fund, and it
may bo of interest to know some
thing about what was dono with tho
million nnd a half dollars which our
church gathered for this work. Tho
National Lutheran Commission has
rnnont.lv mnr?f tlintv nnm.nl .iMrt.f.
and from it I will give our friends
Miinu iimo report, ii any wouiu seo
It. flirtlmt- tnt tlln nnatnt- bnniti nnrl 1.
will put tho report of the commission
in your hands.
the commission is mado up from
men from all tho Lutheran holies In
tho United States, even tho most ex
clusive saw the vnluo of tho work,
and tho impossibility of doing any
llV theillRflVl!J. nrwl Efl thmr fnmn In.
to tho genernl work of tho Lutheran
ciiurcn. -a nis is a goou tiling in It
self, and it may work much good for
tho church in irnnnrnl In Imlrvinn n
get tho bodies to seo thero is some
worK iney can do together nnd so
thero mny bo more.
It has nl.sn boon fnmul tlmt tlm In.
thernn church can do a bit of work
n connection with tho other denomi
nations. This nlsn ia n rrnnit tnltirr
This wa3 made necessary becnuso in
those settlements whoro the govern
ment nas estaiiiisliou their works they
havo refused to let tho differont de
nominations of tlm Prntnotnnt nVincon
go In and start work as separate de
nominations. Ami sq it was work
with tho icst of tho good peoplo or
not WOrk lit nil. nnrl lot tlin T.lltnnlnn
constitunnco which was there go with
out any attention at all, and so tho
committee said, "Wo will work with
tho rest of thn nonnln nnrl lin In tnr
great game. This nlso will provo a
great oicssing to protestnntism nnd
will help to get tho churches togeth
er in spirit, at least.
Along this lino it will bo interest
ing to note that thoro is n fellowship
with others getting- into tho heads of
soma of thn lpnilnra nf thn, nlnlvnli tr
recognize ho work of others. It
wns ono of tho noticeable notes of tho
Nebraska Synod when Dr. Yarger, but
lately tno president, ol tno general
Synod, appealed to tho Synod nnd tho
church to broaden out a bit so we
could work with other denominations,
and when ho said wo had been too
close. And it is yet moro- -notice-"
ablo when Rev. F. H. Knubol, D.D.,
tho president of tho United Luther
nn church in America, n body of ovor
three million communicants, sonses
tho snmo thing. Thej-o is a great day
in moro ways than ono coming to our
Lutheran church. Wo do not notice,
it so much in our brnnch that used
to be of tho church, for wo 'have
always been tho most open of thorn
all, hut it is tho big step for some.
Thero arises this question, "Ought wo
aim to cstnblish and maintain nn ex
istnnco almost entirely within our
selves, or ought wo to faco out and
to somo degree mingle with other
Protestant Communion activities. Wo
dard not dodgo tho issue." And it
is to bo hoped that wo will face out
and bo recognized as ono of tho great
powers of the Protestant faith which
wo are. Among other things dono
by the commission was tho appoint
ment df moil to ho chosen by the
government for army chaplains.
Men who wero thoroly reliable and
Christian, and to securo our propor
tionate quota. When theso men
havo been inducted into tho goyorn
mont servico they nlmost ceoso to bo
connected with our church. Again,
thero havo been tho appointments of
Camp Pastors to tho difforent camps,
and they havo been supported. Those
havo been readily recognized by tho
heads of tho camp3 and their work
has been a blessing to thousands of
men who havo como under their care,
nnd they are a busy lot. They havo
worked in connection many times
with tho Y. M. C. A. nnd with tho
camp pastors of tho other churches,
and it is said thero has hardly been
a singlo case of prosoliting. That
is a flno thing and as it ought to bo.
Homer Nebraskn.
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