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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
3
Nebraska lawmakers pass an omnibus list of bills detailing appropriations for state buildings hospitals libraries and grounds naming the Wayne Chadron and Kearney normal schools and various state departments. The measures fund repairs heating and care of state facilities and set rules for licenses boards and county offices.
A dense compilation of proposed laws and amendments by Hoagland and others covering irrigation districts, sewerage systems, public school funding, county administration, and public works. The entries reference governance, taxes, bonds, and duties of district boards, with numerous statutes and legal terms noted.
The Nebraska Arbor Day proclamation designates April 22 1911 as Arbor Day. It encourages citizens to plant trees along roads, school grounds, and state buildings and promotes love of nature for children. Messages also request summer tiling data for wheat trials at North Platte Experimental Substation, inviting farmer names and methods.
High winds caused damage to state property including a sixteen foot brick chimney on a new building at the Institute for Feebleminded at Beatrace. The chimney collapsed into the slate roof. loss may fall on the contractor. A brace failed on one side. The wind also bent the steel smoke stack at the Soldiers' Home in Milford preventing drafting.
Governor Aldrich plans a two week vacation in Cherry county visiting a ranch province. He will spend time with ranch hands pursuing coyotes in Roosevelt style. He intends to sign the bill on free gift enterprises and seek court validation of the measure.
Dr. A E Davisson head professor of agriculture at the University of Nebraska died Friday afternoon at Sunight hospital after a 36 hour illness. He fell ill Thursday morning with acute abdominal trouble and was moved to the hospital Thursday night where his condition worsened until his death at 2 16 Friday afternoon. Doctors could not state an exact cause of death.
A fourteen year old boy appeared in a provincial French appeal court in a comic misread. Dressed in Basque redingote huge boots and adult attire, he read a citation about appearing in his father’s case. The court laughed as the boy puzzledly followed the written formula.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Hog an Phwat debating eating in two minutes and Grogan replying about indigestion and a doctor’s advice. A stray moral line from Gelett Burgess comments on praise and reward in bungled quotation marks.
A Wisconsin woman recounts headaches heart pains and faintness linked to coffee. After seven years off coffee she drinks Postum breakfast and reports fewer heart episodes improved digestion and renewed health. The letter cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and a claim that coffee affects the liver causing biliousness and skin issues.
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