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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
2
A Daily Mail report notes that meat shipments facing delays hinder Packers trade. The piece also mentions a Nebraska doctor opposing eugenics and discusses Russian army losses and morale amid heavy casualties.
Dr C F Ballard of Havelock Neb argued against eugenics during the national conference on race betterment in Oakland Cal. He asserted that love should allow marriage, while Prof Irving Fisher of Yale countered that people physically or mentally defective should be barred from marrying even if in love.
Packers report losses as grain and meat shipments are delayed by a disruption at sea. Officials blame a group known as the Gritien for blocking vessel movements and crippling trade routes critical to the industry.
Report from the frontier notes that one troop of the Tenth Cavalry will reinforce the border. A battery of four three inch guns, 160 men, and 70 animals will depart immediately with 4 009 rounds of shrapnel and explosive shells and ten days of rations.
London newspapers discuss adopting a steel helmet for troops in France and Flanders. France, Russia, and Germany have experimented with it, and France has recently adopted a light steel helmet inspired by a medieval headpiece.
A private Berlin letter claims Kaiser Wilhelm II suffered personal losses valued at $20,000 tied to undisclosed events. The document hints at financial strains within the imperial household amid wartime hardship.
A Western Newspaper Union report says a flying squad of government commercial scouts under Dr. E. E. Pratt will precede American manufacturers to study world markets. Juan Homs will cover South Africa, Australia, and the Far East. Frank H. von Mots will survey South America. The effort lasts about a year with special agents to study furniture and wearing apparel in Latin America.
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports German forces seize Warsaw after Bavarian troops breach Blometines fortifications and capture outer and inner defenses. Field Marshal von Hindenberg’s army advances along the Narew while Austro German units cross the Vistula. Austrian forces push north between the Vistula and Bug rivers.
Berlin reports Warsaw forts completed evacuation with no material loss and soldiers allegedly carried away a large portion of stores and munitions for the Polish Army. The garrisons of both fortresses are said to have retired with prisoners.
Hundreds of Warsaw refugees arrive daily in Moscow and seek aid at the American consulate as a Russian relief commission forms. Most lack money or subsistence means while the population stayed, about 15 percent evacuated. Italy in Wall Street talks to borrow 60 million dollars amid unconfirmed reports to fund reparations and exports.
In Eagle Nebraska A C Jameson made a forced descent after a failure to reach a safe landing. He dropped 160 feet and landed in a garden ground over his ankles.
Washington reports that six Pan American diplomats and Secretary Lansing will dispatch a concerted message to Mexican leaders seeking peace and constitutional government. The appeal targets all leaders but重点 focuses on General Carranza and his followers, opposed to another peace convention.
Washington reports show the twelve federal reserve banks earned 918,588 from November 16, 1914, to June 20, last, with expenses at 894,177. Five banks including Richmond Atlanta Dallas New York and Chicago earned more than they spent. Richmond posted 7.6 percent net on capital. St Louis 5.4 percent deficit. Dividends unlikely. About 60 percent of earnings came from discounting notes. Desver contempt case—Judge Lindsey in Denver juvenile court found in contempt for refusing to reveal a confidential conversation with Neal Wright, 12, whose criminal testimony influenced the case.
Washington reports that North and South American powers plan to formalize a program at the New York reopening of the Pan American conference. U S Brazil Argentina Bolivia Guatemala and Uruguay aim to restore constitutional government in Mexico as factions desire peace and national unity with foreign encouragement. Wheat and corn crops seen at record values with billions in harvest value projected for the year.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports arrangements for a prisoner exchange between Russia and Germany. A steamer will sail across the Baltic to Sasanitz carrying 300 men on each ship, with Austrian and Russian prisoners also to be swapped.
Emperor Yoshihito authorized Premier Okuma to withdraw his resignation and the reconstructed cabinet was installed. Foreign minister post remains unfilled as Baron Motono Viscount Chinda and Count Inouye reportedly declined.
Constantinople reports the battleship Kheyr Ed Din Barbarossa of 9 900 tons, formerly the German Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm, was sunk by an Entente submarine. Most of the crew were saved. Also: unverified report of a peace offer from the German emperor to Russia. incidents in Mexico City involve the Brazilian ambassador's withdrawal.
Washington announces strict enforcement as the open season for shooting wild fowl approaches. The note indicates discrepancies among state laws not conforming to the federal statute amended October 1, 1934, and signals renewed oversight.
A Kansas woman paid a two cent debt with the smallest money order ever issued by the local express firm. The order cost three cents and two more for postage, totaling seven cents to collect a two cent bill. The Ardmoreite reports the Blackwell story. It ends with a note on a man dreading a girl who laughs at him.
A terse query asks how the Young Fetherhedds learned of a finding. The line hints at an investigation or disclosure process and the unclear source of information.
A humorous sermon anecdote recalls the feeding of five thousand with five loaves and two fishes and a quip about leftovers. It notes a parishioner claiming the miracle could be done with last Sunday’s bread. The piece also mentions wartime candy demand in Britain and other odd tidbits.
There is more than happiness in motherhood as the right conditions prevent hazards to health. E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised as making women normal healthy and strong, reducing unprepared pregnancies in homes once childless.
A packed New York audience left little seating as a lone patron bought standing room for a dollar then returned to buy another to gain a view over the crowd. The booth finally sold him two standing spots despite limited visibility.
A playful dialogue highlights a stern mistress instructing a new servant Nora to serve meals on the hour. The servant asks about waiting for the next hour if the first is missed while a man remarks marriage can reflect optimism or conflict. An old adage about experience teaching remains imperfect in practice.
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