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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
2
Congress opens its regular session as lawmakers convene to tackle budget, judiciary, and health care proposals. Party leaders outline legislative priorities while committees prepare hearings and markups on pending bills.
Report notes Gugar Trust urged new territory gains and day and night sessions for currency reform. The administration plan failed with Democrats agreeing to defer final settlement for over four days to let Republicans review the proposal.
The rebels press toward new territory after securing victory in a key battle. Leaders celebrate gains as forces advance beyond established lines amid cautious optimism and logistical preparations.
Local historical note describes a 27 year old Nebraskas castieman named George Dosse who joined a Chicago panel game revival to reclaim old entertainment roles.
A fragment notes Doxey Whiteey is said to be in a state area this week with unclear location and terms. The wording suggests a political or legal status described as sennaen or Sint stone, but details are incomplete.
The government cannot meet salaries as the longest, continuous extraordinary session ends without a clear finish. Democratic leaders and President Wilson pledge a regular session starts, with the Senate meeting again and adjournment unclear until just before the noon start.
Provisional President Huerta summoned Bank of London and Mexico and National Bank managers in Mexico City to secure 801000 pesos in gold for railway interest due December 1. EN Brown, head of National Railways, recently visited New York to raise funds. Foreclosure would require Mexican court action due to corporate status, presenting legal hurdles.
Washington reports that on Monday the Underwood tariff act’s free raw wool clause went into effect. The provision exempts from duty all wool of sheep and hair of camels and similar animals, and paper twine used for binding such products. The change triggered heated discussion during the bill’s consideration.
The Commonwealth of Mexico faces a 13 year low as New Mexico pays state officials and clerks only 79 percent of salaries at fiscal year end. Department heads voice concerns over future pay while an ongoing investigation muddles financial oversight. Local market notes mention fresh eggs selling at retail.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a shooting death involving W. Poot Cramer and a trial date, with distorted names and phrases. No clear details on case, defendant, location, or court are readable.
Suffragists from every state converge on Washington for a mammoth week long convention. Attendees include Jane Addams Anna Howard Shaw Carrie Chapman Catt Ella Stewart and Catherine McCullough with leaders from the National American Woman's Political Union and the Men's League for Suffrage featured in hearings and meetings before congressional committees.
Official dispatches on the Mexican situation are routine with focus on oil districts. The real danger lies in interference with pipelines extending twenty five miles from Tampico. Naval officers say protecting the wells and pipelines would require a small army. The lifting of a cap from one of the gushers signals oil activity ahead.
A remarkable likeness of President Wilson in rare silks, created by Syrians near Beirut, was presented to the president by Mansour Karam of Buffalo New York. The reproduction from a photograph the president sent last February required six months of patient work by two Syrians living near Beirut.
A woman asks for letters at the Buckin Village post office window but finds none for her, then returns in embarrassment confessing she sought a love letter, not business mail, to the clerk who checks the pile.
Mr Fleenor of Otterbein Indiana reports twenty five year kidney trouble cured after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says two boxes restored health and urges others to try the remedy. Address Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo NY for samples and household hints and national anthem music.
A leather backed thick pad on a spring holder attaches directly to the instrument. Brass rings hold ruled cards with an alphabetical thumb index for telephone numbers. A silk covered board carries a memorandum pad of about 100 sheets with a lead pencil at the top, renewals possible.
A professor of mathematics recalls killing a fly in his office ten years ago and argues the act prevented an astronomical surge of offspring. He says if the fly had laid 1500 eggs and their descendants multiplied, the world would now face 550 billion flies.
A commentator notes reform through marriage yields mixed results and jokes about a transformed husband. It then cites two years of rapid road construction totaling 3400 miles, claiming this surpasses all roads in France, highlighting national progress and humor.
A fragmented story describes a wife securing wins in a domestic dispute, with the narrative voice portraying a coffee obsessed captive and warnings of sleepless hours. The cryptic text hints at a struggle over control and fate but remains unclear.
Briefs defending the juvenile court law, attacked in the Nebraska supreme court by Hartington official Wilbur F. Bryant, were filed by Cedar county County Superintendent Miller. Miller’s attorneys argue the law upholds public policy and that policy cannot veto a valid law. Thirty thousand Women of the World policyholders face implications from a state insurance department ruling on fire certificate continuations for long-time members. County boards across thirty eight Nebraska counties seek farm managers or agricultural demonstrators under a new law authorizing aid. State fire officials say C. E. Carpenter of Gothenburg was arrested after a lengthy probe accusing arson of his residence and insurance fraud against two companies.
A collection of local items includes a cow killed near C. F. Frenten, a man in Benkerman suiciding by banging, a water works bond vote at Morrill, Mrs. Sarah Barkshire dying from gas inhalation in Lincoln, and Fremont’s charity ball with 300 plus couples. Also noted are impersonation charges, a boy injured by a horse, county lighting plans for Hebron, and an Omaha ordinance on matches. Additional reports cover Holstein purchases, drought in Johnson county, civil war projectiles, a fatal gear accident at Sutton, Dodge County poultry show dates, a high school drama, a religious revival in Stockville, death in Lakeview, a Fremont to Omaha trek, a Lincoln woman fending off a burglar, and upcoming community fund events.
A fragmented reader letter extols Peruse as a godsend and life saver while describing illness and recovery in garbled phrasing. The piece closes with a prompt to ask a Druggist for a 1914 Almanac.
A Washington Star quip references a former ally defying a leader as imagery of whitewash and a chub. The text also parodies self-importance and touts a teething syrup for children while noting broader comments on wealth and land.
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