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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
5
New York author and playwright Mary Austin argues husbands tire of wives aged forty to fifty due to youths forced into adult burdens too early. She compares early work and life pressures to breaking a colt harnessed too soon and urges balanced development for girls and boys before mature duties.
In Chicago Municipal Court Judge Dolan questions a tall Italian arraigned for disorderly conduct. The man replies that his name is Goodmorning and says Goodmorning again to confirm. The judge, noticing the politeness, discharges the prisoner and ends with a final Good morning.
A river salvage effort on the Missouri near the South Dakota Iowa line aims to recover about 100 barrels of whisky and other goods from the 1871 Leadora wreck. Estimated value not less than $50,000, with salvage by Cole Brothers Alcester EB Wenner Elk Point and local resident Daniel Ballinger.
St Paul Minnesota reports say many cats are abandoned by summer residents. The St Paul Humane Society plans to appeal to the next legislature to create a law against cat abandonment.
A teen is accused of killing a man after a quarrel over money inside a seat bed room. The assailant blocked the escape of two others identified as Angels and Da thirty, which led to a fatal shooting.
A discussion on the phrase get the hook tracing slang origins to vaudeville stage exits and crowd reactions. It notes the term is not new but dates to Pompeii inscriptions about the hook, including Latin graffiti praising certain towns and the Pompeian crowd.
In Wye Mills Talbot county Maryland a colored woman Rachel Stansbury says a dream from her deceased uncle John Scott led her and Emery Stansbury to dig near their old home. They found a box three feet down containing three irregular gold tokens and a crumbling note urging deeper digging for more riches. The locals remain superstitious and avoid the site.
Congressman William F. Murray of Massachusetts recalls a late night newsroom prank. He called the city editor to request coverage and the absent minded editor replied by asking how close Murray was to a telephone. The anecdote captures newsroom humor from Murray's early career.
A distinguished musician begins a performance provoking a protest while Mrs Cumrox retorts that people react. she complains the recital title prompts unsolicited recitals.
A Louisville Courier Journal report recalls a pool game dispute where a guard complains about a stomach kick being blocked by an opponent's face. The scene centers on the referee's intervention as tensions rise.
A quoted discussion centers on voter identity amid many candidates. The text contrasts simply voting with active participation, suggesting meaningful differences between mere casting of ballots and engaged civic involvement.
A Baltimore American quote notes a witness asking what was observed as the bottle was prepared. The remark points to the respondent noting that the other person appeared engaged in spirit wrapping during the act.
A New York press reports the United States mint in Philadelphia has installed automatic coin weighing machines with ten balances per unit. Eight machines replaced 84 women, each earning two dollars daily, handling nearly 8.5 million gold and 36 million silver pieces annually. An automatic self feeding coin press is also described with a hopper and rotating perforated disk feeding blanks to stamps.
Mary Tarwick Proctor aged 111, a living daughter of the American Revolution, lives in a one room Georgia cabin with her daughter and two great great grandchildren. Aging caretaking daughter tends to her on a straw mattress, while pension and meager earnings from cotton patch support them.
In New York City over a million dollars sits idle in dormant accounts where no deposits or withdrawals have occurred for decades. Emigrants Savings Bank alone saw five such accounts revived this year after 25 to 30 years of silence, with some cases over 70 years old. Four percent interest makes these idle funds accrue. banks fear eventual collapse if not addressed. Many balances started as small as five or ten dollars, left to keep accounts open or forgotten by emigrants who moved west or lost contact.
Kansas club women sponsor a state wide merchant rating by payment promptness and service quality. Class A names prompt payers and reliable sellers, Class B for usually fair treatment, Class C for gruff or substitution prone merchants, and Class D for short weights or inferior goods. Some merchants threaten legal action while organizers press ahead.
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