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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
2
President Woodrow Wilson and party land in France to a throng of cheering sailors soldiers and doughboys. He greets crowds from the pier to the station as schoolchildren sing French and American tunes and a special guard of honor lines the route to Paris.
Chicago John Barrett director general of the pan American bureau of the OAS says fear of German competition with the United States in Latin America is unfounded before the war and will be after the war. He cites that in the year before the war US trade with twenty Latin American countries exceeded Germany by 300 million dollars.
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee that policy remains to keep the United States Navy second to none in the world despite the end of hostilities and League of Nations talks. The general board intends to maintain naval parity with the leading powers.
A brief, unreadable OCR fragment mentions an event or notice with scattered letters and incomplete names. The readable content provides no clear persons, places, dates, or actions to define a full newspaper card.
Berlin reports say bolsheviki and government troops clash with 220 dead and 1000 wounded. Spartacists led by Karl Liebknecht stage processions as call for peace grows. Food and materials run short as repatriation strains traffic and city services. Diplomatic hopes rise in Switzerland as Germany's democratic republic is asserted.
Major General Crowder reports that no soldier has been executed for a purely military offense since the war began. He notes very few death sentences overall, and that most officer charges concern absent without leave, drunkenness, or conduct unbecoming an officer. Enlisted desertions declined despite Army strength rising.
Secretary McAdoo asked Congress in a public letter to authorise one more year of loans to the allies after the war to finance foodstuffs and reconstruction materials. He did not seek extra appropriations for the war loan but urged peacetime credits be allowed for war related purposes beyond December 15 to provide flexibility.
The Navy Department announced a new gas lighter than aircraft fuel in a statement on current expenditures. The gas yields argon and sources wells in Texas, highlighting its production and potential use.
The readable text mentions WHI and a welcome event for Witeon with Mens and local state connections. It outlines a civic reception featuring community groups and local officials. Details are fragmentary but indicate a public gathering with speeches and introductions.
Nebraska state notes cover embezzled sedition fines for Kerr in Omaha. influenza bans reestablished in Snyder and Dodge. Lincoln police chief James Malone dies. Omaha Chamber tallies wartime farmer receipts at 750 million over normal. Fremont plant fire causes 15 thousand loss and rebuilds. Ballots cast by soldiers show low return rate. cornstalk disease drives cattle losses. Nebraska farmers congress postponed. Public health urges no gatherings after 32 influenza deaths in a day. County auto innovations debut a hydraulic clutch and transmission. General Harries enters Berlin with Nebraska mission. State Democrats forecast 12 seats in the lower house. War Labor Board to settle Omaha streetcar dispute. Scottsbluff coroner verdict on a Denver detective in shooting. Governor Neville cites 142 thousand dollars in alcohol fines under 1917 1918 prohibition. University alumni deaths in military service total thirty four.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson arrive in Paris amid vast crowds and flower showers. French leaders including President Poincare greet them with a lavish reception as 36 000 French troops line the streets to honor the American visitors.
A short, unclear notice seems to reference a large quantity of gold and possibly a change or stay event. The readable fragments do not provide names or concrete actions. Further text is needed to identify people, places, or the governing body involved.
Fragmentary text indicates a note about uniforms and a plan or return to a prior arrangement. No clear individuals, organizations, dates, or locations are readable to identify specifics.
A fragmented collection of quips and anecdotes from Harper's style humor. The pieces feature a joke about a mosquito and an elephant, then stray lines about a burglar's sweetheart and yeggman, followed by a lesson on neglect and value.
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