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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
3
A town debate over mislaid laundry exposes a comical yet serious tale as residents recall collars returning with others initials and a dozen misrouted pieces. A laundryman laments damaged stock and a looming fire sale while sharing the spread of misdistributed garments.
The passage blends literary figures from Kipling Dickens Browning and Poe with others as spectators and participants in a playful mock contest over who wrote Casey at the Bat. It notes reactions from Tennyson Wilde Ade and Cohan amid a carnival of names and lines, ending with a reflection on flatterers and understanding.
The Panama canal message was read in the senate to laughter as Senator Foraker sought a detailed inquiry into the Brownsville affair. Senator Warren blocked immediate action. the issue returns tomorrow. Carter defended postal savings banks, reading American Bankers Association circulars and urging passage as aid to deserving citizens. The omnibus claims bill is set for January 6 under Fulton.
Depew argued the bill is not experimental as postal savings banks exist in many countries. He warned of poverty in industrial areas if factories close and urged government postal savings banks to serve sparsely populated regions. The conference report aims for January 1 1909. A war department probe into the Brownsville affair was referred to in the president's message and postponed by Senator Warren awaiting action tomorrow.
Dr. B T Galloway of the bureau of plant inquiry told the house committee on agriculture that print paper can be produced from corn stalks. He said commercial tests would soon be made by a four mill in Maine and other sites.
W H Bowers of Lincoln working at Geneva girls industrial school ignored city quarantine. He was arrested and fined 19.50 by Judge Fulton after a clash with Marshal Owens. Bowers fought, escaped custody, then was recaptured and held until Monday.
Representative Monden of Wyoming pushes to revive and pass the larger homestead land bill. He seeks unanimous consent to move the bill back to conference, while pressing Howland to drop opposition amid ongoing talks with House members.
State Mineralogist L E Aubury reports a specimen of Patronite from San Bernardino County. If the deposit is extensive it could spark a new mining development in California. Patronite is a vanadium sulfide and is rare, with most used in steel making imported from Peru. The government has tested it for armor plate production.
An unknown man was killed and Marshal F C Woods of Clenwich Huron County was wounded in a morning clash with five men in Toledo Ohio railroad yards. The marshal detained a suspicious stranger near the post office who led them to the yards where four assailants emerged and opened fire. The unknown man fired as well wounding the marshal in the back before being killed. The assailants fled as the town learned of the gunfight and search ensued for the four men and the dead attacker.
Mayor W H McCullum driven in efforts to catch safe crackers who foiled a bold plan to rob two banks and the post office. A gun battle left a robber dead beside the Big Four track while the marshal, in critical condition, is rushed to a Galion hospital. The gang is thought to be from Columbus.
Chicago opening of the second day’s hearing before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane on the Loftus complaint about sleeping car rates. A demand was made for a statement of berths occupied annually by pass holders. Lane ordered production and recalled William Hough of the Pullman company to provide the data.
Washington report from the Allied Fine Arts committee of the American Institute of Architects at its annual convention. It favors creating a federal arts bureau under the interior department and endorses placing Abraham Lincoln memorial on the Mall while opposing a highway memorial approach. The institute also recommends awarding its gold medal to Charles F. McKim of New York City, the first American honored by the institute.
Notes from Cromwell and surrounding towns report Nels Johnson selling a half-section near Wausa for 20000 dollars, James Galter heading to Portland for winter, Wayne high school delays, and local merchants enjoying strong holiday trade. Other items include a pumice deposit found near Endicott, a corn yield of 262 bushels per two acres, and Artemisia town’s steam heating experiments using electric plant waste heat.
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