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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
2
President picking men to spend vacation in selecting federal boards. National Shawmut Bank of Boston says its executive committee will advise directors to accept the new law and enter the system. Receipts at the treasury show informal applications from all parts of the country, indicating many national banks intend to join.
President Wilson favors abolition of liquor traffic nationwide. A memorial signed by a twenty five member committee emerged from the great antisaloon league demonstration on the capitol steps in Washington on December 10, following the national anti saloon league convention in Columbus from November 10 to 14.
President Wilson plans a three week rest at Pass Christian Mississippi and will use idle moments to tentatively select Federal Reserve Board members under the new currency law. He will avoid visitors and heavy correspondence while recognizing the board’s choices will largely shape the law’s success.
Report notes partial findings by Peabody Museum researchers linking Nebraska explorations to Asiatic origins. The outline hints at migration from Asia and notes Nebraskan regions as parts of ancient housing patterns, though details remain incomplete.
The text notes Merry Christmas plans inside state institutions with programs and minstrel shows. It mentions laughter at pranks by the inmates and describes a week of celebrations amid concerns over the inmates' behavior and welfare.
Senate conferees prepare to meet House representatives over the currency bill. Adjournment to noon Monday. House advances administration currency bill and sets committees to resolve disputed points. Rep Taylor proposes ten experiment stations funded by interior secretary. Harrison testifies on fortifications funding. War Dept seeks 2,250,008 deficiency for unskilled labor on the Panama Canal. Senate Chamberlain bills against uniformed discrimination. currency bill passes 54 to MM. Adjourns to noon Saturday. Chandler speaks on Jews in Roumania. trade commission hearing. roads subcommittee forms a general good roads bill. recall-supported six year terms amendment advances. Adjournment to noon Saturday.
The Senate met at 10 a.m. to continue debate on a currency bill while the House convened at noon to discuss a bill ending the federal payment of 50 percent of the District of Columbia’s municipal expenses. Colorado and Michigan miners’ unions sent telegraph appeals to the rules committee seeking congressional investigation of strikes. District appropriation was deferred and both chambers adjourned at 5 30 p m to resume at noon Friday.
Secretary Bryan and Falk question the time allowed for exiled Nicaragua leader Zelaya to depart the United States after murder extradition proceedings ended. Zelaya's New York attorneys reportedly wired from Washington asking for his sailing plans to Barcelona.
A hearing at the offices of agriculture discusses the proposed embargo on potatoes starting January and its potential extension to numerous foreign countries including Pierre and Miquelon. The plan could widen restrictions to additional nations.
A fragment notes federal agencies including post offices violating state law. The unreadable passage references government actions, possible conflicts between federal authority and state statutes, and concerns raised by local authorities. Further details are unavailable in the readable text.
A joint conference committee struck the insurance fund from the administration currency bill and debated the federal reserve board composition. Roosevelt defends the Monroe Doctrine amid Chilean dissent and broader calls on government ownership of communications. Wisconsin Governor McGovern rejects a special session over the eugenics marriage bill amid public arousal and professional opposition.
Washington Postmaster General Burleson has employed 8,000 additional railway mail service workers as a holiday measure. Postmasters, especially at first class offices, can add needed staff to ensure deliveries. General Superintendent Stephens reports unworked mail on trains is negligible compared with prior years, with few isolated lines at risk of delay.
In northern Colorado beet raisers produced about 1 900 000 tons this year up from 1 641 361 tons last year and earned 10 000 000 dollars, a million more than in 1912. Colorado sugar factories yielded 220 000 tons in 1912, versus 216 000 last year. At Madison Wisconsin Attorney General Walter C. Owen faced an application tied to John Deits known as hero of Cameron Dam now in the penitentiary.
Washington report says Burleson endorses government ownership of telegraphs and telephones. A Democratic House caucus in January will decide how far the project becomes administration policy. President Wilson studies the idea with cautious expense, seeking congressional authorization to study feasibility of a government monopoly.
A message from W F Triloff of Sterling Oklahoma reports the birth of a fourteen pound baby boy in his family near Pawnee City Nebraska. Triloff, a Civil War veteran nearing seventy, says his wife is two years older than him and expresses holiday enthusiasm.
Fifty seven wild antelope were spotted feeding about a quarter mile west of Sidney Nebraska. Game wardens report the herd was driven into the area on a quiet patrol as authorities investigate the sighting and potential causes.
Snippets report rabbit overabundance and school tobacco concerns in Hastings, smallpox fears at Sutton, new Ainsworth building, York courthouse insurance, and Mrs Harriet Noble advancing to Herman schools. Also notes on Lincoln telephones, Omah a purse theft, Bradhaw death, Verne Flory wounded, Rev Sandah arriving at Wahoo, York dentists forming group, Hampton child injury, late-night bandits, Rev Boyer sermons, Hastings football finances, Tecumseh injury suit, Syfert axe fire, DeWitt banker illness, bees in Fremont house, local factory appeals, York Commercial Club elections, Fremont baby show, hog cholera hog shipment, and 1913 Cornhuskers honors.
Officials explain a national waterfowl closure from December 16 to September 1, overriding state law which allowed autumn and spring shooting. Nebraska fish seasons follow, with trout bass seasons defined. A Lancaster County mandamus dispute over a county telephone system election remains unresolved, potentially delaying the measure.
Typhoid cases appeared among Ingleside Hospital attendants and mates. Vaccination and strict sanitary measures were implemented after Baxter linked the outbreak to milk handling. An analysis confirmed the milk source, curbing further spread. Separately, H. M. Baton named Emerson superintendent of schools. three Kearney businessmen fund a $70 prize for a farm boy to attend a six week state farm short course in January. The pure food law provisions face scrutiny as the American Linseed Oil Co case proceeds.
Agricultural officials consider enforcing a quarantine on foreign potato shipments while potato growers in various states seek to organize to defend their rights amid the shipping restrictions.
A 1911 note from Maurice Iowa describes a five year old girl with a facial eruption mistaken for ringworm. She improves after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with ongoing use until complete cure in a few months. The ad promotes Cuticura products and offers a free sample with the Skin Book.
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