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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
2
A wartime report notes a bomb attack connected to the Viceroy and Sir Charles Hardinge. The incident prompts security measures and official inquiries. Names and exact locations are partially redacted in the available text.
Reports describe Balkan allies urging agreement on Terme conditions by representatives amid tensions. In Delhi, Baron Hardinge, viceroy of India, was wounded when a bomb struck the elephant he rode, killing an attendant. authorities say the attacker nearly killed him as he entered the capital.
Washington reports a new black bearded durum wheat variety named tiskaia imported by the government's experiment station. Agricultural expert W. Meyer evaluated it last summer during a Russia tour and notes its extreme hardiness surviving severe winters where other wheat suffered damage.
The Turkish delegates confront the real challenge as Allied powers press territorial terms at the peace conference aimed at ending the war between the Balkan alliance and Turkey. The Allies present decisive demands as the talks move forward.
Police report a possible sighting of Mrs Belie Gunness, linked to the 1908 killings at a famed estate, with a Telegram from Frederick Wise prompting surveillance and an identification check in progress. A separate note recalls Captain William Van Schaick of the Slocum disaster and parole status.
Hon. Dr. Roche promotes Canadian resources at the United States Land Show in Chicago. The display features wheat averaging 29 to 36 bushels per acre, heavy barley and oats, a rich vegetable section, and daily bread from Canadian flour. Placards highlight national successes in wheat, potatoes, apples, and livestock, including the Giencarnock Victor fat steer competition.
The Daily Telegraph reports unimpeachable information that Turkey remains inflexible over Adrianople and may resume hostilities with the allies if peace talks fail. It argues the word autonomy used by the conference may indicate Albania staying under Turkish suzerainty, potentially influencing negotiations.
Congress adjourned for Christmas after attempts to push Taft's message into the record and actions on his appointments. The House failed to reach a quorum and adjourned without the president's
Chicago magazine for hoboes to be published monthly by Jeff Davis new Broth erhood Welfare president. Contributors include James How of St Louis James London James Seymour Walter Maillard and Robert Hunter. An annual convention of immigrant workers about one million in the United States will be held in New Orleans with over 1 000 expelled to attend.
Butter men at the Chicago Board of Trade predict butter will be cheaper within three months than a year ago. They say the forecast rests on natural market conditions, not on the abolition of the quotations committee or on government anti trust actions.
J P Morgan told the House committee investigating money trust that all money and all banks could form a monopoly, while denying personal power or knowledge of wielding such influence. The five hour session covered modern finance operations. Also noted is a birth on a Burlington train near Lincoln as Miss Ladden, daughter of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Ladden, was born on No 44 train.
The bodies of Horace Kearney aviator and Hester Lawrence newspaper man were recovered after a sea ordeal. Kearney’s body was found near Rocky Point, while Lawrence was discovered battered near Redondo Beach, with George B. Harrison leading the search party.
Washington report shows a House committee detailing the alleged money trust through interlocking directorships. Directors of J. P. Morgan & Co. and seventeen other financial institutions reportedly sit on multiple corporate boards, creating a vast capitalization exceeding 25 billion dollars.
Lincoln resident Harry Herron, a painter aged one year, died from gas exposure in a room at 128 North Twelfth Street. Discovered by landlord C. C. Gladfelter, he was found semi conscious and died en route to the hospital. American flag regulations also announced for police stations in New York and Wisconsin meeting notes appear amid other brief items.
Ainsworth Ramsey Osborn and John Roach unveil a process using dry sand in a graphite melt to cement silica into a coherent brick. They claim the bricks are cheaper than ordinary bricks and usable after heating to a set temperature.
A car load of logs exploded in Grand Island injuring two Strickenholts brothers near Julian. Alliance lights brighten the city for a holiday. Albion high school presents The Peppery Pa at the opera house. Woods and Beck collide in Geneva. both unharmed. Central School at Alliance destroyed by fire, overheated furnace blamed. Vern Hutchinson burns from boiling syrup at Hastings candy kitchen. Seward county hosts third annual corn show and school exhibit at the courthouse assembly room.
Records show competition trophies and prize money for youth entrants under eighteen across Nebraska farms in 3952. Notable mentions include Henry Richarde surviving a train incident near Fremont and Beatrice drill results for Company First. Other items reference dry farming lectures, Alliance federal building pursuit, and a Beatrice Y M C A class addition.
Dr Hodges of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington has examined evidence on Nemaha county occupancy. He will include findings in a new ethnology bureau work. It marks the first recognition of eastern Nebraska by Washington. Humboldt and T M Draper report garnets and ruby discoveries from glacial deposits.
Mrs. J F Stull 77 was butted by a sheep at her home four miles north of Plattemouth. She fell, dislocated her right shoulder, and sustained additional bruises. In Omaha the football result saw a win over Grand Island as the county officials concluded their annual meeting selecting officers for 1912. The Chester Methodist church installed a new pipe organ valued at $2000.
Buck Hawes recalls visiting his married sister in Toledo and being left to supervise her three year old nephew. She assure him the child will amuse himself. if restless, give a cooky or ride him on his back, while warning him not to trouble the bachelor.
A dialogue captures a wife apologizing after throwing a plate. She calls herself a fool for losing temper and says she did not believe her husband could match the plate if the town hunted for it.
Hobey Baker, the football star, joked with a Philadelphia girl about a Princeton sophomore on his class team. She quips he played on the eleven as a back, and Baker replies with a quip that he played drawback in a playful exchange.
An elderly man struggled with a telephone and yelled to identify the source of the noise. A calm female voice replied that the fool was not at his end, hinting at a misrouted or faulty connection.
A dated fragment shows an advertisement for Castoria with a focus on its safety and a signature claim. It includes a playful dialogue between a man and a woman about kissing and a stray line about a pretty girl turning a man’s head despite a boil on his neck.
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