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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
2
A Charleton dinner speech by Judge Stephens C. Greene defends strict law and order and asserts that sentences should err on the side of harshness. The judge declares a conservative stance and urges firm punishment for offenders.
Mrs. Bertha Underwood of Sunfield Michigan says six months of eczema on the scalp and body were relieved after two Cuticura applications a month and she was completely cured in a month. The article also notes deadly scorpion bites in Mexico with heightened risk to children and the elderly.
Report notes a Thale Kind project claiming to stop hairfall and remove dandruff. Details about mechanism and efficacy are unclear from the fragment.
The Monroe sank after a collision with the Nantucket twenty miles southeast of Hog Island. Captain Johnson and most officers survived. Second Engineer Gatley perished. Rescue efforts rushed to sea but failed to save most passengers and crew as the ship went down within ten minutes. There were 43 fatalities and 91 aboard.
Captain Johnson accuses the Nantucket crew of gross carelessness and negligence in the Monroe disaster, alleging the Nantucket sped through fog and ignored signals, causing a deadly collision with forty lives lost. He seeks $1,000,000 in damages in federal court, while officials note the Old Dominion line’s long history and safety equipment requirements.
Staten circuit court of appeals upholds a Kansas City district court ruling denying Dr. William J. Thompkins damages for being barred from white railroad cars. The decision centers on the enforcement of the Jim Crow law and delays in remedy. In Nebraska DeWitt, George Barmby loses cattle in a strange incident as three head topple a straw stack. two survive while others drown.
Local Y M C A movement gathers in Havelock while York county politics heat up. Fires and fire equipment progress in Grand Island and Seward. A Hastings church to add moving pictures to services. Drownings, bee hoards, and a seven foot bird headline regional events. Nebraska City hosts fire convention. Neligh school gains honey harvests. men attend Beat rose rally in Lincoln.
The document reports an injunction against the Wie BE Stephens Printing Co of Columbia Missouri to stop payments for ten volumes of the state supreme court reports. It notes the Missouri firm allegedly lacked authority to do business in Nebraska since 1913 and references actions by William B. Howard and Walter A. George. It also mentions a suggestion to send Nebraska high school teachers to a National Educational Association meeting, with letters from State Superintendent Delzell requesting local boards to cover expenses and inviting attendance to historical sites.
An inspector condemned thirty-eight weights and measures in Fremont including liquid measures and scales. Governor Morehead plans monthly mileage reports from appointees with trip details and expenses. Nebraska fire chief cites carelessness as cause of most fires with 70 percent estimate. Fairchild treasurer recovers. paraplegia illness. Nebraska High School Debate League prepares seventh annual contest with seventy-one towns. Debaters to tackle trusts regulation versus dissolution.
A commission appointed by Governor Morehead to study legislative reform has reportedly decided to recommend constitutional amendments. The proposed changes would abolish the house of representatives and implement a short ballot.
Deliberations on important measures given in condensed form with adjournments and committee actions across the Senate and House. Reports include immigration, irrigation funding, Indian affairs commission, and regulatory hearings, plus a gas well surprise near Comodore Grady in Nebraska and extreme North Dakota cold.
Rethel obtains judgment for $2000 against Pawnee County over her husband’s death. Nebraska Supreme Court sustains the ruling, ruling county liable in the case and affirming the damages as awarded.
Washington-gratifying reserves marked agriculture department efforts to fight hog cholera in Indiana Missouri Iowa and Nebraska during the past year using anti hog cholera measures and programs.
An article notes typhoid vaccination as a major advance in medical care, still relatively new to the public. It highlights the Army experience in the United States and urges public awareness of the vaccination’s proven benefits and adopting it as a standard preventive measure.
Billy Smith, famed for full pockets, bursts in as speculation about feed money ends with a blunt admission. The remark closes with a simple yet striking phrase implying sudden, decisive action.
A Gray County probate judge from Cimarron Kansas reports six years of heart and dizziness problems cured after using Dodds Kidney Pills. He weighs 200 pounds and praises the remedy in a letter offering to publish his testimonial.
The record shows a quirky exchange with a judge remarking that a statement about a dream may be related to something eaten. Harold and a woman are referenced in a personal, light moment within the courtroom setting.
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