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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1911
Page
6
An elderly advertisement touts Bean Coffee as a healthful drink and offers a free or 31 cent option. It also promotes 10 000 seeds of vegetables and flowers from John A Salter Seed Co located at 1825 8th St La Crosse Wisconsin.
A reflective adage notes that declaring one’s thoughts is sometimes an avoidance of genuine thinking. It suggests clarity comes from careful reasoning rather than loud self assertion. The quote implies thinking should precede speaking to ensure truth and accountability.
The Nebraska senate debates the Skiles direct legislation bill as Southwestern representatives vow to back a normal school for the region. Senator Albert praised for wit and grasp while Senator Skiles argues against petitions and majority votes. War ner offers a conservation-minded amendment as Eastman bill fate looms.
The second annual Nebraska conservation and state development congress will meet in Lincoln on February 23 and 24. It will discuss state resources and development, promote cooperation between country and town, and foster home manufacture trade and commerce to support agricultural progress. Vice President W R Mellor, Secretary W S Whitten, and publicity committee chair are listed.
Lincoln retailers, designated by city and state bodies, press a proposed bill by Bushee of Kimball County to exempt wages from the $500 personal property exemption for heads of families. The measure faces opposition from those fearing wage taxing impacts and hints at anti tipping legislation under consideration. The text notes efforts for broad roads legislation and a special committee appointment in the current session.
The southwestern Nebraska agricultural college bill dominated the morning session with lengthy debate and a dinner break. The committee of the whole reported the measure indefinitely postponed after a roll call showing 44 in favor and 47 against. Eastman, author of the bill, switched his vote to reconsider later.
L. A. Spring of Grand Island represented the Nebraska Religious Liberty League before the house committee on cities and towns urging favorable consideration for a Sunday baseball bill. Two such bills exist in the legislature with the senate bill by Bartling advancing to the third reading. The house bill remains with the committee.
After argument the house committee on privileges and elections decides to open the ballot boxes in Ard county to inspect packages. The state of the packages will influence a possible recount in the Werth man Scheeler contest. Some bundles were found tied without seals or identification, raising tamper concerns.
A bill linked to the Olis senate county case was found suggesting the two day disappearance stemmed from carelessness and a simple mistake. No further confrontation or danger is indicated.
The measure to bar conveyances for voters on election days has been weakened. It would still allow political committees to use conveyances if the individual consents to their use and pays for them.
About fifteen members of the building trades unions attended a meeting where the committee was recommended for passage of Reagan's Senate File No. 16. Unions applauded the action and thanked Reagan. The bill was endorsed by all state building trades unions for safeguards to workers on modern buildings.
Warner's bill to prohibit sale of homemade wine was recommended for passage with a threshold of ten gallons. The committee vote favored the measure with Selleck, Kemp, Brown, Hoagland, Kemp, Warner, Albert, Placek, and Skiles voting For.
A Senate measureAdvances home rule by allowing cities with populations above five thousand to frame their own constitutions or charters. the Reagan bill passed without opposition, boosting local self governance.
An excerpt from Badminton Magazine emphasizes safety in tiger hunting, detailing responsibilities toward companions and when to pursue wounded tigers. It covers using trackers, elephants, and cautious approaches to avoid harm to beaters, with methods varying by terrain and circumstance.
The article notes that school savings banks began in 1886 with a Long Island school. In 26 years, 1.47 banks were established, holding $725,097.40 as of January 1, 1910, per the United States Commissioner of Education report for 1910.
Manuscript Pepys diary volumes are described as highly interesting and valuable. The six volumes are bound uniformly though slightly varied in size. The diary records days with remarkable neatness and appears carefully written.
An errant youth speaks of a misdeed with archaic phrasing as he refers the narrator to a grandfather figure. The fragmented dialogue centers on a settee and payment, hinting at a family conflict and generational tension.
Readings from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba reveal drought limited pockets but overall solid yields. Examples include J B Peters 12800 bushels from 220 acres and Edmond Trotter 1200 bushels from 30 acres. Wheat yields commonly 30 bushels per acre with oats reaching 100 bushels per acre at Brandon and Strathmore demonstrations.
In Fleming Saskatchewan a winter’s yields report notes Mr. Winters crop was not summer fallow but on land broken in 1882, claimed as the first broken in Fleming district. The Canadian government agent offers information on free 160 acre homesteads in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
The text describes a revived style blending careless ease with happiness and a cap centered look. A leaf green satin figure veiled in rose and gauze, with a dark chair wearing a sailor's cap. The cap is gauze over silver tissue, bejeweled with topaz and pearls framing the neck and hair.
A friendly suggestion urges travel to escape city cares and shoot mountain goats in Montana. The listener dismisses the idea, retorting with a joke about a Newark based mountain goat mentioned in the New York Times.
An advertisement from the Art-Post Card Club of Topeka Kansas promotes free beautiful greeting cards. Readers are asked to send two stamps to receive two postcard offers featuring gold embossed designs and motto cards in vivid colors.
A jumble of captions and ad phrases appears with lines about Harper's Bazar quotes, medical ointment promises, a stock Rent of Sale on Crop payments, a wry joke about financiers and expense accounts, and a remark on love as a cold weather picnic referencing J. Mulhall in Sioux City.
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