12 Feb 1915
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1915
Page
1
Officials seek definite information on the bee industry in Nebraska. Towns, farms, and shipments appear in scattered notes including beekeeping activity, farm property changes, and a hog shipment by Farmers Elevator Co. while residents travel for school and home visits amid winter road conditions.
Representatives Foster Broome Hornby and Stearns introduced Howse Roll 118 to protect alfalfa growers from gophers. The bill would require landowners to exterminate the animals and highway overseers to assist, with costs charged to the lane.
Officials placed Kaests, Cowley, Sodiewiek, Irgner and Butler under quarantine to stop foot and mouth spread after cattle showing signs were found. Reportedly traced to Wisconsin, authorities vow strict precautions as the disease manifests with slobbering at the mouth. About two percent of afflicted cattle die. Hanover Democrat-Enterprise.
Local Nebraska notes recount a 17 day beet processing run at Scotts Bluff producing 210 900 tons sliced and 500 000 bags of sugar while paying 1 400 000 to beet growers and employing 700 men. Community items mention visits to Fairbury Steele City and Erbary along with sickness, dances, and farm life details.
The report covers a basketball game where our boys showed fighting spirit but fell short in the second half. Final score 20 to 15 with Steele City taking the lead late. Also mentions Mr. Walter Natter traveling to Kansas City, Missouri.
Local notes detail Miss Albertine Natter receiving a piano for her birthday. Numerous visits occur at the Kenning and Belding homes, with extended family gatherings at the Price, Osborn, Williams, and Compton houses. A busy stretch includes hay and wood work, moves, and neighborly calls on Sundays.
A newspaper ad explains bilious attack signs and prevention. It urges taking three Chamberlain's Tablets at first symptoms to ward off an attack and mentions availability from all dealers.
A farmer urges stock raisers to condition their stock and feed promptly to maximize benefits and turnout. The call emphasizes worms as the major pest to pork production and urges farmers to act now.
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