President Wilson Sees Wave of Prosperity Ahead
President Wilson expresses confidence in a coming boom as economic indicators point toward stronger growth. Analysts note optimism across sectors, with potential gains in manufacturing and employment.
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
2
President Wilson forecasts prosperity on tariff and currency acts
The president expects a new era of prosperity with the tariff law and currency bill in effect. He believes the interstate commerce commission will grant part of the eastern railroads rate increases, triggering large equipment orders and easing antitrust concerns to boost business.
Rumored Huerta to Retire and New Mexican Cabinet
Mexico City reports a plan to install Enrique Gerosticta as president early next year with General Huerta taking the field against rebels. George Geros Itileta would become foreign minister, and Huerta would retire from the presidency, making way for the foreign minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Enrique Gerosticta
Mexico
Huerta
George Geros Itileta
Hocerta
Parcel post rate changes in federal orders
Postmasters nationwide receive orders by the Postmaster General Burleson detailing parcel post rate changes. Rates drop in zones three to six, and the maximum weight for first and second zones rises to fifty pounds. After March 6, parcels of up to eight ounces incur a one cent charge per two ounces or fraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burleson
Mrs Adelia Stevenson Dies at 72 in Bloomington
Mrs Adelia Stevenson wife of former Vice President Stevenson dies after a several month illness in Bloomington Illinois at age seventy two. She served as DAR president four times and recently published a history of the organization leaving husband and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Adelia Stevenson
Stevenson
Mexican federal forces advance near Monclova area
El Paso reports that Mexican federal troops have moved toward the Monclova region as rebels face a deadly crackdown. Authorities claim four hundred civilians were killed in pursuing rebels amid ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Monclo‘wa
Mexico
Nebsackean Dies in Alabama Nebsackean Wolfe Dies in Mobile
Jacob V. Wolfe of Mobile Alabama is identified in a note from the Nebsackean community. The brief item records a death in Mobile with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebsackean
Alabama
Mobile, Ala
Jacob V. Wolfe
Will Try Ostrich Farming As A Modern Industry
A 1913 snapshot shows six million American farms yielding a bumper year with crops worth 2.896 billion dollars in cereals and 3.65 billion in animal products. Total farm crops value doubles 1899 levels and surpasses 1912, with 5.85 billion dollars projected as cash income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Federal Army Demoratized in Chihuahua to Ojinaga Battle
The northern division of the Mexican federal army was demoralized after a clash with rebels Monday night. About 4,000 federals retreated from Chihuahua to Ojinaga, many fleeing into the United States border area before being pushed back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presidio
United States
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
Robbery at Omaha to Kearney Bank Mail Safe
The post office safe robbery targets seven registered mail packages from Omaha to Kearney. Two opened crates held 5000 dollars and 2.70 dollars. five other parcels remain unaccounted for. Bloodhounds and six inspectors search for contents and thieves near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Neb
Postoffice
Safe Hope
First National Bank
Omaha
City National Bank of
President Wilson Signs Federal Reserve Act
The Glass Owen currency bill becomes law as President Wilson signs at 6 01 o clock Tuesday night in the presence of cabinet members congressional banking committees and Democratic leaders. The act reorganizes the nations banking and currency system and provides machinery for free elastic and uncontrolled credits for merchants and manufacturers for the first time in fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Congressional
Congress
Silver Dollar Hoard Unearthed at New Haven Ice Rink Site
Laborer William Sullivan digging on Yale hockey rink site unearthed an antique jar beneath a street boulder containing a 1804 silver dollar in good condition a green oxidized Nuremberg snuff box and a cache of Connecticut copper coins a Continental note for 3 and various state notes plus several rings valued at thousands to collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
William Sullivan
Yale
Nuremberg
United States
Connecticut
The Law of Water Rights Beneficial Use Basis
Washington sources summarize western water law stating that beneficial use defines the rights to water. A conference resolution from the United States Reclamation Department endorses that a user is entitled to the amount of water necessary to achieve a reasonable maximum benefit with economic handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Reclamation
Department of Agriculture
Salt Lake
Meat Famine Threatens Paris Strike Over 14 to 10 Hour Day
Paris reports a meat famine threat as slaughterers announce an immediate strike. The action follows employers' refusal to reduce the workday from fourteen to ten hours, signaling potential supply disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Anion
Million for Good Roads This Rural Mail Service Plan
Washington requests an appropriation of 91,000,000 dollars to improve roads used by the rural mail service. The proposal targets nationwide rural routes and infrastructure upgrades to support mail delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pleased with Work of Congress Says Vice President Marshall
Indianapolis reports Vice President Thomas R. Marshall arrived for holiday vacation and praised the tariff and currency laws. He said the Democratic party should not pursue further legislation now and that anti trust action is unnecessary given the two major measures. He expressed happiness over accomplishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Democratic Party
TO TRY OSTRICH FARMING IN AMERICA
A South African ostrich breeder told U S officials that the nation is twenty five years behind South Africa in ostrich raising. The Agriculture Department has an employee studying selection and feather grading in New York and will later visit Arizona. Feathers from Arizona flocks have sold for ninety dollars a pound. Officials believe American ostriches could support a useful industry as most birds are in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
South Africa
New York
Arizona
Extermination Order Spurs Chihuahua Border Attack
In Chihuahua rebel forces led by General Ortega with 42 hundred cavalry 10 casinos and 6 machine guns are ordered by General Villa to sweep the border exterminate federals or push them into the United States. The plan aims to leave no federals alive east of the border. In Lincoln Nebraska Carl F Carlson fatally shot his mother mistaking her for a burglar at 1 25 am. At Portland Oregon several restaurants were stormed by I W W affiliated workers claiming they are hungry and moneyless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
Mex
Ojinaga
Presidio
Tex
Ortega
United States
Francisco Villa
Lincoln
Neb
Carl F. Carlson
M. C. Carlson
Wills Consider Protest About Potato Quarantine
Lincoln Neb Secretaries Mellor and Althouse report the Nebraska state board protest against a foreign potato quarantine has been received for consideration. Northwest growers raised the issue after Mellor studied the matter. Foreign potatoes are inoculated with diseases unknown in the United States and seed use causes illness for growers in some regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Melior
State Board of Agriculture
R. C. Althouse
Federal Horticultural Board
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Mellor
United States
Missing Omaha Woman Sought by Authorities
Omaha residents report Mrs. Jennie E K Frey reported missing from the city. Authorities trace her last known movements to a hospital in St. Louis where she was hospitalized after an undisclosed incident. Local police request public tips while a family seeks her safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Omaha, Neb
Jennie EK
Freypital
St. Louis
Insurrection at Kearney Hospital Sparks Staffing Standoff
In Lincoln Nebraska a disturbance at Kearney Hospital leads to a rebellion with a wife and a nurse Baye refusing to continue employment under Superintendent amid recent days of discord and management friction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney Hospital
Lincoln
Notable Nebraska News Highlights From Lincoln To Sutton
A roundup of incidents across Nebraska includes a man losing an arm to a circular saw, 500 guests at Cortland for a smoker party, and Sutton depositors facing 40 cent on the dollar recovery. Other items cover a Maywood district strike, Lincoln fire losses at J M Arends Co, burglaries at Peter Breuim’s Lincoln saloon, a diphtheria outbreak in Seymour, a Burlington engineer’s death in Lincoln, and Woodmen of the World founder Joseph Root’s death in Hendersonville. Also noted are post office volumes on Christmas Eve, statehouse fire scares in Lincoln, an Abraham DeWitt robbery attempt, and multiple local accidents, illnesses, and notable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortland
First National Bank
Sutton
Clara
A. K. Dobesh
Ansley
Harry G. Mlett
Burlington
Lincoln
Peter Breuim
Peter
Seymore
Sam Noble
Joseph Cullen Root
Woodmen of the World
Hendersonville
N. C
Fremont
State House
Claries Mitchell
Saline County
DeWitt
Lawrence King
Edgar
Rummetl. Anderson
Malmo
Hail
Round Valley
WM Borsep
Tecumseh
al Jackson
Omaha
Pat Crowe
Young Cudahy
Carrie Jewell
Foo Chow
China
M. E
Peru
J. C. Mitchell
Hastings
J. A. Moore
Dead in Law Emma Booshe Declared Legally Dead
Nebraska district court grants a decree that Emma Booshe is legally dead based on a petition from Gerd H Booshe who says she left for Germany in 1904 and has not been heard from. The ruling follows a 1903 statute offering fifteen thousand dollars for oil discoveries yielding fifty barrels daily for sixty days within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Emma Booshe
Cornish
Gerd H. Booshe
Emma
George
New York
Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Products Company
Lincoln
Nebraska linseed oil firms agree to new labeling terms
Eight linseed oil companies in Nebraska sign stipulation after complaint by State Food Commissioner Harman. They will stop advertising as raw linseed oil or boiled linseed oil and label products as boiled linseed compound and raw linseed compound. Ads must state composition as linseed oil mineral oil and dryer. No required percentage branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman
Post Office Department
Nebraska
State tightens oyster sales and winter course set
The state food commission orders oysters sold only in net bulk or quantity lots with no advertising or per pint pricing. The move targets cannery wholesaler and retailer violations while the federal government handles broader law. a winter short course at the agricultural school runs six weeks starting January 6 following holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Food Commission
Federal Department
State Department
School of Agriculture
Harmless stomach remedy praised as quick cure
A vivid advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a marvelous, harmless stomach remedy. It promises fast relief for upset stomachs and claims lasting value for both men and women, urging households to keep it ready for day or night use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
Adr
Mrs Smith's Ocean Voyage Surprise
A passenger on her first ocean voyage asks the captain about steerage and is told it houses many people. She expresses astonishment at how such a crowded area helps propel the ship forward.
Danderine Ad Claims Hair Transformation and Growth
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine promising light airy hair that looks soft and youthful after a cleansing with a cloth. It asserts dandruff and itch are stopped and hair regrowth appears with continued use, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowlton
Castoria Advertisement Highlights Safe Remedy Claim
An old newspaper snippet touts Castoria as a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, urging caregivers to choose the product and ensure trustworthy use.
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General Huerta
Federal Army
Dent’s
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Ore
Chicago
Ella Flagg Young
Harrison
Rome
Rampolla
East
Gover Morehead
Lable Bource
Lancaster County
South Omaha
Secretary of State
Hostetter
Wilson Steam Sonae CO
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