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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
2
The article reports the Postmaster General backing government control amid claims of stability in a Chinese empire and mentions a near abdication, Maine relics, and an anxious search for the post master general. It notes Mr. Hitchcock returning to New York, avoiding interviews at his apartments.
The abdication of the throne has been practically decided upon and retirement to Dahol will occur immediately. A prolonged government meeting this afternoon partly arranged the abdication details.
The article notes four months since the outbreak in Nanking and a looming choice between restoring order or resuming hostilities after a six week armistice. If fights resume, bloodshed and terror may surpass any prior record.
Washington report notes efforts to catalogue and dispose of a large number of Maine relics in an orderly process. Officials aim to clear storage and preserve significant items for archives and public presentation.
The Clark and Folk camps clash as Missouri sets February 20 for the state Democratic convention in Joplin, while Folk supporters push for a March date. The dispute centers on control of the Missouri delegation to the national convention.
John F. Rowell a Denver mining stock salesman linked to the death of Mrs. Ida B. Nelson of Lincoln was released on bail after his company furnished the bond. Bail was reduced from 3000 to 1000 and he consulted with West to investigate the case.
United States transport regentes left Manila with a battalion of infantry and other troops aboard for China. After disembarkation they plan to proceed to Tangshan to join an operation against opposing forces.
A garbled readable fragment details a robbery at a Sark location where robbers failed to prise funds as a revolver exchange occurred. The text references a cashier and a last name Pin with uncertain roles and dates.
A sweeping week in review reports lawmakers considering civil service for government workers while criticism grows over the Lodge amendment to treaties. Senator Owen taunts Judge Hook confirmation. Mexico swears in Curry and Ferguson as Congress opens. International tensions rise as China reenters conflict, Alaska self-government calls, and European power politics intensify alongside rail labor strikes and census cuts.
The extension department sent out a schedule listing institutes for numerous towns through February 7. Dates include Jan 24 for Chester and Syracuse, Jan 26 for Carlton, Jan 27 for several sites, and February dates for Creighton, Pierce, Hartington, Wakefield, Davenport, Geneva, Exeter, Edgar, Harvard, and others with specific presenters named alongside each location.
State hotel inspector R D McPadden reports improvements in Nebraska hotels after one inspection round and says inspectors will enforce a February fire escape law. Of 987 hotels, 250 have been inspected. The rule requires exterior iron fire escapes on buildings used for hotel purposes over two stories high with one escape per fifteen rooms above the second floor.
Secretary of State Walt acts without law to accept petitions for delegates to the national convention. The petitions seek the placing of two or more delegates and outline the process to file with the secretary’s office.
Governor Joseph M. Carey urged Nebraska to fund wolf extermination. Private Secretary Fuller replied no bounty law exists. The text notes confusion over alternate delegates to the national convention and references a law enacted by the Bvane Oue tafeonee.
A second guaranty assessment under the guaranty deposits act is levied at 1 percent of the six months average ending December 1. It will raise $182,034, adding to $172,000 for the guaranty fund holdings.
Nebraska brief items report the state bottlers convention in Lincoln January 24 25 closing with a banquet. Wounded hunter Irwin Saunders was injured during a rifle accident. Game and fish license receipts and expenses totals are tabulated. A Wyoming ranch hand McGriffith was frozen on a train thefting ride. Fremont murder case sentenced to twelve years. A Milan court case involves Alfred Boling in a habeas corpus bid. militia recruitment unsigned. A $40,000 bill from a former Hastings inmate surfaces. Doane College chief plans a two month trip to raise a $300000 endowment. State banking board convenes over Anoka Roys county bank affairs.
At three in the morning a weary cyclist passes a lonely area and spots a lighted window. He knocks and asks for food and drink. A gruff voice from inside orders him to leave, replying travel.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip contrasts a male convention cheer with a wife who jests that women also judge candidates, saying biases are worn down by time as sixty seven minutes pass by the clock.
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