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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
3
A Brooklyn Eagle ad comments on a white woman’s evening meal for two in a family. A Southern paper cites a plantation owner with a lake, offering to fill it with white families. The Boston Transcript relays these ad fragments.
Idaho shows extensive undeveloped deposits of antimony and quicksilver. Uplifters avoid work on them themselves and nobody pays them a salary for that.
In a terse exchange, Dolly admits meeting an old flame named Tommy while a commentator notes her father quelled the moment. The dialogue hints at past relationships and family restraint without further details.
Advertisement advises using Cuticura Ointment on itchy scalp and dandruff, followed by Cuticura Soap and hot water shampoo. Encourages daily use for clear skin and soft hands. Mentions money slipping away quickly.
Fairbury’s Alexander McNeal celebrated his hundredth birthday in July. Scottsbluff hosted the Seventh Day Adventist district conference July 7 to 11 with about 250 delegates. Chadron prepares for the American Legion and Auxiliary state convention August 23 to 25. Milk processors forecast nearly a million dollars in cream receipts for Hastings. Davenport voted down a $20,000 high school addition bond. Bishop E V Shaler led a European pilgrimage before returning to Omaha. Shubert saw a fatal auto tank explosion injuring Mrs Worthington. Lincoln opened the Hotel Cornhusker at a cost of 1.6 million dollars, ten stories with 300 rooms. Central City post office funds raised to 65,000 dollars. Falls City paving contracts expand to six blocks. Camp Sheldon hosts YMCA summer institutes and Epworth League sessions. State engineer awarded a Platte river bridge contract near Brady for 45,800 dollars. Nebraska banks hold nearly four million dollars in state funds. University of Nebraska summer-school registration climbs past 2,420. A Plymouth Rock hen hatches pheasant eggs after a nest incident near Fremont. Albion gains a new recreation park funded by the Stout heirs. Alda stock buyer Albert J. Fillinger dies at 63. Hastings teen Leta Ringer seeks clemency for brother on death row. Otter county attendance cited in a broader note.
The National Editorial association will hold its 1927 convention in Omaha Nebraska after an overwhelming vote by editors. Delegates praised Frank O Edgecombe blind editor of the Geneva Signal for a year as president and Nebraska groups backed the bid with a large Omaha Chamber of Commerce mobilization.
Lincoln reports show the hog shortage continues with 0 percent drop in Nebraska spring crops from last year. Across the corn belt pig litters are smaller, though more brood sows were raised. farrowing numbers and litter yields shift modestly. A parallel note: Mormon missionaries buy Blackbird Hill near Decatur for a model Indian farm, with parkland, orchards, and a monument planned for Father Hamilton.
New York reports the sealed death chambers of the sunken S-51 were opened with acetylene torches. naval officers in oxygen masks viewed the scene nine months after the wreck on September 25 1925. Eighteen bodies recovered with twelve identified including Lieut Frederick D Foster and Ensign Edward Webster Egbert. Nine floats were found near the wreck though twenty four remain unaccounted as searches continue through the twisted hull.
President Coolidge appoints William J. Tilson of Atlanta as United States District Judge for the new middle district of Georgia. Also notes 1925 highway mileage, Wisconsin surfacing progress, pig crop decline, and a revised Japanese beetle quarantine easing interstate hay and straw shipments.
Excitement spread in Pernambuco over the suspension of payments by the Bank of Recife. The bank filed for bankruptcy with assets reportedly over 4 million dollars and liabilities near 8.4 million. The failure is linked to Brazil’s general monetary crisis and sugar industry pressures in Pernambuco.
A Swedish education official explains the system with three levels. Folk school provides free tuition and a foundation for all children. Common school charges about 20 to 25 dollars yearly and requires attendance before high school. High school resembles an American college with cheap tuition around 20 dollars and includes laboratory fees and materials.
James Willard Schultz, a white author adopted by the Blackfeet, spent most of his life among the tribe. He lives in Glacier National Park and writes from the Blackfeet environment. He works to restore original Indian names to park mountains lakes and streams with U S government approval.
The Gaelic Athletic Association bans participation in cricket rugby or attending matches as a spectator. Ireland, with little baseball history, hosts few exhibitions and cannot nationalize the sport due to it being deemed foreign.
A London hospital patient collected surgical spare parts as a hobby. Beginning with tonsils he added molars and other specimens, filling a shelf with jars dated and described for each item.
Hardware notes reveal a humorous shopper remark about gifting a golf club while revealing a husband’s clutter of clubs. The short quip plays on excess and preferences in a light local tone.
Chicago Cook county creates alimony bureau funded by a $5,000,000 annual flow from divorced husbands to former wives. Superior Judge Joseph Sabath sponsors the new institution after county board action to cover collecting and distributing costs.
A group of American observers returned from South America warn that war between Peru and Chile over disputed provinces appears inevitable. They cite the Tacoa Arica plebis commission findings as supporting the likelihood of conflict.
Des Moines native Lieut Harvey Thomas Kay dies when his aircraft crashes near Marshall flying field close to Junction City Kana. Authorities report the crash occurred during flight duties with Marshall air area cited as the scene.
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