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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
5
Detectives say horse thefts in New York City average five horses and wagons every business day. Thieves alter horses and wagons, dye legs, bob tails, remove tops, and repaint vehicles to conceal losses, with department store horses at risk as much as small grocers' stock.
Miss Caroline Pratt leads a Chicago exhibit showing simple do with toys to guide parental purchases. She argues many Chicago parents buy toys for their own amusement and neglect toys that teach imagination and inventive skills.
In Boston area, residents blamed supernatural noises on a hollow elm near a cemetery. After the tree was felled, investigators found an owl roosting inside a hollow chamber packed with shells and refuse, with a chipmunk family and twenty five young living there, explaining the eerie sounds.
Kansas state officials study classroom paper towel trials as a possible replacement for common roller towels. If successful, every pupil may need to bring a towel or schools supply individual towels, with costs cited and plans to burn used towels.
A commentator notes Germany’s bold funding of research with Kaiser backed sums and Bayer’s vast expansion. He contrasts Britain’s small endowment of £60,000 with Germany’s £500,000 for research and German universities employing top minds to push chemistry, indigo synthesis, and science toward profitable results.
Pittsburg turns toward a city wide garden plan with four hundred peach trees planted by children under Mrs. B L McCullough. Oakland Board of Trade and Associated Charities will unlock vacant land for adult gardens. The YMCA plans boy gardens at three centers. Playground groups extend plots across Arsenal Park Ormsby Mount Washington and West End with a greenhouse in Washington Park. Civic clubs plant beds in Hancock school Hospital for Children Curtis Home and Center Avenue. Crafton and Sheridan also host flower gardens.
Opinion contrasts brisk trade with swindlers who prey on the public. It argues that those who practice deception tend to keep customers rather than face a market downturn. The piece implies vigilance against fraud in commerce.
Albert Allen of New Rochelle, a deaf and dumb soap peddler, swore in court after Judge Samuel F. Gwinburne fined him $10 for peddling without a license. He laughed and rushed from the courtroom, leaving his soap behind, as police took him to jail for the night. He said he came from Albany and had been left deaf and dumb by illness ten years ago.
In New York, Donald Burns warns that only one sparrow species will be abundant in parks this year. Dick the parrot, aged around a century, curses loudly revealing a coarse vocabulary likely learned from park visitors. Yellow snow reported in the Engadine closes the piece.
In East Lee, Lenox Massachusetts workmen uncover about 1000 pounds of honey from a tavern built 150 years ago. Honey ages up to sixty years and came from more than fifty swarms found in the garret during teardown. The tavern has long been owned by one family and no one living recalls entering the attic.
Kentucky Experiment Station reports Rhode Island Reds outperform other breeds in multiple traits. The birds mature early, are hardy in winter, and yield 190 to 210 eggs per hen annually, with good feeding efficiency and strong mothering, making them ideal for farmers.
An ad shows common pigeons used for squab breeding, but experts warn this path fails. Market demand favors large nine to ten pound birds, and starting with common pigeons jeopardizes profit due to scarcity, price swings, and industry knock.
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