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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1912
Page
2
R. B. Howell plans to contest the Henry resolution which remains under consideration. The measure proposes a constitutional amendment and sets the date for congressional swearing in on the second Tuesday of January each year.
In North Yakima Washington Philip O Paranda, one of the Wright aviators, waved to onlookers before taking off into gusty conditions and meeting a fatal plunge. The incident reflects the era's early aviation dangers as spectators witnessed the tragedy.
News item reports rebels led by General Estenos seize La Maya on Cuba’s branch line, capturing and burning the town in a frontal assault affecting local order and transportation.
Friends of Colonel Roose veltt announce the first real test on Thursday when R. B. Howell of Omaha Nebraska national Republican committeeman elect will demand seating as the successor of Victor in Chicago.
Complete tabulation shows Governor Harmon 100090 votes and Governor Wilson 89116 in New Jersey. Colonel William J Bryan tallies 24909 votes, one more than Champ Clark. W until official tabulation it was a close race.
Metropolitan Street Car Company weighs a public vote among paying passengers to decide if smoking will be allowed on street cars in Manness City. Ballots will be sent to riders who pay for their ride.
Reports cover Taft and Cuba talks rebellion in Chihuahua and Arquemedo forces. Post Office backs parcels post. Knox favors withdrawing the coffee trust suit. Porto Ricans seek citizenship statutes. irrigation patent payments cut. St. Paul freight workers near strike. Bryan to speak on Peace. Roosevelt distances, Mona Lisa case, and state fairs. Tornado at Skiatook. Des Moines religious pact. Roosevelt in New Jersey. Rhode Island poll shows Clark ahead. Gettysburg talks by Roosevelt.
Secretary Piper defends penitentiary meat supply saying the state contracts provide impartial, liberal rations and prisoners cannot cook meat in cells. Inmates may buy delicacies once a month from Lincoln merchants, with purchases not controlled by the warden.
The moral day exercises began at 10 in the chapel with Chaplain Harmon presiding. A. G. Wolfenbarger delivered the address on Memorial Day, tracing its origins and noting the day’s expansion from honoring soldiers to a national day for all the dead.
Morley the inmate who killed Deputy Warden Davis last February now toils in the prison garden and says he enjoys the work. It is his first return to the prison proper since the March 14 breakout attempt with Shorty Gray and John Dowd. Commandant post at the state university cadets vacancy sees five candidates after transfers.
Joseph H. Edmondson, a convict, receives a gubernatorial pardon. The action follows the recommendation of Dr J B Butler and the state advisory board of pardons, including John O Yeiser and G Maggi.
For General Welfare of Blind a convention of the Metrasks Association of Workers for the Blind is planned for June 1821 at College View. The group grew from the SMetrasks school alumni network in Desledy Nebraska, aiming to advance education employment and general welfare of Nebraska’s industrious blind residents. The Nebraska Postmasters’ association meets at Lingain on June 11 19 and
Nebraska brief items report a Omaha company ending a six month operation tied to an expressman at the union depot, plus Broken Bow police seeking several half grown boys for rural mail box thefts and a woman victim. Field pests devastate corn in Cuming county prompting replanting while seed germination troubles hit 1911 crops. state mileage assessments for private car lines list Burlington and Union Pacific as high figures. Drowned: John Wenland and Ray Baker in a Holbrook pond during minnows fishing. a fourth man present could not swim. Anna Goebel, Easter Blizzard heroine, now ill and homeless after decades of hardship. A Piper notes conditions at Kearney industrial school for boys need building improvements and meals remain ample. John Petrov, Fremont Greek, returns to old home near Athens after ten months away.
A patient recounts illness with gravel and stopped urine, seeking operation. After taking Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, he passed a stone and continued to pass stones, recovering fully.
The readable text fragment contains quotations about behavior and a reference to a product, Paxting Antiseptic, priced 25 cents per box, with a note about payment on receipt of price from The Toilet Co. of Boston, Massachusetts.
An Atchison man proves frugal by refusing a four ball game unless granted admission to a doubleheader. This item from the Atchison Globe highlights thrift in local leisure choices.
A fragmented excerpt catalogs various remedies including Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and Garfield Tea touted for liver and kidney troubles, constipation and biliousness. The text blends medical claims with literary quotes from Longfellow and Stevenson, reflecting period health advice and moral aphorisms.
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