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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
2
The speaker states he can finish the garden in one week but fears being pressed into house cleaning if he stays home longer. The exchange ends with the employer asking for a plan and the narrator offering a two part timeline.
An odd vintage advertisement promotes removing corns with fingers and suggests wearing smaller shoes. It claims pain relief will follow and hints at obtaining freezone from a wholesale supplier. The quirky copy reflects old style classified prose.
The Senate passed the administration food bill with amendments after House approval. It funds a nationwide survey of resources and farm aid while sharply restricting hoarding of foodstuffs and fuel and curbing futures speculation. Total appropriations run up to 11 million dollars, down from the House's 14.77 million.
The central board of liquor control reports that strict control and inspection of public houses have reduced excessive drinking. In London pubs with decent conditions and food options see fewer drunks. Convictions for drunkenness fell to 6,176 in the first quarter of 1917 from higher prior years.
President Wilson says the government will protect farmers in marketing crops with prices high enough to spur production. He notes no current plan to fix minimum prices, but funds reforms may grow from wartime measures. Farmers press for permanent grain market reforms and federal operation of grain exchanges and storage facilities.
Lincoln reports the Nebraska national guard will be mobilized around July 5 prior to federalization set for July 15 and will respond to the president’s call.
American resident Nice-H. W. Bard has donated 125000 francs to be distributed as five thousand franc prizes.
A week in review outlines U S war plans for a multi year conflict. Wilson calls for 100000 volunteers while police reporting draft evaders. Russia's instability concerns and a note to the provisional government are reported alongside Italy's Trieste advance and Allied air superiority. Brazil shifts to neutrality breach and alliance to defend American republics.
State Engineer George Johnson warns the North Platte Laramie and South Platte rivers are swollen and the Loup is at capacity, with 16000 cubic feet per second over Pathfinder dam and 5000 over each of the Laramie and South Platte. They may converge at North Platte and flood eastern areas. The Loup feeds the Platte at Columbus, filling the channel to capacity below.
A wartime miscellany recalls a Tyne collier incident in a hotel quarrel with a German waiter amid Germanophobia and harsh threats. It includes humorous snippets about a press censor and a joke on feminine candor with a husband noting a length of a wife’s skirt.
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