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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
2
A garbled narration mixes prices with production costs and a reported ride to inform a widow of a death. A nurselike line recalls a doctor greeting a former patient, while a quip about wealth appears. The text reads as a jumbled dialogue with sardonic asides.
The Department of Agriculture reports a vast crop this year with a projected total yield near record levels. Wheat production is expected to reach 127 million bushels more than any previous year, with oats and barley also likely to rank among the largest on record.
Speakers at the annual spring pilgrimage and consecration exercises at the national farm school near Doylestown urged rural credits and farmer cooperation in buying supplies and selling products as the remedy for high costs. Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield called credit to the small farmer a key to the food question and ultimate problem for the race.
In a high profile development a Norwegian coal carrier remains detained in Montreal with U.S. and Canadian authorities negotiating. The incident coincides with a broader government push as three administration trust bills pass the House and await Senate action. A separate official shakeup on the Omaha and Winnebago reservations signals deeper policy tensions.
The government will post bulletins in every post office calling for harvest hands in Missouri Kansas and South Dakota. Kansas needs 49000 men Oklahoma 40000 Missouri 36606, with pay of 250 dollars per day and board in Kansas and 2 to 3.50 dollars per day plus board in Missouri and South Dakota.
Deputies discovered crude bead coins dies and plaster casts used for moulding dollars in a barn behind Frank J Sieck’s Lincoln home. Sheriff Myers and deputy sheriffs handed the items to Hugh B Mille a US secret service agent arriving from Omaha. Mills will present the case to US District Attorney F G Howell in Omaha.
In Montreal a marine insurer paid over $14,000 on behalf of principals to a local bank for registered mail aboard the Empress of Ireland. The package held commercial bonds destined for England, and the settlement covers the loss claim arising from the disaster.
Efforts to move Storstad to a drydock for repairs to resume coal carrying are interrupted as a bailiff takes possession of the vessel. The development delays plans and the company must reassess salvage and docking arrangements.
The long running dispute between Jobs Lee a 54 year old cattleman and Boyd Ladner a 26 year old farmer near Ville escalates from a minor quarrel to a feared blood feud with potential fatalities. Local authorities urge restraint and monitor the situation closely.
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The article notes militant suffragists, led by Tanda Seantaiecean and Srylvie Pankherst, continue provocative actions in a push for women’s rights. It cites their threats to stake out the House of Commons steps with hunger and thirst until Premier Asquith relents, while nonmilitant suffragists organize constitutional but bothersome campaigns to pressure the government.
President Wilson urged striking out new paths for the nation in a naval academy address to 5 000 attendees emphasizing civilization over aggression. In Nebraska at Lincoln ballpark Owen Daily defeated Johnny Billiter in straight falls for the lightweight title, with daily overcoming threats in a dramatic third fall.
Lincoln Nebraska Marie Carmichael is listed in improved condition after being struck by bullets fired by Jesty and Sivek on a Burlington passenger train a week ago. Doctors report she will recover and leave hospital soon.
The Rev A B Rapp resigns as pastor of the Baptist church in Nebraska City and will move to Dayton Ohio. Governor Merehold proclaims June 17 as Nebraska Panama Pacific dollar day. Cedar Biaffe bans sidewalk roller skating. Pigs in Plattemouth ward B4 de veloped rabies and were killed. George Powell injured when horses attached to a mower ran away near Tecumeeh. Rural Mail Carriers organize Cass county association at Weeping Water. Burglars steal $125 from Seward Lumber and Fuel safe. Fremont delegates form a cooperative creamery near Parmera Bloom field organizes a cooperative store. Adams Farmers Elevator buys Burlington mill and will remodel as an elevator. Mr and Mrs William James mark their fiftieth wedding anniversary near Elwood. Hessian fly damage overestimated in Johnson county. Nemaha and Otoe counties challenge each other to July 4 baseball, office holders only. Weeping Water academy ends as trustees close the school. West Point brickyard ready for business. Large tarantula found by H H Jeneen Lincoln. Bees seize an automobile on Lincoln main street. B Stanton near Tecumach is the state’s first heat casualty as two men assault him and flee.
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