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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
2
The report notes Taft holding four delegates at large and two Georgia districts shifting allegiance. It references fears of racial strife in Havana and mentions submarine losses and active Alaskan volcanoes amid a dense, fragmented political update.
A terse dispatch from Havana warns that the racial conflict in the city is of greater importance than battlefield reports. The text notes rising tensions and circulating rumors about a racial war scenario affecting local streets and communities.
Oyster Bay report notes Republican committee ruling on national convention seat contests. Committee decision affects several district contests and party representation at the forthcoming convention.
In Little Rock the Arkansas state Democratic convention voted 334 to 242 against endorsing the grandfather clause as a qualification for suffrage. The body also instructed high delegates at large and district delegates for Speaker Clark.
Chief Willis L. Moore notes weather bureau updates. The 1904 1908 campaign finance probe is delayed to July 1. Union Pacific fights the Norris bill. Roosevelt speaks at Gettysburg. Kansas towns vanished in fifty years. Wisconsin women oppose suffrage. Nebraska postmasters meet in Lincoln. Ongoing banking and money trust scrutiny in Congress. Major political maneuvering signals in Iowa Missouri and New York. The Bosse event lines include convention outcomes and notable deaths.
A rough ledger from the capital city prison notes payments to the state treasurer and a daily 60 cent rate for 825 convicts. It records inmate allocations, wardens’ accounts, and cell totals with figures showing funds and spaces including dining rooms and kitchens.
Department Commander M W King of Geneva Nebraska appoints special aides-de camp from posts in Ohiowa Shickley Exeter Wisner Huntley Fairbury and Wisner and calls attention to June 14 Flag Day urging Patriotic Department instructors to mobilize observance. Six penitentiary prisoners scrub the governor's mansion exterior after spending last year painting it and the state house engine house stack.
State Engineer Price arrives in Wahoo to attend a meeting of county boards on awarding contracts for state aid. Owing to insufficient county funds, contracts may not be signed immediately.
State board tests a cylindrical fire escape at Hastings asylum where four similar escapes are in use. Another was purchased for the feeble minded youth at the institution.
A bronze tablet for the Davisson fountain at the state farm progresses toward completion. The fountain is a gift from last year’s graduating class in memory of A. E. Davisson, the state school of agriculture’s first principal.
The University of Nebraska delivered the closing address to the Kearney graduating class of sixty nine, including twenty eight boys. Governor Aldrich appointed Dr H B Cummins of Geward to the board of health, with term until July 1 and current service on the board of secretaries. The state association of eclectic profiled Cummins for reappointment while Commissioner Gaye's employment department sought eight farm hands as of now.
Ey Beloit railroad progress noted while bonds and elections loom. Falls City church struck by lightning causing $400 in damage. Holdrege condemns a dozen buildings. Franklin to vote on a $10,000 bond for schools. York district defeats $80,000 school bonds. Wahoo judge sentences McCarthy for criminal assault. Crete North mill burns for $35,000 loss. Omaha smuggling case ends with fine. Hastings hosts Nebraska Retail Liquor Dealers convention. Minden fights $15,000 light bonds via injunction. Fayette college to hear Nam V. Allen. editors pick Omaha for next meeting. Titanic relief funds for musicians' families planned.
A fragmentary exchange questions explaining baseball to a girl and recalls an old fashioned girl who chewed wax. The dialogue mocks culture versus sleep snoring and hints at nostalgia for bygone manners and habits.
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