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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
2
President Taft warns Americans to keep away as mutinous troops threaten the Mexican situation. Yen Shikai orders Tien Tsin viceroy to shoot offenders on any sign of insubordination. Troops from Hankow terrify Yung Ping Fu north of Lanchau.
Raleigh L. Wilson of Lincoln Nebraska recalls a ten year tenure as a clown with one of the nation’s largest circuses now stationed here. He hints at a possible return to the saw dance ring if ever he feels inclined to reenter the profession.
Washington reports the cabinet held a special meeting to issue a warning about the gravity of the intolerable situation in Mexico. The move reflects heightened concern over regional instability and possible diplomatic responses.
United States Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma will be one of the speakers at the Bryan birth day banquet in Lincoln on March 19. The committee in charge announces the toast list will be composed entirely of speakers from outside Nebraska.
London reports the coal strike already idling 150000 workers outside mines. As days pass, the walkout is expected to widen the impact on other industries, slowing production and economic activity across sectors.
A compact briefing from Washington covers Secretary Meyer urging Alaska coal fields for government use, Knor's Nicaragua visit marked as public holiday, Taft campaign implications, a German alliance petition on prohibition, Senator Bacon backing delaying the Baltimore convention, Norris Brown pushing land title quieting for Union Pacific neighbors, and a House Postal Bill to raise parcel limits with a 25 cent cap.
Congress of Honduras ratifies a loan of $500,000 in a recent session. The report mentions Viscount Ghinda and references Japan, Chile, and related names as part of a broader international context amid the uncertain phrasing.
Summary of varied items: a government steamer Deliverance on the Belgian Congo. a Des Moines court sentencing Richard Palmer to twenty years for poultry theft. labor wage hikes across the Rock Island system. mutinous actions in Peking and revolts in Monterey and Lima regions. Nebraska treasurer Peter Mortensen's death. Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill appearance. recall movements in Berkeley. and political shifts in the Roosevelts campaign.
State Food Commissioner Hansen reports very poor seed corn quality in Nebraska. Tests show low germination in 1909 1910 and 1911 crops with several samples from Lancaster Saline and Knox counties yielding 26 37 40 60 and 37 percent germination.
James Walsh of Omaha, ex legislator, presented a forty one pound Campbell River salmon to Governor Aldrich for the state university museum. The fish was dressed and head removed by an Omaha cold storage man, spoiling it for mounting.
Mr. McFadden notifies violators of a long standing state rule requiring outside doors of hotels and public buildings where people assemble to remain accessible. The law has existed since 1877 but lacked enforcement until now.
The university registrar reports Nebraska has more college students per capita than Massachusetts Indiana or New York and ranks third among states. Nebraska has one student per 136 inhabitants and 8,617 students across ten colleges and universities.
Beginning next school year normal training will join the Course of study in the state university school of agriculture. The four year program is revised so the senior year becomes three groups the technical the university preparatory and the normal training. All work in the first three years remains required with technical and cultural subjects blended in similar proportions.
Executive committee debates securing support from all parties for the proposed initiative and referendum constitutional amendment. Price returns from western Nebraska irrigation project tour reporting limited river ice but promising prospects for a successful season in 1913.
Company commanders of the Nebraska national guard must explain to Adjutant General Phelps how they with bonds. It is believed they will provide forthcoming details.
The Nebraska Board of Agriculture and Dairy Association backed by Dr Charles E Bessey State Superintendent Fowler and many farmers advanced a school law amendment granting teachers until July 1902 to comply The need for suitable elementary agriculture texts led to a university authored book New Elementary Agriculture for Rural and Graded Schools issued in 1903 The Lincoln Railway Commission approved Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph purchase of Seward Telephone under a prior merger agreement valued at 100000 funded by stock and other gate proceeds
The board of public lands and fundings refuses the claim of Mr. McAlpine of Lincoln for $900 in extras. The board will rule after receiving further information.
A contract to build a tunnel linking Hastings asylum buildings was awarded to Reimers, Kauffman & Co. of Lincoln for 10,555 dollars. Joseph R. Lehmer of Omaha will handle wiring for 172 dollars, while Cooper & Cole Bros. of Lincoln provide heating apparatus materials for 1,166.09 dollars. The 1,500‑foot tunnel 7 by 8 feet will include cement tinting and track and will carry food between kitchens and patient buildings.
The United States filed a civil action against Levi C. Anderson of Rule Was Hemissed claiming value for a horse bought from an Indian named Frank Deroin on the Sac and Fox reservation. The title was vested in the federal government and the suit sought recovery of the horse’s value until settlement was reached.
Foster will take no notice of Central Labor union protest against Dr. Winnett on the railway commission case. He states the decision to participate or not rests with Dr. Winnett alone and is up to him to bear the hearing.
Professor Charles BE Merriam of Chicago University will deliver the convocation address on June 13. He was a mayoral candidate in Ohio at the last election and is known for his CitiZenchip platform.
The supreme court will announce a memorandum opinion in the suit challenging the form of government for a town with over 5000 inhabitants. A separate opinion will be filed later by the court.
Covington Missouri and Brownsville Indiana readers report relief from female troubles after using a tonic advertised as the best medicine for women. One Covington woman credits staying able to work to the remedy while a Brownsville reader recounts severe hemorrhages and near death before relief arrived.
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