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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1910
Page
7
Beatrice Nebraska Fred T Robinson former Lincoln barber who shot his wife November 28 1909 pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge L M Pemberton. His first degree murder trial was to start with many witnesses summoned.
John Wyman of Seward returns home after a three year disappearance that left his wife and two daughters believing him dead. He had left Milford in March 1907 to buy a horse near Utica and offered no details about his absence. He declined to reveal his reasons or where he had stayed during the years away.
Hastings city council orders sidewalk merchants including fruit and popcorn sellers to pay 4.50 per day to operate in the downtown area. An elderly popcorn vendor may continue if he files the proper claim. Fire limits are extended in several directions with restrictions on structure height within new boundary.
A Beatrice Commercial club committee visited Lincoln to urge the board of public lands and buildings to relocate a proposed new building for feeble minded youth from in front of the main building. They say they are only attendees and hope for a change in location.
Wymore builds a new Methodist church at an estimated cost of about $15,000. A Tecumseh worker, B. G. Hastings, died from injuries after an extra freight collision. Lincoln hosts a state convention for commercial clubs in Columbus on April 27 and 28. Seward School Superintendent J. J. Fulk is re-elected with a $150 raise. A Ravenna hotel burglary case is dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence. James Moxley dies at Hastings asylum at 105, former Kearney resident born in Ireland. Fremont reports $500 shortfall after a statewide convention, with $800 expenses and $300 collected. County jail reforms urged in Seward. Lincoln bank clearings hit a record $2,274,268 for the week. Beatrice area residents relocate farms to other states and Canada. Ashland farmers form improved seed program. Southwestern Nebraska dental society meets in Oxford with officer elections. Golden wedding celebrated at Table Rock for Mr. and Mrs. Norris. State conservation convention dates set for March 28 and 29 with statewide attendance planned.
A veteran policeman recalls a night shift when a back alley door yielded a waxwork museum. He lit a match to see a room full of silent figures, yelped in fear, then realized the danger was only the mock audience of wax figures and the chamber was unlit and empty of real burglars.
Sir George Lewis, famed for secrets of rank and fashion, retires from law and will not write memoirs. He advised on many scandal cases over 40 years, helped in the Tranby Croft affair, and counted Labouchere among his close friends. He avoided diaries since a quarter century ago and promises that secrets shall remain hidden.
A Boston woman appears bored as a hostess nudges the Hon Mr Hobstay to meet her. A running gag about gifted conversationalists centers on edible animal tissues and a mistletoe joke involving Mabel. A Kansas City Times quip ponders spirit versus action in drunken consent.
A collection of testimonials touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for fibroid tumors and female illnesses. Mrs Hayes, Mrs May, and others describe pain relief, restored health, and calls for sick women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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