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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1926
Page
3
The first agricultural college in Kura opens with 60 acres for tropical farming problems. An 8k student body pursues a four year course. A pedigreed dairy breed project is planned and circular channels prop up a new frying pan concept. A Kansas bank check incident and a misheard line cap nightmarish humor.
Local items report a May Columbus state tournament, a Lincoln injury from a train crash, Omaha Legion efforts, Petrified tree weights, Pawnee City education, Falls City church attendance, Hebron school leadership, Meadow Grove free shows, a former Plattsmouth pastor's suicide, Beatrice creamery work, missionary return visits, a Freemont birthday hero, migratory waterfowl on Nebraska lakes, Beatrice fishing, Lincoln chamber change, Columbus veteran retirement, hunting license holder ages, and a HandelMeastiah festival in Fremont with state music events and Hastings encampment rates. plus a Salem church dedication and Bostwick bank loan troubles and crow shooting records in Jefferson county.
The week reports favorable swine outlook with prices to stay high. Nebraska eggs are rebranded as Land of Sunshine Eggs with new pasteboard cartons to aid marketing. Other items cover sheep price-raising trains, mumps in a Great Grandchild, independent telephone history, Mother Goose floats, and local notes on landing fields, bank guaranty, and farm mentions.
Washington reports the continental United States population will be 117 135 837 as of July 4 with an estimated increase of 11 426 197 since 1920. The Bureau relies on state counts, births, deaths, immigration and emigration to project figures.
The Kentucky legislature enacted a Sunday baseball law after Governor Fields vetoed a prior repeal attempt. Lawmakers overrode the veto, restoring legal play for semiprofessional and professional baseball on Sundays, following constitutional procedures in the house and senate.
MEARE chief and detective sergeant fainted in the detective bureau when the chief tested a tear bullet. The device, costing one cent each, supposedly stupefies persons within 15 feet and was praised for efficiency.
James Beauvaski, 35, confessed to police that since November 30 he burglarized sixty residences in St. Louis after his release from Joliet prison. He served part of an indeterminate sentence following a burglary conviction in Peoria Illinois.
The American consul at Mazatlan reports Rex McIipone was killed and E. Heldenkamp seriously wounded by bandits near Ixtian in Nayarit state. The embassy is notified and a search is underway.
Chief Gander�s mate Frank Crilley of the U S Navy broke a depth record by reaching 288 feet to locate the sunken submarine F 4 in Honolulu harbor. Thirty five fathoms about 100 pounds pressure marked the challenging depth for experienced divers.
Quoted lines describe a loud stomach rumble likened to a wagon crossing a bridge. The speaker mentions breakfast as a likely cause and references an orange owl in a whimsical aside.
A man complains his over coat is missing and seeks help. An assistant offers to locate a replacement coat for him.
Rear Admiral Frank Edmond Beatty retired died here following influenza illness. Born in Ashton Wisconsin in 1853 he retired in 1915 and served in the U S Navy with distinguished career.
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