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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
5
Report describes a coal miners strike in England causing widespread distress as union cuts strike pay, rail and other workers face mass dismissals. Hope for settlement exists but days pass before any return to work, with families including children at Moseley Common pits bearing the impact.
Rio de Janeiro is described as the Paris of the Americas a modern prosperous city with efficient fire and police services and a high standard of living. Over fifteen years vast sewerage and water works have transformed it from a disease ridden mud hole to a clean cosmopolitan port with 4000 exterminators and a safe market environment. Prices for food and goods are exceedingly high due to imports.
Three cherry trees from the Agricultural College of Tokyo University arrive in Seattle aboard the steamer Aawa as a goodwill gift to President Taft. The delivery underscores U S Japan academic ties and cultural exchange.
New York dispatches report King George of England has secured a patent through the German crown prince for a coal saving range. The device features two ovens and a lever that shifts contents and fire across to save time and coal.
In Terre Haute Indiana a mysterious nighttime telephone outage in the Vandalia railroad office was traced to pigeons roosting in the attic. The birds perched on a wire and their weight pulled it against another conductor, forming a short circuit.
Mrs. Katheryn Boggs of Topeka launches a new faith in Kansas City centering on the stomach rather than the soul offering salvation in this life. She criticizes past religions for formality and credulity and promotes comfort health truth and peace as the objects of her Practical Christianity she began at Trinity Home in Topeka last Easter and plans to invite followers later.
Washington reports that John Ferrell's widow and children receive no aid despite his death while rescuing miners at Cherry Valley Pennsylvania and his service in the federal Bureau of Mines. He saved at least ten lives and previously saved five at Cross Mountain Tennessee. Ferrell earned $1000 yearly.
Grand Duke Michaelovitch plays at Monte Carlo and bets on and around number 223, wins, causing the bank to suspend for the evening.
Chicago couple Nels and Nel son Joleen faced eight frantic hours of door knocks and calls after a wedding-day want ad for six rooms of furnishings including a piano. They finally realized their friends had pranked them, ending the ordeal with a hotel stay as quiet moments vanished.
A Paris pharmacist warned in newspapers about a dangerous poison he had put in a medicine he prepared for an unknown woman. He paid a 100 franc fine after police identified the customer who had not seen his notices and chose not to use the medicine.
An anecdote traces a tale about Col Roosevelt that began with two boys helping launch a boat at Oyster Bay and spiraled through months of newspaper coverage until a Japanese journal claimed he swam three miles out to a capsized boat and back with four boys on his back.
On Sixth Avenue two young women walk behind an elevated, chatting about marriage. One asks how the other likes her husband and the reply praises steadiness, lack of drinking, and staying home at night. The woman listening finds the situation fortunate.
A judge praises Mr Winkerson for remaining gracious despite wealth. He notes a bridge game with the speaker and her husband last night showed Winkerson treated those without money as equals. The remark highlights Winkerson's continued refinement and generosity.
London Opinion notes a dialogue where Gwennie asks why he refused a prudent man to marry and Gertie replies the suitor believed marriage would increase his wealth. The piece satirically links money motives with marriage plans.
In Hammond Indiana Joseph Tessa a Chicago Italian obtained an Illinois hunting license to kill three coworkers. He attacked with a razor after being told he needed a barber license. He was arrested, arraigned, and the charge reduced to assault with a small fine. the incident caused a riot alert at the New York Central yards.
C. Bilby Merckles of Cameron West Virginia pursued his daughter Anna Regine Merckles and Calvin A. Boecker from Cameron to Wheeling to Pittsburgh. He reached Union Station in time to see the New York Night Express depart with the couple aboard. He failed to intercept as gates closed and the train pulled away.
A travel salesman learns that hotel baggage handlers mark samples with blue chalk to identify non tipping drummers. The head porter explains the habit as a quick warning to ensure better service and potential neglect of non tips, while preserving courtesy for tipper guests.
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