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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1911
Page
3
English authorities protect a famed Hampton Court oak in the park. It is described as about a millennium old with a trunk roughly 45 feet wide and hollow enough for a dozen people. The tree has survived several near destruction events, including a recent arson attempt using dried grass and paper.
A farm near Elkton Maryland reports an unusual foster mother: a cow raising ten piglets. Owner C Anderson noted low milk output and puzzled watchers, who observed the cow had taken ten piglets from a sow, leaving questions about the strange adoption and milk levels.
The report notes the incumbency of Brough ton Hackett ending in 1896 and claims the retiring vicar is the oldest clergyman in Worcester-London Standard.
A Berlin market porter took a wager to eat six mutton chops twelve eggs a goose a duck six pounds of potatoes and twenty two pounds of hay. He solved the hay problem by lighting a cigarette after the duck then mixed ashes with potatoes and swallowed all. The referee ruled him the winner after a heated discussion.
A Copenhagen Jewish family traces a five generation line from great great grandmother to a baby, via early marriages. The oldest, Mrs Levyson, is 81 with five children including Mrs SalomonSen, wife of a broker. Her granddaughter, Mrs Albert Meyer, is a young grandmother. the fifth generation begins with Mrs Hugo Trier’s eighteen year old daughter and her healthy baby girl.
The long lived peafowl owned by Thomas Lambert of Sulphur Well Metcalf County is believed to be about 110 years old. It arrived with Horatio Thompson in 1810 from Virginia and later passed to Lambert after Thompson’s death. The bird roosted on a single oak limb for seven years until the tree was felled.
A small boat pictured on a rock has never touched water. It is a dining room at a famous Nice restaurant, used during dejeuner and dinner season. Its deck fittings are chairs and tables instead of nautical gear, yet it resembles a sailing vessel.
Hundreds perished or injured as a warehouse blaze at 23 Washington Place, Triangle Shirtwaist Company workers among the dead. Fire escapes failed and elevator shafts jammed as flames swept eight through ten floors, with dozens jumping to their deaths and relatives crowding morgues.
In Chicago the War Department shows unusual leniency as Adjutant General Ainsworth signs waivers for recruits failing standard physicals. Lieutenant F R Kenney, in charge of a recruiting station, says waivers were uncommon and reflect urgent need, with nearly all new enlistees entering infantry.
In Ocilla Georgia the Dixie Flyer passenger train on the Atlantic Coast Line plunged from a trestle over the Alapapa river. Ten people were killed and scores injured as baggage and express cars two day coaches and a Pullman fell into the river while five sleepers stayed on the track.
Mayor Gaynor sanctioned a funeral parade of ten thousand people without a corpse on Jewish worshippers request at the old Christy street synagogue ruins. The ceremony will bury sacred relics taken from the ruins and is described as the first of its kind in America.
Mexico City report says the Diaz cabinet resigned en masse at a special meeting with President Diaz deferring action. An official statement cites aim to help reestablish peace and aid reforms under consideration.
Herman B. Cohn a wealthy clothing merchant was shot and killed near his Omaha residence Saturday night by two assailants who tried to rob him as he returned from a theater party.
Representative Loud of Michigan asserts all Republicans back Taft as standard bearer for the next presidential campaign in remarks at the Boston City Club.
York Congregationalists plan a new church while Hastings Country Club reorganizes with record membership. Job moves include W. W. Wright resigning as Nebraska Telephone manager at Beatrice. Crime and accidents report Kohout shot in a railcar robbery and Ray W., injured by a horse. Fires destroy outbuildings and a house. lawsuits and civic disputes cite damages and station complaints.
A cryptic note describes Thoughts of Foo and Dreamy Dupont-Dey predicting a man will create an epicurean masterpiece that will astonish readers and demand attention. The item blends slang with a vision of a notable future work.
A Nebraskan family recalls their three year old Gilbert suffering eczema from infancy. After two Chicago doctors failed, Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used, with marked improvement in four weeks. Mrs. H. Albrecht endorses the remedy and offers a free skin and hair health booklet.
A playful dialogue features a poet asking if Curran has seen Descent Into Hell. Curran replies with warm mischief that he would be delighted to see it, cited in Clark's Eminent Lawyers.
The text presents fragmented marketing lines about BromO Quinine and cold remedies, plus notes on signatures and world use. It references E. Gry and W. Cure while contrasting dull speakers and concise writers. It hints at smoker preferences and a compositor’s disposition in a clipped, era voice.
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