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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
3
A Saturday Evening Post item describes two Britons invited to a ride up a Hudson river hill. A cyclist paces ahead as the pair, recognizing their host the head of a major world bank, pass him and reflect on the strange chase.
An 1913 advertisement cites Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a cure for scalp to back eczema with a Mrs Mildred Dennis testimonial. The page also includes a long U.S. folklore prose piece discussing hens, turkeys, and Thanksgiving traditions with assorted anecdotes and poems.
The Chicago Grand Opera singer Titta Ruffo comments on American women describing them as chic and suffragette, comparing them to upright macaroni. He contrasts Italian women in Betaly and Keetaly, saying only very tall women are beautiful and expressing disdain for American female roles.
In a Detroit Free Press note, critics discuss authorship and the tough early period of writing a play. The dialogue suggests notable writers experience confusion and revision as part of developing stage works.
Striking miners in Louisville Lafayette and Marshall attack towns with machine guns and set Lafayette on fire. State troops are deployed from Lodiow to Walsenburg after a serious strike action at the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, with the McNally mine seized and miners driven out.
President Wilson urged John D Rockefeller to help settle the Colorado coal strike and end the violence that has cost many lives and caused extensive property damage. Rockefeller reportedly turned over his interests, with the president and officials pressing him to act.
Belfast reports a consignment of about 40 000 rifles and half a million rounds from Germany landed at coastal points and 200 automobiles distributed to Ulster volunteers. Guards are posted at landing sites as police are unable to intervene and communications are cut. Omaha notes District Attorney Howell received a request for details about A C Pelt the Superior bank cashier jailed for five years seeking parole, though cannot be released before one third of sentence served.
Widespread opposition to reduced wages for skilled canal labor follows an executive order issued by President Wilson on February 2. The new wage-trade plan becomes operative April 11 when Panama Canal's permanent government begins. Washington reports withdrawals of 18.7 acres in Utah for National Guard maneuvers, drawing Governor and War Department endorsement.
Nebraska items report threats to a town, drownings, dog-race bans urged, new post office work at David City, and a Beatrice church purchase. Also noted are injuries from bites and kicks, a park commission abolishment, a football captain stepping into leadership, a convent death, expeditions, and a restraining order against a coal company affecting Cortland.
The Nebraska Polan d China Record Association lists twenty five herd nominations for the 1914 state fair at the state prc grounds with shows Sept 7 to 11. A stock sanitary board plans to appoint veterinarians to combat hog cholera and discusses water sources for Burlington trains and city systems. The booklet also notes mobilization plans for the Nebraska state guard with talks of forming additional National Guard units and university week campaigns.
In a market town scene Farmers Dobbins and George haggle over a cow. Dobbins offers twelve pounds, George refuses, citing his wife’s sadness at parting and a later twist that “twelve pm ten” may still move the sale. The dialogue ends with uncertainty.
Fragmentary text notes a discussion about a month's vacation at Shimmerpate. The speaker mentions two weeks being offered and refusal to accept half a loaf, implying a dispute over compensation or time off. No clear names or organizations are readable.
A fragment discusses a looming moral reform critiquing a fad of pink and purple hair. The dialogue questions authenticity with lines about a woman not lying about ownership, and remarks on pursuing a high aim that may overshoot the mark.
A fragmented dialogue notes railway bridges seeming dependent on Providence and paint. A wry line suggests a man who vows to die for love desires gentleness instead of violence.
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