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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
2
The article reports delegates and leaders at a banquet marking the one hundredth anniversary of a treaty signing, with speeches stressing prisoner education and library privileges as a model for reform. In Lincoln Nebraska readers observe rising interest in literature and improving prison conditions as a measure of rehabilitation.
The House met and adjourned for noon with no business. Bills passed include free of duty exhibits for San Francisco and a new eastern district of Pennsylvania judgeship. Olin Young announced resignation. The Senate reported on the eight hour day for DC women workers and Underwood tariff bill passage. Adjourned times ranged from 5:45 p.m. to 6:32 p.m. with sessions resumed for Alaska hearings and finance committee referrals.
The ancestral home of Refuse Offer of Japanese Aid recorded. Douglas Aris notes four hundred Japanese residents of Sonora state have offered their services in arms to LI.
In a damaged fragment a local sale action is noted with mentions of parties and a garnishment process. The text references a court or official action and a list of numbers, but specifics are unclear.
North Platte water users James T. Whitehead C. W. Scoville Morrill appeared before Interior Department officials to press for broader water rights regulations on reclamation projects and extended twenty five year terms. Critics cited higher water prices and note that the water users association should have more control over maintenance charges. Japan protests alien land bill as Bryan meets ambassador in Washington signaling formal negotiations over California legislation and efforts to avert an open issue.
A report from an American mining man arriving by motorcycle says Parral in southern Chihuahua is controlled by constitutionalist troops. Federal garrison of 1,500 is evacuating as forces move toward Chihuahua City where state troops are mobilized. Pancho Villa is advancing with 400 men to aid insurgents in cutting retreating federals. Winter wheat prospects in Nebraska are reported at record levels with statewide estimates showing 103 to 106 percent yields in four regions.
The Postmaster General cites Nebraska postoffice nominations not sent to the senate because officials plan to devote all time to the post office. Stephens sought reasons for unacted recommendations. In Nebraska Absolute Prohibition campaign leaders Carson and Darnall will head a drive and attend the Anti Falon League convention in Columbus Ohio on November 10, 1914.
In Madison 600 University of Wisconsin seniors vote to purchase $190 life insurance policies to fund a state life fund for aiding needy students, with payments spread over twenty years. In Omaha a Mississippi Valley Historical Association session follows.
President Wilson, buoyed by the tariff bill in the House, expects final currency reform action this session. He reviewed a preliminary currency bill draft by Rep Glass and plans to confer with currency authors before June 1. Mexico City reports keen interest in U S actions following ambassador repudiation.
Reports note Berlin rebuilding after a tornado, upcoming state and local conventions in Fremont Bradshaw Beatrice and Hastings, Knights of Columbus initiation, pool hall license at Barneston, wheat conditions in Thayer county, Beatrice school banquet, Rev Mary A Helser resignation, car shop layoffs at Fairbury, insurgent Woodmen meeting in Hastings, chicken thefts Nebraska City, game warden nets near Wymore, Beatrice May festival attendance, Beatrice lemon tree harvest, barn fire near Columbus, ducks shot out of season at North Platte, clean-up day May 17, Memorial day address at Geneva, Adventists conference in Washington, Otoe warrants paid, Hastings rifle practice, Kinney post office to close, College View library 1225 volumes, 14 year old in Omaha tornado injuries, Wymore high school baseball organized.
Governor Morehead and Adjutant General Hall ordered Nebraska National Guard units to report to local committees for Memorial Day observances on Friday May 30. Flags at armories to fly at half staff from sunrise. units to cooperate with Grand Army of the Republic and report participation, strength, and absentees with reasons.
Governor Morehead names six member board under new law, with Coffey, Cowell, and Reische as representatives. Board limited to reconciliation efforts and has power to spend 2000 dollars over two years plus per diem. payroll details. Also notes Nebraska State Fair early racing close May 19 with specific purses and ages. urges corn contest entries by May 20 1914. ends with unrelated hotel administration line.
Lawrence Kansas a woman described suffering from a variety of ailments reports relief after using ham s Vegetable Compound feeling better than in years.
A husband reads a bizarre newspaper joke to his wife and notices her distant gaze. He continues with a surreal sequence about a hungry boy, a ghost birth, a windstorm, and a wooden cigar Indian, prompting her to react with a startled smile and a quip about an ostrich.
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