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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
2
A 12 hour battle 300 miles south of the border pitted 6000 rebels led by Orozco against federal forces under Huerta. Fighting along the desolate mesas between here and Yermo ended with heavy casualties, nearly 600 killed or wounded on both sides.
Omaha society for the prevention of crime backs a bill to amend Nebraska marriage laws. It aims to curb divorce, reduce crime and pauperism, and improve race condition by banning marriages of confirmed paupers criminals imbeciles and drunks.
The state will compete for the honors. These contestants will be members of the teams that have won the championships in the several districts into which the seventy school league is divided.
Fragment describes a deputy assassinated at about 3 Sunday morning near a lonely spot. Mentions J Manning and a pursuit involving his sons and an assailant, but many words are garbled and names unclear.
A digest of political tensions and events including nominations by socialist leaders, senate actions on wireless regulations and rivers and harbors funding, military transport equipment, China force presence, and a Chicago Republican convention. Reports cover floods, rail disasters, strikes, legal decisions, and local elections amid inflation and reform debates.
An examination for Rhodes Scholarship will be held at the University of Nebraska on Wednesday October 16. Nebraska has two current Rhodes Scholars from state schools Horace English of the state university and William F Raney of Hastings College who went to Oxford in previous years. Food Commissioner Nels P Hansen orders inspection of all mail order groceries to enforce Nebraska pure food laws, directing compliance by outside state mail order houses and threatening court action if necessary.
The board of public lands and buildings is ready to properly receive patients, a condition blamed for hardship and the condemnation faced by the hospital by several of the fifteen to twenty patients currently registered there.
Hartford Reed, charged with aiding Albert Prince in the murder of Deputy Warden Davis by furnishing the knife, has been released on his personal recognizance in $500. It is doubtful he will face trial, but he remains subject to custody if demanded while on bond.
Six hundred manufacturers have not filed reports with Labor Commissioner Gaye. A third notice warns of prosecutions if delays continue, with a $10 daily penalty. May is set as the filing deadline.
A shipment of Belfers cattle is to be sent to the government experiment station at Kodak Alaska. The breed is noted for long hair and is believed to thrive in the far northern climate. Joseph Teeter of Lincoln has left for Milford Soldiers Home to assume command as the new commandant.
Lead Commissioner Cowles denied a report that a Omaha woman at the state hospital for dependent tuberculosis received meat only once in March. He presented a diet record showing ten eggs, milk, and other foods supplied, with meals served daily and at least one or two times a day.
Omaha daily notes eight man delegation to the Associated Advertising Clubs convention in Dallas May 19 to 25. Benedict bank receives charter with 25 000 capital. Harm Shank sentenced to penitentiary up to twenty years. City state certificate exams set for May 17 18. Circus poster Henry Hogobohi dies after fall in North Platte. Navy confirms Maine relic for Camp Lee Forby. Nebraska Medical Association elects officers. J E Howland of Silver Creek dies at 74. Ashland Bell exchange to transfer to Lincoln Telephone May 1 delayed. Webster county assessor questions tax conundrum ruling on mortgage cattle claim.
A whimsical exchange notes the value of candor and honest talk about others. A humorous banter touches on appetite and a manager’s hunger during a banquet scene, reflecting a lighthearted newspaper humor item.
An interview fragment shows a man asked about employment replying he seeks money, not work, and would work only as the means to obtain it, illustrating a candid exchange about labor and earnings.
A nursery rhyme style verse describes Mary carrying a ring given by her beau. The ring travels with her during a tea outing to be shown to twenty three girls, who react with astonishment at its presence.
In Los Angeles a woman sought a restraining injunction to stop her husband from being attentive. The California judge ruled there is no authority to bar him from loving his wife even if it could prevent beating. He noted the decision reflects the unpredictable nature of womankind rather than Solomon guidance.
A physician recounts his long use of coffee and tea despite heart palpitations. After a severe heart episode, he stopped both beverages, switched to Postum, and has had no palpitations since, except when trying small amounts of coffee again.
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