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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
3
Mrs. Cora Short of Oklahoma City writes that heavy dairy work and caring for a large household left her tired and blue. After using seven bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her health improved, she weighs 136 pounds up from 115 and can sleep better while performing her daily tasks.
A frog embedded in rock near Okandan, Washington astonishes workers as similar cases arise in Sydney Australia. Science wonders how amphibians survive years without food inside cemented gravel and even how eggs might hatch in crevices while acids from the frog erode rock to create space.
A Nebraska page lists diverse items from June gatherings in Omaha and Grand Island to anniversaries in Dunder and Gibbon. Highlights include a Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment, a high school debating win at Lincoln, a hit and run reward, a five year field program spend plan, and rainfall boosting agriculture.
Urged by county and city groups Congress will decide this week whether to approve making the Missouri river navigable from Kan. A Call to Arms urges newspapers and civic bodies across the Middle West to show 100 percent support. Endicott reports gravel pit bones unearthed a massive jaw bone 22 inches long with two teeth remaining and exhibited locally.
A five year old girl Anna in Omaha received severe injuries with both legs fractured when an auto struck her and her dying pet dog leaped between them to shield her. The dog died minutes later from its injuries, while the child survived in hospital.
The Beatrice ceremony marked the Beatrice Beatrice homestead of the late Daniel Freeman as the first land in Nebraska to be set aside as a national park by Governor McMullen. A marker was placed on the site by the D A R. Beatrice receives a German howitzer weighing 22 000 pounds captured in France and sent to the American Legion Post.
The Nebraska Crime Commission filed with the secretary of state by Lancaster County attorney Charles Matson aims to abolish civn and establish a New Highway Alliance. Prominent road authorities back a proposed east to Mack Hill route through Lincoln Grand Island Broken Bow Alliance and hadron. Texas potatoes from North Platte valley sold to Texas growers arrive as new crop priced near double the previous three dollars per hundredweight. Harry A. Davis files for congressional nomination in New Mexico. born in Franklin County and raised there.
On request from eighty eight Allams county farmers the county supervisors authorize the county clerk to begin paying a ten cent bounty per crow head after June 1.
A heavy rain Saturday south of Loup City caused a cloudburst like flood. The farm home of Ctrtet Oltgenbrum was flooded by several inches of water and nearby roadway became inundated.
P H Stewart extension agronomy expert reports that between forty and fifty percent of the alfalfa acreage in the area has winter killed.
The third list of the nature study department of the Fairbury Women's club reports many birds seen since January. Rare species include Townsend Solitaire American crossbill Willet and a black and white Warbler. A fire alarm at Alliance Sparks’ residence saved a farmer and his family from a burning home.
London reports government memorandum proposes a national wages and hours board with three owners, three miners, and a neutral chair to set wage principles. It offers about £3 million in subsidies and aid for displaced miners, with a three week deadline for a decision and safeguards for poorer miners. Striking railway settlements favor reinstatement and seniority, while unions admit fault and pledge no unauthorized action in future negotiations.
A four member Soviet hydroelectric commission will tour Canada and the United States for three months to study major power plants. They prepare for the Dnieper project on the Symener river in Ukraine, part of a vast Soviet superpower program including inland navigation and irrigation. The project costs about 75 million dollars with an initial output of zinc kilowatts and an ultimate capacity of 405000 kilowatts.
Newark announces that the Aeronautical Club of New Jersey seeks to fund a nonstop Newark to Paris flight before June. The bid aims to beat Rene Fonck who plans a Mitchell Field takeoff for the Orteig prize of 25000 dollars. Naval Reserve Lieut. Commander Noel Davin and Frank H. Conant prepare a three engine plane for the attempt.
Frank Wilbour, former cashier of the Austin National Bank in Minnesota, pleaded guilty to embezzling $55,000 and falsifying entries. He was sentenced to three years in Leavenworth prison.
Terence Katen of Dee Moines Lawn was found guilty of robbing the Anoka National Bank in Anoka Minnesota and received a life sentence to the state prison at Stillwater.
A columnist reflects on critics of the wealthy, noting the rich face headaches and heartache like others. He recalls a town burglary case and warns against overdoing goodness while praising a preacher who speaks with real insight and truth about honesty.
A Detroit article notes English clubwomen plan shared chores with fathers tending the home after work. Fathers to mend, cook, wash, and mind children while mothers handle daily tasks. experts say a long road remains before wide adoption.
The Wakefield department has commissioned an up to date fire motor truck built largely by firemen in their spare time, with only the chassis and motor supplied externally.
A confession follows a reckless act in which a person admits drinking two bottles of gold paint and feels guilty about the ensuing misstep. The incident highlights unintended consequences of a impulsive action.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for soothing itching rashes on babies with hot baths and gentle applications. It also promotes Cuticura Talcum at 25 cents and suggests light dusting for fragrance. The copy warns familiarity with danger can breed contempt for it.
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