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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
2
A hunter boasts of loving bear meat during a hut rest when a huge grizzly appears on a rock. His companion spurs him to run. The fleeing hunter explains he loves bear but not when it is not yet cooked. The tale ends with the joke that the bear was not done enough.
The oven bird nests on the ground with an arched pine needle structure, earning its name from the oven-like nest appearance. The American Forestry Association promotes bird conservation through school contests and a national campaign.
A visitor questions a band’s tune asking about Johnny, Get Your Gun. The exchange touches on national judgment of literature and whether the advice given is reckless while noting one character paid income tax in full and discussing aviation as a husband’s ambition.
The court upheld the injunction against U.S. wartime prohibition, preserving a favorable ruling for the Brewers. The decision signals constitutionality questions remain unresolved, as jurisdiction issues were central to the outcome.
The past week highlights aviation advances with an American airship effort across the Atlantic and a Chicago Cleveland aerial wall service begun by the Post Office Department. Lieut Jack Lude flew 208 miles in 105 minutes between Texas and Oklahoma cities while Lieut Ralph J Johnson set a world looping record of 447 laps. Regular air transport began between Los Angeles and Bakersfield as six army planes pursued recruiting duty from Oklahoma to Camp Funston, covering 200 miles in two hours and fifty minutes.
Judge Augustus N. Hand dismisses arguments that the federal court lacks jurisdiction in the case brought by Jacob Hoffman Brewing Co to restrain federal officials from enforcing wartime prohibition laws. The ruling allows the suit to proceed against the United States attorney as it concerns property rights and potential remedies at law.
In Paris conferences on the Italian issue no accord was reached. Italy offered concessions such as Fiume as a free city and ceded parts of Istria but would not yield Zara or Sebenico on the Dalmatian coast. Jugoslav negotiators deem concessions insufficient, signaling potential extension of talks.
General Petras Calles of Sonora has been named minister of industries and communications in Mexico's Carranza government and has accepted the post after a conference in Mexico City with President Carranza.
Francis Burton Harrison aged 45, governor general of the Philippine Islands, wed Elizabeth Wrentmore aged 18, a University of California student. His first wife obtained a divorce on the same day.
The report from the conference committee of the ninth general assembly recommends a federal union of all Presbyterian and reform churches in the United States. The Baseball has spread northward into Holland where Americans and Dutch workers at the Rotterdam base have formed a league.
Washington reports Senator Kenyon will propose a national inquiry into the decision to dispose of 250 million pounds of meat to cooperate with Chicago packers to lower prices for American consumers. The War Department, amid packer talks, aimed to stabilize but not undersell the market complicating public access to cheaper meat.
Nebraska reports detail highway paving in Falls City and Lincoln County, wartime mobilization including soldiers sailing, and school and road funding plans. Notes on grain and wheat exports, farm products, and new enterprises like the American Potash Company plus a state serum plant distribution to farmers.
Advertisers tout Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a longstanding kidney liver and bladder medicine sold by druggists. A sample bottle offer asks ten cents and requests reader mentions of the paper. The page also contains fragmented local notes about social scenes and farm life.
A fragmented report from Copenhagen Uninet describes a new Danish harbor at Korser west of Copenhagen with an estimated cost in kronen. It claims Ardoricnh Capital is diverted and details large quays and facilities for handling merchandise. The piece blends technical remarks with unrelated dialogue about politics and domestic life.
A citation from the Boston Evening Transcript describes a nursemaid asking Mrs. Fogarty about her husband’s health. She notes he alternates between better and worse, but appears to improve when he resumes work and demonstrates a strong will.
Column notes remedies and housekeeping tips mention Alien's Foot Ease powder for tight shoes relief and a dog tale about a pedigreed canine named Snowy. Also promotes Red Cross Blue laundry product with a five cent price at grocers.
Advertisements tout bitrophosphate as a remedy for thinness and weak nerves. It claims to boost weight, energy, and health by supplying phosphoric elements directly to cells, with warnings to avoid use by those not seeking to gain flesh.
A late era self help promotion touts Elmer Sidney Prather’s Mystic Revelations and Personal Power claiming mind power can shape events. It offers free copies by letter to Program League Distribution Dept 4, mention New York, with a five cent return stamp.
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