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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
2
State Department advisers report suspension of conferences with British officials over wartime measures. The move affects cotton exporters seeking payment for detained cargoes and Americans seeking imports held in Germany under new order in council.
Casualties rise after a railway wreck near Gretna with at least seventy three dead and many others injured. The incident involved a troop train a focal and the London to Glasgow express, with blaze adding to the horror.
Rome reports Italy declares war on Austria Hungary after general mobilization orders. Ministers of war and marine place provinces bordering Austria and Adriatic towns in martial law, signaling formal declaration. Italians from all classes are electrified by rapid turn of events.
Washington reports eighteen thousand extra men needed to harvest Nebraska wheat this season. The Labor Department lists 216,006 harvest hands required in the middle west, with a central Kansas City depot under C. L. Green coordinating. Iowa Kansas Oklahoma Dakota Minnesota totals shown.
The William P. Frye, an American ship sunk in the south Atlantic by the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, is sent to a prize court in Washington for damages. Diplomatic talks may still adjust the dispute without court ruling. Berlin hosts a Wehrverein protest urging halt of American war material shipments. Emil Muzik faces electric chair on September 15.
Western Newspaper Union reports unrest in Mexico City as bandit activity targets foreigners after a food shortage. Diplomatic dispatches describe conditions as dire while authorities seek relief via the international relief committee which has purchased about 2,500 tons of cereals for distribution pending transport guarantees.
At Mohonk Lake a forum on international arbitration sparked a clash between Secretary of War and General Leonard Wood on one side and Norman Angell on the other. Angell urged disarmament while Wood defended training and preparedness, arguing wars arise from trade and that fighting must be made less costly. The session closed amid intense comment. Also: rain and floods threaten Kansas and surrounding regions as rivers rise. a French trawler St Just torpedoed near Dartmouth.
In Lassen peak disturbance a seething cauldron stirred last week causing a river of mud to cascade down the mountain. Hat Creek valley in eastern Shasta County was inundated. farms, houses and livestock were destroyed. Residents fled in time. no lives were lost. Ranger Fred Seaton warned settlers.
The Charleston report notes the West Virginia House of Delegates approved a joint resolution petitioning for action. Details specify legislative steps toward a broader inquiry or recognition connected to the topic titled Want Life of Frank Scared.
Dr Alexander Graham Bell receives the Edison medal at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers annual meeting in New York The honor honors meritorious achievement in electrical science and is funded by Edison trust funds for a U S or Canadian resident with significant contributions to electrical engineering.
Governor Henderson issues an executive order abolishing the use of convicts as servants for state officials and as laborers at the capitol and other state institutions in Montgomery Alabama.
The fragment notes an act of capture tied to The We Vee Eight Depitad ship and the vessel named Ophelia. Details are sparse but imply a legal or maritime incident requiring clarification.
4 Affaires Magnus of the German legation in Mexico City was attacked and stabbed by a robber near the legation. He reported the assault to the German embassy in Washington but said there was no political significance. He was not seriously wounded. Great Rings Around the Sun. Philadelphia appearance of
Italy and Austria clash along the Adriatic coast with rapid hostilities after war declaration. Austrian planes destroy ships and bomb coastal towns including Venice while Italian and Austrian forces push on the Tyrol frontier amid rising tensions and Belgian relief efforts underway.
The Aurora Republican editor was elected vice-president of the Nebraska State Press Association at the annual Omaha meeting in April. He previously owned the St. Paul Republican and led the Aurora Republican, later serving as secretary of the state railway commission before returning to the newspaper business.
Guards are in contact and have fired first shots. The plan of campaign is not disclosed but is generally believed to seek a quick decisive defeat or at least a discouraging blow to Italians, largely by German forces under Field Marshal von Hindenburg.
London reports that the American Commission for the Relief of Belgium has well stocked warehouses at Rotterdam and other centers. The system can endure interruptions in supply without Belgians facing immediate starvation. A key issue remains that warring nations would not allow purchase of Belgian foodstuffs inside their territories.
Rome reports that German and Austrian governments barred about 30 000 Italians from leaving their territories provoking strong reactions. The Giornale d Italia doubts the claim citing Italy’s prior protections for Austrians and Germans on Italian soil. Shipping large orders for military stores and foodstuffs to Italy are noted in New York amid ongoing US supply draws by Italy.
Washington telegram reports fires burning at the north end of Tongass National Forest Alaska, threatening settlers homes and a heavy government timber stand as troops respond to protect the area.
Scottsbluff plans a farmers cooperative creamery. Eike of Beatrice observes Flag Day June 14. New jail and bridge projects advance. Upland church dedicated. Kearney seeding mile concrete roadway begun. Sterling club dedicates HQ. Beatrice Chautauqua June 29 to July 5.
The report notes seeding wrapped up in early May across Western Canada with oats and barley planted. It highlights growing cattle farming and large alfalfa and fodder corn cultivation in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Authorities tout 160 acres free land and favorable railway or corporate lands for new settlers as February inquiries surge.
The quote emphasizes keeping conditions intact while transforming them into productive structures. It argues that constraints form the foundation from which meaningful systems or "temples" of service can be built, aligning methods with underlying rules.
Advertises Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to clear dandruff and itching on the scalp. Claims pure fragrant super creamy emollients relieve skin and scalp troubles and offers free samples by mail through Skin Book at Cuticura Dept XY Yeston. Sold everywhere.
A promotional notice claims the wife of the county attorney benefited from Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. It urges ordering four more treatments, touts permanent relief for stomach liver and intestinal problems, promises no distress after meals and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
A business man bluntly tells a woman seeking work that employment is scarce, while she defends her ladylike upbringing. The exchange highlights social expectations and the era’s gender role tensions in a concise dialogue.
An old advertising snippet promotes Fletcher's Castoria with a claim of over thirty years in use and a signature on the bottle. The fragment contrasts Scots and cinema for infants and children and ends with a quip about universal goodness and truth.
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