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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1916
Page
2
Attentive correspondent Tole shares a humorous excerpt from a letter about male chores and delays in courtship. The piece depicts a man’s long talk on socialism war and psychic therapies before seeking marriage. The narrator jokes about being surprised by his Emmanuel movement involvement.
In Everett Washington on Sunday a clash at the city wharf between Industrial Workers of the World from Seattle aboard the steamer Verona and a 10 man citizen posse led by Sheriff McRae ended in six deaths and many wounded. The Verona headed back to Seattle after shots rang out. several fell on deck and others jumped overboard, with some later found dead or missing believed drowned. Governor Lister ordered National Guard to Everett. the Verona returned with five dead and twenty injured. police and guardsmen surrounded the dock as suspects were jailed.
Proclamations read at Warsaw and Lubin announce Poland's right to govern itself under an autonomous hereditary monarchy. General von Be seier and General Kuk participated as joint German Austrian action formalized under central powers. A Polish army is to be created, marking a major European moment.
Bertin reports Fort Vaux on the Verdun front has been evacuated by the Germans after a heavy bombardment. French forces pushed forward through fog and smoke, winning fresh ground Wednesday night following the bombardment.
A dispatch from Washington dated November 6 reports that nine thousand Carransistas are to be concentrated at a designated location for subsequent action.
Lawsuits filed in U S district court accuse Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and 441 other rail companies of withholding coal cars from mine sites. Plaintiffs seek immediate restraining orders and temporary injunctions to return cars to Chicago and Eastern Indiana lines for mine service. The action names Ayrdale Coal and SClintos Condrompers among others and asserts widespread car diversion and confiscation.
Bandits halted a passenger train from Juarez toward Laguia in Chihuahua and killed 20 Carranza soldiers guarding it. They robbed passengers, looted supplies, and forced everyone including women to strip as they took clothing and valuables.
John Copeland, charged with killing William Bleck an anti Catholic lecturer, was acquitted by a district court jury after 84 hours of deliberation. Bleck was killed in a Marshall hotel on February 3 1915 while Copeland was bank cashier in town.
Italian forces on the Austro Italian front report four days of action ending with five Austrian assaults on Mont Col Bricon and Cime Boeche observatory repelled. Italy captured 270 Austro-Hungarian officers and 8,722 men, with total since August 6 reaching 40,365 including 1,008 officers. Numerous enemy casualties left on the field.
The French drive beyond Fort Vaux sweeps through Damioup and enlarges gains east of the fort. Verdun front sees heavy artillery action as both sides report clashes east of the Meuse. Also noted a banker, Dr P F Pickering of Mansfield, found dead on a hunting trip in Langford slough, heart disease listed as cause.
Britain weighs adopting an American coinage system as reports on a potential shift surface. The article claims a purported murder linked to Villa hints at upheaval, with mentions of U.S. government officials and press correspondents noting confusion over independent Venezuela-like events.
The article notes discussion in Great Britain toward a decimal system for currency and measures, with caution about parts not suited to the American coinage plan. It also covers wheat shipments from Australia to California amid high prices and a tragic Irish sea disaster involving two ships, with at least 100 lives lost and no American casualties.
London reports the German submarine U-boat, sister to U-63, may act as convoy for the freighter Deutschland on its return to Germany. Captain Paw Koenig cautions he would not be surprised if the voyage brings renewed naval risk. Washington fears coal prices will rise as a winter fuel shortage looms due to wholesale buying by large industrial buyers.
Fragmentary text describes Mrs Brown, purportedly a careful householder or “hermit,” amid confusing lines about a spouse, promotions, and household matters. The garbled OCR yields little clear sense of event, date, or outcome beyond a family context and implied domestic focus.
A kit for baby bath includes hot water Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment promising instant relief and sleep. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura Boston. The page also recites a dinner party tale about a frightened child and a servant and ends mid sentence with a children’s party scene.
A child begs to tell her mother a secret at bedtime and is sent to sleep with a promise to share in the morning. The dialogue captures a bedtime scene where patience and a child's impulse to tell overpower the routine ritual.
In a Pittsburgh park, three youths sought ice cream and cake from a waitress after a meal. The dialogue includes orders for devil's food and walnut cake, with odd banter and a prankish tone attributed to the group.
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