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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1917
Page
2
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women suffering from weakness and menstrual issues. It claims to end crying spells, strengthen constitution, and provide a herbal tonic free of alcohol, offering a trial package by mail from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
An Omaha reader extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as an effective tonic for nervousness and a weakened condition, claiming immediate relief and lifelong use since girlhood. The note is signed Mary La Londe, 5301 North 34th Street, and ends with Typhoid.
A Ohio State Journal excerpt discusses sleep trouble and insomnia. It cites a hygienist who attributes relief to relaxation and positive thoughts rather than sheer willpower. He suggests embracing benevolent thoughts to ease body and mind and promote restful sleep.
General Diaz named first in command with Badoglio second and Grandino third as General Cadorna is replaced. General Foch and General Wilson join the Inter Allied Committee with Cadorna to coordinate efforts while Italian troops retreat and rear guards slow the Austro German advance toward the Piave.
An American steamship Rochester torpedoed and sunk off on November 2 with four sailors dead and several missing. In a separate report to the Navy, a freight ship crew said an American naval gunner sank a German submarine in the Mediterranean, according to a dispatch from an Atlantic Port dated November 10.
Citizens of Collins and Glidden Iowa discuss erecting monuments to Dewey Kern the first Iowan captured by Germans and Morel D Hay the first Iowan killed in action abroad Kern resided in Collins Hay in Glidden Memorial services for Hay were held in Glidden last night. Dr Adolph Wagner a former Berlin professor dies in Berlin. He held an honorary degree from the University of Wisconsin. Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii is dying physicians report.
Washington reports a shift in wartime diplomacy with Japan. An open door accord on special interests in China and Mexican ties outlines military and economic cooperation to pressure Prussian aims while avoiding new immigration concessions. The agreement, described as an understanding, does not supersede the 1908 Root Takahiro pact.
Fuel Administrator Garfield issued a wartime order limiting advertising lights to 7 45 p m to 11 p m with coal or coke electricity. Nonessential industrial coal will be sharply reduced in days. Industries will be classified. nonessential will receive limited fuel. Ohio and Michigan will suspend coal priority for one day November 19 to assist North West shipments.
President Wilson issued the 1917 Thanksgiving proclamation calling the nation to gratitude amid world war danger. The document designates Thursday, November 20, as Thanksgiving Day.
The 1917 American corn crop reached 3 191 083 000 bushels and the potato crop topped 440 000 000 bushels per final Agriculture Department harvest reports. In Jackson Michigan burglars wrecked the Farmers State Bank in Concord and escaped with about 18 000 dollars.
U S treasury reports 4.6176 billion dollars subscribed for the second Liberty loan, overshooting the 3 billion target by 54 percent. All federal reserve districts surpassed their quotas, with 9.4 million people participating in the nationwide bond sale within 11 days after the close.
Wildwood New Jersey November 8 The Hotel Greylock was destroyed by fire with losses estimated at 50000 The cause remains unknown Local reports date back to November 9 in Kent Ohio noting two interurbans collided with several dead and many injured in a separate incident Amsterdam November 8 references Austro German advances toward Venice via Berlin agency Bloomington Michigan November 8 William Mennen aged 104 dies in Benson Illinois born in Germany Longtime residents describe him as pioneer farmer A Youngstown Ohio November 10 explosion damages American Sintering plant with estimated losses of 75000
The week covers Red Cross drives, Liberty Bond fundraising, farm updates, and public notices across Nebraska. It notes county food administration plans, potato crop losses, livestock sales, new church and school projects, and local civic efforts amid wartime conditions.
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