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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
2
In Canonsburg Pennsylvania a moving picture film exploded triggering a deadly stampede. Twenty six persons were killed and more than sixty injured as men women and children were crushed near the exit ten feet from the doorway. A shout of fire sparked the panic and the crowd surged toward the entrance.
Ossining New York Captain E Van Schaick former commander of the General Slocum after a fire that killed about a thousand has been paroled by the federal pardon board He served three years and four months in Sing Sing and may return to his young wife President Taft showed interest and the parole follows the required portion of the ten year term.
In Yahola vicinity, N. K. Farmer's fields west of the city show holes that appeared weeks ago. Some sink ten feet deep, rendering the land unfit for cultivation or pasture and alarming local residents.
Frank B. Clemons will lead two American white tailed deer hitched to a light wagon from San Francisco to New York. The animals have been trained for a year and respond to commands in a docile manner.
President Taft used a Boston rally to attack La Follette and Democratic tactics, signaling a coming bitter clash with insurgents through the 1912 campaign. The speech framed reformers as political opponents and warned of continued battles in Congress.
Chicago widows of twenty firemen killed in the stockyards receive funds as the city distributes the Firemen's Fund. Officials pledge ongoing support for families and survivors.
A broad roundup notes the Wiley inquiry delay, tariff reform hints, and a senate probe into 1907 panic. Taft limits visitors for two weeks and majors shift to military base consolidation. Postal rapid transit for magazines begins September 1. International and domestic events follow, from trials of embargoes to rail strikes and a bridge collapse in Oregon.
A collage of brief notes reports on Taft's vacation golf outing in Washington and global events. It mentions the Iowa state fair in Des Moines strikers in London stock market impacts from strikes Pope Pius recovery Kansas City union depot cost rail losses in London and Northwestern rail strike casualties and a crowd paying tribute at Plaza Hotel to an influential figure, with garbled trailing text from OCR.
Lincoln horseman Julius Zulow found dead under a table in his rooming house. Austin Boling and a cousin announce marriage in Atchison Kansas. C. M. Davis killed on a train near Ravenna. Burlington dining car workers fight on No. 42. knife injury. Japanese waiter bound over for enticing a 16 year old girl. Falls City bank increases capital and surplus. Judge Graves seeks reelection with no opposition. Pioneer Samuel Lauver dies of heart failure. Lightning destroys Homer Lunn’s barn. horses saved. Boyd Burrows loses tent show in railroad fire. Senator Norris to speak at Nebraska State Fair. Seventy-nine pioneers die in Burt County last year. Sutton drowning victim Joseph McLaughlin buried in Sutton. Emery Marsh and others nearly poisoned by cow milk after rattlesnake bite. Severe electrical storm near Arapahoe damages John Michael farmhouse and Elkhorn barn.
The article details male students earning reports from 506 men with 359 detailing work and earnings totaling 49818.23 dollars, an average of 128.76 per man, while 612 of 1242 registered students were self supporting. The university paid 72634.79 to students across departments and campuses, and overall earnings exceed 115000 dollars. It also notes a law banning gift enterprises tied to sales and commentary on oil price enforcement.
The state faces a question about paying a substitute at the Beatrice Institute for the Feeble Minded as Superintendent Thomas is ill. Land Commissioner Cowles notes the substitute may cost the state nothing if hired on the assumption of Thomas’s illness. The issue hinges on salary continuation versus substitute pay. The Nebraska State Fair opens with record harness racing promises from the fair board secretary. Two hundred seventy-three harness horses are entered, boosting expectations for a strong show.
Edward Gucker of 6128 14th St Til. suffered severe back pain and rapid weight loss as his kidneys failed. Doctors gave little hope until Doan's Kidney Pills eased his symptoms and he credits a full cure. Sold by druggists and stores for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Mme Nordica at a Deal Beach garden party quips about Europe tour and museum fragments. A Chicago meat salesman asks what the centaur would be fed, provoking a lighthearted exchange. A note about Wizard Oil and a quip on getting the last word ends the item.
Topeka sellers offer five sample cards from Gold Buveseed Birthday Flower and Moth series. Address Ti Jackson St provides contact for Art Post Cara Club. Odd sayings appear in ad as light humor mixed with product notes on cigars and ice cream.
A Baltimore reader shares a testimonial praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Idle Compound for curing her fifteen year old daughter Alice after two doctors failed. The letter describes symptoms as pale with dark circles, weakness, and irritability and cites gratitude from many similar letters.
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