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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1892
Page
1
Obscure local notices and classified snippets from Steele City. Includes obituaries, advertising pricing, and civic notices with scattered names and addresses.
County commissioners discuss county status and parish precinct matters as part of an official briefing. County assessor Newton presides over precinct updates and related administrative actions.
Court notices announce that filings for the county court and district court are heard on the first Monday of each month. Judge A. H. Mounton presides.
Societies, City Lodge No 107 and City Lodge Nos 151 116 announce regular communications in G A. M. rooms with first and third of each month. D. A. Cunsencron and W. M. Bee M. Bixsy invite visitors. visiting officers BWANT and W Kraronyes recorders greet attendees.
A damaged OCR fragment from a local notices page mentions Meese at second and sixth, a weekly schedule in G A R hall, and City Alliance No 141 with meetings on fourth Saturdays at 7:90 p m. Likely notes neighborhood organizational events with garbled names.
Baptists announce Sunday services every other Sunday at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Rev. H. Beraiay pastors. Aid Society meets every second Sunday. Covenant meeting on the first Sunday in enc. ool classes each Sunday at 10 a.m. Supt Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions an 11 am schedule and Thursday observances with names like Pastor Bhny and J B RayMonp, plus a superintendent. Details are garbled and missing context, making specifics uncertain.
Nebraska items include Elsie shake spear society Chadron academy rebuild 1104 Templars in Tremont over 400 incurables at Hastings hospital burglaries in North Bend and a Fremont paper named The News. Also reports of harvests at Tobias and Gibbon corn ears, plus a Homestead strike summary and cave-in at Hazel Dell coal mine in Centralia.
A group of Hungarians on the Pan Handle extension above New Cumberland locked their boss in a tool box and set a fire awaiting cremation. Teamsters intervened, freed him, and he allegedly fired on the crowd, wounding two as onlookers scattered.
The Henney trial at the First Presbyterian church resumed with Prof Smith representing him and a large audience present. Dr Lowe sought to supplement remarks to allow full response in closing, argued the charges followed the Presbyterian manual, and contended Prof Smith erred over the Irish articles on itinerancy.
In Brown City on November 24 the hearse horses bolted as the body of Joshua Summers was being placed in the cemetery. The casket shattered, the corpse was mutilated, and the following hearse animals ran away. The son and daughter of the deceased were badly injured.
In Canton Ohio on November 22 William McKinley Sr. father of Governor McKinley remains critically ill with paralysis spreading to a leg. Doctors say death could occur at any moment though the family clings to hope for the best.
Arkansas City reports a major fire destroying the Desha Lumber and Planing Company mill and five million feet of hardwood lumber. The Boston owned plant loss is estimated at 100000 with 300000 total including three judge Murphy homes and Mrs. Fannie Mason residence.
A southbound Mobile & Birmingham train left the rails near Jackson yesterday morning and toppled into a ditch. The locomotive and smoker car caught fire but were put out with difficulty. Thirty passengers were unharmed aside from Edward Adams a traveling salesman who sustained serious injuries.
A fierce cyclone struck the southern Boone county area near Gaither mountain around midnight destroying property and causing heavy rain. The storm moved northeastward collapsing trees and fences and washing out stock. reports note widespread ruin across the 200 yard wide path.
A dynamite bomb exploded yesterday outside the home of Count Forgosso in Lisbon. The residence was damaged and windows shattered but no one was injured. The count heads the committee planned for a royal reception after the king and queen return from Madrid.
Berlin reports the Reichsrat states measures to cover army bill costs will be submitted to the Bundesrath. The plan includes higher taxes on beer and brandy and a doubling of taxes on house transactions, totaling an 58,000,000 mark increase. Tobacco taxes will not rise.
Denver court rules ushers acted for the lessees of the Tabor Opera House when a black treasurer was forcibly removed after Henry George spoke. The $10,000 damages suit is dismissed with appeal to the supreme court planned.
B F Rynd a lumber merchant of Allegheny City failed with liabilities of 125000 and assets unknown. Forged checks are alleged but denied by relatives who say his mind is unhinged. Byad left the city due to ill health as the failure caused a local panic among lumber dealers and hit firms in New York Massachusetts and Illinois.
In Winnamac Indiana Walter A Woodberry found a deer hide manuscript inside a white oak. The translated markings show a treaty between the Miami and Pottawotamie tribes dated 1834. It notes cession of lands north of the Wabash and west of the Kankakee rivers to Aubbeamah the Pottawotamie chief.
In the Russian Gazette Count Tolstoi warns of continuing misery among Russian peasants with famine again threatening famine-stricken districts. He notes the rye harvest mirrors 1891 and cites dire conditions, fires, and a bleak outlook for the poor amid widespread hardship.
An Indiana hunting party in Sullivan near Muskegon Michigan reports a dramatic bear encounter. A hunter shot two cubs, the old bear attacked, and a woman woodworker nearby saved him with a rifle shot, a weapon she had never used before, earning praise and a reward.
Storms hit Missouri with heavy snowfall on November 19 in Saint Joseph and surrounding towns. Snow depth reached inches east of the city at Chillicothe and Ibbard, causing telegraph outages. Plattsburg Richmond and Chillicothe postponed Democratic ratification parades due to the weather.
The Bell Iowa depot of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line was burned to the ground yesterday around 4 pm. The agent who lived upstairs lost everything. his wife escaped by jumping from the second story. The fire started in the freight room from an unknown cause. The town plans immediate rebuilding.
Acting Secretary Spaulding issues circular to customs collectors on immigrant carrying ships. He notes cholera danger remains and precautionary measures cannot be relaxed without risk to public safety. Objection to steerage immigration not apply to ships with US citizens and their families aboard.
In Wallace Nebraska on 18 November two wagons loaded with bay were driven into the public square where a kerosene turret was placed and a fight ensued. Jaeckel, accused, fled. Hellington was badly wounded with two stomach wounds and a back gash. Police say the injuries may prove fatal and Jaeckel remains at large.
Bitter misfortune strikes the family of ex sheriff John Hixson of this county. He retired last January with a fine record and esteem, but debts wiped out his property and salary. His wife left him last week. he went to Arkansas yesterday. Mrs Hixson wanders county seeking explanations amid rumors of infidelity and a wayward son tied to a Texas gambler’s murder and penitentiary term.
In Alexandria Indiana on November 18 a dispute over Cleveland election led to a shooting. Paul Finch and Fred Benton insulted a La blower's wife, Finch grabbed a revolver at his barber shop and fired into a crowd, injuring five including Frank Cox who is critically wounded. Marshal Finnimore arrested Fitch and Benton. they were taken to Anderson for fodgen.
D M Pacher, a 55 year old farmer from near Cornuse Iowa, killed himself last night with a butcher knife. He leaves a wife and five children. Described as quiet and eccentric, he has been partly insane regarding religion for six months and recently refused to sign a pension paper saying he was not ready for it. He was an elder in the county.
At 104 am the jury returned with a verdict finding Garvin guilty in the case presided by Judge McClung. The outcome concludes the trial with the jury delivering the decision after deliberation.
An essay in Arena by C Woo Davis argues for government control of railroads citing saved costs. It critiques private interests, notes high stocks and bonds, and claims substantial profits and rents benefit owners. The piece calls for reform and public accountability in transportation.
On August 20 1892 Erastus Wiman of New York a leading figure denounces organized capital and warns that three railroads the Lehigh Valley Reading and New Jersey Central control over 90 percent of the nation’s coal and could starve Buffalo or New York of coal while condemning organized labor and militia deployments in labor disputes.
The report notes Mr. Vanderbilt owns over two million shares in Lamford AM and signals strong prospects for the company.
Fragmented text discusses banking and loaning practices with unclear figures. It mentions citizens and resources, hinting at the idea that banks provide loans and profits are extracted annually. The passage lacks coherent details or names to anchor a full summary.
A fragmented snippet mentions Tasmania and Australia with unclear monetary figures including 5 876 000 008 and 20 068 and 910 000 000. The text suggests remuneration or remunerative works but the context is missing and details are incomplete.
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