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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1921
Page
2
An Indianapolis News item notes a local ad for Hall’s Catarrh Medicine claiming internal action to cure catarrh. The piece also references a school board incident where staff stored equipment in a school closet, prompting a quip about material placement and a fire safety concern.
A testimonial letter from Mrs. W. Banes of Altoona Pennsylvania praising Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for her six children and a four year old baby, claiming the remedy made them healthier and better. The text includes whimsical snippets and garbled OCR leftovers.
Fire destroyed the east plant of the American Potash company at Antioch Nebraska causing losses estimated between 500000 and 700000. A wage cut proposal to contractors would reduce pay 20 to 25 percent effective May 1 with skilled labor dropping to 81 per hour and unskilled to 70 cents.
United States warns Hungary over attempts to restore the Hapsburg government and holds Germany responsible for war damages. President Harding’s stance was conveyed to France and Secretary Hughes, stressing reparations to the fullest extent of power. Reports note martial law in West Hungary, with 100000 troops drifting toward Libar’s forces, amid broader tensions in Europe. London says Germany acknowledged its obligation to discuss debt relief with the United States. Funeral rites for Cardinal Gibbons drew a vast Catholic dignity gathering in Baltimore.
Washington report notes March 21 peak haul of 408,411 freight cars in an American Keltway mediation record. The figure marks a rise from early March with a surplus of cars noted across the system and a large increase over March 1.
Reports from across Western Canada describe an unusually mild and dry winter that left fields well prepared for the 1921 crop. Farmers anticipate a strong harvest as spring work begins and conditions for germination look favorable across Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba.
Fragmentary ad copy promotes Bayer Aspirin tablets claiming genuine Bayer tablets and usage directions by physicians over 21 years. It mentions taking substitutes, cold relief, and a distressed voice urging a woman to brace up amid social neglect.
Local items include a $2000 state appropriation for a Vern County fish pond and a 75 member ship charter at oe. Rebekah lodge organized in Liberty with forty two members. Wind damage reports and civic notes cover churches resignations, school appointments, and community events across Nebraska towns including Ravenna, Omaha, Sidney, and Columbus with mentions of parishes, revivals, and public works projects.
Fragmentary OCR captures stray lines about handkerchiefs and washing with soap and Ball Blue dye. Surviving bits mention questions about poetry and writing, with unclear, garbled phrases and stray names.
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