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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
3
An old advertisement style passage touts Castoria as a trusted remedy for infants and children with a long history. A stray quip about carrying a raw egg for fishbone relief appears, illustrating playful tone in the clipping.
An American archaeologist is said to have solved the Sphinx riddle by boring its head to remove sand revealing a hollow head. Mount Royal is described as once active volcano or lava tube for a Canadian North railway tunnel project. A Laurentian glacier left gneiss debris along Ste Monique street by the St Lawrence river.
President Wilson urges Congress to square tariff duties with current economic reality. He argues existing schedules favor monopolies and hinder competition, urging phased reforms and later banking and currency changes to restore prosperity and free enterprise.
A portrait of women obsessed with gems that signal status and identity, as jewelry marks social circles from debutantes to dowagers. The piece contrasts the glare of opals and emeralds with the watchful judgment of peers, then shifts to a sunlit metaphor about vitality and ripe girlhood.
The queen plans to accompany the king to the grand national next month yet still dislikes gambling. Years ago a royal rail trip to the derby saw the late King 04 ward propose a half crown sweep stake on the race. Princess Mary then grew horse with a fine chance while Princes Arthur of Connaught drew the blank, and suggested him.
A fragmentary OCR note references Lydia B. Pinkham Medicine Co and general advice on remedies. The text is garbled but signals a historical advertisement fragment with brand mention and medical claims.
A columnist notes that the girl’s metallic voice is attributed to her father’s steel industry wealth, suggesting a musical outcome shaped by a metalworking family’s fortune.
An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder promises relief for tired, aching and swollen feet. The copy urges购买 and sample requests directed to Allen S. Olmated in Le Roy, N Y with bold claims of superior comfort and a substitute-free product.
A playful exchange frames a romance as a legal drama with a man suing for love and a woman countering with a damages claim. The vignette treats romance as a court case, highlighting playful litigation between two lovers.
The ad promises readers a free box of assorted biscuits from Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co in Omaha Nebraska. A coupon must be cut out and mailed today. A horse joke follows with a jockey remark about a fall.
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pa. suffered dropsy with swollen limbs and fatigue until using six boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills. Swelling vanished and he felt restored. He remains a believer and urges others to contact Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY for bottles and free household hints music and recipes.
A reminiscence notes baldness is more common now and blames reduced use of bears grease. The pomade, made from lard with color and scent, reflects a bygone era when hairdressers advertised with dramatic bear-slaying scenes on canvas.
Senator George W. Norris addressed the Nebraska legislature urging a people over party approach. He attacked secret caucus and warned against patronage while endorsing bipartisan support for right actions. The governor has signed several bills, including a $15,000 penitentiary deficiency appropriation and measures on road building and tax funding.
The house sent several measures to the senate including a 23000 appropriation for Mrs. Roy Blunt and infant, a 1000 salary for each state prison board member, creation of a board for strikes and industrial disputes, notice requirements for rate changes by public service firms, display of poles six feet inside highway boundaries, and a 20000 appropriation for Milford Soldiers Home hospital building.
The senate favors setting a adjournment date while the house resists postponing all action on bills. A committee was named to discuss with the senate. it recommended delaying bills in both houses but the house refused to receive the report. Members said the panel was not to decide bill fate but to fix a date for adjournment.
Governor Morehead denies clemency to Henry Stehr a Madson County man sentenced to one to ten years for manslaughter in a case of extreme cruelty to his 5 year old son including failure to call a physician as the child's feet froze and decayed. The report notes other legislative actions including a binding twine factory bill with a $25,000 machinery appropriation and no working capital as the state board of control retains discretion.
The Omaha advertising bill allowing liquor ad notices in any daily paper failed 39 to 50 in the house amid fears of an obscure daily proliferating. The McKissick proposal to abolish capital punishment was defeated 21 to 10 after a heated senate debate. The electrocution bill passed the senate with an October 1 1913 effective date. Hoagland urged the university regents to install fire escapes on the women’s dorm home economics building at the state farm.
Rutgers Jewett, literary adviser, urged a young novelist to relocate to New York. He told him editors and publishers would readily turn to him in emergencies, highlighting the city as a career hub. A related quip notes some men save money by not smoking, doubting the calming effect.
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