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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
2
A promotional ad touts DFOPS and Freezone as a fast fix for hard corns and calluses. It claims instant relief by lifting corns with fingers after softening, and promises a painless removal without irritation. The copy highlights a Cincinnati inventor and prices it as inexpensive at drug stores.
Allied troops regain lost ground near a French city as American forces counter attack after a heavy German push. Despite being outnumbered, U S and French units endure brutal hand to hand fighting and heavy shelling while British lines shift near Ypres.
Commanders praise all ranks for their valor in Apremont wood fighting alongside French troops. The Rev Des Valles of New Bedford Mass is noted for aiding soldiers, tending injuries, and boosting morale. American officers adopt French methods to train and select artillery officers amid larger units.
Reading is unclear. article fragment notes American troops marching and singing amid fatigue. Details incomplete. likely wartime field report focusing on morale and endurance.
London reports describe a fierce assault southeast and east of Bailleul, Mount de Lille and Reversberg, with German divisions newly engaged and high ground captured. Canadian officials announce immediate reinforcements and broadened conscription to ages 19 to 23, with plans to raise 100000 men, as front developments may prompt parliament action.
British lines withdrawn to a new line near Ypres and Meteren retaken after a counter attack on the northern front. South of Arras German troops driven from British trenches. German artillery activity increases and heavy losses reported south of the Somme.
The war office reports Greek and British troops crossed the Struma River on the eastern flank and occupied seven villages Beglik-Mah Kakaraska Salmah Kispeki and Ada with minimal casualties.
Dispatch from Eindhoven reports a new mutiny among German troops at Beverloo camp in Limburg province Belgium. Some mutineers were shot and the resistance reportedly continues. Separate note from France says thirty American infantrymen and thirty French troops raided the German right bank of the Meuse, causing enemy casualties. In Kobe Japan forces guarding Vladivostok consulates include a Japanese brigade and a British armored cruiser detachment as police faced stone-throwing crowds. London report notes a Cologne Gazette dispatch via Copenhagen detailing a strong effort by an unnamed party.
The article details war related actions in Nebraska including a petition to run for U.S. Senate, Liberty Loan drives in many towns, food administration directives on wheat and beans, and county defense activities. It notes funds raised for Camp Funston, drafts and enlistment plans, and local officials guiding civil defense and riot strain.
Trinidad scientists report lizards and a fungus fight the cane pest hopper threat. West Indian entomologist W Urich demonstrates lizards consume many hoppers while US mycologist J Brrouer notes green muscardine spores kill adults. Research farms protect lizards and mass produce spores for field dusting.
A pennyworth beauty recipe claims two lemons and three ounces of orchard white make a quarter pint lemon lotion. It tones skin, removes sallowness and tan, and can be massaged daily on face neck arms and hands for a rosy, smooth complexion.
A South Dakota builder suggests saving wheat and other grain by installing trapdoors in bin walls so fires can release grain onto the ground. The idea, praised by Scientific American, involves bins having doors that open to expel grain during a fire.
An old advertisement promises an alterative extract from herbal ingredients in a sugar coated tablet. It claims to ease dizziness and lack of ambition and describes the product as small pleasant and natural. Priced at twenty five cents at most drug stores.
A terse exchange cautions against helping a man financially with the line Dont tend that man money. Why not Then you ll be borrowing troubie reflects a cautionary folk saying about lending and borrowing in a moral context.
An old advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative for stomach and liver disorders. It promises digestion regulation, stomach cleansing, bile stimulation, and blood purification with worldwide sale. Ends with a proverb about friends with good intentions harming more than enemies.
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