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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a proven remedy for coughs colds and lung troubles. It claims decades of success and suggests taking doses to prevent severe illness. The notice lists price 25 and 75 cents and notes sales through pharmacists worldwide.
A Cincinnati chemist introduces freezone a new drug sold in tiny bottles at low cost. Apply drops to a tender corn or callus then lift away the loosened tissue with the fingers. The product claims no pain irritation or burning and works on hard and soft corns and toe infections. If not in stock ask a pharmacist to obtain it.
A terse exchange features a father urging ambition and a son asking for a fast route. The sly answer involves an unsafe metaphor about smoking over a gasoline tank, highlighting a dangerous temptation to accelerate gains.
A garbled ad style note advocates Swamp Root for kidney weakness and back pain. It promotes immediate relief and urges readers to test the product at nearby stores, mentioning Kilmer and general indications without clear medical evidence.
A damaged fragment discusses ethnic courage amid death, with unclear context and speculative phrasing. The readable portion mentions facing danger and identity, but concrete facts, names, places, or events are absent.
Free trial offer for Cuticura products addressing skin troubles includes claims of relief. Advert appears from a period publication promoting topical treatments and sample access.
Washington reports outline attempts to seal an economic blockade against trading with the enemy through peace time channels. The plan includes training camps for officers at Fort Sheridan and prevents German American traders from routing supplies via Scandinavian intermediaries. The War Department declares marry-after-war husbands will have same military obligations as others to avoid evasion.
Amsterdam dispatches report Dr Urban minister of commerce and Dr Baern retther minister without portfolio have resigned. The moves are linked to the Austrian parliament convocation next month and broader cabinet resignations after a graft scandal. Early this month the ministers of justice war and finance also surrendered portfolios.
London records an extraordinary tribute as the British commissioner of works orders the stars and stripes to fly with the British ensign on all public buildings in recognition of America. The historic display marks a notable moment in diplomatic gesture.
Gen Lee Christmas a Memphis native with decades in governments and revolutionary groups in Central America has reached New Orleans en route to Washington to offer his services to President Wilson. He says he has important matters to discuss once he learns of the United States severing relations with Germany.
Fires from attacks on German property in Porto Alegre spread to Rio Grande do Sul as about 7,400 federal troops are deployed to the governor. An official notice says the situation is nearly normal. A British sailor saved a national guardsman on the Boston waterfront and a Senate revenue bill of 7.9 billion dollars passed unanimously in Washington.
Major General Thomas H. Barry announces plans to train ten thousand officers to command the first half million men for foreign service. Camps at Fort Sheridan Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Snelling and Fort Riley will accept up to 2,500 each for three months of instruction. Eligibility covers reserve officers trainees cadets graduates of military schools and college graduates aged twenty years nine months to forty four.
Berlin Vorwaerts reports the strike spreading across Berlin as Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg declines to arbitrate. In the U S, a farm near Wessington Springs South Dakota yields a powerful two mast wireless station dismantled by federal officer T W Taubann. Russians in Copenhagen view Berlin demonstrations as a possible German revolution. Emperor Charles of Austria is quoted in Luxemburg about war and peace.
An advertisement urges Americans to boost food production for the war effort. It cites high grain prices, calls for patriotic labor on farms, and promotes Western Canada as a dominant, affordable wheat supplier with reports of fifty bushels per acre. It frames land ownership as national duty and prosperity amid Allied victory.
Fragmentary lines discuss a gentleman not receiving today, a person not delivering but collecting, and a remark that great men do much for others and seek posthumous fame. The text reads as a rough, reflective, late period note.
The Nebraska State Board of Control reports 90 to 100 healthy babies from the dependent children home in Lincoln may soon be adopted into good homes. Chairman Mayfield notes plans to broaden adoption, inviting families to visit the Lincoln home to choose a child aged from a few months to 14 years, with complete records provided. The board also pledges to boost home resources and husband resources to support operations and plant every available acre to aid costs.
The state university senate announced that seniors who enlist for government service will receive full credit and diplomas in absentia with no fees. All other students who enlist will also get full credit. Chancellor Avery urged faculty unity behind the government and urged forgetting past faculty disputes. The Rural Life Conference scheduled for June 5 to 15 was postponed due to the national emergency.
Two American girls after a lecture on Norway express pride and humor. One proclaims she was born in Norway, while the other says she chose to be born in America and be a citizen there.
A garbled OCR note praises Allen's Foat-Ease for troops to mix with their rations. It stresses comfort for Allied and British engineering troops, claiming reduces friction for walking and ease of movement amid travel and supply contexts.
In a witty exchange, Chartey and Mrs. Torkins joke about his time in the guardhouse after joining a military company. She quips he may become like Napoleon, and he replies he plans to start at the Elba end of Napoleon's career and work the other way.
A mother plans a party after her son asks for a celebration but fears his behavior. The boy invites every child he meets, filling the house with guests as she discovers the unintended outcome and the motive is revealed.
A playful dialogue contrasts a claim of owning the last word in automobiles with questions about specifications. The exchange implies real success lies in personal satisfaction rather than technical details.
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