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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
7
Madame Sardou, famed milliner and wife of Victorien Sardou, helped launch his break with a bright comedy she nudged to a manager. She secured the reading and, presenting a hat as an improvised curtain-raiser, claimed the work would succeed. The play, “A Scrap of Paper,” proved a hit, marking Sardou’s rise.
A Munich list of strict regulations shows cycling fines for license checks, bells, brakes, lamps, and even riding on closed roads. Merchants face penalties for eye catching displays, and decor on storefronts. The piece notes oddities in nightly curfews and windows as well as satirical dialogue on domestic life and fashion.
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker leads the newly formed Public Service League and Joost Wiles Biscuit Co to defeat a Denver aldermen ordinance aimed at stopping brewery swill feeding to cows. Across Arkansas Presbyterians and Methodists exchange hymn lines in neighboring churches. Philadelphia plans free outdoor music with a $15,000 appropriation for concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra and city band in plaza and parks.
A patient testimonial from Charles T. Hauer of Volant Pa describes twelve years of eczema on hands feet and arms then claims rapid cure after using Cuticura Remedies. The ad cites Potter Drug & Chem Corp as sole proprietors and notes German facilities treating many patients weekly.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Bare as a relief for sore or tired feet with a testimonial from Mrs Matilda Holtweet of Providence Ro 1. It also notes the Chinese government arsenals at Byanton turning out rifles and gas according to latest patterns. The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition invited Seattle mothers of babies born in June to have their infants christened on the expo grounds in July.
Mrs Ida Wells Barnett at the Negro Conference in New York declared that 3 284 negroes have been lynched in the last quarter of a century.
Large crowds including men women and children attacked streetcars and beat drivers during disturbances in Philadelphia as authorities attempted to maintain strike operations. The event disrupted transit and drew police presence amid tensions.
The article notes US railroad mileage reached 230000 in 1908, up from 136883 in 1888 and 425,164 in 1898, with net capitalization at 13,000,007,012, up 39.8 percent since 1898. It also cites a professor’s remark on psychology language, and demographics of working women, widows, and divorced wage earners, plus a denial from the War Department about Cuba expedition troops and 9254 books published in 1908.
A plan for a special institute in Heidelberg to conduct experiments with radium to treat diseases is noted. The item also surveys figures on wealth growth in the United States from 1850 to 1904, Japan’s telegraph network, and transportation capitalizations, alongside anecdotes on suffrage, church distributions, and notes on industry and rail systems.
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