Lift off Corns Dont Hurt and Freezone Costs Cheap
An ad promises painless corn removal with Lift off Corns and claims Freezone costs only a few cents. It markets a cheap home remedy for foot care and corns.
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
2
An ad promises painless corn removal with Lift off Corns and claims Freezone costs only a few cents. It markets a cheap home remedy for foot care and corns.
The Nebraska Legislature in extraordinary session ratified the federal amendment granting women the vote. Governor McKelvie signed as the final act, with suffrage supporters praising the completed ratification and the women of the state expressing gratitude for the honor and cooperation shown.
Washington reports a national cotton production estimate calculated from crop conditions on July 25. The figure indicates 7.1 percent of normal, signaling a severe yield shortfall.
Governor McKelvie refused to heed the house request for another extra session to tackle profiteering. After the house passed a resolution, he appeared before the body to explain his decision and cited personal reasons for his refusal.
Lincoln reports Governor McKelvie will enforce the civil administrative code after a district court ruling, appointing six department secretaries: Finance Philip F. Bross, Agriculture Leo A. Stuhr, Trade and Commerce J. B. Hart, Labor Frank A Kennedy, Public Works George E Johnson, Public Welfare HHH Antler. The aim is to consolidate administration, fix responsibility, and improve efficiency under the code.
A Hastings reunion draws 24 000 visitors from Adams and nearby counties including 700 veterans. Primary elections set for September 14 to choose candidates for the OCenetitarhenal convention. Nebraska road and telecommunication rate changes loom as counties debate funding and services. A large cargo of potash orders signals strong agricultural commerce.
The Senate adopted a resolution censuring Dean W. G. Hastings of the state university college of law for accepting a paid role as attorney in the effort to defeat the foreign language law enacted by the last legislature. The vote was 14 to 9 in the extra session.
A firebomb destroyed Oscar Lawlor residence on New Hampshire street and Wilshire boulevard in a quiet district. Lawlor and another man were seriously burned as assailants used gas soaked canes and an iron pipe device in the blast. Authorities link the attack to Lawlor’s role in prosecuting a group of dynamiters years earlier.
Six dreadnoughts of the Pacific fleet off Colima were shaken by a double earthquake twelve miles from shore. The Mexican tremor caused the New Mexico to list as if hitting a reef while crewmen reported a swaying tops and the ship sounded collision quarters. No damage was reported and the quake likely tied to a tidal wave from possible volcanic activity. In Chicago an incendiary fire destroyed 100 homes of Polish and Lithuanian stockyard workers, leaving 3,000 homeless and prompting race-tie suspension of colored employees under Governor Lowden’s guidance.
Prominent U S counsel contend that the wartime prohibition bill is unconstitutional until the eighteenth amendment takes effect on January 16 1920. They argue Congress must express power to prohibit manufacture and sale of beer whether intoxicating or not.
Government ownership and railway policy discussed amid concerns over high living costs. The report notes calls to examine rail management and potential reforms affecting transportation and prices.
Washington surplus army food sales begin in August with direct consumer purchases. Officials announce distribution channels and price levels for private buyers as part of the program.
Fragmentary text references E. Pinkham and expectant mothers with mentions of maternity factors and locations such as Mitchell Indiana and Ly Lynn, Massachusetts. The passage is garbled with broken phrases and unreadable sections, yielding no cohesive event or outcome to report.
The Birmingham Age-Herald reports a Chattanooga sermon by Bishop Bristol advising prospective grooms to curb wedding day boasts about their mothers kitchen when addressing their wives. The piece also promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for household use and humorously remarks on cork and manners in a later note.
A fragment from a 19th century column notes a husband’s sleep quality with a playful exchange about his sounds. The passage captures domestic humor and reader engagement in a brief, informal aside.
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