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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
3
An old advertisement extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules for backache and kidney bladder ailments. It claims quick relief cleansing kidneys purifying the blood and making a new you with possible cures for conditions tied to the bladder and kidneys. The copy urges urgent use and offers a money back guarantee via druggists.
In a terse exchange the crowd notes wheatless bread while officials murmur about tax relief. Citizens wonder how shortages and policy shifts will affect daily meals and prices amid uncertain curbs.
American Arthur Guy Empey recounts joining the British Army, training in France, and frontline experiences. He and companion Atwell face shelling, gas attacks, and dangerous patrols, including a mistaken arrest of a brigadier general by a Royal Irish rifles private. The spy remains uncaught.
A few days after, the narrator reports to divisional HQ about thirty kilos behind the line. The A P M assigns billet No 78 for quarters and rations. He rests in a straw bed as cold drizzle falls outside.
An unknown narrator recalls being roused in the rain by a regimental sergeant major and taken to a barn to form a firing squad. Twelve men, one blank and eleven live rounds, prepare to execute a condemned soldier at 3:28 a.m. under a commanding officer's orders. The account ends with the author's fear as the squad forms.
A mother and child occupy a full car seat during a holiday week. The child reminds her mother she forgot to bring a gift for the teacher, prompting a tart remark and a firm seat return to emphasize the Christmas spirit as the mother sees it.
The Observer of Events and Things notes that old-fashioned door knocking waned yet opportunity remains active, stressing that diligent effort and timely actions continue to yield results for workers and businesses.
A crowded street car moment shows a wounded soldier entering as a young girl Dorothy offers her mother's lap. She says you can sit on money's lap, reflecting admiration for soldiers in a curious wartime vignette from Harper's Magazine.
A garbled exchange notes a missing Kalser found after six weeks. the speaker asks where the person is and mentions not recognizing him. The fragment implies a search or inquiry in a local setting with casual dialogue.
Health advice urges protecting the stomach in hot weather and promotes STONIC and EATONIC as quick relief for acid indigestion, heartburn, and gas. The tonic claims to ease summer stomach and bowel misery, with a 50 cent price and money back guarantee through your trusted druggist.
A fragment notes tension over a claim about a Marine or dog reference with German limits on civilian clothing purchases. The wording is incomplete, and the context implies objections to bravado and wartime restrictions, but details remain unclear.
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