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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
3
A miscellaneous front page item notes advertising for Peruna with a dialogue about a red-nosed man and a traveler meet near Milwaukee. It also includes a perfume of Cure and Cuticura usage for sore hands and a note about a dancer Highboche’s old dress yielding hidden French banknotes after auction.
A historical district narrative surveys Canton's urban contrast from crowded homes and street kitchens to luxury goods like lacquer and ivory carving. It notes pagoda-like temples, river ferries, boat dwellers, poverty, and plague response, with focus on guilds and a notable financier Hon Qua steering debt repair to protect Chinese credit.
The article lists chilled soups and light dishes for warm meals. It describes Cream of Cucumber Soup, Eggs a la Gourgeotes, Creamed Fish with Potato, Macaroni With Codfish, and Currant Ple, plus Curried Salmon and simple desserts as suitable luncheon options.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Washington state topics and a peculiar phrase about a person named Rontyy and varied imagery with fox references. The readable part hints at a dated, nonstandard prose likely from a historical column.
A fragment describes a character named Dinah in a domestic scene with a new butler. The mistress notes Dinah’s budding curiosity and a remark about a possible former husband. The text shifts to a Pittsburgh Chrometes Telegraph style mention of heavy traffic and a northern Minnesota route with a tamarack or mile road scene and a rifle sighting.
A farmer named Albert Tomer from Cottonwood County Minnesota notes oats yield and cost advantages over corn in Western Canada. He cites high grain quality, potential yields up to 100 bushels per acre, with per acre costs substantially lower than corn, and mentions Canadian tests and prizes for oats.
A note instructs placing the phrase DIAMOND. DYES along the Y axis to orient a package. The instruction mentions the string Diamond Dyes as part of the marking guidance.
A garbled note recounts a boy Henry begging his father to tell Superintendent Terry that he is sorry for forgetting to take him on Saturday. The father failed to mention the outing and the boy cried when pressed about the superintendent.
Public notice extols Eatonite as a tonic to counter heat related malaise and loss of appetite. It claims half a tablet before meals and one tablet after aid digestion and energy with dramatic health claims.
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