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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
3
A collage of humorous exchanges from editions like Pittaburg Observer and Comic Cuts. A wife questions beauty, a man replies with a playful impossibility, and a phrenologist joke ends with a head reading gag about swimming.
A lighthearted dialogue features a baby who can only crawl and pretend play with an automobile while parents express concern about costs and safety. Social quips touch on manners and domestic humor. The piece also hints at social reputations and a jokey car sales line.
A table moment shows Tommy choosing pie over pudding at dinner. Papa recalls lessons on manners, asks pie what, but Tommy stays focused on the pastry and proudly declares Pie first. Tit-Bita.
A reader recounts coffee causing sleepless nights and vivid dreams, then credits Postum with restoring peaceful sleep and improved nerves. They urge others to quit coffee, noting a young friend also recovered after switching to Postum. Read The Road to Wellville.
A public clash at the Spokane irrigation congress pits Gifford Pinchot chief forester against Interior Secretary Ballinger. Pinchot accuses Ballinger of weakening Roosevelt conservation policies and favoring water power interests. Reports say Taft supports Ballinger as pressure grows for congressional inquiry into the reclamation service and public land laws. Lincoln penny supply runs dry as mint issues exhaust and newsboys boost prices.
Salt Lake City faced extreme heat as the Grand Army of the Republic parade for the forty third reunion proceeded. About 100 children and 20 veterans were treated at emergency stations while the living flag formation was abandoned due to heat. The event drew over 100000 spectators as Illinois led and a living flag of schoolchildren swelled along Seventh South Street.
Reported crime includes a near-robbery at a Conrad farm, with Pete Hamman driving off attackers. A Silver Creek man pleads guilty to beer possession with intent to sell and is fined. A Leigh couple marks a silver wedding anniversary. Several injuries, deaths, and business changes are noted across Grand Island, Crete, Leigh, and Fontanelle, including a milliner fire and a horse kick causing critical injury.
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