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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
3
Quotation notes that women are foolish and God made them to match men, attributed to George Eliot. The line reflects classic gender commentary and literary viewpoint from 19th century commentary on male female dynamics.
Mrs. John White recalls infant eczema spreading over the boy’s body and eyes the condition caused severe itching and disfigurement. The family reports improvement after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, promoted in a Boston-based World-wide ad sample.
Arthur Stringer says Art in America is not respected while wealth like Rockefeller and Carnegie Looms. A poet on a farm recalls a tramp who asks for pie and shares a snatch of their exchange about becoming a poet.
A quip about dropping from the water wagon or tavern crowding follows a man's lame justification for leaving a situation. The remark hints at social pressures and embarrassment in a crowded public setting.
The long list of Nebraska community notes reports a Beatrice drive for a new county jail, a Hastings Chautauqua deficit near 2600 dollars, fall fairs in North Platte and Fremont, and various local incidents from injuries to weather events and agricultural notes across the region.
A New York Times tale recounts a writer who loses a $5 bill kept in an envelope on a desk. Howard Strong replies with $6 found in the same envelope, sparking suspicions about a loan. After a chain of letters, the speaker returns the money and discovers Ellen Fariss owned the final $5, ending the partnership. The writer laments a broken relationship with Howard.
In upper New York City streets cook shops of the French kind multiply offering hot roasted meats. Patrons may have meat roasted on a revolving jack before an open fire and sold by the slice for 16 cents or by weight at five cents per pound.
Porfirio Diaz rose to prominence after Puebla where Liberal forces faced French troops sent to crown Maximilian. Despite defeat the defenders earned lasting fame and May fifth became Mexico’s national holiday. An American quip links Puebla to national pride and victory memorials.
A New York Sun observer details Tahitian divers luring a shark with rope and knife attached to fiber. The ritual ends with the shark hauled to shore, measured at sixteen feet, blood staining the surf as the crew reels in the prize.
The Sixth Circuit held a master may discharge an employee for misconduct even if the employer did not know of it at the time. A manager at Carpenter Steel showed drunken behavior and dissipation at an auto show and misused deposits, but these acts created a factual question for the jury rather than automatic law.
The first charter of London granted by William I in 1079 is preserved in Saxon parchment. It names William the king along with William the bishop Godfrey the portreeve and London’s burgesses and vows lawfulness and protection for all. Henry Fits-Alwyn became London’s first mayor in 1189 and served 24 years. The title lord followed from Edward III in 1354.
Dr Josiah Oldfield told the Simple Life exhibition in London that people can reach the century mark and stay young by mental and physical discipline and wise eating. He advised thinking big, clinging to noble ideals, living on the highest minds, and avoiding waste of time.
The eighth annual International Dry-Farming Congress and Exposition will open October 22 in Tulsa with delegates from nineteen nations and sixty groups. Exhibits include a US Department of Agriculture pavilion funded at 20000, Oklahoma crops, Manchurian crops, and Russian stations. Sessions run October 27 to 31 covering soils tillage seeds management and farm education. Honn W R Motherwell of Saskatchewan presides. John T Burns of Tulsa is international secretary.
Mayor Baker hosts guests at a lake shore cottage when five year old Jack walks onto the front porch wearing nothing but nature. The mayor orders him to dress, but Jack replies he is not cold and does not want to put on clothes. Cleveland Leader.
A historical note recounts how after his business was placed in receivership he arranged for his daughter to marry the receiver, bringing the money back into the family. The tale reflects social mobility schemes and strategic alliances in a troubled era.
A fragment observes a woman who tortures herself with tight shoes and muses on the number of men who fall in love due to the smallness of a woman’s feet. The note conveys a humorous, reflective vibe from a diaristic voice.
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