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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
3
Advertisement notes an invention that entertains a child for hours and offers earnings through four Geties and a sales plan. Mentions Partic free Millberg, Dept. 19, Turlock, California.
Dr. IL Brown Sinkler, a New York psychologist, declares ego is the great fault and defines social labels. He contrasts spender and miser, snob and climber, and explains a genius as one who thinks as we do while a bonehead thinks otherwise.
A Detroit News excerpt recalls an annual town spectacle where a tarantula was found on a banana bunch by the leading grocer. The town marshal and local hero reportedly trapped the spider in a corked bottle displayed in the grocer’s window, drawing crowds and causing fear among women and girls.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Drake s Glossee as a time tested croup and cough remedy. It claims relief in 18 minutes with no vomiting and recommends keeping a bottle at home. The ad targets physicians and druggists, pricing the bottle at 40 cents.
The international spiritualist congress in Paris proposes a competition to build an instrument aiding contact with the departed. The goal is to simplify communication between the dead and the living through a tangible device.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip contrasts minimum wage focus with higher goals. A second fragment notes the folly of cultivating friendship through occasional digs, warning that none but a fool is always right.
A boy tells of a blind street musician and his poodle who earn coins by guiding and entertaining passersby. The dog’s generosity funds the couple’s life as the owner plays the accordion. Other stories recall Roy the railway charity dog at Euston and Shep the Fort Lawton collie honored with military funeral for ten years of loyalty.
Radio designers adopt a new volume control using a 500000 ohm potentiometer across the last audio transformer secondary to simplify wiring and operate without jack movement. The panel-mounted control protects transformers from burnout and undesired voltages, with clockwise dial rotation increasing volume and wiring reversed if needed.
The London vital statistics office uses a color coded filing system with green for marriages red for births black for deaths brown for wills and yellow for divorces. Shelves hold about 160 million records and congestion has sparked a search for new quarters.
A man braces for a life changing moment as he contemplates facing his wife and the truth of their relationship. He battles fear, insisting he is not a coward and steels himself for whatever comes.
Guidance on connecting headset wires in two stage audio amplifiers to ensure current flows from the B battery toward the plate of the last tube. Red tracer connects to the sleeve and the tip to the other tracer wire. Correct polarity lengthens magnet life and strengthens signals.
Winter radio season brings battery checks. Test dry cells with a voltmeter while tubes are on. Dry A cells should show at least 1.1 volts per cell, dry BB at least 17 volts, and dry B at least 34 volts. Storage B may use a hydrometer. Do not use an ammeter on dry B or storage batteries.
Dairy expert J W Bernett of the New Jersey State College of Agriculture advises bred heifers receive ample feed beyond roughage. A growing ration from five pounds daily for six weeks before freshening, with a balanced mix of corn oats bran and oil meal, helps milk production and udder health while reducing congestion after calving.
New Jersey state dairy specialist BE J Perry notes that feeding by guesswork is costly. With a herd of 18, a month of slight over or under feeding can net losses around 17.90 per month, about 200 yearly, versus the safer approach of feeding one pound of concentrates per three to four pounds of milk. Individual cows vary, so study and tailor feeding to conditions.
Causes of warts on cow teats are unclear. milking irritation may trigger them. Milk remains safe. Small warts may be snipped and treated with iodine or briant xefxsors. Soothing washes like soda in water or white cedar oil can help. Continuous wetting may reduce masses of warts over time.
Ration guidance for dairy cows with medium production describes feeding on rye or wheat pasture with ground corn and ground oats, or a ground corn and bran mix. It notes a standard 4-2-1 ration of corn, bran or oats, and cottonseed or linseed meal, with feed efficiency ranging from 1 to 4 pounds of gain per day per pound of milk.
Professor Pate muses on changing times and a jab at J Fuller Gloom the snapping turtle. The piece recalls skating rink fees of ten cents or a quarter and memories of tumbles, injuries, and the shift to franking fiivvers and risky antics on roads and trees.
Noted dramatist George Bernard Shaw criticizes Shakespeare with strong disdain, saying he despises him more than Homer and Scott. The remark appears in McNaughts Monthly.
Ohio produces about 22 million gallons of paint annually, roughly one fifth of U S output, edging out New York by 2 million gallons as the next largest producer.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap and hot water. It urges daily use to keep skin clear and recommends Cuticura Talcum for further care.
A mixed, largely dubious collection of maxims and quips on success, honesty, and public figures. The notes oscillate between humorous misquotes and paradoxes, mentioning a tax assessor, a physician’s humorless counsel, and a bizarre claim about a blue shale reaching 78 feet as the largest living animal.
The Sargasso fish reaches up to three inches and lives exclusively among gulfweed. Its breast fins have evolved into arm like limbs that grasp and hold onto seaweed fronds.
An advertisement extols 8. S. S. as a blood builder to increase rich red blood cells. It claims relief from rheumatic pain by flushing impurities and restoring mobility. The copy touts long use and thousands of satisfied sufferers as evidence of efficacy.
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