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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1913
Page
3
A hotel manager warns staff to report events, and a new bell boy rushes in with news that a cat downstairs has had kittens. The manager, eager to end the interruption, offers a rough reply to the youngster.
A fragmented dialogue notes how an agent can flatter Mr Gupp to sell him an edition of books. The Pathfinder quotes suggest manipulation and quiet power in persuasion. It mentions Nobel ideas and the notion that wealth can silence opposition in a cynical view of society.
An old back country man who had never seen an elephant stands two hours at a row of elephants, handing out peanuts one by one. Jumbo the largest elephant then removes the man’s hat from his head, provoking the remark “You old two tailed Indian rubber nuisance you.”
Washington journalist Louis Brownlow stopped at a Greensboro drug store to light a match when a young colored man burst in with a long scalp wound. He explained a friend bit him with a hatchet, amid unspecified trouble. A Yonkers paper quips about a crazy bill and a court ruling.
Nebraska legislature records show a very lengthy bill to consolidate the state oil inspection with the food commission headed by a chief officer. A second bill would unite the state hotel inspector’s office with the labor bureau to save state funds. Representative Edwin Jeary plans changes to the Sackett law empowering the governor to direct attorney general actions.
A Nebraska bill would let the governor suspend officers for willful failure to enforce laws after a preliminary hearing, pending supreme court review. It bars ousted officials from future appointments or elections for five years and mirrors the court’s final verdict in enforcement matters.
An old advertisement touts a Globe Pine Compound with glycerine and whiskey for quick cold and cough relief. It warns against unsafe imitation and notes the formula comes from a doctor and has circulated locally for years. The piece also includes stray dialogue from a Cortlandt Street cafe and a brief jab at mistaken blush.
A long correspondence between Thurlow Weed and Abraham Lincoln reveals Lincoln’s praise for the inaugural and Gettysburg addresses, Weed’s role in assembling a cabinet, and their enduring alliance through the Civil War despite political tensions.
A consumer notes that other baking powders cost more and vary in quality. Calumet is praised as wholesome, economical, and reliable, with indefinite shelf life and easy cooking results. It cites awards from the World's Pure Food Exposition in Chicago and Paris Exposition of 1912.
A dialogue notes a customer requesting a coal ton weighing 2000 pounds and a dealer confirming availability. The exchange highlights a large order preference and sizes considered.
A Punch humor snippet shows a mother chiding Maudie who responds easily as the defeated nurse calls her naughty. The exchange notes a theme that many poor men build others fortunes in a critical social tone.
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