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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1914
Page
2
An advertisement touts a so called inside cleansing remedy as a safe Great treatment for sickness. It warns against counterfeit syrups and directs readers to ask for a 60 cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs with directions printed on the bottle for babies children and adults.
The British Museum houses a 1631 watch by William Bunting of London, a relic from Milton’s Cambridge years. It traveled to Baltimore by 19th century inheritance, then returned to London where St Charles Fellowes left it to the nation by will.
A 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine is advertised to banish dandruff and itching. The copy touts immediate effects as hair becomes light, fluffy and glossy with healthful shine.
Senate passes a bill to revise U S war laws ending Fort Leavenworth as a federal penitentiary and creating United States military detention barracks modeled on Aldershot. Purely military offenses would be dealt with by reformatory discipline rather than traditional penitentiary confinement.
Manufacturers in Nebraska report an annual payroll between 16 and 20 million dollars while the state’s institutions list a payroll of 15 622 204 dollars. Some corporations did not report this year but will be included in next year’s summary.
A year long experiment by the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor isolated families in model tenements to curb tuberculosis. The report says the program achieved social and economic rehabilitation, reducing community costs and preventing spread in crowded districts.
In San Francisco reports the Sakurajima eruption devastated the island and nearby mainland, flooding Sakurajima with lava and destroying Akamizdu and Yokow, while authorities say counts of lives lost cannot be determined until digging uncovers victims.
Charles Bender aged 19 alias Tony confessed to police that he shot and killed Henry Nickell during a resort holdup in Omaha. He said he and Tom Williams and another man raided the spot on January 16 stealing about $4 and $200 in cash. A Chicago report notes an average of 760000.
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Proceedings cover Niagara river water regulation efforts, trust bill hearings, and delays for memorials. Nominations to Navy Medical Inspector General, anti trust and interstate commerce actions, and Confederate graves marking law are discussed. Swedes petition for armament. Huerta expands army. Methodist church membership rises 1.8 percent.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsia as a quick, harmless remedy for indigestion gas dyspepsia and gastritis. It claims millions of cures and urges keeping a fifty cent case at home for accidental overeating with immediate relief once in contact with the stomach. Also notes easy tint candies using dye colors.
An eneral complaint from Clarkfield Minnesota details a long lasting itch with red and yellow spots on the leg. After trying many salves a cake of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured the condition in six weeks. The signer is 8.0. Gordon dated November 20 1912.
A Maine woman describes dreadful sickness and near despair before using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the product transformed her health and she has remained well for six months since taking it.
The report notes diphtheria cases in Wymore with efforts to halt spread, Hastings imposes a saloon cap after May, and Superior bank failure losses prompt concerns. Other items cover gun accident in Brady, fire losses, gopher damage to alfalfa near Fairbury, and citizenship filings in Lancaster County.
February lists include 48 agricultural extension meetings across Nebraska with a short course each week totaling 96 days and projections for 160 points and 305 days in four months. Specific dates span many towns including Wood River, Hampton, Peru, Brock, Dunbar, Syracuse, Palmyra, Tekamah, Rosalie, Macey, Johnson, Humboldt, Sterling, Adams, Firth, Cortland, Keystone, Lewellen, ideco, Broadwater, and more. Meat show at Lincoln highlights prize winners H H Meyer and Albert Kilgore with bacon and ham prizes and extra meat salt prizes.
A museum display features a sheath from a large African flower used by natives as a cap. The item is described as turned up around its edge to a tasseled point with rich brown color and lacelike texture, noted for durability.
The late American sculptor Franklin Simmons, died in Rome, praised frank naturalism. He recalled a studio remark about a little girl and her mother debating age and playmates, ending with the girl defending her age and liking younger companions.
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