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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1911
Page
6
Mr Gustav Himmeireich of Hockheim Texas describes years of asthma attacks triggered by cold. After eight months of illness he found relief using Peruna Lacupia and Manalia and is now able to work his farm again praising the medicine.
Signor Puccini, famed opera composer, discusses how recognition often arrives late. He recalls a centenarian countryman who saw his operas produced only after surviving many years of obscurity and neglect. A London visitor praised the author of his favorite opera, prompting the veteran to quip about time.
An earnest Georgia preacher prays to the Lord, stating crime is increasing and shameless in his town. He vows to prove the trend and seeks divine intervention against wickedness. The note reflects a religious figure voicing concern over social decay.
Broken Bow dedicates a new high school building while Fremont’s YMCA tackles old debts. A West Baden death from a fourth story fall prompts inquiry. Van Court dies in Omaha. postmaster charged locally. Wheat prospects stay near Nebraska averages per threshers.
John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin advertises Rejuven oats and other crops including barley flax corn potatoes tomatoes and clover as world famous for high yields. The catalog offers 10 seed packets for 10 cents and invites readers to request the catalog by mail.
Two tramps converse in a clipped exchange about a doctor ordering a bath for one of them. The dialogue hints at a mud bath and the other tramp comments on its appearance.
A speedy economical skin care method uses Cuticura Ointment applied gently to the face, washed off after five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, then daily bathing with hot water and Soap. Repetition morning and evening. Also effective for itching eczema crusted tumors of skin and scalp with hair loss from infancy onward. Send to Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston Mass for Cuticura book.
At a Washington dinner Admiral Dewey recounted a tale about a drunken sailor on shore leave in the tropics. The story centers on the sailor’s boastful reply to his captain and the implied lesson on discipline.
Important to mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature of ages and confirm the same. The ad asserts Castoria has been in use for over years and stresses that the product is the kind mothers have always bought.
A humorous exchange has a man asking for a doctor and being told none is available. The speaker suggests the grocer, noting he cures hams, in a light, period tone.
Father notes the infant resembles him while the mother quips that the baby shuts its eyes to much. The exchange captures a domestic moment centered on parenthood and resemblance.
A small blaze started by an exploding lamp was extinguished by milk. Fire crews report oil spread minimal as water would have worsened the slick. No injuries or major damage noted.
A Welsh rabbit can be prepared on an electrical chafing dish at the cost of 1 cent in current charges.
A fragmentary note contrasts love with concentration as a source of strength. It hints at how afflictions distinguish weak efforts from steady resolve, implying character is shown in adversity.
In the Times building lobby a French poodle named Mignonette blocks revolving Broadway doors as a crowd hurries to theater. The dog’s leash tangles on the railing and she is yanked around, ending with the mistress scooping her up as onlookers laugh and a taxicab carries them away.
The 1909 report of Alberta’s agriculture department shows 246,909 acres fully insured and 48,732 partially insured against hail. Rates range 20 to 40 cents per acre. Total premiums amount to 84,869 dollars with indemnities paid reaching 152,060 dollars.
The theatrical manager laments the hard to please crowd on opening nights. He notes many first-night attendees are blasé and hard to excite, while a notorious reviewer’s praise drives much of the show’s success and revenue. The manager recalls a prior comedy that became a major money maker.
Figures show Winnipeg last year with 88,269,330 bushels, surpassing Minneapolis at 81,111,410. Canadian government agents report strong harvests in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with many farms yielding 25 to 60 bushels per acre for wheat and high oats returns. Notable yields include 43 bu/acre on Mackenzie farm, 98 bu/acre oats in Alberta, and Manitoba record 70,000 bushels off 2,200 acres.
The article lists ocean sizes and weights. Pacific holds 940 quintillion tons, Atlantic weighs 336 quintillion tons with a 430 mile tank side, and other oceans are similarly vast. It would take all world seawater about 2,000,900 years to flow over Niagara.
A visitor at the St Regis recalls gifting an elaborate sachet case to a young woman and notes the recipient’s gratitude with humor. The imputed perfume line is quoted from a New York Press reminiscence highlighting fashionable taste and fanciful remarks.
A minister's son learns about courage from a mother's lesson. She compares twelve boys praying devotionally to twelve ministers in a room, noting the one who refuses to say prayers is the bravest. The child responds with a sharper jab about ministers and prayers.
A fragment asserts that true pleasure lies in clear thoughts sedate affections and steady reflection. It laments magnifying personal rights as a path to social wrongs and urges a mind stayed true to itself.
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