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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
3
A collage of opinions and quips on daily events. Observations mock political offices, divorce rumors, banking schemes, and fashion shipping costs. The writer jests about Ella Wheeler Wilcox misattributed to Twain and jokes about punctuation and hat sizes.
A reflection on Cuba showing little warmth to the United States despite ongoing favors, signaling strained relations and public sentiment amid mutual aid efforts.
Within a month three books have appeared named As It Happened As Things Hap pen and It Never Can Happen Again. A divorce case reveals a wife admitting she valued a dog over her husband, provoking a sharp reaction from the spouse.
A New Jersey man has died leaving a $100,000 fortune from a penny toy shop. The wealth is described as utterly clean, since every cent was said to represent a child’s happiness in exchange, a rare fortune by modern standards.
A Cincinnati man requested a divorce claiming his wife was irritable and used exasperating language. The judge remarked that a mother who must get four children to school every morning should use positive terms to enforce obedience.
The British war office releases a report detailing an organized chain of nursing stations to bridge the gap between field ambulances and hospitals, spanning long distances. Similar systems exist in Germany and Japan.
The piece argues against comparing Henry Hudson's Half Moon to modern ocean liners. It notes Peary Roosevelt at 1500 tons, Nansen's Fram at 400 tons, and Mikkelsen's vessel under 56 tons with 65 by 20 feet dimensions. Hudson's ship is described as larger than these early craft.
The article discusses how friendship is valued yet warns that friends may fail to tell us hard truths. It notes the risk that a true friend might not be candid about our faults and foibles, leaving us with unfixed errors and illusions.
An obscure magazine argues that a true man has no real enemies and that those labeled as foes push him to higher ground. By reflecting, one may learn to understand and even love enemies, recognizing they illuminate flaws and drive moral growth.
An analysis notes that ten billion dollars is the projected total of Civil War pensions, matching the nation’s early wealth. It argues Union preservation spurred postwar prosperity, and cites veteran rolls of 999,446 in 1902 and 946,000 in 1908 with rising payments. It claims service pensions are overstated and many veterans could have qualified under earlier acts.
A Harper's Bazaar contributor notes gender inequality in French schools and recalls the St Charlemagne fete for boys, where top students earn a feast with six different desserts while girls have a separate fete with only two desserts.
A western editor recalls a letter from a reader who asks for free copies of the paper containing an obituary and verses about a deceased child, a clipping about a niece's marriage, and a notice to advertise calves for sale. The writer cites his expired subscription and complains about hard times and wasting money.
A witty archival quip contrasts social grace and marriage with a sharp jab. The speaker quips that a supposed pleasure of meeting a wife was not the wife in question, revealing a comic sting about social courtesies.
Wash three medium potatoes and steam until tender. Peel and cube. Add one cup finely chopped celery, one tablespoon salt, one tablespoon celery salt, one tablespoon grated onion, and whites of three hard boiled eggs finely chopped. Mash yolks, add lemon juice and olive oil. beat until smooth and pour over salad. Garnish with lettuce or parsley.
Wash the berries and sprinkle thick ly with granulated sugar. Fill a deep pasty lined pie plate with the sweet ened fruit and fit on an upper crust. Pin a two inch band of clean muslin around the pie join to prevent juice escape. Bake the pie and remove the muslin strip when done.
A sifted flour batter uses two teaspoons of baking powder two eggs and three quarters of a fluid cup of rich milk with butter sugar and salt. Bananas are peeled halved lengthwise dipped in batter and fried giving five servings per half recipe.
A shin of beef is boiled slowly with bone split and covered in cold water. After an hour add salt pepper and a herb bouquet. Stir in barley for another hour then skim and serve. Enhancements include bay loaf cloves parsley and celery for richer flavor. Strain flavorings before making the sauce.
The instruction describes preparing two cupfuls of strong coffee sweetened to taste. Then mix in about half a cup of cream with the yolks of three well beaten eggs. Boil the mixture for thirty minutes while stirring continually, pour into patty pans lined with puff paste, and bake.
A recipe instructs to mix cold mashed potatoes with two beaten eggs one cup milk and half cup twice sifted flour with baking powder. Shape and bake as griddle cakes for a hearty breakfast option.
A simple dessert method combines one quart milk with two tablespoons rice and three tablespoons sugar. Boil until thickened, cool, and freeze. When partly frozen, add one pint cream and a wine glass of sherry or white wine, then continue freezing until solid.
Wash and peel Jerusalem artichokes then cut and simmer in salted water until tender. Drain and serve hot with a white sauce or melted butter.
A simple breakfast idea to toast bread on both sides, spread with butter, fry one or two eggs, and assemble between the bread slices for a warm, satisfying sandwich. The method emphasizes quick prep and a classic skillet approach.
Simple remedies for culinary and household issues. Use gentle vinegar to curb fish odor, dry comforters well for fluffiness, and use oxgall with water to revive dye colors. Milk can keep a pen drawing from blotting, rugs can be flattened with a damped edge and hot iron, and potatoes should finish steaming after boiling in their skins.
A sermon outlines Gods judgment and ownership, citing Matthew and Paul to affirm believers belong to God. It links personal purification to tribulation, and urges rejection of evil desires, self-will, deception, hardness, blindness, presumption, and final ruin, calling readers to repentance.
Don spoke at the Mansion House banquet addressing merchants and dignitaries. He contrasted diamonds with jewels of souls, saying he sought jewels among the darker races to adorn virtue. He spoke of grace and the promise of being refined by fire to join in eternal joy.
A compact admonition urging restraint in religious leadership. It warns against judging faith by credulity, chasing false debates, and confusing love language with lived compassion. It counsels balancing advice with friendly counsel, humility in giving and receiving, and honest accounting of one’s duties to others.
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