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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1911
Page
3
Odd news from major cities reports a record holiday season with experts guessing a national outlay near and above one billion dollars and total gifts well over ten billion. Despite higher living costs shoppers favor practical gifts, while luxury items like cars and jewelry drop in popularity.
In Kansas City and An AS city, promoter Ben Blanchard drew investors with promises of profits. About 50 local businessmen sunk $600,000 into an Arizona copper mint based on his seductive appeals, sparking calls to recover their funds.
In a rural church service a modest benefactor Blanchard, revealing a copper mine in Arizona, pledges funds and sells stock totaling eight thousand dollars to support sending missionaries abroad. A solemn appeal and public generosity mark the scene as the pastor draws a standing chorus of support.
Chicago readers will soon see Count de Beaufort in a film about his affair with the Kilgallen heiress. The Count seeks 860,000 dollars plus royalties. Scenes show family, creditors, a hospital, and a laborer’s flood of gold.
Winfield, Kansas, known as the Athens of southern Kansas, boasts more bath rooms and sleeping porches than any other town. The city offers extensive health amenities with sleeping porches standard in new houses and a strong water and sewer system. Local leader M. W. Friedenburg notes porch expansion as part of community growth during the summer season.
A Chinese boy named Ow Ling narrowly escaped serious injury on Clay Street when his queue became caught on a San Francisco cable car slot. A patrolman cut the queue to free him as a crowd gathered. He was taken to hospital with head and facial lacerations and other contusions.
Agnes Kunileone testified about a dog attack in a suit against Frank G. Vardavalia for 1000 dollars. She showed the knee injury in court with her attorney present. The jury awarded 150 dollars in damages.
In Akron Ohio a nineteen year old girl Mise Levie Herman died after a year long illness. Doctors discovered a live six inch lizard and the head of another in her stomach. The family lived in Miller's Forge area and the case attracted national medical interest.
A passenger train in Kirkland Alabama struck a cow, causing the animal to be hurled to the side and killed. The incident details are unclear in the fragment, but the collision resulted in a fatality and an unusual sequence of events surrounding the impact.
Paris designers seize on Reboux and ecclesiastical motifs to expand spring millinery. Bell shaped hats, prelat velvet with gold tassels lead to many new small hats that flatter the forehead and appear younger. Foldable belts and clever seams show progress in headwear styles. Julia Bottomley.
Mrs Brown explains a simple burlap rug craft. She describes cutting blue burlap, crayon-drawing a design, and sewing rag strips in two blue shades with a tape or carpet needle. The method avoids puckering when stitches are kept loose, delighting the club members.
The article notes scarlet as a dominant novelty in winter dresses and emphasizes choosing the correct shade called Japanese red. It describes brick tone variations and its use as trims, in embroideries, flowers, and accessories, with a daring evening gown pairing darker over lighter Japanese red for success.
The article notes attempts to banish or supersede the wedding veil but the custom endures among brides. It explains shifts in how veils are worn from tulle cap styles to back-fastened floral clusters, with shorter fronts and longer backs.
A fur item called second mourning moleskin features hats trimmed with violet plumage. The hats use gun metal frames matching the fur shade closely, creating an exquisite tone.
The article questions sensational fears about false hair and benzine treatment. It notes hair replacements can be hygienic when crafted by skilled hairdressers and tempered by a benzine bath to ready them with one’s natural hair, while cautioning against hysteria over origins and health risks.
Writer Mary Hunter Austin claims Indian women are better off than civilized women. She notes husbands marry for love and there are no factory girls in pittances.
Testimonial from Kansas City customer praising Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble. The letter claims nine bottles cured two years without sickness and urges others to try the product, including a request for the paper and booklet. Price cited as fifty cents or one dollar.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a kind old gentleman puzzled by the twins as the chorus laments with boohoo cries. No further context or names are readable.
A Tennessee mother describes nine months of scalp sores and hair loss in her infant then credits Cuticura products with full recovery after three days. She notes repeated treatments and continued use, praising the remedy for future cuts and sores. The letter ends with a Charlotte Bronte quote.
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