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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1927
Page
3
The Wall Street Journal notes engineers estimate costs of equipment or machinery quickly by weight. The method scales to other lines as large mail-order firms weigh incoming mail to estimate total daily order value with only small errors.
With approaching cold weather MIT dormitory students devised automatic devices to close windows and start steam heat about half an hour before rising. A clockwork switch closes the main circuits by driving two stoves one with cereal and the other with a coffee pot as a test of the plan.
A harmless vegetable butter color named Dandelion has been sold for thirty years. Drug stores and general stores offer bottles labeled Dandelion for 35 cents.
A University of California professor watched a Berkeley football game with a portable receiving set. He tuned to a San Francisco station to hear play by play returns while in the stadium.
The piece notes 6,822 annual deaths in the United States from whooping cough and argues it remains a neglected child’s disease. It touts Dr Drake's Gleesoo as a relief for violent coughing fits and claims physicians endorse it, with wide dealer availability and satisfaction guarantees.
A terse quotation by Ouida notes that charity toward the poor often lacks tenderness and courtesy, despite intentions. The author reflects on social attitudes, suggesting noblesse oblige may fail where gentleness is absent.
Pantaleone, sent by Cesare Borgia, enters the Alimerico residence posing as a wounded foe. He gains welcome from Almerico and his daughter Fulvia and gathers clues about Matteo Orsini. The undercover mission aims to locate the escaped enemy.
In a tense scene at the Plevano castle Pantaleone presses his advantage while Mantle reveals suspicions about Matteo Orsini and the vanished Giuberti and Colomba. Madrid Fulvia guides him outdoors to a terrace as they seek fresh clues amidst political intrigue and potential traitors.
Amid references to Bede and Charlemagne, the text notes that a Tang dynasty selection from seventh to ninth centuries A D includes nearly fifty thousand poems across about one hundred books, highlighting the vast Chinese poetic corpus preserved in history.
A fragment notes Pantaleone as a monstrous clever fellow and hints at the unfolding path of a maid with a woman, suggesting intrigue and manipulation in a tense social scene.
The speaker asserts birth in Dublin city while Mike retorts he could have been born two miles away in the countryside. The exchange highlights pride and humor about origin within proximity to Dublin.
A fragment mentions Li Po as the greatest among poets while F L Lucas writes about writers and inspiration highlighting a troubled generation and the many poets who inspired them.
The article lists the eight major planets with their sun distances: Mercury 86,000,000 miles Venus 67,270,000 Earth 98,000,000 Mars 141,700,000 Jupiter 483,853,000 Saturn 87,008,000 Uranus 1,754,732,000 Neptune 2,706,528,000.
Describes how cooling lava and crust contraction formed ridges and early mountains. Cracks produced eruptions and uplifted lava. Erosion wore down tall peaks, while harder rocks resisted, creating ridges. Rivers cut plains, leaving hard rock standing as mountains.
A historic advertisement urges consumers to demand Bayer on aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin. It touts safety proven by millions and physician prescription for 26 years, warning against imitations.
English naturalist H. C. Brooke reports success with hairless mice revealing hair regrowth patterns in 16 days and asserts heredity governs hair. He speculates future use may end daily shaving and hair worries for men and women. An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for baby skin care with hot baths and ointment plus talcum powder.
Omaha World-Herald notes rapid construction of housing and the public demand to stay, signaling a shift as many residents pursue faster home development and settlement in the area.
obituary notes Emily Hobhouse as a pivotal figure in the Anglo Boer War era with a legacy on concentration camps. It compares her impact to Florence Nightingale describing South Africa’s reverent memory of her work. The piece also quotes President Sumner of Talladega College critiquing the intelligentsia amid labor capital tensions.
At Texas Technological College in Lubbock, male students bring cows to campus for study. Last year IT students brought their cows and milking parlors. Cattle pass entrance tests for tuberculosis and butterfat. Milk is sold in Lubbock to fund owner and milker expenses.
A fragment from Boston Transcripts discusses how women are labeled with riddles while plain appearance influences male attention, reflecting social attitudes and gender norms of the period.
A Kansas City Star excerpt contrasts a wit who delivers witty lines on the chautauqua platform with a humorist who writes down and sells his humor. Lester Livermore recalls the distinction in a fatherly discussion about performance and authorship.
Fragmentary Ohio State Journal note hints at a debate over eliminating sleep and warns of dire outcomes. Warnings compare the cost of foolishness to wages of sin and mortality.
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