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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1910
Page
2
A riderless engine hurtled along as a freight train crested a grade. A three or four year old child was struck in the shadow of a cabin, leaving the narrator in pain and awe as the wreckage tore through the night. The tale ends with a graveyard memory and a haunting blessing for the silent rails.
Bessie Hartman and Rosanna Hartman, living with their mother in Chapman Nebraska, were separated after their father’s death in 1903 and sent to care facilities. Bessie aged last February reached age of consent and may contact P O Box 858 Omaha Nebraska to locate her sister Rosanna now Mrs Geo Duerr.
Appeal by the World’s Dispensary Medical Association offers Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women with disorders. It promises private correspondence without exams and stresses no alcohol or habit forming drugs, urging letters to Dr R V Pierce in Buffalo NY.
A mixed list of folk medicine tips includes Docton's prescription with syrup of Sar Baparilla and Torls compound added to whiskey for rheumatic pains and system buildup, plus claims about pigeons and falcons lifespans, PAZO Ointment for piles, Allen Foot-Ease for tired feet, and a note on colorblindness among Chinese. Also a remark about London restaurant etiquette restricting women after four.
The piece notes a bromine qunine laxative labeled as LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE and claims W BW GROVE signatures. It mentions a German chemist using electricity to age wines and liquors. It warns chest tightness signals cold and suggests hindered breathing if untreated. It references Canadian rules forcing American fishermen to obtain licenses and limit bass catches. A Bay of Quinte cruiser will enforce the laws amid past seasons’ bass hauls of 60 to 160 in a day.
An old ad fragment urges mailing to Sterling Remedy Company in Chicago for a free Bon Bon box and includes stray lines about Japanese tea service and cow leather yields, reflecting cluttered era copy. The readable parts mention mail solicitations and a general advertisement style.
Billy Quigley, famed Battery boatman and self styled speculator, shares tales of wealth from boating and stock markets. His children invest from pennies to dice, one boy claiming blessed dice after church water, prompting his wife to intervene while Billy saves the tokens as mementos.
A humorous exchange records a minister matching a couple as they answer wedding questions. The man prefers the suburbs, dislikes vegetables, and wants air and darkness, while the woman prefers the city, vegetarian status, and bright light. The minister pronounces them husband and wife.
A narrative by a writer in Answers recounts Lecky Circamea describing a dangerous chase in America. The listener leans forward as he dramatizes wild wolves closing in, with a terrified audience reacting to the imagined danger and the narrator's dramatic proclamation.
England has reduced its count of small farms fifty acres or less by 2,325 in thirty years. The source notes public disbelief that government cares about smallholders and quotes a reader from Cleveland News.
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