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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1910
Page
6
A string of vignette snippets follows pickpockets, a punctual Louisiana gentleman, theater discontent, a theater double six dispute, a man’s odd bedtime routine, and a family mystery about a missing boy, with each fragment offering brief, odd observations in a bygone community voice.
Warden James A. Reid of Michigan City prison investigates manufacturing agricultural tools without patent infringement to employ inmate labor. Governor Marshall backs adding prison-made implements to curb the harvesters trust and raise costs for the state’s farmers.
A rough worker recalls a near disaster at a Virginia well near a farmhouse kitchen. To keep a fire from a Dutch oven from igniting gas, the farmer’s wife uses dough and a demand for ten dollars. The tale ends with the crew escaping but with a wary view of dealing with women.
The text questions English pronunciation by comparing spellings and sounds across words like break and broke, sew and so, horn and horad, tear and heard, cord and word, cow and low, shoe and foe, here and dose, noose and phooss, coml and lewnt, pay and say, paid and said, brood and food, could and mould, done and bone. It argues spelling diverges from sound and notes letters seem unreliable.
A fragmented notice notes a sixteen year old girl and a sailor guide linked to a ceremony called Honored in the Brench. The readable text mentions gratitude or gratuities and reflects a family remark about being the only one. Further details are unclear due to damage.
The notice describes fashion trends in Greve featuring Mediterranes in new blues, rat-tail braids giving way to soutache, Quille braids in gold and silver as millinery novelties. Dutch and Eton collars regain popularity. Long lace sleeves are highlighted as a feature.
The piece discusses female individuality as a social weapon and urges women to be themselves, notes typhoid fever carriers and their habits, and surveys fashion trends from hats to fabrics. It highlights fear of copying others and pressingly cites Paris dressmakers and Russian blouse suits.
Mrs. FE F Noel wife of the Mississippi Governor ranks among the busiest U S women. She has organized several women groups with sections across the state pledging to conserve national resources. She also promotes the conservation of the human race by backing classes for elementary childcare and supports a growing trained nurses organization with notable early results.
Professor Frank J. Abbott argues in Society and Politics in Ancient Rome that suffragettes first appeared in politics in 195 B C. The revolt centered on a law restricting women to half an ounce of gold and bans on certain dress and chariot use within city limits, with religious exceptions.
A note on hand made wooden frames shaped as ovals and circles. Sanded smooth and filled to a natural wood finish. These frames enhance delicate picture tones better than gold or ornate designs.
A romantic youth claims love brightens the eye while a practical maid notes it tends to disarrange one’s hair, a wry exchange from the Chicago News reflecting playful social wit.
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