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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1916
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Mite Danderine as transforming dull brittle hair when a cloth is moistened with the product and drawn through small sections. It promises immediate shine softness and abundant appearance and invites buying Knowlton's Dandeline 25 cents. The copy also notes Swiss use of the product for telegraph poles.
A fragmented item notes fortification against grip using brominated preparations and brand claims. It cites a single bromo quinine product, mentions a signature box, and provides broad figures on English colonies’ area and population.
An old ad warns that overindulgence leads to kidney and bladder issues among Americans. It touts four ounces of Rad Salts as a remedy to flush acids, reduce irritation, and restore kidney function, claiming ease and safety for home use.
The prompt echoes Caesar’s famous cry as Brutus strikes in Shakespearean tragedy. The line captures shock and betrayal when the dictator faces a treacherous act by a close ally.
Fifty Americans and officials witnessed the Carranza firing squad execute Bernardo and Federico Duran at dawn in Juarez cemetery for the murder of Bert Akers near San Lorenzo. Bernardo claimed the brothers were unjustly punished. Federico died, Bernardo survived the mercy shot before burial.
The British steamer Pollentis sank in the mid Atlantic after a week of leaking water. The Italian liner Giuseppe Verdi rescued all crew members, then disappeared in heavy seas.
The Cascade limited train from Spokane to Seattle was hit by an avalanche on Saturday near Corea station in the Cascade mountains. The diner car and a day coach were swept 300 feet into a gulch. the diner burned. Four bodies recovered, total likely to reach ten. Fifteen passengers injured. Recovered bodies include Bert Kirkman Sheridan Wyo W F Carter East Vancouver B C Edward Batterman and baby Wenatchee Wash. Batterman’s ten year old son is missing and feared dead. Injured taken to Scenic.
The east coast of Kent endured two German air raids on Sunday with nine bombs dropped in the first attack and fires started. A second raid followed later in the day. In New York a collision of elevated trains injured twenty people, many of them women and children, as trains crowded with passengers blocked by the crash.
Senator Hoke Smith blasts Britain's neutral trade interference urging restraint and fair rights for U S and other neutrals while denying contraband cotton claims. General Leonard Wood warns the United States is unprepared for war, urging a regular army of about 210000 and ultimately 2006000 with universal service.
Bank drafts valued at 70 600 and some money were stolen from a mail pouch after the outbound mail left Newton post office. Three men were arrested and held for investigation. The robbers burned after taking the pouch. A steel base with bees on the sack was found nearby as efforts to stop payment on the drafts continue.
About two thousand shopmen of the Delaware and Hudson company between this city and Geranton Pennsylvania have been granted an increase of one cent an hour, to take effect February 1.
John J. Halpin, former chief of detectives, was sentenced to one to five years in the diet penitentiary for accepting bribes from criminals. He remained in county jail after failing to obtain a supreme court writ to stay the sentence, while his attorney seeks a stay pending appeal.
Ford peace delegates are returning as Western Newspaper Union News Service reports a fatal head on collision near Mascot. Train No 7 and an extra freight crashed three miles east of Mascot, killing two McCook crews and injuring about six others. Fireman Walter Moll and Engineer John Ackman died instantly. Engineer J F Daffy later at Holgrege.
The steamer Kristian Jagjora arrived with the body of Lloyd Bigham, a Ford peace party member who died after reaching Christiana. Seven party-linked individuals returned, including Lawrence Dornour and Joseph D. Golden, plus other notable arrivals Frederick Cook Oscar Frances Fernand Leta David Bergstrom and Michael Goldolsky from various postings.
Washington proponents push Congress to forbid sale across state lines of convict made goods from Minnesota Stillwater prison including binding twine and farm equipment. Lawmakers expect action on measures restricting interstate sale of prison manufactures as Warden Reed and State Board of Control members oppose bans.
The report covers Omaha council approving funds for inter sections and parka projects, a special election for a courthouse bond in Tryon, and various Nebraska items including a revival in St Paul, paving districts in Beatrice, and state convention plans. It mentions a Beatrice hotel reopening, a near- fatal threshing accident, and local political activity in Sherman Kearney and Buffalo counties.
An advertisement touts drinking real hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims daily elimination prevents toxins and numerous ailments. The note urges readers to obtain limestone phosphate from druggists and warns of internal sanitation benefits. A brief Castoria caution for mothers follows.
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