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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1915
Page
2
The excerpt offers satirical and cautionary lines about spending money, social pressures, and household management. It cites examples of avoiding creditors with dinner tricks, managing guests with humor, and the era's conversational quips about marriage, doctors, and social norms.
In a lively sports-room exchange, a debate riffs on the line about a league advancing "onward" and jokes about the balance of wins and losses. The quip notes that in every game a team wins another must lose, a playful take on progress and odds.
A fragmented piece recounts a farmer named Corntessel boasting of tunes for the phonograph and his son Josh learning dances. A burglar’s escape, wartime bravado, and jokes about marriage and fortune punctuate the dialogue in a rough, trench wartime vignette.
In a humorous family vignette Pa Jenkins adopts trenching to aerate and stir soil for a 20 by 50 foot garden bed and proclaims the method used by Belgians, Germans, French and English. Ma watches as Pa digs, labors, and endures the toll of dirt and fatigue before a Belgian refugee note appears.
Fragmented OCR summary describes a Chinese visitor criticizing others and describing an epidemic as “epets.” It notes a person discussing shells for a 12 inch gun costing $500 each and a remark about not shooting one at a worst enemy. Names, dates, or locations are absent.
A fragmentary exchange hints a clerk holds unseen importance, with remarks on humility and reputation. The dialogue contrasts public praise with private doubt, noting the difficulty of judging achievement by one’s own words.
In the Spenc er drawing room a portrait of a famous ancestress recalls Barbara Stuart Spenc er who saved two continental officers from capture by tricks with hospitality and a swift bolt. Later she evolves into a suffragist and delivers a bold speech to a mixed crowd.
The supreme court overruled the county treasurer W B Ure’s demurrer and ordered issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus directed at collecting $170.00 from Douglas county. The decision follows State Treasurer George E Hall’s action to compel monthly payments of state collections. May proceed to motion for new trial if filed.
Labor Commissioner Coffey questions interpretations of the Nebraska workmen compensation law. He says compensation begins on the fifteenth day after injury and Sunday or holidays should not count. He also notes employer rights to select attending physicians and the duty to cover medical costs for the first 29 days. Separately, Nebraska treasurer Hall expects to receive around $100,000 in semiannual coupons as bonds mature and Mahon pays accrued interest.
Assistant Attorney General Roe refines a prior opinion saying camphor glycerin and similar substances require registration for pharmacists. Formaldehyde may be regulated as a poison if potency warrants, per the State Department. Ada Halderman notes rural districts 36 and 38 vote to consolidate schools amid three room plans and teacher raises of 5 to 10 dollars monthly for non maxed salaries.
Invention detail mentions Parefin paper tobes aiding users of bubbling drinking fountains. The text references age norms and social expectations about girls reaching sixteen, though specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR.
A fragmented OCR snippet touts Fletcher’s Castoria as a safe infant remedy and hints at a signature line. It also includes a fictional quote from a town newspaper editor and a satirical exchange about running a paper with a mock dialogue between Mortimer Morose and Kahass City Star.
Mrs Giddy invites sewing circle to a luncheon party to smooth over gossip about her. The line, A luncheon to square the circle, hints at social maneuvering and undercurrents within the group.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Mr. Cumroz discussing his daughter’s voice training and potential career choices. The text wanders through themes of study, credit, and human nature with odd misquotes and incomplete lines, hinting at social observations and random commentary.
An advertisement notes the product resinel ointment and resinel soap have been used by doctors across the country for twenty years, claiming broad usefulness and widespread sales.
A city club hired a decorator to mark its building for a royal visit. The designer painted a welcome sign using signal flags but misread a naval officer's directions. An army officer passing by read the banner and pointed out the unintended message and confusion.
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