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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1909
Page
2
A collage of vintage quips and cartoons from a early 20th century page. Jokes touch on marriage breadwinning religion and playful wordplay with names and locations. Includes light anecdotes about Pat Barbara and a professor's son, plus a tease of Easter themes.
An OCR fragment touts Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills as cures for indigestion and liver ills. It includes exaggerated claims and pricing, plus scattered, dubious statistics from commerce and labor about divorces and government vessels.
An old advertisement promotes Haarlem Oil Capsules as a tonic for multiple ailments including liver, bladder, kidney, and stomach troubles. It claims quick relief and lists prices 25 and 50 cents for capsules and 15 and 50 cents for bottles, with contact details in New York and the Holland Medicine Co. Sole agents. The piece also notes Lake Morat in Switzerland changing tint every ten years due to a native plant.
An artillery lieutenant in Kragujevac Servia was jailed for twenty one days for forcing a recruit to shave his mustache an act deemed cruel by Servian standards. In Mexico a major oil pipeline from Mexico City to Tampico is under construction climbing to 10 000 feet. India faces about 26 000 000 widows.
The column notes practical fashion fabrics that wash like linen without shrinking and mentions a neat button hole finish. It cites farmer John Connors of Beulah Kansas selling cornhusks for tamales and records Newport Delaware women revitalizing sanitation efforts since 1899. It highlights Palestine wells yielding to motor pumps for gardens and orchards, Norway fishing using motor boats increasing catches and safety, and modern butcher shops adopting electric meat saws replacing hand saws and streamlining bone cutting.
A historic note on the discovery that a food aiding brain and nerve function is essential for sustained effort. It credits the cereal Grape Nuts for providing nourishment to the brain and nervous system, reducing fatigue and boosting daily activity.
A sermon contrast Genesis 1 26 on man created in God's image with man's rational soul free will and moral nature. It argues humanity's divine likeness entails reason, conscience, and the capacity for virtue, belief, and immortality, urging reverence for God and responsible living.
A sermon on interdependence and influence, arguing no life is solitary. Our actions echo beyond us, shaping others for years, for good or ill, and suggesting shared responsibility and dignity in life. Our character is contagious and cannot be finally buried.
A sermon exhorting churchmen to couple prayer with labor and service. It warns against vanity in piety and urges binding oneself to high duty to prove true faith, even amid conflict, urging action over mere word.
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