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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
3
An advertisement touts Freezone as a miracle corn remover. It claims easy treatment by dropping Freezone on a corn then lifting it out with fingers, promising painless results and cheap price from drug stores. It also mentions Coens Oil Stenax and odd fish eye trivia for filler.
Red rough itching skin in infants treated with hot baths of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Claims improved sleep for baby and rest for mother. Free samples available from Cuticura Dep X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
An Ojibway Indian would not point his finger at the moon as Lines would consider it a great insult and instantly bite off the offending member.
Diary entries describe daily garden work from Monday to Sunday with planting radishes, creating beds, and tasks. An incident reveals Jones killed a hen and a dog bit the narrator, ending with weather and a judge referenced.
A commission in Bavaria proposes Europe’s largest hydraulic power system to be built in South Bavaria using Walchen Lake as the water source. The plan envisions transmission by cable from Koechl to towns and villages, with the project costing 78 million marks and funded by the Bavarian government and participating municipalities.
The summary notes Arthur Guy Empey, an American from Jersey City, joins the British army after Lusitania’s sinking. He trains in London and France, endures front lines, trench digging, and observation posts. A chaplain aids wounded men as Empey gains battlefield experience before returning to rest billets to write and stage a play.
A veteran recalls trench life with a stake between lines where Tommy hid papers and food for Fritz, and Fritz returned loot. He tells of a German prisoner Carl Schmidt, a Bavarian who loved New York and ball games, and snipers paid by marks with a grim wheel punishment. The piece ends as a sentry challenges an intruder at the wire.
In a wartime diary excerpt, soldiers recount volunteering for machine gun training at St Omar, joining the brigade machine gun company, and enduring front line duty. A bombing raid yields twenty one prisoners as the unit faces shrapnel and fear, with one officer reflecting on the treatment of captives.
A wounded German officer recalls a drunken mission between lines to hang a cap on the English barbed wire. The captain and his interoffizier staggered toward the English trench, fired a pistol, and both died in combat. Later they buried near the Tommy graves, marked only as unknown German soldiers.
The article recounts an assault where Empey and his machine-gun company advance over the top into German trenches. The action is described as successful yet costly, with the narrative continuing in the next installment to cover the thrilling charge.
A reflective note from the New York Evening Mail advocates avoiding gossip and cruel truths. It urges withholding harsh speech, granting others the benefit of the doubt, and choosing words that are cheering and charitable.
The family shown in a warm farewell scene as grandchildren Fred and Albert hurry to dress and kiss their way to the train home after Christmas. Albert teases Fred about being slow while bidding everyone goodbye.
The treasury department to the ways and means committee suggests taxes on high priced clothing, furniture, hotel bills, gasoline, purses, and more to fund the war effort. The plan includes higher levies on servants, automobiles, jewelry, instruments, phones, soft drinks, liquor, and tobacco.
A head-on collision of two passenger trains on the N C and St L railway near Dutchman Bend, five miles from Nashville, killed at least 100 and injured many. Most victims were aboard a local Nashville bound train carrying workers to a powder plant. an express from Memphis collided, wrecking baggage and two coaches.
Dr Edward A Rumely publisher of the New York Evening Mail is under arrest on charges that he financed the paper with German money The federal warrant cites his purchase of the Mail and Express stock in June 1917 from Henry L Stoddard and alleges payments by the German government totaling 1 361 000 across several transactions.
The food administration declares no sugar famine danger and a better supply than any time since America began feeding the Allies. The public will be expected to observe the new regulations limiting household per capita sugar to three pounds monthly and to continue all other conservation measures.
Dr Rosenow, pioneer of a serum therapy, arrives in Rochester Minnesota to combat a rising epidemic. He reports several patients treated with the serum and notes progress with multiple cases recovering. No deaths have been reported since Sunday.
In the mining town of David near the western edge of the region, a political contest following recent elections led to government imprisonment of the opposition. Thirty five American soldiers have been directed to remain at David to monitor developments.
William A L English and John H O'Brien of Briglist and O'Brien in Boston were charged by federal indictment with conspiracy to defraud the government of income taxes. The document alleges a shortage of 251000 through improper accounting. Both pleaded not guilty and were held on bonds of 25000 each.
Jaarez Canhuto Reyes, a revolutionary general linked to the Felix Diaz movement in the north, was executed at Terrance Durango on June 27. General Francisco Murguia announced the news. Reyes and twenty followers were captured in the Durango mountains by federal cavalry.
The American sanitary commission led by ALK Kefidail has landed in Guayaquil to assist Ecuador in eradicating yellow fever.
Swiss papers publish the text of Secretary Baker s letter to President Wilson amid reports of U S troop movements to Europe. Kolnischer Zeitung quotes Mrs Bak er doubting his figures while noting the figures are inordinate and exaggerated.
A speaker downplays a suitor naming him old fashioned yet praises his self starter qualities. The dialogue contrasts expectations of modern and traditional behavior in a social setting.
A clipped line observes not envying rivals since their spouses may also vent frustration. The remark implies mutual irritations in relationships and cautions against comparing married life across households.
A reflective aphorism notes that virtue is proven by actions, not intention. It contrasts inner merit with outward deeds, urging practical kindness and public impact over mere ethics.
The text describes thrushes and other birds dropping snails and shellfish onto rocks to break them. It notes the birds’ behavior of carrying prey to heights or firm surfaces, then striking them to crack shells.
Fragment reads a man eager to learn yet reluctant to admit ignorance highlighting a struggle between curiosity and embarrassment. The text hints at self awareness and pursuit of understanding despite social discomfort.
A dialogue explores whether marriage dulls romance and imagination. One speaker questions if people become less imaginative after marrying while noting men often lack wisdom and may not outgrow such traits.
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