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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
7
A passerby breaks up a fight between two boys on the South Side vacant lot. The victor rubs weeds on the loser’s face claiming to imitate Lincoln after swearing in front of girls. The scene ends with the man pulling the winner away.
A Lebanon resident recounts years of scalp and thigh eczema with relentless itching. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment he claims rapid relief and complete cure, noting dandruff also vanished from his scalp. Signed by L. R. Fink on January 22, 1912. Cuticura products advertised worldwide with sample offer and Boston address.
A Western Kentucky case reports a jailed African American man awaiting trial for calf theft. His wife Mandy refuses to hire a lawyer, insisting he is innocent. A jailer Grady is urged by a higher cell inmate to tell her to get a lawyer, and a coarse expletive is spoken.
A teacher recalls indigestion from a simple breakfast of fruit toast and egg. She credits hot Postum for relief and a year on the regimen with preserved nervous energy and ten pound weight gain. Grape Nuts is praised as a top table choice during the reformulated morning meal.
A Texas man has invented a steam generating device attachable to an ordinary kitchen range. The unit draws water from a reservoir, uses a generator and burner to push air through to create steam, able to heat a few rooms or a small house during milder seasons when the furnace is out.
The article describes a folding box for carpenters and mechanics by J C Gordon of New London New Hampshire. It emphasizes a strong braceable design with a hand grip ending in a brace, and notes the engraving shows a perspective view. Excludes Plant Roots.
A long distance telephone line between Los Angeles and New York should be ready by November 1. The project costs about 600000 dollars with tolls for each call estimated from 14 to 16 dollars. A submarine cable is planned to Switzerland while England and Geneva already enjoy commercial conversations over existing links.
Fred H. Gile of Boston claims a single cylinder engine that delivers six times the power of a same size four cylinder engine. He says the lightweight flywheel, continuous impulse, and use of kerosene alcohol or gasoline reduce noise and vibration making it ideal for motor boats and compact machinery. He began work while pastor in Scituate and now touts a noiseless engine with no exhaust fire and minimal weight.
Popular Mechanics shows a theft proof tool rack with a circular slot rack. Larger tools drop into slots to stay while a shallow center tray holds small items. A large circular steel cover swings over the tools and is secured with a padlock to prevent disappearance.
A German engineer advances a tide power project in the North Sea. Between Husum and Nordstrand two large reservoirs are being built: a 1500 acre high water reservoir and a 2500 acre low water reservoir. Tide flow will power turbines driving current dynamos.
In Harper's Weekly a woman remarks on a Chinese chauffeur, noting she uses his pigtail as a bell signal through a plate glass window to direct where he should stop. The exchange includes Mrs De Jones and Mrs Van Tyle and a dusty ride raises questions about the chauffeur’s adequacy.
A Life interview excerpt shows two suffragettes debating how to draw young girls to meetings. One argues for refreshments, the other for male presence, highlighting tactics in early feminist organizing.
The Paxton Toilet Co of Boston Massachusetts will mail a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic a cleansing and germicidal toilet preparation free to any woman who requests it
Nothing more than a quote attributed to C. C. Colton about writing to give readers vast knowledge while saving their time.
Stop the pain claims Cole’s Carboni salve stops hurt from burns or cuts and prevents scars. Advertises 25c and 50c jars sold by druggists with free samples available by writing J. W. Cole & Co. at Black River Falls Wisconsin.
A collection of short verse lines and ad copy fragments including a quip about Job and a piano, an advertisement for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, a satirical remark on wives and husbands, and an endorsement for Lewis’s Single Binder cigars.
Workers exposed to metals such as mercury antimony zinc and related compounds can suffer poisoning from surface particles that soap cannot remove. Bleaching powder chloride of lime is proposed by Dr G F Sacher as a superior cleansing agent, acting chemically and mechanically to remove metals and serving as a harmless disinfectant.
A method to make a photograph disappear is described using a goldbath with two grammes of uranium nitrate. The process causes the image to fade pale and vanish. The formula lists distilled water and several chemical components including hype, ammonium sulphacyanide, salammonia, lead nitrate, citric acid, and a gold chloride solution.
Lady Henry Somerset recalls a hospital visit to a crippled boy undergoing a painful cast change. The boy bears the pain calmly, saying he pretended a bee stung him to prevent forgetting the sting, a lesson in patience shaping Somerset’s charity work.
The Giveaway. Jane asks how four good cigars came to be on the mantelpiece. Her father wonders if Henry left them there. Jane laughs, wishing she had Henrys caution with his cigars and speech.
A fragment shows a woman questioning her fiancé Cholly's capacity for love citing his seven page letters as evidence. The terse exchange hints at personal tensions and values, with a wry remark about cleanliness and mud as a metaphor.
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