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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
3
In Newark New Jersey officials eliminate German from public schools amid civic changes. The ad notes Cuticura products and claims free samples from Cuticura Dept X Boston. Mentions camphor demand rising in the United States and Japan.
In a Pittsburgh steel works a stream of powdered coal moves through four inch pipe for 140 feet under 40 psi. The flow is rapid, enabling four tons to pass through a 550 foot pipe in five minutes.
A New York woman visits Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and finds a large healthy mouse amid Sunday free meals for soldiers. The wartime feeding benefits animals and hints at relief for the poor church mouse as crumbs appear after khaki meals.
Arthur Gay Empey an American living in Jersey City travels to England to enlist in the British army. He serves in France where he endures fire danger cooties and trench life learning observation post duties and digging No Man's Land with a chaplain rescuing wounded men. He later writes and stages a play in rest billets.
The narrator describes packing for leave with souvenirs and money, sailing by lorry and train, learning leave was cancelled, and returning to the front. After the setback, the brigade fights again, capturing trenches and enduring brutal, muddy combat with heavy casualties.
A veteran recalls six days in a trench with unburied dead and a severed foot used as a prop by a comrade. He describes rats, a German lieutenant's body near the trench, and the grim toll on his unit with seventeen killed and thirty-one wounded in the local engagement. The men then moved to reserve billets for six days before a seventh rest period.
The author recalls strict discipline in the British army in France. He lists penalties including death by firing squad for serious crimes and sixty four days in the front-line trench with raids and hazardous tasks. Survival through the gauntlet is portrayed as lucky.
Empey and his comrades perform tricks with deadly machine guns to disconcert Fritz. The next installment promises a description of how the German gunners are fooled.
Jumbled observations reference bees weighing a pound and a lone propagandist. The piece mocks political rhetoric and wartime slogans while noting Nick Romanoff’s financial woes and a quip about an old typing exercise.
A memo urges diverting available summer vacation budget into a war chest intended to aid the greatest number, prioritizing broad impact over individual perks. The directive favors rapid, scalable aid deployments and measurable outcomes.
The article notes rapid rises in land values across Western Canada driven by strong grain crops and cheap acquisition. It profiles buyers turning Kansas assets into Canadian holdings, cites C F Malmberg in Alberta with extensive holdings, and Peter A Klassen in Saskatchewan expanding to larger tracts. It compares prairie land values to 1916 figures and highlights government-backed opportunities for cheap land producing 25 to 40 bushels per acre.
Comedic exchange shows a furious head of the house scolding a decorator who reveals the wife approved the bold wallpaper. The scene shifts to a calmer moment as the head acknowledges the decor’s appeal.
Mrs Gaddy claims she stabbed her husband and may have made him a fool. the report notes a claim of spade and marriage trouble. Separate item reports girl students in New Brunswick collecting sphagnum moss for use in surgical dressings.
Whee back aches, seek relief with Dr Kilmer’s Kidney Coe remedy for kidney ailments advertised as tested and proven. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer, Binghamton NY, include mention of this paper.
Mrs Flatbush and Mrs Bensonhurst discuss a husband believed to be in France and America. The exchange reveals concern about his precise whereabouts and the speaker's uncertainty.
An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a stain remover for clothes urging housewives to buy through grocers. A miscellaneous note adds a quip about men loving old hats and a claim that grapevine paper can be made from experiments.
An article argues early Castoria use could prevent infant deaths and criticizes narcotic drops for children. It asserts Castoria contains no opiates and must bear a physician’s signature.
Health note urges vigilance as heat worsens stomach and bowel trouble. After meals use Eatonic tablets to absorb gases and juices, prevent indigestion, heartburn, sour stomach and bloating. A big package costs 50 cents with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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