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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
2
A humorous fragment shows Osten mishearing grace at Ostend and a host insisting on grace. A quick teasing exchange follows about a marriage proposal and hypnotism, ending with Osten hurried home amid laughter.
A playful dialogue outlines how the Venus de Milo might have lost her arms, with a joke about buttons and a romantic turn about a man under a thumb. It also sketches quick quips on topics from fashion to engineering and politics in a light, period tone.
A passerby scolds an artist for drawing a ruined bridge, noting a fine new steel bridge a mile ahead. The exchange highlights progress and a shift from decay to modern infrastructure. The dialogue captures a moment of contrasting eras and practical commentary on revisiting the scene.
In Brooklin Life a reader expresses doubt about accepting a suitor, noting uncertainty about marriage and whether to keep a potential partner at home. The brief exchange captures social pressure and personal indecision in a domestic vignette.
Fragments of a London Opinion cartoon caption mockery discuss foreigners and a joke about a pork pie. The garbled text mentions a teacher and asks who was the first man in science and suggests Adam was the first, reflecting era humor and misrendered wartime satire.
H A Ehruts koff of Chicago reports a severe itching eruption spreading across the body. After trying various treatments, use of Caticura Soap ointment and pills relieved symptoms in days and left no recurrence in about three weeks. Potters Drug & Chem Corp, Sole Prov. of Outicura Remedies, Boston.
A note suggests changing the line Now is the winter of our discontent to summer to better suit the actor. The proposal aims to align the performance with the performer’s vocal range and stage timing.
Perpetual water rights offered for land with productive soil and potential crop yields including 50 bushels of wheat per acre and 4 to 5 tons of alfalfa. Free timber and easy terms advertised. Write New Linwood Land Company Rock Springs Wyoming. Also notes the Birmingham pin factory output and other varied items.
A historical ad touts Havana Smokers claiming 30 years on the bench of experience. It offers free samples with orders, discounts for two boxes and ten samples, and a money order return guarantee. The ad markets Turkish tobacco blends and Cuban cigarmaker products from Maiden Lane New York.
A historical note recalls Sweden's drastic decline in distilleries from 23 166 to 132 over fifty years. The contrast is framed by a hungry man listening to kitchen noises instead of music.
Acquired a valuable water right and plans to grow crops. Claims easy payments at about 10 percent of future value. Promotes a booklet on appraisal and free excursions with terms for agents. Mentions a par day. Adds unrelated notes about England shipping water to London for ocean dips.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease feet, cure corns bunions and sweating and says it makes tight shoes easy. It lists 25 cents and sample mailing, with address in Le Roy New York. Also contains a comic quip about elevator men and a line from Uncle Eben on personal ambition.
A vintage advertisement touts a cure for dyspepsia and related ailments claiming to restore appetite ease constipation and relieve chest pains palpitation and breath issues. It urges sufferers to try the remedy with a money back guarantee and lists Munyon as the seller with druggists stocking the medicine at a price of 10 cents.
A historical note claims nearly half of granite production came from the New England states last year. The writer muses on business risk and warns that appearances of worldliness by foreign labels on clothes can be deceiving. The piece satirically contrasts grave wounds with casual jests and hints at global commerce.
An Ionia Michigan reader recounts suffering kidney trouble with back pain, urinary weakness, and weight loss. After refusing surgery and using Dean's Kidney Pills, she reports passing stones and rapid recovery. The ad notes the product price and distributor Foster Milburn Co. Also mentions Cuba cabbage heads, a jealous belief line, and the first wire hairpin in 1545 England.
An old advertisement touts Hamlins Wizard Oil as the standard remedy for aches and pains. It proclaims decades of public confidence and popularity and makes a cynical remark about age and marriage. It also muses on widows and orange blossoms in a promotional tone.
A dialogue shows Peckham pleading with a guest to value his wife Eleanor as three quarters. The scene shifts to a speaking suffragette denouncing cowardice in her ranks and a heckler fleeing as the crowd reacts to hat styles.
In a brief Tit-Bita tale a very young bride and bridegroom visit a teashop on the upper avenue. They are shown to a private room and drink tea. The young man spots a service fault asking for a spoon, and the waitress jokes she will return in ten minutes, leaving them alone.
Mrs Green cites papers about a Japanese war hero touring Europe and gaining the freedom of the cities. Mr Green doubts it, noting the hero would bring his wife. Maria points out a broken taxi, joking that a taxidermist might be sent instead of a blacksmith.
A boy asks his father if swallowed water matters while a stranger dreams of movement. The stranger says little about transmigration but reveals he knows about tramp migration, claiming to be a brakeman on the road.
A collage of snippets with voices and jokes from 19th and early 20th century papers. Includes exchanges about libel cases jokes about marriage weddings resignations and light banter among clerks stenographers and editors.
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