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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
7
An exploration of the Bowery name tracing from Aryan roots through Anglo Saxon and Dutch usage. It notes Peter Stuyvesant’s home in New Netherland and how Bowery evolved from words meaning dwelling and home across multiple languages.
A New York Times writer recalls Rudolph's first Sunday as a pupil. The boy learned the golden text and lesson, delivered it by heart, and dropped a penny in the box. His mother gushes as the teacher praises him and asks for two pennies next week.
In a Detroit Free Press snippet a husband recalls his wife’s remark about a break at a buffet luncheon. She mocks his search for the cashier after taking salad and a finger roll, criticizing eating at a so called starve self restaurant.
A terse meditation on digging up soil and truths. The piece contrasts backyard digging with seed and hardware store efforts while noting that the searchlight of truth drives people to hide behind shadows. It underscores that blunt speakers often utter sharp, clear statements.
A 19th century commentary notes a shift from women at home doing needlework to women engaging with their husbands careers and public life, highlighting evolving gender expectations and domestic influence.
A fragmented note recalls a 1652 duty on imports into New Netherland linked to Bouweries. The text mentions ornate Van Dyke collars and cuffs on some afternoon gowns, highlighting fashion details of the period.
The article notes that Irish crochet insets remain a favored trim for cotton crepe blouses and that tailored coats are shorter than last winter. Hats feature lower-side trimming, striped skirtings create a long look, soutache braid stays in fashion, and tortoise shell daggers studded with diamonds appear among popular hair ornaments.
Massive promotion claims CAS CARETS are the best bowel and liver medicine with over a million boxes sold monthly. An appeal urges trying CAS CARETS at 10 cents per box and highlights its status as the world’s biggest seller. The ad also touts Sloan’s Liniment for hog cholera with consumer testimonials and a free book offer from Dr Karl S Sloan.
A letter touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including displacements inflammation and nervous prostration. A Georgia reader Lexa V Henry claims dramatic improvement after one bottle. The ad invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential free advice.
A quirky feature notes stockings with self-toned embroidery as a clever fashion twist. The piece highlights craftsmanship and style, suggesting a trend toward personalized hosiery.
A letter from Mrs. M Summers of Notre Dame promises a free home treatment for rheumatism and related pains. The remedy allegedly dissolves uric acid, cleanses blood, and restores joint motion with no charge for advice or trials. The notice also includes a stray aside about Irish travelers and global reach.
In a 40 mile diameter circle centered in New York there are more telephones than in all Great Britain. The text also notes fashion items such as medallions with monograms, silk hosiery, and changes in dress styles for summer. Eastern Colorado is presented as a land of strong settlement inducements with prices from 10 to 20 dollars per acre.
A new jacket adopts a Louis XVI inspired silhouette with modern slim tailoring. Designers claim the piece blends historical detail with contemporary sensibility to create a smarter, sleeker outerwear option.
A polite note extols mignonette as a humane fly deterrent. The gentlewoman advises sowing seeds now and warming pots to aid early bloom, praising the fragrant flower over sticky flypapers and foul mixtures.
A vintage cake instructions set includes mixing butter and sugar, adding milk, then beating in an egg and flour with baking powder. The method stresses creaming thoroughly and beating for fine grain, though the text cuts off after a brief step.
Instructions describe a beef and ham pie with roast beef pieces and boiled eggs, plus a chicken dish with ham or bacon and veal gravy. Also includes a sugar syrup, steamed ham method, freshening old bread, and a note on walnut dessert topping. Continuous recipe style with step by step methods.
Practical tips cover cleaning, cooking, and sewing. Suggestions include using salt to curb flames and odor, a pinch of soda to improve starch and rhubarb sweetness, sour milk for cakes, baking substitutes, and a method to prepare worn cloth for painting.
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