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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
5
The Paris duel between Lean Daudet and Georges Claretie attracted onlookers and a photographer who captured the event. After four shots the duelists resumed and Claretie was wounded.
A man in a poolroom row struck Joseph C. Quinn who died later in hospital. The suspect was released after physicians testified Quinn had an abnormally thin skull through which large print could be read and which could be bent with fingers.
A wild man appeared near Martin Texas and hid in brush for days. He forced women to cook and had long matted hair and beard before authorities captured him.
An unidentified man, described as wearing only a few rags, spoke in gibberish and could not be color identified. A sheriff and posse eventually apprehended him after a lengthy pursuit.
A dramatic pursuit ends with the captured man tied in a desolate wilderness area. Two enslaved workers claim to have shaved and washed him, revealing a white man who refuses to speak. The author suspects years of hidden residence in the foothills and offers no identification or origin.
During a Sunday service in a small Suffolk church noises burst from the organ pipes. A starling then exploded from the pipes, flying around the church as the hymn “Happy birds that sing and fly” was sung, leaving the congregation stunned yet singing on.
Rev J Lan dis and his wife enroll at McKendree College in Lebanon U1 with their eighteen year old daughter. Their son Herbert, thirteen, will join next term. Father and daughter pursue same classic course and sit in the same class. After three more years they expect to graduate together. Mrs Landis studies literary and domestic science and aims to continue until the others graduate.
Sheriff Turnbull of Luce County reports an unusual deer incident during the last hunting season. He spied two deer together, fired at one, and the bullet killed both animals in a single shot.
An American expert asserts diet shapes young faces. Too much starch makes faces puffy and heavy while proper nitrogenous foods and greens build strong bones and rounded, dainty features. If faces are too thin, increase starch along with proteins and vegetables to achieve a balanced contour.
A German critic argues reform for American girls by adopting a formal year with a clergyman and his wife guiding home duties. The plan emphasizes practical housework training from laundering to sausage making, enabling focused skill development away from home and peers, before returning as a mature housewife graduate.
A morning scene shows a man waking with a throbbing head and doubt about last night. He asks Sam if he was very drunk, and Sam insists he was not, noting the man’s judgment and that he passed drinks to others.
Memoire on Napoleon Bonaparte notes the Legion of Honor and new nobility after a vote extending consulship ten years. The Concordat and emigrant recall followed as the empire consolidated power, reviving honors in a society that had abolished distinctions.
A whimsical exchange imagines a Milky Way sea with a sky full of wells making floating dairies for sailors. The playful idea suggests endless milk amid ocean travel and whimsy at sea.
Cornelia persuades Uncle Davie to fund a season away for Myra to meet rich and eligible men, hoping she will marry. Letters recount Myra's dance with Mr Draper and Mr Buxley, but a surprising twist reveals Myra prefers Davy Little and may return home with him.
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