Cuticura Soap Shampoo Encounter On Country Road
An excited farmer signals to stop as a vehicle passes along a rural road. A boy, calling the machine a “tuning,” watches and the father reassures the scene before allowing passage.
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
2
An excited farmer signals to stop as a vehicle passes along a rural road. A boy, calling the machine a “tuning,” watches and the father reassures the scene before allowing passage.
An advertisement extols Freezone as a painless drop-on treatment for hard, soft, and toe corns. It claims instant relief with minimal cost and a tiny applicator sold by druggists, touting a Cincinnati discovery.
The piece notes doubled prices for cotton and linen due to the war. It mentions laundering with Red Cross Ball Blue and refers to grocers. A curious note describes Chinese census practice where tea houses count families for an imperial house.
A fragmentary notice references Swamp Root and a marketing claim about merit or health benefits. The readable portion lacks clear context, names, dates, or locations to extract a full event.
Eleven candidates compete as Sterlin Fiete leads a group in a dramatic Nebraska race. A surprise outcome unfolds in Washington with Republican or Democrat dynamics shaping the result.
A fragmented OCR note references a financial or property claim involving wood, money, and a figure labeled 4, with unclear context. It mentions IPN and NST in disjoint terms, lacking full names, dates, or locations for a clear event.
The American Federation of Labor convention in Montreal voted 20 050 to 3 349 in favor of government ownership of railroads. Samuel Gompers re elected president for the 39th time amid other endorsements including curbing profiteering and withdrawal of armed forces from Ireland.
Beatrice area reports first appearance of disease in years at a Frank Jszebowski farm five miles southwest of Beatrice. Cattle stock worth 21 dollars wiped out over the past week. Grafowski lost 70 hogs and disease spread to horses and chickens. Animals afflicted died shortly after illness began.
In Washington Senator Harding said the Republican party would welcome a referendum on the republics foreign relations and its attitude of preserved nationality would be overwhelmingly endorsed.
Reports describe a mob in Gui uth haging three Black men Isaac Metrite Elmer Jackson and Nate Green amid allegations of assault on a white girl near circus grounds. Other sentences reference police, trials, and rising fears of violence linked to labor groups and political turmoil.
In San Francisco a federal court dismissed charges against heavyweight boxing champion William Harrison Dempees known as Jack Dempees and promoter Jack Kearns alleging conspiracy to evade the selective draft act.
The Federal Reserve Board warns in its review that a coal shortage could curtail iron and steel production and disrupt other industries next winter. Coal production is being curtailed mainly due to a car shortage, as the board reports.
Reported success of the London Paris air ferry with daily express runs and four weekly departures on Thursdays and Saturdays. Breathing room for heavy freight and passenger traffic cited as expanding air link, with round trips returning by nightfall.
A sprawling roundup notes Buffalo county farm bureau expansion and wage scales, highway and road projects from Pawnee City to Fairbury, and new towns broadening southeastern Nebraska. It reports industry, oil leases, hospital planning in Lincoln, and weather boosting corn farming, with various local developments and political activity across the region.
A violent disturbance erupted during a parade tied to an anti Negro migration push. Police moved in to restore order after shots and arson. several killed and many injured as marchers dispersed, with reports of blackened flags and an ensuing crackdown on distributing revolvers and weapons.
The Attorney General Palmer directs federal district attorneys to pursue charges of profiteering where warranted and to seek indictments on investigation. He notes complaints of rising bituminous coal prices from mines from 7 to 11 dollars per ton with further increases expected. Production costs from 1 589 operators show January 1920 costs at 2.52 dollars per ton, rising to 2.79 dollars per ton due to labor costs.
In Galveston Texas a 17 year old died after a brief illness now attributed to bubonic plague by Dr M F Boyd professor of bacteriology at the State Medical College with agreement from federal state county and city health officials Immediate steps were taken to exterminate rats and mice and aid from Surgeon General Collins in Washington was sought. Also noted is the Grand Army encampment changes and parole plans for state convicts with direct-to-farm employment and dependents benefit.
Fragmentary report cites a source about an ex Kaiser and related events. The text is garbled, preventing reliable extraction of names, dates, or places. No verifiable details to confirm individuals or outcomes.
EK HU Grubb known as the potato king of Colorado predicts a world astonishment strike by farmers in Chicago. He is an agricultural expert consulting for the Sacramento Valley irrigation company and a breeder of stock recognized globally. The warning comes in a letter to A Thomas of the Chicago Press club.
A dramatic courtroom moment unfolds as the eminent lawyer ends his plea with a defiant call to the jury. A disruptive scene erupts when a stern woman accuses the speaker of insulting her, revealing a family entanglement and mounting tension in the trial. The page also mentions a beauty product ad and a French electric haircut device.
A fragmented column citing foot care powder and relief claims. The entry mentions army use and a joke about the Blitherbys planning summer visits with relatives, plus a remark on misery and fashion at a resort.
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