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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
3
A puzzling note recalls gooseberries stored 25 years ago at a wedding anniversary in Fulton. Spoons and heirloom trays are mentioned as evidence of long handed down use and careful preservation across generations.
A quoted exchange shows Mr Growcher praising his wife for knowledge of the political situation while noting she need not explain a word. The dialogue suggests his satire on self-importance and the weight of partnership in understanding events.
The text recalls the dynamite trial in Meade and a Bible play in an Indiana town. A family’s children acted out Bible scenes with two sisters choosing John the Baptist and a boy named John preferring to be Charlie Miller. A remark about expert military aviators calls them shooting stars.
Pearson's Magazine explains that it takes sixty four operations to make a steel helmet. A high pressure press cuts over a thousand disks daily and shaping, polishing, and drilling create the helmet with crown vents and crest fittings. Each helmet is finished with a bluish gray wash and a lining with feather chin strap, contributing to fewer head wounds among French troops.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle snippet recalls Tompkins the shoemaker who labors hard to educate and dress his two daughters. He buys them a piano and hears they sing and play best, yet their first tune makes him sigh with a joke about Father working while they excel.
A playful exchange references an office boy and a funeral as the home team suffers a surprising loss. A question about gifts from a generous man leads to light banter about items and a request for one for the speaker.
Excerpts from a Kansas City Star column mix light humor about Perry Pert and a quip about Ozar Ferdi nand of Bulgaris. The text shifts to a moral note on not assuming wrongdoing and ends with a recipe tip to flavor tomato sauce with green pepper and onion served with omelette.
The piece contrasts the Liberty Bell’s solemn Allentown transfer during British occupation with its later triumphant cross country journey to the San Francisco exposition. It recalls John Jacob Mickley’s role in moving the bells and notes the burial in Zion Reformed church Allentown before their return in 1778.
Congress granted Lafayette a sum of 200000 dollars and a township of land. The grateful American people later named many cities towns and counties after him and erected monuments and statues to his memory.
The Three County Troop standard originated in Essex Suffolk and Middlesex counties in 1659. Nathaniel Page III and Captain Page led its use at drills and at Concord in the 1775 fight. Today the maroon satin flag with a silver arm and sword bears the motto Vince aut Moriture and rests in Bedford Public Library.
Dutch engineers finished draining the 35 000 acre inland lake north of Amsterdam formed by January floods. The giant pumping plant on Zuyder Zee dikes operated in four weeks with pumping taking four more, removing about 200 000 000 cubic meters of water in two months. This feat surpasses any similar project, even the 1825 floods drainage which took seventeen months.
A humorous dictionary entry list defines Cipher as something always obtainable for nothing and Igno rance as bliss or blistering. Clove is a scent to hide suspicion, Egg is what a hen says when she cannot stand it, and Compromise is an agreement by two parties to get what they do not want.
Bathe with Cuticura Soap, dry and apply the Ointment to stop itching, clear pimples, blackheads and redness, remove dandruff, heal rough hands and most skin troubles. Free sample by mail with Book. Address postcard to Cuticura Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere. Bloodless Battle notes a soldier in a distant city leading a vice squad rather than fighting in Europe.
An old advertisement offers a free book on rheumatism and neuritis by Jesse A. Ones of Brockton Massachusetts. The clippings following recount assorted quoted dialogue with political and mundane remarks, including a senator's olive branch remark and various unrelated snippets.
A visitor in an agricultural district learns Stonepark, recently deceased, was apparently a foe of a neighbor. Hillhead, a farmer, reveals Stonepark was his father, noting their past ties and the danger in judging locals by farm names.
A child praises his mother by declaring she makes the Lord's cake after a neighbor calls it angel cake. Otto H. Kahn recalls wartime woes and stump speeches as wooden legs arrive for Europe. A bluebird decor trend appears on children's vanity items.
Dialogue features a modest girl and a bold, affectionate boy. She deflects requests for a gift while implying he will buy something elaborate and costly. The exchange captures playful courtship tones typical of a Princeton Tiger era snippet.
A fragment shows dialogue about Janet and her aviator suitor and a taunt about rules and starting a game of one's own. The lines hint at a social setting and a witty exchange. The source provides limited readable context.
In Braunschweig a historic town a building still used as a bakehouse recalls Till Eulenspiegel the fourteenth century jester. The famous baker's shop at No 11 Backerlint thrived before the war and is linked to his legend of gifting gingerbread owls and monkeys to children.
Professor Dawley notes chemical tests show wheat contains more albumen than other grains, making it ideal as a base for egg producing food. An emotional patriot exclaims his country calls him to service, insisting he should have been on the job if able.
A fragmentary excerpt shows dialogue about a suitor who prevailed in a contest for a sister's hand but has failed to fulfill his final obligations. The text hints at social pressure and unkept promises surrounding a marriage match.
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