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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1914
Page
3
Newel Raewe efficiency engineer of Cleveland discussed scientific management in a recent lecture. The editor praised aspects of the talk, noting fourteenth spring sonnets and referencing a tentative Bennu conjecture.
Mrs Charles B Brooke recounts an eighteen year skin ailment on her ankle that caused intense pain and itching. After trying numerous remedies she found relief with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, with sores fully healing after three months and no further trouble. The ad notes Cuticura products are sold worldwide with a free 32 page Skin Book.
A fragment from the Washington Herald describes a husband feeling disgraced by his wife after a trip downtown to match hair. he chose a style the saleswoman favored, leading to dispute. The piece also includes general advices on frugality and saving.
The piece reports Nebraskans adopting business methods in farming, citing editor and farmer F A Scherzinger. It notes rising land values, tenant-landlord tensions, and calls for efficiency. Hog cholera ravages farms in East Libory. vaccination urged and sanitary pens advised. Industrial building at the state hospital for the insane signals a new era with hydropathy equipment planned for treatment.
Readable items note the Fremont midwinter fair with strong exhibits and attendance. Aged 84 Anna Weiltsker was found frozen near Florence after wandering from Omaha. Training events include Royal Neighbors convention in Omaha and East Central Nebraska Teachers meeting in Fremont. Weeping Water and York report social and fire department events. high school plays and moving picture fundraisers are listed. A Burlington veteran John Krommack dies, and ice dealer CR Jones in Weeping Water ships nearly 1,000 tons of ice.
In a classroom Miss Frevert leads a session on creating a composite photograph from several faces. Students discuss harmony and ideal traits, noting Mary like imagery and a future reflection of character. Betty and Laurie imagine a nationwide composite and its evolving likenesses.
An article outlines a large irrigation project in Sudan between the Blue and White Nile near Khartoum. Two dams would regulate river flow and water 1,500,000 acres, boosting cotton production for the British Empire.
A fastidious man questions a missing saucer after a mug of coffee is served at a busy counter. The cashier quips that no saucers are provided to avoid “low brew” customers. In New York at the Colony club luncheon Inez Mitholland compares marriages to medicine, noting strict control stifles freedom.
The copy describes travel dropsy and Bright's disease symptoms with kidney involvement. It urges rest, warns toxins circulating in blood harm muscles and nerves, and promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills as the quick help to relieve backache and early kidney secretion disturbances. The tone resembles a medical ad from a past era.
Congressman Jacob Johnson of Utah recalls a car mishap from a country road. Smith fixes a car with a monkey wrench as a farmer watches. Forty horsepower claimed, but about 39 horses are dead, causing comic confusion.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless cure for indigestion. It claims relief within five minutes from symptoms like gas, sour stomach, and belching, urging readers to buy a fifty cent case for home use. It also notes usefulness during family stomach upset day or night. The text then shifts to a historical flashback on Napoleon’s 1813 campaigns and prisoner counts, contrasting with the remedy ad.
A patient complains of expense as his wife, a doctor, once ordered six weeks in Palm Beach for illness and accompanied him, prompting the man to seek non-spousal medical help.
A witty quip from the Baltimore American notes a social joke about hesitation and marriage with a playful line about the best man. The piece frames a dating whimsy and betting odds as urban humor.
A condemned man grumbles through his murder trial and execution sentence. He complains of his cell, mattress, breakfast, and the scaffolding route, predicting rain and doubting the plank’s safety before the hatman proceeds.
An advertisement claims Danderine removes dandruff and stops hair loss within ten minutes of application. It promises new fine hair after weeks of use and describes brushing through strands to create light, fluffy, lustrous hair. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from stores to prove the claim.
A lawyer tells an innocent client an alibi is needed for a ham theft. The client questions timing and responds that he hid the ham between eleven and midnight. The dialogue highlights a racially charged, joke framed exchange from a past era.
A discussion centers on a jurisdictional matter as a crowd contemplates lynching a horse thief. The dialogue introduces a knotty point of jurisprudence amid talk of a stolen automobile and a prominent singer's wealth.
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