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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
3
A compact clipping presents quips from London periodicals about courtships and marriage. It contrasts soft ships with hardships and notes on a henpecked husband. The item quotes lines from London Tit Bits Puck and references social manners of the era.
Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall are inaugurated as president and vice president amid a rain soaked Washington crowd. The ceremony, led by Chief Justice White, featured flags, fireworks, and a strong note of patriotism while concerns about European war and German actions lingered.
A teacher asks a student to explain a sentence about meaning. The boy explains that a man may propose to marry, but only God knows if she will accept.
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a quick fix for dandruff and hair health. It claims immediate shine and fullness with a 25 cent bottle, urging readers to test the product on a strand by strand basis.
An ad touts Cascarets as a cure for headaches biliousness dizziness nervousness and a sick gassy stomach claiming a 10 cent box brings health happiness and a clear head for months. It also urges cleansing of children and adults and notes stores sell Cascarets. A humorous fiction excerpt follows with a drunken husband and sharp wife remarking on his condition.
A Cincinnati chemist creates freezone a new topical compound sold in tiny bottles. Apply a drop to a corn or callus to relieve soreness and loosen the affected skin so it lifts out easily. The ad touts low cost and efficacy across hard and soft corns and calluses noting no burning or irritation.
On a hot Atlantic slope day five stout men ride a New York elevator. They joke about a beer saloon as the boy notes the elevator already contains a keg of beer, delivering a humorous urban vignette.
An old advertisement warns mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for children's constipation. It touts clear tongues, improved appetite, and quick relief from bloating and sour stomachs, urging a 50 cent bottle with printed directions for all ages.
The piece recalls four widows from Mexico’s past Diaz, Madero and Huerta whose lives were shadowed by exile and loss. Carlotta, the former empress, has lived in Belgium for decades, reflecting on a tumultuous history and the price paid by women connected to power.
Kerrville Texas resident S P Benton writes after years of kidney and rheumatic trouble he could stand straight again using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He urges others to take the remedy and warns to seek the true DODD'S with three D's for diseased kidneys.
A playful exchange between Henry and Mrs Twobble at the master plumbers banquet hints at risqué stories. Henry vows discretion while boasting he may tell corkers after the event, as Mrs Twobble expresses pride.
A brief note urges reducing meat dishes to save money and promotes Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti from Skinner Mfg. Co. Omaha Neb for a free cook book with inexpensive recipes. It ends with light whimsy about a man in a silk hat and Cupid.
A nervous man seated behind explainers at an opera requests they speak louder as he struggles to hear over the music. He leans forward and asks for clearer speech to follow the plot.
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