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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1916
Page
3
A bustling office scene features a head explaining roles to a visitor. The superintendent tracks index cases, the girl with golden hair assigns where cabinets store indexes, and Old Joggs, the odd desk presence, is kept for finding important papers.
A West side store porter Sam hides ham to destroy evidence after being dispatched on an errand. The tale includes a butcher’s warning and Sam’s confession of eating the ham to erase the evidence. Also a joke about a counterfeit antique dating error and a note that over 69,000 New York City residents own cars.
Western Newspaper Union reports Secretary of State says primary ballots must rotate names by party and counties should print sample ballots instead. He notes law allows no enforcement but aims to reduce voting errors. changes place squares to left of candidate names. Also covers mutual insurance assessments, federal game law, Burlington embargo lift, and Nebraska labor department farm job registrations.
An old promotional snippet urges drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels claiming to wash out toxins and improve health. It mentions headaches belching constipation and Bilious attacks as target conditions and cites Castoria and a gag about ready money.
A battered ad promotes Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap claiming rapid relief from eczema ringworm rashes and other skin diseases. It cites doctors and warm baths as aiding healing and notes cosmetic benefits like clearing pimples and dandruff. A stray item mentions a leap year scare and a marriage proposal.
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless cure for dyspepsia gas indigestion and sour stomach with claims of instant relief within minutes and a value of a fifty cent carton delivering a hundred dollars’ worth of satisfaction. It urges households to keep it handy for day or night stomach upsets.
Nebraska state records show bridge construction costs cut by 40 percent for state aid work and 26 percent for county work in 1915 compared with 1914 and 1916. State Engineer Johnson attributes saving to uniform bridge plans, competition, and cooperation with county boards.
The Saskatchewan Farmer issue prints two American farmers letters from 1916 praising life in Saskatchewan. M P Tysdal describes buying 1680 acres near Briercrest and paying about 32 dollars yearly in taxes while wheat yields 40 bushels per acre in 1914. Steve Schweitzberger notes a half section bought in 1912, 65 dollar annual taxes, wheat yields over 50 bushels per acre in 1915, and land costs lower than Iowa.
Fragmentary dialogue centers on a man boasting of assets including a bulldog and touring car. A companion rejects interest, asks for a formal assets statement, and jokes about George Washington’s honesty and the cherry tree tale.
Henry A Love writes that chronic backache rheumatism and frequent urination plagued him until trying Dr. Pierce’s Anuric Tablets. He claims the Buffalo New York remedy cured his kidneys and bladder, asserting it as the best kidney medicine.
Kansas City Star notes a congressman received daily letters from a constituent seeking peas. The demand grew so strong he wrote back offering six more packets. The reply joked that he would not plant the whole state, but peas make good soup and asked for more seed.
A forgetful man quotes a prophecy about the weather while noting that discreet prophets, like others, refuse to be interviewed further. The exchange hints at secrecy around forecasted conditions.
Advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical as a spring tonic made from Golden Seal and blood root. It claims to purify and enrich the blood, combating post winter fatigue without alcohol and restoring vitality.
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