15 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1918
Page
1
Paul Wilcox contracts measles while J F Zoellin grows weak. residents move onto farms east and west of town. many visitors, travels and local happenings abound from Steele City to Fairbury including weather damage, a Red Cross auction, and school and depot updates.
Dr C T Hatfield opens new dental practice in Fairbury Nebraska located in the First National Bank Building. The note invites patrons to receive dental care and mentions a cheerful mood and musical phrasing.
Eider ducks are plentiful along Norwegian shores and valued for eiderdown. Producers rely on the birds yet fishermen view them as a nuisance, harming spawning beds and lobsters which suffer from their depredations. The species is strictly protected by law in many areas.
The piece notes numbers on farm yields and prices, mentions Evrgreen Croft and Clavte Hoppe from Alexandria, and records illness and church visits by Rev. Heyhoe and Rev. A A Cressman. It recalls Rev. Cressman’s lineage, his brother Rev Edmund Cres man, and the Cressman family farm northeast Steele City with Mrs G O Taylor as owner. It also mentions Edmund’s academic path from Kansas to Yale and back to Lawrence, and highlights Stella Ada and Ada’s Kansas teaching role. The narrative closes with a rural memory of a mother’s vase and a misheard butter exchange.
An Atchison Globe editorial voices strong stance against praising all individuals, arguing that one cannot separate a person's ways from themselves and vowing not to love or kiss every troublesome person encountered.
Advice lists a simple remedy for sour stomach urging slow eating and thorough chewing. It suggests eating lightly and avoiding meat at night, with Chamberlain's Tablets to be taken before bed. Sold by all dealers.
Fragmentary prose describes a literary context with references to a strange atmosphere and a fresh sardine. It notes the sardine as a beautiful fish with iridescent blue green scales and a silver body when exposed to air, comparing it to mackerel bars on its back.
Older homes with gas fixtures show ceiling smoke staining. A starch and water slurry applied with flannel can lift the color. After drying, brush lightly to finish with no remaining stain.
A fragment recounts an exchange where a boy asks to ride with the speaker after a brief scuffle. The mother is asked to permit the ride as the boy disappears down the aisle. The passage is an incomplete excerpt with unclear context and speakers.
Nervous energy fuels enthusiasm that sparks life into effort. Energy underpins ambition and drives people to strive for higher levels. without it a person remains stagnant. Internal motivation and drive propel energetic individuals upward, whereas a lack of passion holds one back.
Advice on using Chamberlain's Tablets for upset digestion and a gentle bowel movement. Short note notes availability from dealers with advert style and slightly garbled text.
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