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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
3
A quotation from Judge Harmon in Youth's Companion condemns thrift avoidance and social fear of poverty. It notes Americans’ low savings as a share of population and contrasts it with a historic museum artifact, a seventeenth century B C Egyptian fan, in Cairo’s museum.
The fragment mentions food and foul gases as they relate to the removal of excess constipated waste matter. It hints at medical or sanitation concerns without full context or clear actors or dates.
A mother saves newspapers with bold letters and lets children sort A to Z in envelopes, then paste letters onto cardboard squares. They craft a word game from letters, another time mold paraffin, and start with marbles and blocks before advancing to more ambitious modeling for personal pleasure and benefit.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment with free samples by mail. The text also explains how U S gold and silver coins are alloyed with copper to 900 parts fine to harden them and notes the profit from the difference between face value and bullion value in coinage.
An old advertisement claims falling hair and dandruff respond to Knowlton's Dandeline. It touts improved scalp health, luster, and new hair growth after several weeks of nightly use, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from any store.
An article notes a new patent for small pockets to be fastened to the uppers of shoes for valuables. The piece includes a sample dialogue about legal fees and a lawyer’s modest reply.
Jerry and Prudence fall deeper in love then face a heartbreaking separation as Prudence vows to stay with her family. Jerry leaves to honor her wishes while Prudence confronts guilt and a bitter winter in the parsonage alongside her concerned father and sisters.
The passage praises bare trees showing splendid shape against the sky and the promise seen in every slender twig's gray buds, highlighting prophecy in winter silhouettes as Helen Hunt Jackson observes.
A mother overhears her three year old son Jack rebuke a grown up use of baby talk. He then asserts with gravity that he calls the animal a dog marking a blunt, humorous clash between adult and child language.
The Canadian Government in Ottawa proposes to grant 160 acre homesteads to farm hands who work in Canada. Time spent earning wages will count as residence on the land, reducing the usual two year residence requirement to obtain title. Western Canada faces a 30 000 man shortfall for 1917 grain output as wartime labor draws workers away.
A simple measure asks you to place a water drop on a diamond and roll it with a pin. If genuine the drop rolls intact. if fake the water spreads when touched by the needle point. The saying about gray hair links wealth to spending. Wise men are those who keep others from becoming wise to them.
A vintage medical ad urges readers to avoid kidney problems by reducing meat salt alcohol and tea. It claims to prolong life and prevent backache headaches dizziness and sleep disturbances by taking Anuric tablets and drinking plenty of water.
A test for real diamonds involves placing the gem between two coins and pressing. Hard fingerprints are unlikely on a true diamond, but paste stones may show edge crushing. A careful lens examination reveals the difference. The passage also notes that if marriage fails to fix a person, renewal of good resolutions seems preferable to a 90 day note.
Mrs Morgan of Council Bluffs Iowa recounts recovery from mid life fatigue and nervous pains after using Dr Pierces Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets. The ad praises these remedies as regulators of liver bowel and overall health.
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