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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
3
A practical philanthropist offers help while a shabby visitor admits past trouble after stealing from another man’s cash register. The exchange hints at crime and a failed attempt at self-help as the visitor reflects on his imprisonment.
A patent has been granted for an egg substitute made chiefly from thoroughly cooked yams. The note discusses public perceptions of a political figure nicknamed the Other Groundhog and the phrase pork barrel shadow.
Clean the Blood Spring urges readers to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purge impure matter from the blood after winter. The purely vegetable remedy promises to dissolve poisonous accumulations and replace tainted blood with rich new blood, improving skin conditions and preventing recurrences. It is sold in tablet or liquid form.
A collage of quips and tiny anecdotes about aging, marriage, and daily life. The dialogue features a husband and wife bantering over gray hairs and memory, with scattered lines about dieting, aging, eye remedies, marriage motives, and curious claims such as a five ton Australian bush turkey.
A new discovery called Anuric from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo claims to eliminate uric acid. Experiments at his hospital show it relieves backache scalding urination and sediment in urine related to uric acid problems. The ad urges readers to buy a 50 cent package or send 10 cents for a trial.
Nebraska and neighboring states will send teams to Omaha for a large summer tournament with hose races water fights motor displays and horse racing. The Great Western Handicap shoot plans are set for June 15 14 and 15 in Omaha with $500 additions from local clubs boosting prize money.
An aged newspaper advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a harmless laxative for children and adults, promising relief from constipation and associated symptoms. It also promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for sore tired feet with claims of instant comfort and a free trial offer.
A folkloric exchange compares a bungalow to a joke or parody. The line hints at playful misinterpretation of a housing term through a father and child.
The Baltimore Sun notes Alexander the Great influenced military grooming by shaving beard to prevent enemy grasping during hand to hand combat. It claims soldiers in modern European trenches grow beards for cold protection, predicting beards will revive as a wartime fashion.
A Washington Star excerpt recounts a British diplomat praising women's war effort and shares a village anecdote about a wife working as a bus conductor. The tale highlights the quick, bustling activity at home as ordinary citizens support wartime needs.
Slowbetter remained unruffled when his car suddenly exploded after ignition. He crawled beneath it to inspect, was engulfed by flame and smoke, yet calmly stepped aside with his characteristic slow, even smile. A mirror revealed singed eyebrows and hair, but he quipped about needing a shave and haircut.
A slice of 1916 era trivia notes a hen belonging to James McKees Rocks owner Francis yields an egg bearing a white embossed prophecy reading emi of time-1916. The report cites readers debating whether a hen could be an instrument of revelation and references several newspaper quotes.
Prudent wartime note praises wildlife protection as France bans hunting and sale of native game to aid forest renewal. It cites Belgian lark exports and wartime shifts, then pivots to a column of quips on love, embezzlement, and radium half lives, ending with a trivia line about phonograph speeds.
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