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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
3
A vintage medical promotional note offers a free 80 page guide for women, detailing health advice and remedies. It invites women to write to Lydia E. Pinkham’s address in Lynn Massachusetts to receive the booklet by mail.
In a note from Lincoln No 12 1912 competition tests loyalties as a jealous lover navigates business rivalry and personal strain affecting local dynamics.
A reader quotes a quip about Mame reacting to being ordered to cut a dress to pieces. The line “What did Mame do when ma told her she must take that dress to pieces?” is answered with “I tell you she was ripping mad.”
A corrected Washington Star snippet features Miss Cayenne remarking in a weary tone that the egg is not the answer, while Briggins notes the latest quip in the page’s dialogue.
A humorous anecdote describes a woman weighed 286 pounds who slips on a banana skin and sinks gently. A polite shopkeeper helps her rise from a box of fresh eggs, she worries about breaking them, and he reassures that they are only bent.
Mrs B entertains friends while Elsie stays in the room but remains talkative. Her mother warns she must not speak again. Elsie then asks softly if she may speak without saying a word, a quiet moment ending the scene.
A village church tale centers on Rev. Davis beset by lofted affections from choir members and a besotted household, as a package Easter Cupid statue sparks gossip about bachelorhood and marital chances among the minister, soprano, and church staff.
Rev Dr. Davis pursues Muriel Shangborn amid church events and a mix of romantic and comic intrigue in a rural community. Jimmie Langhorn, Mrs Wade, and others complicate gatherings as Muriel's opera ambitions grow and the minister seeks a domestic alliance after concerts and visits.
The Nebraska Legislature shows delay on Norton’s bill creating a conservation commission and a related finance committee. Committees debate, postpone, and hear again, with sentiment shifting toward favorable reporting. A companion workers’ compensation bill expands coverage and sets liability options, aiming to avoid constitutional objections.
The Nebraska house recommends passage of the Keckley bill after hearing bids from the state railway commission. It proposes a 10 percent freight rate cut on affected Aldrich law classes and a 20 percent cut on close rates not covered by the act. The House also passes the Bollen bill on constitutional amendments with publication form left to future legislatures. A Lincoln Socialist gathering calls for a full probe into laundry price hikes and gendered labor issues. The Stephene bill to bar religious use in advertising is indefinitely postponed amid lively discussion.
An advertisement featuring Dr. Hartman promoting Peruna asks readers to avoid tobacco alcohol and stimulants and to live simply with early nights and early rising. It claims health comes from frugal eating and work and offers a booklet by mail for readers seeking more self guidance.
A collage of aviation era quips and oddities. A mechanic guides a questioner about engine failure midair with a grim joke about French aviators starving in the sky. Other items include granite dogs in Dublin and a joke about a shriek machine for cars.
A collage of quotes about marriage and manners mixes with stray ads and product pitches. Snippets include sarcastic exchanges about a wife, farm seed prices, teething remedy claims, and light moral quips, all in a dated casual newspaper voice.
The speaker recalls Perdita flirting with high rollers at the beach last summer and notes she nearly drowned. A reference to a "human dynamo" follows, describing a man who has everything charged.
Fragmentary ad claims a cure for itching boils and protruding lesions in days through good work rather than luck. It cites a patent remedy format but provides no verifiable details or sources.
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