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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1909
Page
6
The excerpt mixes anecdotes about bishops and poets with sketches of urban life. It includes jokes about dining room etiquette, a Native American village greeting, and a photographer Rossetti tale. It also describes clergy, vigil, and the plight of workers on New York’s East Side, noting police roles and shifts.
J Joseph Goodwin paints a portrait of East Side residents chasing wealth. He notes children sleep much, adults work two shifts, eight hours day and eight after dark, with one Essex Street man juggling a slaughterhouse job, usher duties, and late return home.
Yale's Warren Luditeh finds tainted bills can carry bacteria ranging from 14 000 to 686 000 per sample with an average of 142 000 across 28 bills. He notes no fixed link between dirt and bacterial load and calls for larger studies before drawing conclusions on money as a disease vector.
A fragmented passage discusses an unpopular woman noted for sharp satire and cruelty, questioning why friends avoid her and detailing social dynamics. The piece references the old proverb on speaking ill of others and contrasts behavior between "bust" men and loafers. It then shifts to domestic topics, including fashion covers, infant weight norms, and removal of pencil marks from painted surfaces.
Reading Railway engine 1023 balked between Mahanoy tunnel and Tam aqua after heavy train move. Fireman and engineer exhausted by fruitless search. A tow to shops revealed a clogged injector with about two hundred fish, large and small, in the tank.
The text describes using absorbent oil between toes for soft corns and cinnamon for warts, with a five cent sufficiency note. It also advises washing a coated tongue with glycerine after fever, and outlines a poultice made from turnip, lard, and laudanum to treat an abscess.
An elderly spinster, at a ladies luncheon, condones a praise article about Mme Calve claiming flattery suffices. Calve dismisses talk of discriminating praise as unnecessary flattery, noting she accepts any praise. Washington sources report the exchange with sardonic wit.
In a Boston note the exchange shows interest in a new filing system. The response indicates business halted to attend to the filing update. The brief reflects a moment of operational pause for implementation.
A pithy remark notes that fear or hesitation prevents many men from pursuing intimacy, framing cowardice as the barrier to sexual connection.
A thin stunning frock adapted from the Directotre modes features a high waisted Empire skirt and fichu like drapery. It is made in pale blue satin veiled with gray white tulle, with white lace ruffing at the elbow and pale blue and silver overskirt. A blue panne velvet hat with matching arbutant plume and a pale blue aigrette completes the ensemble.
A fragment describes removing indentation marks by running felt dampened and wrung dry over the area then pressing with a hot iron to lift the impression. The text notes a method used on the surface and mentions the sequence of pressing and heat.
Lace and silk ruching makes a comeback in fashion history. Doenfl ict, a Paris dressmaker, introduces a frock named potonatae featuring trimmed ruching revived from past decades.
The article argues deep breathing and full lung use prevent consumption. It notes those who persist with correct methods may recover if not in advanced stages. A few simple exercises are recommended for daily practice.
The piece describes quick decorative options using cretonne with embroidery and mercerized thread, plus diagonal cock feather designs. It mentions Craftaman canvas at 81 yards by 50 inches and burlap as affordable materials for simple, effective projects.
Dr. Walter F. Wilcox of Cornell University says fertility has fallen to about thirty births per year per thousand women. If the trend continues for a century and a half, the population of children will fall drastically.
Myrtle gives one objection to marrying Algy, saying she would have to live with him. He answers that would be required.
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