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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1909
Page
7
A long, garbled set of kitchen instructions covers desserts with prunes, milk puddings, corn muffins, pickle tongues, and stews. It intermixes methods, measurements, and odd asides about wallpaper odor and cleaning with lemon salt, turpentine, and oxalic acid.
The article discusses choosing exterior and interior color schemes with guidance from color books and the National Lead Company. It also describes a four foot two inch high solid silver vase exhibit, insured for $39,008, and four accompanying vases symbolizing resilience, displayed at the century’s end.
A Chinese man named Kim Yunwka, condemned for life in a Chinese court, escaped, was recaptured, and given another punishment. Gompers and Mitchell joined labor leaders in Washington with Secretary Straus to discuss relief for the unemployed. Mrs Winslow's teething syrup is advertised for children. The pygmy-mouse of Siberia is the smallest quadruped, about half the size of the American mouse.
An eclectic column notes foulard gown ideas for plain or figured silk with open lace necks and net or chiffon sleeves. It then shifts to personal medical anecdotes praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from female ills and a striking anecdote about an English doctor and a suicide threat. The piece closes with remarks on Arabia climate and a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on consolidation of leather companies.
A blind inmate at a local workhouse named B. Neville estimated a bullock's weight at Henley-on-Thames fat stock show within a pound to win the first prize in a weight guessing contest. Electric sirens rev up on German railways as diaphragm vibrations drive the sound from an electro magnet.
An old advertisement promises at home relief for piles through a new absorption method. It touts immediate help, free trial offers, and references on request, targeting readers with bleeding itching or protruding hemorrhoids. The text also mixes other claims about health remedies and international notes.
Pain and swelling are not reliable signs of internal trouble. local inflammation can be removed with Hamlin's Wizard Oil. The jewelers of Melbourne promote renting engagement rings to their patrons. Rings are usually returned about a month after marriage.
The note mentions Vienna coffins mainly zinc or copper with copper units priced from 82.600 to 6.000. It also references eye ailments treated by Vettit's Eye Balm and notes steam trawlers and European fishing practices affecting the coast of British Columbia.
A Georgia physician publicly credits Grape Nuts with restoring strength and weight after mountain rest failed. He describes rapid improvement after two weeks walking a mile and five weeks returning to full practice, urging others to try the cereal during convalescence.
The dialogue shows Emily and Angelina discussing a household signaling code using a waving handkerchief to convey love. A mock courtroom line follows with The Lawyer declaring proof on a charge, and a crook noting delays before judgment.
A fragmentary exchange shows Pearl and Ruby debating petty larceny versus grand theft while a poet and horse reporter weigh lines and fortunes. The piece cites attorney Coke and a Cleveland Plais dealer in a mosaic of quick takes on honesty and clashing personas.
The fragmentary text shows a dialogue about marriage, insults and a joke about a wedding postponed. It references a Boston Transcript piece and a New York Herald line noting a violent scene and a quip about tears containing chemicals, implying a humorous or satirical tone in a reader’s exchange.
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