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Steele City Press

Location

Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1917

Page

3

Notice to Sick Women

A short proverb style notice urges women to pursue health by abandoning bad habits, implying a moral incentive and public wellness message without specific events or actions.

August Flower and German Peace Debate Snippets

An advertisement touts August Flower as a stomach and liver remedy with prompts to prevent illness. Also promoted are Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver regulation. A satirical article reflects on Germany’s pursuit of peace and global dominance with a light quip about a husband’s razor.

Civilized World Dr. Pierce Germany Belgium France Roumania Davey Sacramento

Did Cleo Use Her Needle Rug Gaffe in Antique Sale

A rug shop sales pitch jokes about Cleopatra owning a rug with sewing machine holes. The clerk asserts the piece is antique and from Cleopatra's sewing room, prompting the amused customer to question authenticity.

Cleo Cléopatra Jtm

Theatrical People and Country Homes for Poultry

A witty remark compares theatrical ambition to owning a country retreat for raising chickens with a chorus manager’s typical role implied. The exchange hints at backstage practicality vs. public glamour in show business.

Kazan the Alaskan Sledge Dog Engages with Wolf Pack

Kazan, a quarter gray wolf sledge dog, saves his master then joins a wolf pack after a night of violence. He defeats the pack leader in a brutal confrontation and, wounded, forms a bond with Gray Wolf as they move into the forest together.

Kazan Isobel McCready

The Fight in the Snow and Kazan's Vengeance

Kazan leads Gray Wolf through a snowbound chase after a gift of danger from a hunter. They flee a man with a dog sled and rifle, then call to a growing wolf pack and pursue vengeance across the plain as a lone hunter and mate join the chase.

Gray Kazan Gray Wolf

Nebraska enacts broad game season changes and prohibition update

The legislature repeals open quail and dove seasons, tightens duck and goose shooting, and adjusts prairie chicken snipe trout bass and other fish seasons. An emergency clause keeps the new rules in force. Also notes amended catfish sale rules and state warden licensing shifts. Beatrice Institute manufactures mattresses for state institutions as part of a control board initiative. Public appeals for the dependent children home draw wide support from Nebraskans. Governor Neville pushes wider distribution of the new prohibition law May 1 effective date.

Western Newspanel Union News Service Adams Dawes Colt Sawyer Lancaster Tome E. C. Mayfield Board of Control Neville

Strange woman's influence tames wolf dog in next installment

The passage notes the recurring effect of a kind woman in softening the wolf-dog's savage disposition, promising continuation in the following installment.

Feathers Sold After Curious Plumage Collapse

An English tale from August 28 1736 reports a passerby near a Preston Lancashire bridge witnessing two large flocks collide causing 180 birds to drop. He gathered the birds and sold them at Preston market the same day.

England Preston Langcashire New York

Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Ad Promises Relief

An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a mild gentle vegetable remedy for kidney diseases and other ailments. It claims rapid relief, urges trial with a sample bottle offer of ten cents and notes bottles sold at drug stores for fifty cents and one dollar.

Oysters Prove Dead Upon Shell Opening

A humorous exchange has a waiter assuring a patron the oysters are dead after their shells were opened, the line delivering the gag that they died of embarrassment.

Farimer

Freezone Claims Pain Free Corn Removal

A Cincinnati authority promotes Freezone as a painless method to lift corns and calluses with a few drops applied directly to the corn. The compound dries instantly, causes no irritation, and is sold cheaply in drug stores. If a pharmacist lacks Freezone, a local wholesaler can supply a small bottle.

Cincinnati Ady

GAVE HIS CANE AWAY A Kerrville man praises Dodd's Kidney Pills

Mr 8 S P Benton of Kerrville Texas recalls years of kidney and rheumatic troubles forced him to use a cane before using Dodd's Kidney Pills He reports he is 64 years old now feels fine and stands straight again The ad urges readers to get God ds with three D s for diseased kidneys and warns against similarly named products Also includes a humorous antediluvian exchange about a deluge and submarines.

P. Benton Kerrville Texas Dodd Bodd Mr. Benton Atdy

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