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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
4
Fragments show a notice about Friday publication and subscription terms with a price of 1.00 payable in advance and a reference to Brecle City Nebraska and the Congress of Maren.
All welcome at Baptist church services with Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m. Morning topic Advancement in Christian Graces evening topic Atonement possible only through a Divine Christ. Also included is an automobile quip about car trouble and engine disassembly.
An English visitor aboard a New York streetcar fixates on a homely infant opposite him until the mother whispers a one word cue rubber. The man relaxes with relief and jokes I thought it was real. The anecdote appears in a periodical of commonplace urban humor.
The government plans to compel owners to till idle parcels within two weeks of notice or face requisition by mayors and municipal committees. Land would be cultivated under town supervision until harvest, then sold. Minister Meline cites a 10 percent grain deficit in 1925 versus 1924 and warns against later economic vulnerability. A military-backed need for farm labor is noted.
Amell Kenning is having a seize of the mumps this week. Born, Mr. and Mrs. Bugbee, on Friday, April 28, a daughter. Quite a number from this part of the country went to Fairbury Saturday. The Rose Hill school will give a weinie roast at the old lime kiln Tuesday night. Charley Wells Andy Belding and Frank Price's children all have the mumps. Mrs. Wm Murphy and children from Ballantine Montana are here visiting her daughter, Mrs Wm Richardson. Mrs. Compton gave a surprise party Saturday night for her son Will. Oranges, bananas and cake were served.
A discharged sailor hired to shepherd a large flock on Avon bush land is found exhausted after hours of chasing sheep to keep them on the run. The manager questions him as the cattle-dusty air settles and the sheep cluster around the fallen man.
A modiste compliments a hat saying it makes the customer look ten years younger. The customer reacts with surprise asking how old she appears and expresses astonishment at the remark.
Critic questions why Shakespeare’s poetry is called blank verse while a thespian argues the form still lacks explicit content. Debate echoes across the stage as poets discuss meter and meaning.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a teacher asking about a father’s work and a child replying with a policeman, amid unrelated phrases about paradox and personal attachments to books. The text reads as a collage of speech and nonsensical fragments without a coherent event.
Charley Pickering buys a new Ford and Mildred Anderson works for Mrs. Dade. Families in the neighborhood report mumps while several residents visit friends in nearby towns. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised by S. W. McClinton for his baby’s whooping cough recovery.
The Journal offers baseball statistics for fans unable to attend games and markets a low annual price of 3.50 with Sunday Journal or 2 without. Substitutions via Evening News where available. It highlights politics, elections, legislature coverage, and state news, plus a colored comic.
The five pointed red star on each package serves as a symbol of health dating to ancient Greece. The advertisement promises quick relief from indigestion biliousness or constipation and urges readers to obtain a package from their druggist, noting availability everywhere.
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