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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
2
A collage of items reports on Danish exports, US mint gold, and inflationary numbers, plus taste of travel and public health. It notes St Petersberg statues, Nordic women voting rights, and a Boston rail terminal upgrade. Also included are anecdotes on TB prevention, horse driving, and royal travel customs.
A reader testimony from 1907 reports edema and widespread rash in a boy improved by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent after several physicians failed. The letter from George L. Lambert of Mahanoy City, Pa cites dramatic recovery in about two months and advertises Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. as Cuticura sole properties. The piece also includes unrelated quips about domestic life and ventilation.
An assortment of brief items discusses deafness treatment and ear inflammation, a cure claim for catarrh, postal and railway wireless tests, Hamline Oil for pain relief, dietary commentaries, and social caste practices, including underage marriage norms in India with caste links.
An advertisement extols Munyon's Paw Paw Pills as a stomach liver and nerve tonic that purifies blood and aids digestion without calomel or strong drugs. It asserts constipation worsens health and complexion, and notes the product costs 25 cents. The piece also references rail electrification in Germany and other disparate notes about teething syrup and Philippine mining.
An advertisement touts Cascarrets as the best remedy for bowel and liver ills claiming one week of treatment costs 10 cents. The copy emphasizes easy trials and morning relief, noting packaging in green brown or blue cartons and urging immediate use.
Advice on proper painting timing, surface preparation, materials and a free Houseowner's Painting Outfit No. 49 from National Lead Company. The outfit includes color schemes and a paint adulteration tester and promotes Dutch Boy purity. Also mentions Santos-Dumont's compact flying machine and a coin-operated pool table patent.
A solution of four dunces each of hyposulphite of soda and sugar of lead in water, boiled hot, will blue most metals like blued steel. Uncle Allen Sparks remarks that a man never feels old until he catches his boy shaving him.
Women adopt hooded head coverings while traveling and visiting theaters, a fashion note from Santos. Frilled taffeta hoods with lace trim, friar’s cowls preferred for portability, though whalebone versions hinder comfort. Worn to and from entertainment and on trains, some keep hoods on for meals.
A husband and wife debate domestic roles with humorous biblical references. The man complains of dishwashing while the wife cites scripture to argue household duties are divinely assigned to women. She plans to attend a meeting of the Society for the Extinction of the Microbe by Means of Electricity.
A notorious Maine man known for his nearness visits a Portland meat shop to ask the price of a soup bone. The generous proprietor offers the bone for free, but the hard of hearing man asks for a discount. The dealer suggests a charity name, and the man leaves content with the supposed bargain.
A soggy man gazes at a plumbing shop front as he notices a sign reading Cast Iron Links. The observer and the man discuss the sign, with the phrase prompting a playful remark about its obviousness.
The Washington Star quotes a diplomat noting he intended no anger at hostile epithets. He says the rival's harsh words inspired him to remember those phrases for his own future use.
A sharp joke from the Cleveland Plain Dealer contrasts a wife’s voting instinct with a student’s failures. The quip hints at appearances guiding ballots and notes a broader call to answer civic duty with a louder voice.
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