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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
3
Edward Stanton vanishes after restaurant hours leaving a note and a partial paycheck. Nebraska City hosts unionization of house cleaners and washerwomen with wage shifts. The article also reports shop robberies, bootleg arrests, a newspaper sale, legal suits, a barn fire, and a pioneer doctor’s illness.
Voters weighed liquor and mayoral fate as Malone and Love traded slim leads across wards. Seventeen precincts reported with Love leading prohibition and Malone ahead in western wards, while saloons debated dry town fate into late counts.
Zintka Lanuni, a Sioux girl adopted by General L. W. Colby, married Albert Chalivat a lumberman in Mrs. Clara B. Colby’s Portland rooms on April 27. The pair plan a two year journey to Hudson Bay then possibly a Canadian ranch, pending Chalivat’s appeal for funds.
In Nebraska City Judge Travis sentenced Clark and Dickson to one year each in the penitentiary for robbing the Berlin general merchandise store. Captured in Council Bluffs with stolen goods, they were sent back after high home town recommendations said they were not bad boys before going on the road. Ultimately they became discouraged after losing money and turning to drink.
Arlington Illinois. Engineer Nayes of the Northwestern prevent faced a serious wreck when his No 25 passenger train thundered down a hill at forty miles an hour toward No 1 on the same track. He applied brakes and reverse, stopping the engine a yard or two from the other train as crew members leapt to safety.
A Bremen tale tells how seven lazy brothers earn money through hard work, returning as successful landowners. They lay out a broad new road and name the street Faulenstrasse to warn youths against idleness. The legend, recounted by Bishop John F. Hurst, ties to life in the Fatherland.
A quirky readable snippet portrays Charicles and Cleon competing for Aglae in Athens society. The piece notes accents and manners shaping courtship, with Cleon winning Aglae while Charicles bears a flawed reputation. interwoven is a modern riff on social life and money in the stock market.
The item quips about an army endurance test and a mother living with her son after his pension. It notes a church girl with a generous beau is described as a pudding by the finance committee, reflecting social commentary on money and virtue.
The piece discusses social wants in a satirical tone, noting desires from respect for language to clothing. It humorously contrasts wealth figures like Carnegie and Rockefeller with everyday needs such as trousers that never bag at the knees, reflecting on fashion and prudence.
Washington Star recounts Bishop Potter as a remarkable preacher who was quiet yet effective. A young clergyman recalls a sermon moment when his voice and gestures trembled. The elder advised, never mistake perspiration for inspiration in the pulpit.
The text presents a collage of aphorisms and quotes from the Washington Star. It includes calls to generosity over receiving, a note on advice being hard to heed, a quip about racing suppression, a bookmaker’s remark on finding a way to distribute easy money, and a comment on disagreeable behavior as a sign of vanity.
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