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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
5
A Galveston News item follows a woman trying on many shoes in a store, then heading to another shop. The chatter and misfit fittings end with the proprietor noting the chase continues, as she seeks the right pair and price.
A boastful woman, claiming ardent suffragist credentials, confronts fellow activists over her devotion. The episode reveals divisions within the sisterhood as she questions why others doubt her commitment and what she has done to merit greater trust.
An unseen observer watches a newly married couple settle in next door. Mrs Bennamy notes the wife’s cleaning routine, praising her ability with a broom and assuming she is well trained. The fragment hints at prying, judgmental neighbors and a mysterious context.
Miss Pearl E. Ziegler of New Haven describes her Chicago appearance in a harem skirt suit claiming it conceals hosiery, offers freedom of movement, and suits a working woman. She emphasizes practicality, professionalism, and a nonfrilly business persona while rejecting traditional hobble and tube skirts.
Copenhagen reports heavy attention to the race for the south pole between Scott and Amundsen. Norwegian Geographical Society president Nansen doubts Amundsen can reach the pole without dogs crossing the equator. Polar expert Mohn agrees Cape Adare route is improper and questions Amundsen’s plan.
Alderman John J. White proposes city maintained libraries in all city run institutions. He suggests each jail and institution be equipped with a fine collection of newspapers current literature and staff of readers librarians and attendants to educate inmates. He argues newspapers keep everyone abreast of the times and cites Bowery attendants as evidence of potential benefits.
Sidney Marion of Brooklyn brings Standing Bear, an isolated Indian man, north to New York after meeting him near El Alfonso New Mexico. Standing Bear speaks an unknown language and cannot communicate with other tribes or Marion. Marion aims to contact the Indian Bureau in Washington to solve the mystery.
New York City shelters a quarter million workers who labor through the night across a wide range of jobs. Milkmen postal workers police firemen transit crews night managers waiters in hash houses newsboys printers operators bartenders hotel staff drivers nurses and many others keep the metropolis active after 7 p m until 7 a m.
Clergymen urged Recorder Yost to apply the 1898 anti gambling statute to bridge whist and poker in Montclair. A socialite was shorted on a $40 debt from a bridge game, a broker’s daughter paid with a brooch, and a New York lawyer demanded its return within 24 hours.
A St Louis court ruled a husband had the right to spank his wife in a divorce case involving Rebecca Yowell and T Yowell. He confessed claiming it was a mitigating factor that she talked for four hours. The piece notes the absence of a woman judge or jury and questions gender roles.
Chicago waiter John Henry William Rehm and partner Henry von Hannison will travel Europe this summer on tips, taking his wife and two daughters aboard the Lusitania for three months. He advises dining guidelines based on social context, noting a waiter should receive about 500 dollars weekly in tips and that saving tips matters as much as earning them.
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