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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1909
Page
7
An admirer praises a woman as pure and artless while a cynic notes her lack of pretension and unconscious charm. The exchange contrasts innocent appeal with skeptical calculation, framing beauty through unstudied ease versus calculated performance.
A Baltimore American quip frames a child asking if lakeside wharves are called lochs or quays illustrating playful language about place names and pronunciation.
A rescue operation identifies a tugboat as the only vessel still missing after debris blockage. Fire crews coordinate searches amid challenging conditions, focusing on recovering the vessel and confirming all occupants are accounted for.
An advertisement touts Munyon’s Paw-Paw Pills as a tonic for the stomach liver and nerves. It claims the pills enrich blood improve digestion and relieve constipation without calomel or drugs. Priced at 25 cents. The piece closes with a proverb about a praying mother and sorrow.
A garbled ad proclaims land near Denver offers easy payments at about 10 percent of future value. It promises valuable bor and free excursions with special terms from Simonson Land Co in Denver Colorado.
A poignant remark notes the irony of placing a Rest on the headstone of a wife who was overworked to death, urging focus on one’s own business.
Fragmented sale pitch touts a patent tablet with vague cure claims CCC stamp and guarantees. The passage shifts to optimism about seed time harvest and suggests farmers need courage hope and truthfulness beyond money to raise children well.
A damaged notice advertises a one hundred dollar reward in a medical hoax for a catarrh cure. It cites F J Cheney and Co Toledo as endorsers with testimonials on Dr Cheney's cure and drug products. The faded text mixes unrelated aphorisms and marketing lines with medical product claims.
An advertisement promotes health through right living and early simple remedies. It asserts that medicines can be avoided with proper timing and introduces California Fig Syrup Co as the maker of a trusted laxative Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna sold by leading druggists.
A five year old boy leaned from a window with his sister and fell into the yard below but escaped injury. Relatives and friends praised his luck and rewarded him with pennies nickels and dimes. He joked that falling out of the widow brought him money and asked his sister why she did not try it.
If your eyes bother you get a bar of Pettit's Eye Salve, old reliable eye remedy side. All druggists of Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y.
A 40 year old public health warning explains that paregoric laudanum and morphine were commonly given to soothe babies. It cautions that narcotics can cause sleep then death in overdose and urges labeling, doctor guidance, and avoiding untrusted drops or cordials. It promotes Gastoria as narcotic free.
A small town scene shows a man directing a crowd of boys at a chem tent entrance. He requests they all be admitted and counted. After the last boy passes, he reports the total as twenty eight and departs satisfied with the guess.
Parker jokes about his life and salary in a brief dialogue. He says his salary is 1200 dollars a year and he saves 100 while incurring 700 in debt, totaling 2000, implying a bachelor should live within that amount.
A minister’s child asks about the word traditional in a newspaper wedding notice. The minister sighs that traditional means something handed down, referencing his own inexpensive black suit.
A fragmentary dialogue recalls a boyhood effort to fund college education and a skeptical view of present advantages. The son notes heavy policing, while Coriel Widow contributes a quip on law enforcement and progress.
A collage of quick quips and jokes from early 20th century papers. Bits poke at police, poets, fashion, court, and everyday life with sharp wits and accidental misreadings. Names and places are scarce but the tone reflects urban humor and social satire of the era.
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