Wail of Modern Benedict
A satirical verse depicts a man oppressed by a domineering wife who dictates nightly movements, chores, and expenses. Throughout, domestic roles are exaggerated with humor, ending in a mock blessing of dwelling with his wife.
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1911
Page
7
Baby's terrible suffering ends with Cuticura remedy
A mother recalls her six month old baby covered in itchy burning sores that prevented sleep. After trying many remedies and doctors, a friend advised Cuticura Soap and Ointment, leading to full recovery in six weeks. Mrs. Noble Tubman, Dodson Montana, January 28, 1911. Free sample offer via Cuticura Dept 18 K Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Tubman
Dodson, Mont
Boston
Risky Business in a Hair Fashion
Dialogue shows Mrs Crawford and Mrs Crabshaw joking about false hair as a fad. Mrs Crawford expresses relief when the trend ends while Mrs Crabshaw admits fearing accusations about stray hair on her husband’s coat. The exchange captures light domestic humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Crabshaw
Christmas Post Cards Free Sample Offer
An offer from the Ast Post Card Club in Topeka Kansas promotes free Christmas post cards with five samples of chosen designs. Readers can request 26 stamps to receive the samples in beautiful colors and appealing designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ast Post Card Club
TJ Jackson
Topeka
Kansas
Cross Reference Verse Notes Found in Harper's Bazaar
Fragmentary text references a cross reference and a line about hearing the prompter. Mentions Bridget, a poker, and a quote about the world being a stage. Includes a Mart vaux line and Pleasant Pellets phrase. Content is incomplete and lacks clear event details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget—Fomne
Harper’s Bazar
Combined pencil and light novelty invention note
An architect describes a combined pencil and pocket light device for use in dark spaces like basements. The design allows a small light only when needed by turning a screw, and the pencil attachment can be removed to use the handle as an ordinary pocket light. The battery could be placed in the pencil barrel with a small grain of wheat lamp.
Electric valve grinding tools debut for engines and valves
A line of electric valve grinding tools for lift or poppet valves in automobile engines compressors and globe valves has been released by an American tool company. Popular Mechanics notes these tools save manual grinding labor by handling periodic resening tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile
Ann American Tool Company
Furnaces of Niagara Melt Factories Heat Aluminum and More
Niagara Falls supplies abundant electricity powering furnaces that melt clay to shape aluminum, fuse lime and carbon to make calcium carbide, produce graphite, phosphorous, and carborundum. The article hints the diamond realm may be next to fall to these industrial feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Falls of
Magnetic disturbances blamed on trolley lines near Cape Town cable
A siphon recorder for a submarine cable at Cape Town was nearly rendered useless by a trolley line half a mile away. As a remedy a second ordinary cable with an earth plate was laid nearby to counter the interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
South Africa
Windmills in Netherlands Face Profit Challenge for Power
Electricity by windmills remains unprofitable in the Netherlands with a fourteen cents per hour lamp price as the best achievable figure. The article notes price alone cannot solve the fundamental efficiency problem in wind energy generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Interurban Traffic Rules Debated by Rail Officials
American electric railroad executives discuss forming a nationwide code of rules to regulate interurban traffic. The move aims to standardize operations and safety practices across the growing electric interurban network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Electric Railroad
Life preservers praised for shipwreck safety
The life preserver pounds the two swim Geie ee ee sas maes Se potion of thy perees and at night the victims of the supposed shipwreck, by aid of the lamp, have been easily discovered. It buckles around the body in five seconds and shines once fastened, valuable in catastrophes and warships though not as visible in war.
Hanging Wire From a Tree Could Aid Rural Telephony
An article describes swinging wires from trees with hangers to avoid poles in woods and swamps. It cautions to keep branches and leaves from touching the line and notes wind movement. It also reports an Illinois electric light company providing free fans and electrical service in sick rooms, aiding patients unable to pay and wiring homes at no cost where needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Electric Light Company
Electric devices and wireless telegraphy noted in 1900s press
The article lists eighteen recognized wireless systems, new electric meters for steam pipes, a stamping and recording device for 151 letters per minute, bottle labelers driven by motors, a timed alarm gas lighter, and portable miner lamps. It notes widespread electrical use at West Point, cinema popularity in Britain, substantial US line supply, electric incubators, and innovative rail and iron advancements. It also mentions telegraph pole removal in a Welsh town and a Swiss railway concession for a 110 mile electric line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowr
London County Council
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Great Britain
United States
New York
Canada’s immense wheat fields and prairie promise
The article reviews Western Canada spring wheat’s central role to farmers, noting vast potential in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It cites yields near 200 million bushels, high economic impact across the Dominion and United States, and cautions about July August weather tempering that total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Hardware Reporter
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northwest
United States
Great Lakes
Maritime
Prairie
Canadian Northwest
Northwest Provinces
House Fire Message Sparks Quip by Senior Partner
A boy delivers a phone message that the partner’s house is on fire. The partner jokes about his wife being "pretty hot," thinking the warning was trivial. The exchange ends with a playful groan at the misread alarm in Stray Stories.
Silence and Motives Referenced in 19th Century Quotations
A compact fragment presents questions on silence and identity. It contrasts a college yell called the school of experience with a sober remark on prudent men examining motives. It uses era flavored phrasing and literary asides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bali
Hali
School of Experience
Fragmentary Exchange Sparks Legal Quip
A terse dialogue suggests a filing quip about love letters and promisory notes. The joke emphasizes tough love as a swift kick to aid a worthless man, reflecting sharp wit in a legal setting.
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Hood
Chicago
Rayo
Sey
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Spohn Medical CO
Goshen, Indiana
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mae
Ordina
Putnam
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