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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1915
Page
3
A historical ad style notice promotes Peruna as a remedy for catarrh and related ailments. It appeals to readers seeking relief, naming the product plainly and positioning it as a cure for persistent symptoms.
The earliest use of deleterious gases in siege warfare appears in the Peloponnesian wars between Athens and Sparta. Platea and Delium were besieged as attackers burned pitch and sulfur beneath walls to generate choking fumes that stifled defenders and eased assault.
A fragment discusses gender norms with lines about military courtship resembling a court martial and a woman’s charity work as pressuring male acquaintances to fund causes. It also notes the bigot often being small in stature.
The Loadod Times outlines a portable broadsheet program for soldiers in trenches aided by Sir Walter Raleigh. Sets in six volumes feature Shakespeare Milton Wordsworth and various prose including The Compleat Angler and The Song of Deborah. Postage friendly, distributed to officers for men.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products a fragrant creamy soap for babies and a soothing ointment for rashes itchings and chafings. It invites mail order from Boston and lists the Copy with other vintage notes and jokes about public figures and political quips.
Leading physicians including Dr. Eberle and Dr. Braithwaite join Dr. Simon in endorsing Dr. Pierce’s cures. The ad promotes urine analysis, free medical advice, and a 50 cent Anuric option, claiming a remedy thirty seven times stronger than lithia for uric acid removal. It also touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women, Golden Medical Discovery, Pleasant Pellets, and offers trial samples by mail with 10 cent fees.
Western Newspaper Service reports on fire losses for 1914 and 1915 in Nebraska, with Commissioner Ridgell predicting a near 5.6 million annual state expenditure. The Oct and June warrants are detailed, plus school funds, university extensions, and a chaotic Chadron school board accounting. It notes ballot changes under the Blauser law and two Supreme Court cases involving Fire Commissioner Ridgell and the state banking board.
Lincoln Nebraska Democratic editorial association to host a monster Democratic banquet January 11 in Lincoln where candidates for senator representative and state offices may present views to the public. No business meeting will be held at 2 PM that day. Also notes cider production in Johnson county and a missing 17 year old Samuel Schiep in Hastings.
The report covers a chaotic mix of Omaha school funding talks, safety concerns, and civic events. It notes a $146,000 school fund drive, fire and panic cautions, a Lincoln gathering in late November, and memorials for long-time Nebraskans. Also mentioned are hunting accident wounds, a state centennial poem prize, and local charity efforts at the Y M C A amid corn industry demand.
Fragmentary reminiscences unfold a chaotic scene in a bathhouse with a red faced landlord chasing out a man amid muddled boasts of birth and asset value. A Virginia lawyer rushes to a railway disaster scene as distant conversations drift to damages and odd anecdotes of flying tables and chariots wheels.
A clipped exchange contrasts Niagara’s roar with a domestic dispute over a hovel-bill as a judge speaks on debts envy and happiness. The fragment hints at social satire and column gossip in a period paper.
A joking exchange between a minister and his son contrasts collect and congregation implying differences. The dialogue touches on aging eyes, cinema, and a remark about life insurance implying mortality. The piece reads as a playful, period tone column fragment with scattered phrases.
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