Welter of Sand on Bread Sparks Butter Barrier Discussion
A quirky exchange notes sand on bread as a method to keep butter from slipping. The dialogue frames a playful culinary misstep and invites practical fixes for spreadability.
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1919
Page
3
A quirky exchange notes sand on bread as a method to keep butter from slipping. The dialogue frames a playful culinary misstep and invites practical fixes for spreadability.
An advertisement claims Danderine stops hair loss and dandruff with a small bottle from drugstores. It urges rubbing into the scalp to prevent shedding, promote growth, and make hair thick and soft. It ends with a line about a conscience and a cryptic query about murdered songs.
The doorway is treated as the back of a case to form a built in bookcase. An epace door locks and supports shelves. Shelving can fill the full door opening or just the lower half for versatile storage.
Ad copy touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for a severe cold. A two hour interval dose plan promises open nasal passages stop runny nose and relieve headache feverishness sneezing and soreness after the first dose. The ad emphasizes low cost and no quinine.
A fragment shows a family scene with a father asking what a prerocial man is and a housewife praising Hed Cross Ball Blue for clean clothes. The clipping blends humor and consumer reference with a quick jab at a man’s seedier appearance, citing prices from grocers.
A fragmented health blurb extols kidney and digestive vigor as the key to delaying aging. It claims bodily poisons are removed by proper kidney action, promising renewed vitality and “new life” with continued use of the product.
Fragmentary quotes discuss selling Sing and shifting focus to being literary. The brief hints at market interest in literary works and a push toward deeper literary emphasis.
Washington reports indicate President Wilson has not changed stance on treaty ratification. Senator Hitchcock repeats that ratification is possible but reservations are inevitable. Lodge seeks to carry the majority reservation program into the 1920 campaign as party leaders anticipate a compromise before the next election.
Miners have accepted Secretary Wilson's suggested wage rise of 3161 percent aimed at offsetting living costs, while operators reject the terms and seek government arbitration. They refuse three forms of arbitration and call for government action to resume production amid growing national concern. Governor Davis sends state militia as tension rises among workers in Lee county.
A joint legislative committee report from the farmer labor conference advocates government control of railroads mines meat packing industry and the merchant marine plus cooperative credit. The panel wrapped up its section on November 22 signaling policy shifts and potential reforms for a postwar economy.
President Wilson revives wartime food powers, transferring authority to Attorney General Palmer to manage sugar supplies. The Justice Department will set a 12 cent per pound wholesale sugar price, with Louisiana sugar at 17 cents, and plan to curb candy and soft drink consumption to avert a famine next year.
The first of four air mail freighters is being built at College Point Long Island for the air mail service. The biplanes will enter service early next year on routes including New York Chicago and Omaha. They cruise at 430 miles per hour with a 106 foot wing span and a crew of four. Each plane weighs ten tons and can carry 3000 pounds of mail on long trips and 600 pounds on short hops. The cruising radius is sixteen hours at low speed.
The United States warned Mexico that further harassment of William O. Jenkins the American consular agent in Puebla would damage bilateral relations. Mexico was urged to release Jenkins who had been rearrested on charges linked to the abduction and ransom demand totaling 120000 in gold.
The document reports Secretary Baker announcing the discharge order for regular officers. It notes an official interpretation and a bill authorizing up to $8,000 for emergency officer ranks. It mentions a group total of 18,000 officers and rapid action to process the public business.
In a fragmented report from the port yards, employers accuse a large group of over 1000 men of not seeking work as unions accuse management of blocking entry. The piece hints at shop limits and wage issues amid wartime style labor pressure.
The union urged Congress to enact pro American migration and labor legislation. Aimed at brewers and a plan for workers contemplating moving abroad. A telegram from Kansas State Agricultural College president Jardine says 1560 young men are willing to dig coal if needed under Governor Allen’s plan.
The supreme council agreed December 1 as the date for formal ratification of the German peace treaty.
An old advertisement warns that California Fig Syrup is a gentle laxative for children and advises parents to look for the California name on the package. It touts fruity taste and urges mothers to speak the name aloud while giving the product.
Canton Ohio woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving a female ailment after doctors advised surgery. She reports she can perform housework and urges other afflicted women to try the root and herb remedy before surgery. The ad notes possible hospital options remain if complications exist and offers company advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
The article claims President Wilson suffers nervous exhaustion after a prior influenza attack in Paris and warns of winter relapses. It urges prevention with turpentine based remedies sold by druggists, asserting Tim is preventive though not a cure and urges readers to stock a thirty cent jar now.
A court case records a judge quickly finding a musician guilty of loafing after questioning his occupation as an organist. The exchange reveals the judge’s insistence that labor be proven by work, while the man asserts his regular employment at a house of entertainment. The report also mentions broader notes on theft, public interest, and unrelated societal remarks.
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