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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
7
A Philadelphian deer hunter in Maine fired several shots into a thick copse and then called for everyone to emerge. Six sportsmen came out and he proclaimed he had shot a buck, shouting in triumph as others confirmed they were all out.
Sam Marcts of 905 Lowell Place Chicago describes years of burning itching hands with disfiguring sores. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with warm water for five to six months he was cured. Sample of each sold worldwide.
A playful exchange imagines a volcano as a fur nace full of Human candies with an open door, mispronouncing serious science into a childlike metaphor for curiosity and wonder.
A San Francisco Star tale describes a newlywed six month marriage strained by fear. A wife recalls asking her husband to check for a burglar, and he bumps his nose on the door while uttering three simple words as if spoken in a dream.
A couple wed under an out of town justice. The magistrate used the usual form and asked if they would part until death. The man asked to make it an indefinite sentence, and the quip reflects a sly take on pasts not staying in the past.
A Nebraska man recounts illness with fever leaving him weak and appetite suppressed. After ignoring a friend's tip to eat Grape Nuts, he tried various medicines with little relief before he finally considers the suggested cereal.
Four youths were arraigned in Nyack on burglary charges after attempts to steal James B. Hammond’s $40,000 yacht. Police traced a pirates’ cache behind the Flatrock property with boat fittings worth thousands. Timberlain and Donati held for grand jury. Cuzio and Romano discharged.
The crescent, linked to Byzantine and Ottoman history, began as a Christian emblem and was adopted by Vienna bakers to celebrate driving back siege mines. The sixteenth century tale ties the crescent roll to the Turks at Vienna and the underground bakehouses near fortifications.
Mrs. Alice Devine widow of Horace Devine killed herself at a Milford cemetery. The note found was to undertaker B. E. Nettleton who buried her husband. Her identity and links to Milford and New York remain unresolved. Medical examiner John Ives investigates her past and Mrs. Devine’s relatives.
Mrs. Joseph Rutledge killed herself after failing to locate a rumored $3,000 buried in a iron pot on the family farm. Her husband, who had concealed his savings and died last February before disclosing the cache, left her in despair over the hidden funds.
River front rat catchers chasing bubonic plague era Havana infestations unexpectedly trap a four foot alligator in a spring device. Officials suspect the reptile came from shallow water beneath the wharves and brought it to light during the ongoing effort.
Dialogue snippets depict two dockside characters in cockney style banter about appearances affection and honesty. The exchange blends humorous self awareness with a quip about not wasting money while implying social schemes and a jab at a dancing academy as a possible hustle.
Muff reports Senator Borah labeling a political rival with a seaside prank metaphor. The exchange includes a Chicago millionaire and two girls noting his dating prowess. Crawford notes a surgical operation and asks what the patient had. Crabshaw answers Money.
Thomas Roach, a machinist, was found inside a rolling barrel on Kent avenue near South Tenth street. Neighbors gathered as nails inside the barrel wounded him and required removal by Bender with saw and axe. Roach was taken to Eastern District hospital for treatment and plaster.
A Porto Rican mother, Mrs. Juan Carvalho, was shot in the abdomen after a quarrel with her brother in law. The baby was born within twenty hours with a bullet in its side and underwent surgery two hours after birth. doctors say the infant is likely to survive. The brother in law, named Rieas, is under arrest awaiting charges of attempted murder.
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