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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
3
An old newspaper fragment features an advertisement for California Fig Syrup promising a cure for constipation and a child friendly taste. It also includes a quip about Aunt Susan’s age during voter registration and a joke about boys who use bad words becoming golf players.
A fragment from the Louteville Courier Journal shows playful banter about a postcard purchase and a primeval location, reflecting lighthearted local chatter in a clipped exchange between implied readers.
A fragment notes Charlie is recovering and that his creditors seized his car. The line hints at ongoing financial difficulties affecting him and his ability to move.
Thousands of women with kidney or bladder trouble may not suspect a link to kidney health. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy to restore health and urges readers to request a sample bottle, with sizes available from Kilmer Co. The passage also includes a school exercise about conjunctions and sample classroom commentary.
The English Bible Society reports the Bible is now translated into 648 languages. Three peoples gained access: North Trane vans, North Nigeria, Angola, Aner and Bramarck archipelago. Plans continue for forty more language translations.
Doctors tout Postum as a fundamental aid to sound restful sleep. The cereal beverage is praised for health protection and delicious flavor, positioning it as a preferred nightly drink.
President Harding urged national mobilization to create jobs for the jobless and avert a harsh winter. He asked governors and mayors to form organizations and take steps recommended by the unemployment conference. A coordinating national committee in Washington will align public and private relief, announced by Secretary Hoover.
The United States paid its highest tribute to fallen French soldiers as General Pershing and President Millerand attended the tomb of the unknown soldier under the Arch of Triumph. A military review and victory parade followed the ceremony with American troops from the Rhine leading the parade, reviewed by President Mitterrand, General Pershing, the ambassador, Herrick, and French marshals.
The American Legion convened a conference led by Commander John G. Emery to address unemployment among veterans. National officers attended with a committee tasked to investigate joblessness among Legion members as part of a broader effort to support former service members.
Washington dispatch reports an invitation was sent to President Harding to attend the opening game of the World Series. It notes the president reserved his decision and would attend only if public affairs permit.
Evidence of restored ties with Germany noted as the Bayern, greeted by a welcoming committee led by Mayer Ilylan, sails into an American port. The vessel carries 564 passengers from Hamburg marking the first such arrival since prior disruptions.
Kansas coal mines largely idle as a protest spreads to small operators not in the union. The stoppage follows the jailing of union leaders Alexander Howat and August Dorehy in Columbus, while the operators association faces pressure.
Pressure mounts from domestic figures and rumored Washington influence to have Prime Minister Lloyd George personally attend President Harding’s proposed armament limitation conference at the Hotel Where Lincoln Dined. A fire at the National Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue injured two and damaged part of the building. it was among the city’s oldest hotels where Lincoln and others once dined.
Topeka Kansas farmer Torrien of Miamiview sues Union Pacific Infroad for 7200 in district court claiming loss from railroad failure to supply grain cars. O'Brien says he too lost that amount on wheat crop. Cotton ginned up to September 25 shows over 400000 bales more than last year per census.
The War Finance Corporation approved an $17,800 advance to a Chicago financial institution. The bank had provided loans totaling $17,800 on Idaho livestock, according to the announcement.
A lightning strike caused a blaze in Morrilltown Arkansas destroying over 16,000 bales of cotton and the Leeser Goldman compress warehouses. Fire crews battled the flames but suffered heavy losses to the storage and goods stored there.
Government bureau estimates Canada will harvest about 285 million bushels of wheat this year up from 205 million last year. Preliminary figures suggest a heavier crop, with Ottawa reporting total production near 285,001,000 bushels.
China censures Japan over Shantung settlement proposals. Beijing cites incompatibility with Chinese treaties and aspirations, says final concessions would prove Japan's insincerity. Dr Yen presented the note to the Japanese minister in Peking, who said the document was unofficial and could be returned.
An accord proposes Germany provides 7 billion gold marks of building material to France within three years. Signed by Louisa Locheur, new French minister of Liberated Regions, and Walter Rathenau, German reconstruction minister. The document appears as a tentative agreement drafted last December.
Washington invites Belgium Holland and Portugal to join the Pacific and Far East armament talks, bringing total invitees to nine nations. Officials say interallied debts will not be discussed, and armament limits will be debated only among the five major powers. China remains involved as the first invitee, with acceptance anticipated from the three added nations.
William Howard Taft took the oath as chief justice marking the reconvening of the Supreme Court for the regular term. He becomes the first chief justice who previously served as president, affirmed by associate justice Joseph McKenna. The ceremony, a long-standing rite, binds the chief justice to administer justice impartially and uphold equal rights.
Dr Vernon Kellogg of the American relief administration, en route to New York, will urge Herbert Hoover to immediately establish a food draft system in Russia. M Kameneff, head of Russian famine relief, indicates willingness in principle and asks for workable details.
West Virginia Secretary of State Houston G. Young rejected an informal charter application from a Ku Klux Klan district in Charlestown. He stated the group would not be granted a charter and told the applicant the decision plainly.
Charles C C McChord of Kentucky was chosen as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission for a term beginning December 21 1922. He will complete the term of Hagar Klark who resigned as both chairman and commissioner weeks earlier.
Chicago reports representatives of leading building organizations adopting Judge Landis award reductions by about twenty percent and notifying workers they will adhere to the decision, aiming to make the city the greatest open shop center in the world for building trades.
In Hatchum Grand County Cole and partners drove a herd 135 miles to Denver over ten days. McCoy William Henry and associates saved about $40 upon arrival and reported no lending of cattle. Washington DC Chief Justice Taft told the Senate Judiciary Committee that 17 more district judges are needed to ease federal court congestion and avoid swamping.
Tony Kanalarteh removed 1100 from the bank to buy a home. He kept the roll in his hip pocket. The next morning his trousers above the stove caught fire and his savings were destroyed. Friends seek $1100 repayment from the federal author Niles based on the charred trousers.
In Kansas City Kansas a dog died in a garage blaze at Thirteenth and Steward while attempting to reach a trapped horse kept as a work animal. The horse perished. the dog repeatedly returned to help and finally sacrificed itself beside its companion as flames and collapsing timbers raged. Pickle consumption facts follow from New York report.
The senate confirmed Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood for governor general of the Philippine Islands, allowing his retirement from active army service and immediate start of the governorship.
Fifteen Northwestern University students have been expelled after an investigation into hazing following the disappearance of a student and the near drowning of two others two weeks ago.
Michael Nime, the last survivor of General A. Custer's troopers, died in Monroe at age 80. His death ends the line of the Civil War era aides who served with Custer.
The ShywKal government party plans to send three leading members to Washington aboard the Kashima. The main Japanese delegation to the Washington conference on far eastern questions and armaments limitation will sail with the steamer.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace will speak at the American Farm Moreau federation convention in Atlanta Georgia from November 21 to 24 invited by resident J I Howard. A tentative date of October 11 was announced for a conference of midwestern governors on freight rates and unemployment.
A classroom moment turns playful when a master asks for a feminine river and the Mississippi answers through a student’s imagined consent. Separately, ads note Cuticura skincare and a Red Cross appeal while Seville is cited as the first European city to employ a policewoman.
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