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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
2
A collage of quips and cartoon captions from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page features snippets about tourists guides mischief, jokes about appearance and marriage, political oratory promises, job interview banter, and a medical gag about grafting. The scattered items showcase quick punchlines and character sketches with nameless speakers and local color.
A 508 foot chimney is being erected for the Amalgamated Copper Company in Great Falls Montana. Other notes describe a pin and its head guiding its course a carrier pigeon’s speed in wind and light beads formed by incandescent air after lightning.
An old advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that claims to cure catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It promises a $100 reward if it fails and cites testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Pills for constipation with a bizarre pin analogy.
A short proverb shows a pin stuck too long grows rusty and a person must act. It likens perseverance to pulling a pin from a hole to free oneself from stagnation and hardship.
A collage of old ads and notes mentions Allen’s Foot Ease powder for foot ailments sold by merchants in Olmsted New York and other dealer notices. It also references goats producing Ter Roquefort style milk from herbs, charcoal ovens in Mexico, Pompeii ruins unearthed wire rope remnants, and a diverse catalog of pins describing human types.
A terse note claims wire netting will deter rats from the corn crib and protect a bankable return. The quirky text mentions a pin with a big head and a man with a big but offers no clear names, places, or dates.
Mrs. AJ J. Davis of Murray credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing her kidney disease after dizzy spells back pains and a knife like back attack. The ad notes three weeks to relief and urges purchase for 30 cents a box via Foster Milburn Co. Also includes farming tips on pruning raspberry canes and rhubarb beds.
A fragmented ad style item questions why farmers do not vote for farmers and be nominated and elected. It then urges farmers to participate in offices and to ensure their share of political influence. The text also includes a mixed medical and household advice line about Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and carriage care tips.
A detailed description of a homemade lifting jack for farm use enables one person to lift bay racks and grein tanks from wagons. The design uses 2x4 and 2x2 uprights, a rope crank, a spindle, and a wooden brace system to keep the unit strong yet portable. Also noted are cow feeding and horse health tips including pulse and temperature checks.
A mixed page blends farming tips with curiosities. It describes a hay rack lift method, notes butter and wheat fertilizer economics, and profiles Russia's sheep industry with 33,000 dogs guarding flocks. It also defines horse color terms, dairy housing, a large Sumatra tobacco farm near Amsterdam Georgia, and global crop comparisons.
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