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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
3
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap as an effective skin care regimen. It instructs to apply the ointment for two minutes then wash with soap, and to bathe regularly to prevent inflammation and clogged pores. The ad notes sample books and worldwide availability.
A quoted testimonial describes fourteen years of illness from female plants and a final restoration to health, highlighting a tale of struggle and recovery in a period newspaper style.
In Los Angeles G. Harootunian, living at 1147 Dewey, has organized and attended eleven marriages as best man. He claims to have linked Armenian men with English or other brides, noting about 620 Armenians in the city, with around 200 marriageable bachelors and few Armenian brides.
Alma Beaumont known as Odiva the diver faced a charge of malicious mischief against Emma Adams, wife of manager Charles Adams, after eight bathing suits costing 170 dollars were burned. Adams testified he laUNDERed them and left them drying, later finding them charred on the back yard line. the magistrate released Mrs. Adams for lack of evidence connecting her to the fire.
In Chicago at 1769 West Twenty-third Street a dawn break in by a loud baby led a frightened woman to call police. Officer Mosman found a sleeping infant in the nurse’s arms. the father explained the infant would become a policeman, not a burglar. No arrest was made.
Untutored women lacking baseball rules clashed with a ball striking a Merry Widow hat. Ground rules did not specify base limits when the ball lodged on the hat, delaying play as the basemen ran the bases.
The piece explores how open hands signal truthfulness while clenched fists suggest deception. It notes thumb position indicating willpower, origins of handshakes, peace signs in earlier cultures, and the symbolic meanings in oaths, sacraments, and weddings, ending with a remark on deaf, dumb, and some Latin and Semitic speakers using hand talk.
The drawing shows proper hook alignment to prevent tangling. Sunfish thrive in shallow quiet spots by large streams. After catching one keep your line in the water to avoid scaring schooling fish. The text notes they move little and seek food in sight.
In a playful dialogue a girl asks about fathers jobs and learns one is a horse doctor and the other a veterinary surgeon. The exchange touches on class and belonging amid light humor.
A playful overview explains soap bubbles as water film held by soap, notes glycerin enhances colors, and describes classic and elaborate bubble methods using pipes, smoke, or hands cupped with suds to form enormous bubbles.
A puzzle asks how to extract wine without breaking glass or cork by pushing cork into bottle. Another riddle describes a hand constraint and a bowing circle to trap a person. A mother asks why a baby cries and the daughter Nettie jokes the child cries because he cannot think of anything to do.
The ceremony took place in a beautifully decorated church where roses perfumed the air. Lola whispered to her mother that the place smelled awfully solemn, capturing a child’s candid observation amid the formal event.
A shy suitor, smitten with a belle, buys a bouquet and plans a graceful first call. He frets over a white lie about a conservatory and stumbles through the moment, muttering that giving flowers feels like casting pearls before swine.
An Edwards county farmer went to Kinsley to hire a harvest hand. He loaded a man into his auto and drove him to the farm. After a week of work the man learned he was only a mile from town and was promised transport next Saturday if he helped harvest.
A traveling man complains of a hair in honey at a hotel. The proprietor claims combed honey. The next day a hair appears in ice cream but is dismissed as the ice was shaved. He finds a hair in apple pie. the landlord recalls Baldwin apples. Also included are short jokes and ad blurbs about remedies and weather prophecy.
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