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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1898
Page
6
A terse line notes that gold adds brilliancy to the material though lacking context or specifics. The fragment hints at a trade or manufacturing claim but provides no names dates or places to identify the item.
A young man seeks a lenient tailor but is refused for not paying bills. The tailor explains he only bills nice people, prompting the youth to seek another tailor. A bicycle pedal guard is described to prevent chain entanglement. A wife’s request for money is viewed as unpleasant for both spouses.
A Scranton reader recounts chronic stomach trouble and relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The letter notes appetite loss, misery, and eventual recovery, attributing cure to restoring blood vitality and nerve strength. Washington printers seek wage restoration to 1877 levels.
A discussion on bonfire construction explains that flame visibility depends on air flow and pile geometry rather than material quantity. Examples cite Malvern hill experiments and the need for free air access beneath and through the stack to avoid central smoldering and dull flames. The piece notes historical failures from poor air circulation and suggests supporting air corridors and iron supports to improve combustion.
Glasgow corporation reveals a family home with one hundred rooms for widowers and widows who work outside the home. Each family pays five shillings sixpence weekly for bed, lighting, heating, and cleaning with weekly linen. Dining and nursery facilities, and careful supervision, make the enterprise self supporting.
A fragmenting verse sequence contrasts Mary’s old lamb with a grown daughter’s independence. It shifts to a note on glue making using whisky in water and a social critique of a woman who has been in society.
The passage presents a man nicknamed Meandering Mike seeking 10 cents as an advance, claiming it would secure future money and cooperation. The dialogue frames a proposal where one party asks for immediate small money in exchange for a favorable arrangement.
Reports from China show the silver dollar, made current by the 1890 decree, growing unpopular due to fluctuating silver prices. The same dispatches indicate China is rapidly moving toward adopting a gold standard, mirroring Japan’s path.
A consumer alert warns against vendors marketing cheap kalsomine as the same as durable Alabastine. It advises buying Alabastine only in proper labeled packages.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves painful swollen smarting feet eases tight shoes and bunions. It cures sweating callouses hot tired feet and nerves. Try today. Sold by druggists and show stores. Mail for 25c stamps. Free trial package. Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy New York.
A reflective remark notes that half of a person’s trouble is imaginary and the other half is not as bad as it appears, suggesting a cautious mindset toward personal woes.
One hundred dollars reward offered for Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes testimonial from F J Cheney Co and druggists Waust Walpine Kinnan MarvLy of Toledo Ohio. Claims cure is internal and blood driven. Price 75 cents per bottle with free samples and full assurances of honesty in business.
An assortment of old time ads tout remedies such as Laxative Bromo Quinine for quick cold cure with money back guarantees, Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and Piso’s Cure for consumption, plus rhetorical quips on cranks and social conduct, all reflecting period advertising tone.
A fragment describes a hand powered ferry at Lake Warrington near Christin with a rustic sign guiding travelers. It mentions a wagon road to Christina, a generic grocery store and hotel, tobacco smoke and a traveler’s quip about distinguishing people, and a waiter using bellows to locate a specific person in a smoky room.
Mrs. Lyman Abbott writes in the Ladies' Home Journal that youth must not ignore their home making role. She likens young voices to butterfly wings and bird song that refresh the weary, urging youths to keep happiness and help for others, especially at home.
Critics decry widespread inflation of unique and insist it means one of a kind. They warn that phrases like very unique and most unique dilute precision and may force a new dictionary definition.
In a tale from the Medical Record the frugal Guy, founder of Guy's Hospital in Loimion, invites John Hopkins to learn thrift. Hopkins visits, asks for saving lessons, and Guy blows out a candle saying they can discuss frugality in the dark. The anecdote illustrates Guy's renowned munificence and parsimonious private life.
A newly designed notebook features a cover with four hinged arms that form an easel. The mechanism supports and raises the book to a near vertical angle for easier viewing and note taking.
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