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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1899
Page
4
Fragmentary ad and items show seed catalog offers and grass seeds with promotional claims. The piece also notes a Guatemalan resident named John Knight, born in Alabama in 1844, described as a wealthy figure, plus unrelated medical claims and a large Chicago furniture house boasting vast reach and homes supplied.
A fragmented column touts various remedies and health tips including Fish's Cure for a sprain and Mire. Winslow's products. The piece mentions soap called the Diamond, notes on baldness linked to hair color, and general commentary on human behavior and prudence.
The ad warns against mercurial ointments for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F. J. Cheney & Co as mercury free. It claims the remedy protects the system and offers the product for 75 cents, with the caveat to ensure you get the genuine item. It also notes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with a 25 cent price.
In confused dialogue a weary speaker explains writing over forty letters with no typewriter. A companion asks about a lost love and a rushed marriage, as they joke about life and language amid exhaustion and mistakes.
The note discusses the viability of offering an online daily service as passenger rail lines in Tennessee and Kansas consider ceasing. It mentions free chair car seats and Pullman Palace Sleepers operated on all night trains, implying questions about nighttime service economics and accessibility.
Dispatches describe a night assault on Caloocan as Admiral Dewey’s vessels unleashed fire from the bay and the Monadnock dominated the earthworks. American regiments drove rebels from the town while Aguinaldo reportedly shifts base to Malabon with forces concentrating near Caloocan.
Feb 11. Troop A Black Hills Squadron Grigeby’s rough riders prepare for immediate preview should the plane at Washington recruit members again. Capt Seth Ballock says all his old men are ready to go into service again. Several express anxious to join.
Quiet along the line at Maree on February 18 at 10 00 p m with nothing disturbing the peak of Sunday to that hour.
An insurgent clash near the front caused a brief engagement with two wounded on a Saturday reconnoitering party twelve miles south of the city. MacArthur’s 10th Infantry reported the engagement very successful with seventy enemy dead collected, several wounded, and multiple named soldiers listed as casualties or missing across several regiments including First Montana and Twentieth Kansas.
Alarming cable from Bluefields Nicaragua prompts Jamaica to send the British cruiser Intrepid to protect British interests. General Reyes announces a revolution across the Atlantic department, threatening merchants and residents and prompting a wartime presence to safeguard foreigners and property.
Havana reports Generale Brooke Ludlow and Lee attended the funeral of the late Gen Calixto Garcia held at 1 o'clock Saturday.
Fragmentary OCR notes report a British tank steamer at Avores on February 13 with unclear details. The entry names Powra Dai Gapa and a location, but the rest of the context is unreadable.
Ex Congressman A T Goodwyn of Alabama endorses Peruna patent medicine from Columbus Ohio. The letter claims relief from long standing catarrh after a week of use and urges public figures to recognize Peruna as a national cure. A promotional appeal invites readers to request a free book from Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
A Cleveland woman seeking to cross a crowded street asked a nearby gentleman for help. After guiding her safely, the man revealed he is blind, prompting her grateful thanks and his modest remark about valuing his protection.
A fragment states love in a cottage is equated with a labor of Ainion, framing domestic affection as a productive effort. No additional names or places are provided to elaborate further.
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