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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1896
Page
4
A fragment from a weekly page captures a humorous exchange about ink shortages and a Turkish bath bill. The bit features a teller, a towel, a daughter wondering where to go for clothes, and a puzzled response to expenses.
The article describes a peanut sandwich method using a mortar with salt to grind nuts thin. Batter and paste are used, two pieces are joined, and the sandwich is cut into rounds or triangles.
Morgan County announces the Kingston Route is now prepared for free distribution. A small fee is asked for those who will write to T Princis G. P. & ft. A. Burlington Route for details.
A simple method uses turpentine to soak the spot then talc to absorb grease. Apply a warm iron to press, brush away powder, and repolish with wax for a clean, refreshed surface.
Local advertisement claims deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and offers catarrh care remedies. It promises one hundred dollars for a cure not helped by the product and directs readers to send for circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The note also mentions heating molasses and butter for gingerbread to improve the mix.
Several health ads urge readers to use Dr. D Jays Expectorant for coughs and lung trouble while Sicilian Hair Renewer claims to restore original color and prevent hair loss. Short anecdotes promote products and a few social observations about fashion and behavior in public spaces.
The article describes a seventy five fowl poultry house with a central hallway connecting four pens. It notes the hallway improves cleanliness and efficiency, allowing tasks to be done without entering pens and allocating roughly ten square feet per bird, with outdoor access enhancing climate adaptability.
This excerpt discusses smoke curing meat with controlled heat using hickory or apple wood, drying methods, and storage in dry rooms. It also covers potato vine injury, potato bug damage, lime soil treatment, and a solid stone floor for pigsties, plus the rise of pacers as gentlemen’s roadsters in urban stables.
Hon N F Murray vice president of the Missouri State Horticultural Society urges thinning apples to prevent overbearing. Start when marble sized, remove scabby wormy or ill formed fruit, boil to kill larvae and fungus, then thin so remaining fruit can mature properly. Pick when ripe but not overripe.
Using twenty five bushels of lime per acre when sown on wheat stubble in August shows very plainly on corn. The guideline describes a simple soil amendment practice and its visible effect on subsequent crop performance.
An Agriculturist warns that some cheap fertilizers may test high but lack proper chemical and agricultural balance. In wet warm seasons they might work, but in cold dry seasons they fail. he urges farmers to insure crops with proven forms of plant food, whether homemade or purchased, even if labeled by manufacturers.
Hon. Charles R. Dabney recalls a German visitor who argued that American farming amounted to land-skinning. The foreign observer believed U S agriculture lacked farming science and advocated soil science to maximize yields while improving land condition.
The article argues against relying on scrubs for hardiness and criticizes deeply ringed noses in pigs. It warns that improper deep rings cause sores and rot, while proper shallow rings avoid injury. It stresses not to overemphasize rings as a profit factor and promotes careful upraising.
A reader describes a rope technique to stop halter pulling. Using about fourteen feet of half inch rope a loop is placed around the horse’s girth area and the other end is used to apply controlled resistance. The method claims to be easy on the horse and effective with limited pulls.
Readable fragments hint at a mother’s attempt to engage with her newborn but the text remains muddled. The piece centers on parenting and the challenge of meaningful dialogue with an infant.
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