Pager Shows Fondness for Gritty Gooseberry Pie
A quirky note reports that a pager has developed a fondness for gritty gooseberry pie. The odd detail highlights an unusual juxtaposition of device and dessert in a humorous local item.
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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1898
Page
4
A quirky note reports that a pager has developed a fondness for gritty gooseberry pie. The odd detail highlights an unusual juxtaposition of device and dessert in a humorous local item.
An assortment of casual notes cites a healing tonic claim, a fashion detail about Russian Chase fabric, gendered domestic humor, a Nebraska-based Atchison man with hired help, and a cleaning tip claiming ammonia and water can clean a dirty frying pan. The piece reflects fragmentary periodistic style with varied topics.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable catarrh. It includes druggists in Toledo and endorsements from F J Cheney Co and others, plus consumer tips about foot powder and a wry quote about a woman’s soul.
A short notice lists a weekly Monday issue by the Soo Line offering ailience and up-to-date Saturn threea and related services for rent, steamship, sailings, and facilities. It invites readers to join a mailing list by sending 6c in stamps to W. R. Callaway, G. P. A., Minneapolis.
The piece reports on reclaiming thousands of tons of buried coal from dirt piles and riverbeds. Small outfits near Girardville and across canal beds extract coal worth profits, with families washing several tons daily. It notes public works and local industry shifts, plus scattered regional notices.
Dialogues from the Boston Courier show a brisk exchange about engagements and consent. Timkins asks if the father ratified. Simkine answers yes in a roundabout way. The landlady probes for a suitor while the servant notes the man is older than she.
A fragment notes giraffes measure between fifteen and sixteen feet in height, indicating tall animal stature.
An advert promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for ovarian disease with testimonials from Mrs. E. L. Myers of Quakake Pa. and an invitation to write to Lydia Pinkham in Lynn Mass for free advice and guidance on symptoms such as aching and dull back pain.
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