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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
4
A fragment reports a winded horse in poor condition being kept hydrated with a bucket of water within reach. The note mentions sick animals and a promotional offer for a free home treatment book from Seed Kay Medical Co. in Omaha with an eastern office in Springs.
Richmond Texas reports unprecedented inundation with plantations under water. Trains halted except Southern Pacific west. 3 000 to 5 000 people may need feeding within a week as relief streams mobilize and lower Brazos valley waters ease slowly. Flood devastates livestock and lines of transport collapse.
It is reported three regiments will be organized in the Philippines and three more in the United States. The plan would add 667 officers to the army if all regiments are formed. Colonels appointed yesterday begin immediate organization and some officers are already in the city consulting on equipment and supplies.
Havana reports two yellow fever cases in poor city districts with authorities confident spread is unlikely this season. In Belgrade, former King Milan narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as an unknown shooter fired four shots while he rode in an open carriage.
A Burlington line northbound Omaha night express wrecked near Waldron Missouri after a culvert washout. Fireman Obas Welty of St Joseph was killed and about twenty passengers were injured. A cloudburst and rapid water rise caused the crash as the engine passed the culvert and the mail car overturned. A relief train from Kansas City transported doctors to tend the injured.
Port axn Ore July 9 reports say committees were appointed yesterday and the committee on reports of officers is listed among the newly named groups.
Fragmentary 19th century copy notes a scatter of moral maxims about kindness and public life. It mentions a health product for children and a claim about bees or soldiers, then pivots to a statistic on pickle consumption in the United States. The readability is poor and many phrases are garbled.
An advertiser touts Dr Klines Nerve Restorer with claims of no fits or nervousness after day one and offers a free trial plus a treatise. Another testimonial praises Piso’s Cure for Consumption as a God-sent. The message ends with a sliced personal note about wealth and wit.
A fragment notes the claim that religious practice limited to one day weekly is wiser than any form of infidelity, suggesting a moral stance on worship frequency and faithfulness.
An advice item warns against neglecting health and urges readers to focus on true vitality. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to maintain purity of blood and achieve robust health.
A Missouri native tells a tale recounted to the writer about six men aboard a smoking car on a railroad train. Each man claims a birth state Ohio Nanols Kentucky Georgia Maine while the sixth man reveals he was born in Missouri and threatens with a gun hidden in his rear pocket.
Mrs Richter of Doilphan Meb praises Peru-ma strong and Peru-na for catarrh and change of life symptoms. She credits Perane Mav-a-lin and Peruna with relief and renewed activity. Mrs Col Hamilton of Columbus Ohio also commends Peruna for women. Free health book offered by Dr Hartman Columbus Ohio.
An advertisement extols Peruna as a universal remedy for summer bowels complaints including cholera infantum dysentery and diarrhoea. Dr Hartman claims a forty year practice with no failed cases and invites readers to request a free copy of Summer Catalogue at Columbus Ohio.
The famed tambour major Jean Henri impressed crowds by playing fifteen toned drums simultaneously in soft harmony. His rapid movements dazzled spectators as he shifted between drums with astonishing speed. The piece notes a historic contrast with over 10,000 Russian villages lacking schools and some men remaining cynical due to failed livelihoods.
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