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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1899
Page
4
Dialogue reveals Jack jokes about teaching cards after marriage with Marie replying that solitaire would teach them about life. The exchange blends romance with a playful edge about strategy and fate. The tone resembles witty early 20th century social humor.
A collage of 19th century patent medicine claims and home remedies mentions cures for wind colic arthritis rheumatism and neuralgia. It lists products like St Jacobs Oil Pike's Toothache Drops and Laxative Bromo Quin ine with scattered notes on recipes and literary references. The text reads like an advertisement page fragment with mixed instructions.
The Illinois Corn Growers Association formed at Springfield announces a standard perfect ear of corn. It should be 10 hours inches long with 74 inches circumference, yield 90 percent grain, cylindrical shape, full length with slight taper near the tip, well filled at both ends.
A fragmented promotion extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as Spring medicine curing scrofula liver trouble and kidney complaints. The ad lists testimonials from residents of Pittsburg Auburn and Fall River praising restored strength and health after using the remedy.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer anecdote shares a father guiding a boy through the life and death of Nathan Hale. The boy’s misstatements prompt corrections on hanging versus stringing up and a joke about sneaking a claim of serving General Washington.
A man in Chicago's tenement district sees a child in white at a third story window. He enters to rescue her, but the woman explains Molly is safe, tied to the sill with a rope to prevent falls, and the child is hauled back in when she calls. The man leaves a dime, puzzled by the scene.
A World War II era vignette recounts Sergeant Pierson, popular yet blunt, calmly sipping coffee by an entrenchment when a private asks the dreaded question. He retorts with sarcasm and is then killed by a Mauser bullet, ending the moment.
At Rivolto near Arco three persons died in the same house of pneumonia. Two parrots in the dwelling died about the same time. Examination showed parrots died of acute pneumonia and authorities believe the human victims contracted the disease from the birds. London Chronicle notes this is not the first time such transmission has been established.
Clinton Ross releases a new book titled Heroes of Our War with Spain Told for a Boy. The work presents a child friendly account of the Spanish American War, highlighting key figures and events in a narrative suitable for younger readers.
Instructions advise setting out young trees with large holes, avoiding root drying, mulching topsoil separately, and trimming tops before buds swell. A French fire alarm uses an aluminium sphere and balance arm to drop and ring on pressure changes. The piece also discusses dairy cow management, moral tone, and a planned album gift for Miss Helen Gould with signatures from soldiers and sailors.
A historical note describes waterproofing dress boots using equal parts linseed oil and neatsfoot oil boiled together. Store in a bottle with a cork and apply after cleaning. Two applications yield best results with drying time of two to three days. Also mentions Mary Wilkins's upcoming work The People of Our Neighborhood and a reference to travel to Joseph or Kansas City.
The notice advises limiting air blowing in bedrooms to avoid discomfort or illness and promotes St Jacobs Oil as a warming soothing remedy to use if symptoms arise.
London imports about 25 million bushels of grain annually with 8 million bushels of that total being wheat. The data outlines the scale of London's grain trade and highlights wheat as a major component of imports.
A spokesman promotes shortening travel to St Joseph or Kansas City by using St Joseph and Grand Island night trains featuring Reclining Obask Cars and Pullman sleepers. A scientist reports no microbes found on Swiss mountains at 2000 feet.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful swollen and smarting feet. It claims instant relief from tight shoes and bunions, reduces sweating and callouses, and offers a free total package promotion. The fragment ends with unrelated gunpowder expansion data.
The La Crosse Wisconsin seed firm Salzer Seed Co advertises German Coffee Berry Java Coffee and New American Chicory seeds. Consumers can mail 15 cents for any one package or 30 cents for all three plus a free catalogue.
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