05 May 1899
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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
1
Farfrae delivers a letter from Henchard to Mrs. Henchard aboard a Jersey packet boat. He arranges a return to the coast and later aids the ill passenger before the return voyage. Henchard contemplates amends and, within weeks, Susan becomes Mrs. Henchard again.
Elizabeth Jane Newson visits a granary on Dummerford Hill for a meeting with Donald Farfrae. A mistaken invitation leads to awkward exchanges as rain-soaked wool and wheat husks cling to her dress while Farfrae offers help with the damp attire. The scene ends with a wary, unspoken understanding, foreshadowing future plots.
Ad promoting Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for indigestion and heart strain. Claims glands secrete properly with the medicine, contrasts with artificial ferments, cites Mrs Ellen Colsomont of Indiana who recovered after using the pills, adds that a diet book is free. Sold by druggists or by mail with price 50 cents per box, six boxes for 28 dollars.
Albany lawmakers wrangle over abolition of the death penalty while ads praise remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The page notes market items such as five pound ducklings and Warren Pa poultry prices, and features teething syrup for children priced at 2 cents.
Reader questions whether a full day is worthwhile for travel to St Joseph or Kansas City when night service via the St Joseph and Grand Island line offers free seating in Chair Cars and Pullman Palace Sleepers on overnight trains.
A garbled page shows an offer for cameras and a local ad from Brooklyn with dress shop details. It includes medical product ads for Allen’s Foot-Ease, a Toledo notary statement on Catarrh Cure, and Cuba cultivation figures. The ad mix resembles early 20th century classified snippets and testimonials, with multiple product promotions and a tax or legal style oath included.
Mrs. Moti Bareser of St. James Missouri credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with helping her through the change of life. She suffered leucorrhoea and falling of the womb, improved after six bottles, and praises the remedy. A grandmother from Pearl Louisiana also reports long term relief and renewed health after eleven bottles and liver pills. Mrs Pinkham offers guidance to women seeking relief.
A passenger named Seymour, bound for St Elizabeths, jumped overboard from the Seneca near Manzanillo. He swam to shore with wrist handcuffs still on, was rescued by a starboard boat, and returned to the ship within about fifteen minutes. He claimed he jumped to “take a bath” to get home.
A chemist is awakened at 1 a.m. by a small boy at his shop door seeking a pennorth of compounded chloroform for a toothache. The chemist, irked by the disturbance and the tiny order, serves the boy but scolds him for waking him, then considers letting him go to another chemist for relief.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a curious scene with a seal, a man named Alfred, and a cherry tree. the text hints at emulation and a moral or proverb but is largely unreadable and nonstandard. The readable bits emphasize a small ceremony or storytelling moment rather than a clear news item.
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