This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1898
Page
4
The New England cotton mill strikers generally accept wage reductions and resume work. The text notes open face watches claim to cure a cold in one day and references various patent medicines and jewelry fashions. It mentions nobility prefixes and Alexandre von Humboldt as an example and cites France planning a Paris exposition with a $20 million budget.
The piece forecasts Scotch gingham and French sephyrs rivaling taffeta silks in pattern and color. Louis XV lovers knots with floating ends and flowers are set to be the season’s most popular lace designs. Armurette and rhadamette weaves remain favored by tailors and elites. Early predictions by some insiders suggest continued popularity.
Rabbi Jacob Cadden of LaFayette Indiana plans to resign and open a department store in Terre Haute. A lightning strike in Elk Point struck two mules. one collapsed onto a boy, causing his death. In Montreal a 66 year old French Canadian widow had her 42 year old eldest son, the first of twenty six children, arrested for abuse.
A candidate for a small office tests a veteran with questions about vote selling and bribery. The voter sizes up the candidate, remarking that given his past record he might be losing his mind or involved in counterfeiting, after a hypothetical $107 bribe.
Editors refrain from jubilation over the Free-Trace and Mugwump press as the Dingley tariff yields a nearly $2,000,000 surplus for February. They note deficits since July 24, 1897, yet express no obvious gratification.
Fragmentary notes discuss beauty health and appeal with hints of a woman’s influence and verses about admiration respect and affection. The text suggests remedies or guidelines for sustaining love and allure. Names or full context are unclear due to damage.
A scattered collection covers hotel break in Nebraska with stolen watches. farm seed analyses by H H Nicholson from Lincoln. Tekamah city council actions including saloon license referendum rejection and billiard hall ban. Hastings mayor's Sabbath reform closes local dens. injuries, arrests and court actions in multiple towns. a San Francisco theatre fire caused by a burst steam pipe injures none but causes minor damage to the California theatre and surrounding structures.
Seapox reports on May 1 the Spanish fleet was completely defeated off Cavite. The Reina Maria Christina and Castilla were burned or sunk to avoid capture while Admiral Montejo transferred his flag to Isle de Cuba as other ships retired from combat.
A Key West telegram reports the torpedo Foote captured a steamship attempting to enter Havana harbor after the steamer fired a shot and the prize crew was placed aboard. Havana dispatch says an American ship bombarded a battery at Cienfuegos entrance but was driven off by gunboats, with minor damage. Troops increased, Cuban brigades forming as locals offer service.
In Reapine Pa on May 2 a dozen armed guards began duty at Carpenter's steel works after reports of suspected Spanish spies nearby. They were authorized to shoot any suspicious person who refuses to leave after warning.
London reports a crushing Spanish defeat but questions linger on American losses. Commodore Dewey may have captured Manila and could head to San Francisco if Manila Bay remains mined. Inner harbor actions described with plucky maneuvering and private Madrid tips suggest a second engagement as Spaniards resist landing American wounded.
Lieut.-Com. Charles A. Adams of the receiving ship Independence at Mare Island was convicted by court martial. The May 2 report notes the disciplinary action following the trial proceedings.
A reader testifies after severe illness confined to bed the recovery with Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She says pain ceased, tremors stopped, weight gained, and vitality restored, praising the pills for improving blood health and nervous system function.
The text extols George Washington as an exceptional commander who extracted maximum effort from his troops at Cambridge but faced greater challenges at Boston. It emphasizes his keen, unflinching honesty in facing every fact and the decisive mindset he brought to difficult tasks.
A vein of salt in Kaneas at 900 feet depth is said to hold enough to salt the world for a million years. Anthropologists note the Andaman islanders are among the world’s smallest peoples. A Washington maker produces millions of julep straws packed in bundles of 100, tubes of manilla paper waxed with perafine.
A Strand theater visit notes Christie MacDonald’s celebrated Miratezza turn in Sousa’s comic opera The Bride Elect. The snippet mentions a theater delegate’s verdict and glimpses of stage fashion from Pinero’s Trelawney of the Wells.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powders offer relief for painful swollen and smarting feet and bunions. The ad claims instant comfort for tight shoes and lists sweating, calluses and tired feet as conditions it relieves. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents plus stamps. Trial offer available by mail from Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.