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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1897
Page
4
A scrambled item notes a reward program linked to a dog with a violent past, implying public safety concerns and debate over ownership. The fragment hints at authorities or groups offering payment for information or capture related to the animal.
An 18th century note explains the term gangway as a place of exit or entrance from a vessel by a long plank or platform. The passage from Romans and the galley days are cited to illustrate its use and transformation into modern harbor terminology.
In Barteville College President Barnaby, once seriously ailed, reports improvement after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He credits the regimen with restoring health and strength during a difficult period while continuing duties as professor and leader. The account cites treatment details and a sworn affidavit.
The piece contrasts hopeful spring scenes in Nebraska with ongoing feuds named Whiskey Ridge. It traces religious bitterness, local demagoguery, and hostility toward eastern capital, arguing political leaders fuel distrust while farmers struggle with deficiency judgments and high interest rates.
Fragments suggest a speaker touts religion while bystanders show little interest. The text hints at a critique of philosophy and a claim about earning a living from writing proverbs.
Tobias Kile aged ninety two of Quakertown Pa enjoyed his first barbering experience. Officer George F Osborne is noted as the tallest member of Philadelphia's police force.
An elderly woman urges better care of beds and linen to reduce nervousness and suggests clothes undergo two soapy boils and double rinses, while a Bricklayers discussion shifts to a national home for the aged and infirm.
Fragmentary note hints at a moral message urging inner healing through daily acts. The phrase implies spiritual discipline and personal improvement as paths to a better life.
The text discusses Polynesian languages lacking sibilants and reflects on male and female roles. It suggests men seek positions outside, create burnable wooden dishes, and avoid washing. It notes dietary excess and a wife’s satisfaction tied to belief in falsehoods, concluding with a remark on the bride noticing deceit.
The passage recalls a lifelong drinker saved by a wife and a remedy called Anti Jag. It mentions how letters offer to mail details for a dollar from Renova Chemical Co. and includes assorted quips about manners and consumer ads such as Piso's Cure for Consumption and other brief notes.
Fragments discuss who loses and who gains in a fictional setting. The text hints at a moral or economic critique with names like Olman and references to profit and fate.
An old newspaper ad extols St Jacobs Oil as a prompt cure for neuralgia. It claims the product soothes pain and smooths skin, restoring health and a happier disposition, while noting beauty ties to health and absence of pain. It humorously comments on a woman carrying a hat box.
Country Women mount wagons with greater ease than city women enter carriages as era notes a constitutional claim for Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents.
A garbled newspaper fragment touts patent medicines and hair products. It mentions Cascarets candy tablets, a hair renovator, and teeth and gum remedies, warning about doctor advertising and showing distrust of Mormonism.
Advice urges husbands to avoid quarrels and seek medical help for wife ailments. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy, cites Mrs MeLva Rovnton of Camby Indiana who reports relief from womb trouble and improved mood after using the product.
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