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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1899
Page
1
A quiet, ceremonial march marks Decoration Day as villagers honor fallen soldiers. Women place evergreens, children wear flowers, and a solemn procession from church to hillside graves memorializes the dead with readings, prayers, and a band.
A reader touts Pe-ru-na as a prompt remedy for attacks of the same malady and notes his wife uses it for severe illnesses. He says it is a household family medicine and ideal for children’s climate illnesses. Hartman of Columbus Ohio offers a free family medicine book. A moralistic tale ends with a man who gives advice then asks for a loan.
The piece recalls a small town Decoration Day twenty years ago with white and green town color, a hilltop church, old and new cemeteries, and wooden monuments in the belfry for soldiers’ graves. A widow, a mother, and a service day crowd mark the memory.
The text notes that the first and last Confederate stands occurred on land once owned by the same man, Mr. McLean. He lived at Appomattox after Bull Run seeking peace, a coincidence tying his property to later Civil War ground.
In Middleburg Logan County a Sunday morning murder left Mrs Rachael Austin and her son Austin dead and their house burned. Ernest Austin, wounded in the chest, is under care but likely dying. He accuses robbers of the crime, while he claims he was shot at the door and then unable to speak.
Ouster county residents buzz as Lee and Charles Carr strike free gold in Nugget gulch nine miles southwest of the city. A vertical vein fourteen inches wide is opened sixty feet, traceable for a half mile. Ground rushes as stampede follows with ore pockets assaying from $1000 to $1500 per ton.
Bids opened at the navy department on Saturday for 100000 six pound steel checks 12000 three pound and 20000 one pound. Awards have not yet been made. In St Louis David J Field a retired capitalist shot and killed his servant and was exonerated by the coroner's jury. In Indian Territory two cattle thieves John Waeh rub and Joseph Starr received public 100 lashes each at San Boso in the presence of witnesses.
An old newspaper fragment advertises Halls Catarrh Care from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio. It claims to treat catarrh as an inflamed condition with a $100 case price and urges readers to send for circulars through druggists.
A Detroit Tribune ditty quotes a traveler who calls a town exceedingly immoral. He recalls being named Adelbert there but soon known as Panswabber Pe, illustrating rapid reputational shifts in a single place.
Fragmentary note extols hearty laughter as sign of health. It claims one in ten has pure blood and urges others to purify blood with Sarsaparilla for happiness and vigor. The passage is repetitive and missing full context.
A note outlines a possible full day rail plan to St Joseph or Kansas City with comfortable overnight travel on the St Semeph and Grend line. Free chair cars are offered while other seats depend on availability and pricing.
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