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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1896
Page
4
An old advertisement from Williams Medicine Company promotes pink pills priced at 54 cents per box or six for $2.50. Claims cover partial paralysis sciatica neuralgia rheumatic headaches and heart palpitations with pale complexions. Trade name Mary Eb Miller appears as the maker or product line.
The text notes that in one country Maori priest recites many names and a child signals its chosen name by sneezing or crying. It contrasts Russia where a Cherem shakes the baby until it cries and the Syrny forces it to cry to pick a name.
Fragmentary note describes personally conducted trips to San Francisco with second class tickets for two, double berth, leaving Lincoln. Mentions agent J Francis or J Pass and route details, but full information not provided.
A fragmented advertisement promotes tobacco cessation and health claims. It touts No-To-Bac as a remedy to quit tobacco, urges readers to follow a strong lifestyle, and lists an address in New York for the remedy booklet.
In a Tit-Bits note, a seller boasts doubling a price for a set of pictures after furnishing armor falls short. He describes receiving £200 by check and now seeks four more panels for a gallery at an ancestral home. The piece notes mass production of armor in Sheffield and keen buyers, citing large sums paid for armor cults.
A man traveling with a friendly young woman in a car comments on their chat and reveals he is a man. She responds she has no advantage over him. He learns she is an escaped lunatic, which she indeed is.
A terse remark notes the danger of a boy tasting a cold axe blade and the difficulty of tracing the offender who risked injury to learn such a cruel act. The fragment highlights youth curiosity and risks of dangerous experimentation.
Wash one quart of selected berries and place in a porcelain kettle with a cup of water and half a pound of white sugar. Boil steadily for twenty minutes, press through a jelly bag, set in a cool place for several hours until firm, and serve. This makes enough for six persons.
During the Chilean war American sailors led by Captain Evans faced harsh treatment and garlic scented streets. A ship’s boat was looted with stones while ashore, provoking Evans to vow drastic action and warning his crew to defend the flag.
A disturbance in Belmore interrupted Charlotte Cushman’s engagement at the opera house. A furious gallery crowd cried to throw the man over, but Cushman urged mercy with a sharp quip. The anecdote is a known tale about several actresses beyond Cushman.
The London Critic critic Clement Scott recalls a long standing feud with Mrs Kendal. He recounts an incident from a provincial tour when he walked into her dressing room during preparations and she cried to leave. He claims the quarrel centers on intrusion or his remark. Stockings in small checks of various colors are mentioned as a latest novelty.
The Newark Advertiser criticizes a circular endorsing a spelling reform as risky and impractical. It defends traditional English forms, cites historical and artistic reasons, and mocks proposed spellings from favor to tough examples like love becoming low. The piece foregrounds opposition from scholars including Ward Muller Sayce and a Pennsylvania committee.
The piece urges making what one reads part of the mind to gain real knowledge. It warns against overloading with technique before mastering simple skills and compares too much eyetem to excessive fishing gear. It endorses deliberate, practical reading as beneficial and non harmful.
The article stresses the importance of the teacher's personality in child education and urges boards of education to prioritize teaching ability in selections. It argues that criteria should focus on qualifications and the positive impact on students, urging reform in hiring practices.
John Huston Finley, 33, is described as the youngest college president in the nation, leading Knox College in Galesburg Illinois. An alumnus, he returned five years after his graduation to head the college, having studied at Johns Hopkins and collaborated with Ely and Adams on tax research.
A Pennsylvania compulsory education law yields only 65 thousand of about 100 thousand children ages eight to thirteen in school. Crowded public schools leave many students with half-time attendance. The shortfall is blamed on city councils failing to fund necessary school facilities, not the Board of Education.
The morgue received an unknown man as the sole customer. Poughkeepsie kin identified him as their father only to discover the corpse lacked teeth, prompting an uproar. Anxious mourners fled as teethless misidentification sparked mockery and pity.
Sir Andrew Clarke meets an English tourist on a high Italian tower. The maniac threatens to throw Clarke over, but Clarke coolly quips that one cannot throw a man uphill and suggests they go down to test the claim.
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