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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1898
Page
4
An OCR fragment references solicitations for help in cities and counties and mentions American Woolen Mills Co Chicago. The text includes broken phrases about a girl, a pilgrim, and requests for food, with vague plea for employment or lodging.
North Colorado and Wyoming report genuine petrifaction mimics in various forms. The deposits occur in layered strata as if caused by a natural convulsion. Scientists offer few explanations, while collectors and sellers trade these curious items to tourists.
An assortment of disjointed lines mentions pain relief with St Jacobs Oil and claims of cures for coughs and ailments. The text references a patient’s recovery, a physician’s praise, and suggests autumn discomfort and a warning against grudges as life advice.
Signs of a good cow include signs such as a sharp cone and strong nerves, with a distinct temperament. A good cow shows a large and powerful digestive system and well developed hip bones for efficient digestion and rapid returns.
An OCR fragment lists a constitutional cure for catarrh at 75 cents, cites a Boston critic, and mentions Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup with a 25 cent price. It also parodies a cartoon bit about Clarence Vere De Vere in Africa, and includes brief charitable solicitation lines and testimonial notes from Riaps Chemical in New York.
A concise collection of maxims warns against prolonging disputes and overthinking. It cautions that clever people should not spend all time in thought, and warns against underestimating an adversary who is vigilant and prepared.
A profile of Major A. C. Bishop of Detroit praising his deep water trade advocacy and long engineering career. The piece shifts to a critique of millionaire fortunes, listing prominent names and speculative values, questioning wealth measurements and social attitudes toward riches.
The article explains how the prefix van in Dutch names is not linked to nobility, common in the Low Countries for both commoners and aristocrats. In Germany the prefix von denotes noble status, and only nobles may use it, though knights may adopt it for their names and descendants.
Lord Kelvin places Earth’s cooling to host life at about 20 million years ago with a margin of error from 15 to 30 million years. Clarence King offers a similar geologic-based estimate, closely aligning with Kelvin’s figure. The fragment notes a separate line about a bully’s whipping, lacking full context.
A garbled OCR passage blends jokes about desire and bread with stray captions and recipes. It mentions Willie Marie and Detroit Fire Press style lines and shifts to German Army women colonels and royal figures like the Queen and Queen Wilhelmina.
An OCR fragment notes Monarch Supply Co of Chicago listing Pine Ter Shampoo in an offer. It shows a local ad claim about a deal or discovery with prices or terms. Other readable text is garbled with stray letters and partial phrases.
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