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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
4
Short notices from Fairbury Nebraska recount daily life and local happenings. Mentions include Dr Leach and Dr Kuhnsley, health updates for Mrs Beckwith and R S Wilfrey, community visits, a M E parsonage project in Endicott, and local business chatter. Also remarks on gardening, farming, and farm management wisdom.
Two portly men descend the House steps and admire dandelions on the lawn as a memory of home. One pockets a flower, noting harvest would bring them back, while the other recalls his wife’s praise of simple flowers as treasures.
European history class completes study of the Political Revolution and moves to the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era. Science class covers time as a measure and stain removal methods. Algebra club forms in grade nine with 30 minute drills four nights weekly. admission ten cents. Geography review ends. six weeks to art work. School plans multiple Plymouth contests around April 28 in latin algebra theme writing and declamatory. Room I begins bird booklets with local bird pictures. Nellie Coons and Peter Rabbit visits noted. Sixth grade completes Canada booklet. Recent rain and snow bring moisture beneficial for wheat.
Sunday gatherings linked families from Harbine Reynolds and Fairbury with Mr and Mrs John Fentiman hosting. Mr and Mrs Clare Cuthbert plus children visited Mrs Russell Campbell and kin, while Mr and Mrs Norman Fentiman and children joined from Reynolds Nebraska.
Sunday visits as Mr and Mrs Bratten called on Haddam friends. Late Menefee from Fairbury worked for Earl Dean. Liberty youths plan a forthcoming play. Mrs Roy Hagerman stayed with relatives at Odell. Mrs Mowry and sisters from Mahaska visited. Margaret McMahon’s sale drew a good crowd. Bernice and Rose Haverty visited Elva and Edna Roberts. Frank Miller and family traveled to Fairbury to see Claude ill with pneumonia. Chas Seitz and Will Seitz families spent Sunday with the Fred Wolfs near Hanover. Wilcox and Lahm of Steele City fixed the barn on Mrs R L Babcock’s farm.
George Wilson sold his rap about to Albert Walker. Ralph Abier returns home from McPherson to stay with his brother. The town club met with Mrs. Carl Townsend. A new tractor and road grader arrived for Franklin township. Wind and storms damaged fields and telephones. Lemons’ crew busy repairing lines. Mr and Mrs Fitzsimmons Sr and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Fitzsimmons visited Wilson and Else homes.
Claude of Fairbury preached the funeral sermon and birth in Fairbury linked to Hollenberg. He enlisted early in World War I as part of the Lezion boys. Escorts from Hanover, Washington and Fairbury fired the salute as the Legion formed at the grave. Mrs. Overlander and Mrs. York sang Saved by Grace. His wife stayed in Idsbo with their infant daughter to finish his term of school. He left behind his father brother John sister Gladys and many relatives. He was loyal to country duty and friends.
Vitagraph backed director Smith with full expense to create a standout drama for the Lyric. A dramatic forest fire consumes a sizable town as the hero maneuvers a locomotive through flames and smoke in the film shown Wednesday night April 11.
Vitagraph production shot in a desert set shows danger as Warner Baxter drives a locomotive through a furnace of burning timber. Heat scorches him but realism fuels the crowd pull. The great picture plays Wednesday night April 11 at the Lyric Theater with admission 36 and 10 cents.
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