Local notices and ads highlight town life and changes
The column lists promotions and sales from Exchange Bank, J W Hicks, C L Clark, G O Taylor and H L Oswald, plus new millinery and hardware lines. It notes Miss Gertrude Andrews’s successful teaching term, church services, new precinct deputy assessor John Bugbee, and residents Chas Phelps and Myrtle preparing to move to Thermopolis. Board trustees elected on a public improvement ticket. Rev H B Allen to preach in Steele City. Lena Wilcox ill with typhoid. Irene Blauvelt to perform at M E church. J B Reynolds planning to move to Table Rock. weather forecasts show a dry spell with a short wheat crop expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Schumann
J. W. Hicks
C.l. Clark’s
G. O. Taylor
H. L. Oswald's
Gertrude Andrews
M. E
John Bugbee
J. F. Ankrum
Chas. Phelps
Myrtle
Thermopolis
Wyo
C. R. Bracken
A. Broadston
Frank Crinklaw
Public Improvement Ticket
H.B. Allen
Holdridge
Steele City
Lena ‘Wilcox
Fairbury
Irene Blauvelt
Endicott
M.E
Hollenberg
Funeral Rites for J. F. Ankrum Held in Steele City
J. F. Ankrum died at home in Steele City after a ten day illness aged 64. He had lived in Steele City 23 years from Rock Island Illinois and was a member of the Knights of Pythias. He leaves a wife and two daughters Edith and Mrs Edw Carr. Funeral was at the M E church with Rev S T Walker officiating and large attendance from nearby towns. He was a Civil War veteran from an Ohio cavalry unit. A large notice notes post office box upgrades and local school contest events. The Grand Island motor service began this week with early crowds expected to taper. Fairbury became dry at Tuesday’s election while Beatrice remained dry by voting for repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Ankrum
Steele City
M. E
T. Walker
the Knights — of Pythias
Rock Island
Ohio Cavalry
Edith Ankrum
Edw. Carr
Fairbury
J. W. Hicks
Frank Wells
Rucker
Clapp’s
Grand Island
Beatrice
Delinquent 1909 Real Estate Tax Notice and Local News
Taxpayers warned that 1909 real estate taxes become delinquent May 1 1910 with 10 percent interest from that date. Individual notices will not be sent prompting prompt payment. Also features local notices on school staff changes poultry supplies at J W Hicks hardware and spring goods at C T Clarks along with brief community updates on illnesses circuses and school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickkin
Census begins April 15 for thirty day enumeration
The census starts April 15 and must be completed within thirty days. Enumerators will wear a badge reading United States Census 1910. The law requires every adult to answer, with safeguards to protect privacy. Before April 15 the census bureau will give farm owners and tenants a schedule on farm operations and equipment to fill, ideally by April 15 morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Steele City Press
Steele City Markets
the Exchange Bank
J. B. Reynolds
Table Rock
John
C. T. Clark’s
Ethel. Hoeft
Warren Cook
Alexandria
Ed. Wright
Campbell Brothers Circus
el Reno
Oklo
Geo. Reynolds
Topeka
North Dakota
Board of Education
Geo. R. McDonald
Diller
Louise Sturdevant
Flossie Raymond
Gertrude Lamb
Effie Diller
Exchange Bank
Wright’s Hall
Clark’s
G. 1. Clark
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