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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
4
The notice mentions a yearly subscription price of $1.50 and references a 1904 context tied to a city in Nebraska. It notes a second-class mailing status and a formal designation under Congress with a March 18 selection around the subject.
The undersigned will sell at public auction at the Wm Barber home in Steele City on Saturday May 7 at 3 o clock p m. Items include rugs chairs parlor suite kitchen cabinets a coffee grinder canned goods a wagon ladder tanks and farming tools with many other articles to numerous to mention. Terms cash Frehart Townsend owners and Mickie says auctioneer.
A fragment lists alphabetic references to Safety First a play and names like Abou Ben Mocha Barrington Bridgers Virginia Diamond and Elmer Flannel plus notes on Juniors interest in a United States tank election May 1 42 and Hodges Slaughter and Pacific coast business conditions including irrigation hay potatoes fruit and Fairbury Journal.
Local residents exchange visits and weathered farm reports as Hanover bridge construction advances. Town affairs include a bank meeting on electric lights and several families visiting old friends. A wolf den bounty is noted and school teams play ball with Steele City and Endicott. Court notices discuss estates and executors in Jefferson County Nebraska.
The oil well east of town stood at 2 920 feet Tuesday as drillers paused for casing and a new cable. They expect oil within the next 50 feet, with a 3000 foot contract unless oil is found earlier. Ward and Elder praised for maintaining standards during the drilling.
A fragment describes Archaeopteris or an early birdlike creature with a thick body, two legs for walking, and two limblike appendages like hands used to climb trees. The text notes its wings differed from modern birds and likens its tail to a wizard's.
OCR text shows a fragment of dialogue referencing a reaction to a sudden arrival and a wife’s word, but the passage is incomplete and lacks clear context or named entities.
In Hebron a parrot owned by young Bernetha Joy Hinthorn of Chest er grieved itself to death during the girl’s two week absence for hospital care. The bird refused to eat or speak, calling for Bernetha through a wire friend named Margaret. When Margaret arrived, the parrot asked for Bernetha and died of sorrow.
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