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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1915
Page
4
The notice references publisher roles and mail rates, stating no advance payment required. It mentions Steele City Nebraska and a date in 1904, with the mailing district for Congress activity. The fragment hints at postal or publication scheduling and second class mail terms.
Weather forecast for the week beginning Wednesday April 21 2008 issued by the U S Weather Bureau Washington DC notes generally fair conditions with temperatures above seasonal averages. Two days may see showers lowering temperatures toward the end of the week.
Mary Catherine Green daughter of ex county commissioner and Mrs William Green died suddenly during the night after being seen riding the evening before. She was born April 1853 at North Liberty Iowa and married Alexander Bell in 1870. The couple later lived near Diller and then retired in town.
Intermediate class reports 25 enrolled with 18 average attendance and 5 tardies. 10 visitors, several students were absent Friday and Monday. Nellie Coons was absent due to a tonsil and adenoid operation by Dr Curti of Fairbury and returned Tuesday.
The record notes the primary room activity for April 1915 with 32 students enrolled for the month and 8 cases of tardiness recorded.
Daily attendance shows 1 percent visitors and 17 average daily attendees. Pupils counted present include Cecil Bracken Margaret Bridwell Myrtle Carmichael Irvin Coons Delmer Hunnicutt Claudé Phelps Wenley Brown Kenneth Babcock Rev Millice Gertrude Wilson Nellie Wallace Bernard Wallace Lisbanarmichael Lena Kime Feacter with none marked absent or tardy.
Ninety five at Sunday school. John Stienmets and family spent Sunday here. David Miller moves to Fairbury this week. Grandma Stienmetz was on the sick list last week. The Majors children recovering from measles. Mins Lotf, at school in Fairbury, visited the Bonowitz home. Workmen from Grand Island grade the track and install culverts near the depot.
Mr Wilt Moore was a Hanover caller Monday. Miss Gertie Smith visited at Hanover last week. Mr Edmund Bratton's mother is visiting him. Mr and Mrs Fred Zweifel are proud parents of a baby boy. Miss Katie Brenneis spent Thursday with Miss Bernice Haverty. Mrs Carl Ames and children visit her mother in Steele City this week. The John Millers Saturday party suffered from stormy weather but attendees report a good time.
George Poffinbarger drove to Otis Allen working roads for Tom Anderson this week. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Allen visited Sunday at the Edwin Allen home. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Carrico visited with friends near Fairbury Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sullivan were callers at the John Kenning home Friday. Walter James and family were visiting at the W. D. Shepherd home Sunday. spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs. Albert Shepherd. Mrs. Charlie Pickering and child ren and Mis. Catherine Carlson spent Tuesday with Mrs. John Keliex.
Sunday and Saturday visits linked together with friends and neighbors. Mr. Fisher spent Sunday at the George Schmidt home while Harry Williams stayed overnight with Leary Troxel. The Ladies Aid met Mrs Harria Tuesday and visits to Wale, Walter Nutter, Clarence Price, and others are noted along with family gatherings at John Iter Howe and Karl Turner households.
Mrs Cap Fairchilds and her children visited with Mr and Mrs Compton on Tuesday. Miss Golds Belding left for Liberty Nebraska to work for Mr Finniman. Mrs Dade and children left for Rock Island Illinois for a few weeks visit with relatives. Karl Wi Gimnate and family hosted Sunday at the Compton home. Olen Networry traveled from Inthrie Oklahoma Thursday. Mrs Winter Idlaw Ed Nutter wasamed Wetter. Mr and Mrs Pave Bennett with cousin Kathleen Carlson went to Omaha Wednesday for a hospital visit for their baby and returned home Saturday.
Jones avoided playing cards but was pressed into a game. He clashed with a red faced partner after a quick exchange about leading suits and following calls. The table banged as tempers flared and Jones shouted threatening a funeral like ending.
The text discusses expected artillery use in modern warfare noting Russo Japanese War data. It cites two batteries firing 2,600 and 3,304 rounds in a day, averaging about 413 rounds per gun. It highlights shrapnel projectiles and time fuses designed to burst midair and unleash lethal fragments.
A fragment notes women acting and men of Whirley discussing a matter and forming committees to investigate. Names, places, and dates are unreadable in the OCR snippet.
A fragment discusses concentration and multitasking, noting a worker urged to stop overthinking and instead clear one task at a time. The passage reflects on overwhelming effort and the value of finishing smaller steps before moving forward.
Germany enforces strict local laws against disturbing noise with barking dogs cackling fowl and noisy street music. Fines up to £7 or imprisonment apply for violators, and new ordinances ban public street music without police permission and even music heard from buildings along streets.
Seventeenth century New England treated street kissing as a serious offense while earlier English towns practiced a custom where guests and households greet newcomers with kisses in the street. A Bohemian traveler notes a hostess led reception and kissing as routine social exchange. A linguist proposes oil field discovery via place names, citing Algeria. Over-production and crop mortgages push farmers toward ruinous competition. remedy lies in agricultural organization and cooperative marketing.
Bankers report shows Steele City Nebraska charter 623 with assets including bonds securities and cash balances. Overdrafts 319.17, banking house 1650, deposits 26336.63, demand certificates 8294.53, total assets and capital stock 75600.06 with surplus 760.06 and profits 781.40. sworn April 27 1915 by cashier H E Clapp and directors R Crapp and D B Cnovey.
A reader from Penn Ind writes about seeking relief for rheumatism and questions if relief can be found at a cost. The note mentions Mrs Elmer Hateh and an issue with a teeming or attached subject over several years.
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Beatie highlights new rail corridors with rich soil black loam and yellow clay subsoil, promising cheap lands and easy terms as the poor gain home ownership and the rich find investment chances. Map and printed matter free. A few form exchanges offered for other properties including Three Breee Vabity Laxwt and Chief River Falta.
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