Community Meet Hopes for Good Attendance
A church basement setting hints at a local meeting and optimism for strong turnout as attendees anticipate a meaningful gathering.
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
4
A church basement setting hints at a local meeting and optimism for strong turnout as attendees anticipate a meaningful gathering.
A Virginian notes a waving field of winter wheat, calling it the emerald velvet of the land. The narrator extols the crop as a model for farm communities and notes its value in education through Smith-Hughes programs. A obituary mentions a 65 year old woman dying July 24 1919 at Steele City. Funeral services were held July 25 at the M E church with interment at Steele City cemetery.
D. H. Krouse and son Leea from Iowa arrived Monday to view Frank Price’s farm in Colorado. Orville Belding and Charley Compton aided John Malady with oats Thursday and Friday. Miss Florence Anderson visited with her sister Mrs. Orville Belding over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Fentiman and two children from Liberty Nebraska visited Earl Fentiman’s relatives in Mahaska Kansas Saturday and Sunday. John Malady and Charley Compton hosted ice cream and cookies for the visitors.
Jesse Wire from overseas greeted friends here on Monday before a Colorado trip to locate Solon Townsend and Carl, joined by Mr. Tom Roland of Seneca on Sunday. Sick children and Mrs. Deen’s illness noted. Barr clan gathered at Reuben Barr's with Frank Wather, Phena Barr Maker, Nannie Barr Smith, Marie Hamlin, and Vina Townsend present.
A U S Mount Vernon crewman recounted a torpedo strike off the French coast in which 37 sailors were killed. He described a fireman hurled through a curved ventilator opening and landing on the deck, an unforgettable escape witnessed at dawn.
A moving account by W. H. Ireland discusses taking a double dose of a remedy as directed and falling asleep. He states he was awakened at five o'clock the next morning by his own order.
Fragmentary note mentions a contest in progress with unclear actors and details. Names and places are unreadable, leaving the exact event, participants, and outcome indeterminable.
A fragment notes mourning attire with the Githe person described as wearing a deep black veil or face covering, indicating ceremonial grief. The text references attire and solemn custom without additional context or names.
Arai is described as possessing beauty and value in a tale told to listeners. The narrative emphasizes admirable qualities and moral lessons linked to the legendary figure.
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