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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
4
Publication imprint shows weekly issues for Steele City Nebraska with subscription terms and mailing details. It indicates the newspaper is published every Thursday and notes payables in advance and postal registration under the 1879 act.
Rev Knauer occupied the pulpit both morning and evening. Rev and Mrs Knauer with two daughters visited friends. He will fill the pulpit from mid Sept until a regular pastor is installed. Rev J A Dillinger of Wyatt Park Christian Church St Joe will preach next Sunday. Aid Society meets Aug 19 at North Church with a demonstrator. large attendance and everyone invited.
M. M. Mitchell of the northeast town area received a surprise when his brother John, unseen for over 40 years, arrived from Dunlap Iowa on Wednesday. Mitchell and his son Charles, with their wives, left at 5 A M and reached the home late afternoon after several stops, traveling in a Dodge touring car and reporting a pleasant trip.
United Chautauqua brings a four day series to Steele City starting Tuesday. The opener Pamahasika's Pets is instructive and amusing, followed by the hit comedy Her Temporary Husband and the feature Across the Street. A full list of attractions is in the program.
About five hundred school books are being repaired in Steele City. EF EB Shultz and Vernon Cox do the work turning out a neat and serviceable job. The cost to the school board will be about sixteen cents per book.
Mr Shultz and Mr Cox will rebind about 1000 copies for the Diller school. Each book must pass both men four times for eight operations, a process aimed at preserving purchase value and keeping books in good shape.
Community glimpses record neighbors at fairs, haying, and visits. Mr Belding helps Orvil with hay. Mrs John Byron attended a Fairbury call. Tom Goeo delivered oats to Steele City. Bessie Williams visited Fairbury kin. Edgar Williams works at Fairbury Roller Mills. Kenning autoed to Fairbury. E E Hartgraves did business in Fairbury. others shopped, thrash days, and visited relatives. Perle Nutter and Olen Nutter active in Big Wild West Shows and Omaha business. Mrs Montgomery learned of her father’s passing. Miss Hose Malady travels to McCook for Frontier Days.
John Steinmetz is very sick at this writing. George Slaughter and wife spent Sunday at home. Merle Majors has been spending the past week in Beatrice. R V Rowe has opened a butcher shop and cream station here. Rev McFarland and wife entertain. James Kellie of Wauneta Nebr came last week for a visit with Rev Osborne of Jaws filled the pulpit for Rev McFarland.
A large turnout attended the Carnival at Rock Creek Friday evening. Hubbell residents Mr and Mrs Taylor Dunbar visited relatives on Sunday. Elgin Nebraska residents Chas Vaughn visited relatives. Blue Bird club members picnicked at Fairbury last Friday evening. Arcadia Nebraska couple Mr and Mrs Alfred Weddel visit sister Mrs Swett in Steele City. Enid Oklahoma residents Mrs S B Smith and Mr and Mrs K D Corwin arrived to visit Mrs Smith's mother Mrs Swett. Bundles of home paper sold at office for five cents.
Week ending August 3 4925 reports transfers in Fairbury Iowa and surrounding areas recorded by J Monroe Davis and Son. Entries include Katherine Eve and husband to Ida Mick WD lot 6 block AB Chagplins Add Fairbury and Clarence Carrico Carl Miller WD Lot 142 Block 1 Fairview Add Fairbury with 2000 dollars noted. Albert Holtz widower to E E Baldwin WP. Lett Ick Gibson’s A listed.
Mrs Seidel and children from Fort Wayne visit Mr and Mrs Anke Franzen as the town decorates for chautauqua. The Steele City program runs Aug 18 21 with an excellent lineup. Wm Lubin fixes Mrs Lenker’s house as he plans to move in. A six oclock dinner praised host A H Phelps and guests from Holyoke and other locals. Free band concerts Wednesday evenings amid favorable weather.
The premium list for the Jefferson County Fair has been mailed to all residents in the county and nearby towns. If not received, contact C. E. Gilmore Secretary Fairbury Nebraska to obtain a copy. A group of youths drove to Fairbury Sunday for a park picnic with attendees including Hazel Kasparek Frances Crinklaw Mildred Kasparek Charles Crinklaw Kenneth Babcock and Joe James.
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