23 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
1
Local notes report cutting weeds as Louis Bagbee builds a silo and various residents plan travel to St Joe Baileyville Spokane and Gering. A movie show at the opera house and Wilts Bros moving picture outfit receive coverage along with community visits sales and local fire response at the coal yard bin.
An advertisement suggests applying a dampened piece of flannel with Chamberlain's liniment to the back. It claims this method is more effective than a plaster and cheaper. Sold by all dealers.
The notice urges residents needing optical work to attend at once as the author plans to leave the first of next month. A county tractor and grader recently used on roads near here was then used on local streets, reportedly improving their condition. A black bill book containing eight to nine dollars in silver and two five dollar War bonds is lost and can be returned to Paul Wilcox.
An ad lists furniture for sale in good condition at Bar Gains office including chairs tables rockers curtains and a book case. Separate notes report Little Georgie Messmer’s arm injury from a wagon accident described as his latest misfortune.
The state reports 167 400 auto licenses issued in Nebraska up to August this year, with 148 103 for all of 1917, suggesting Nebraska may maintain the nation's highest cars per capita. A stranger, unidentified, was arrested at Diller after an alleged assault on Mrs Mabel Rosecrans near Odell in Gage county, taken to Fairbury and then Beatrice on a John Doe warrant. The man, about 27, had lingered around Diller since last week’s fraternal picnic.
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