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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
4
A playful dialogue features a lover asking about burned letters and a partner joking that spontaneous combustion caused the loss. The gag touches on subscriptions and a cheeky tone amid a domestic quarrel.
Vera Weber visited relatives in Hollenberg over the weekend. D. Heady made a business trip to Fairbury Monday morning. Ww. C. Palmer and Chester Scharmann spent Sunday afternoon in Hebron. R. S. Wilfley of Fairbury was a Monday evening visitor in Steele City. Steele City residents attended a picture show in Endicott Monday night. Sheriff Pebble of Washington Kansas appeared on our streets Monday afternoon. Mrs. Harold Staley resumes post office duty after a week’s vacation. Chester Wilcox was ill several days but improving now. John Hatke Jr of Hanover delivered cantaloupes to Steele City Monday. Ella Silkett returned Sunday from Edgar where she visited the past week. Mrs. Carl Barber and daughter and Arlene Wilcox spent Monday afternoon in Fairbury.
Miss Elsie Franzen, employed in Omaha, is spending a couple of weeks at home. Marcus Cassell, confined by a sore knee for a couple of weeks, is able to be out again.
Mrs Russell Bryant and her two sons of Berthoud Colorado are visiting at the C Darling home with other friends in a social gathering context.
Chester Scharmann came back Saturday from Omaha where he spent several days with his father who resides there.
Rain Thursday kept many Steele City residents from attending the Sunday School picnic in Fairbury on Friday.
Miss Mildred Wallace visiting her parents in Steele City for two weeks returned to Grand Island. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Clapp and daughter Catharine of Lincoln were visitors at the home of Mrs. BR. H. Clapp the latter part of last week.
E. E. Hartgraves and his family have relocated into the building directly east of the Press office, marking a notable neighbor change.
Miss Pearl Smith, longtime superintendent of the Endicott Steele City schools, is seriously ill in an Omaha hospital. She has resigned her position and will be replaced by Mr. Brown of Lincoln. Smith led the Steele City schools for two years amid local educational efforts.
Mrs J Webber and family made a short visit in Grand Island on Wednesday.
D B Young of Fairbury learned Sunday from the Lincoln Star of the sudden death of his brother Elmer Young of Pontiac Illinois. Elmer Young was formerly with the McDonnell Young and company firm of Fairbury.
Fay Clark and Charles Crink returned Wednesday from St Joseph where they purchased fall goods for Clark's stores.
A youngster aboard a train reacts with astonishment as the locomotive dives into a tunnel and reemerges in daylight. A muffled grumble of dismay gives way to a booming exclamation of joy: Mamma It’s tomorrow.
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