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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
4
Public notice dated November 1904 announces second class mail status for Steele City Nebraska under an Act of Congress of March. The fragment confirms mailing privilege and regional designation but lacks full details of the act or exact effective date.
Wagon features include one horse tires and two coats of paint offered this spring at $15. Located near River View Garden.
County Court in Fairbury will hear Lydia Wing administratrix on September 18 1917 at nine a.m. for final settlement and distribution of Mary A Wing deceased. Notice to interested parties by publication in Steele City Press for three weeks. Louis Nutzman County Judge H Denney Attorney for Estate.
Creditors of Jennie Smith deceased must present claims to administrator before the county judge of Jefferson County Nebraska in the county court room on September 26 1917 and January 26 1918 at nine o clock. Six months from July 26 1917 to file claims. Any claims not filed by July 26 1917 are barred. Published in Steele City Press for four weeks. By order of the Court. Dated July 26 1917 Louis J Nurzman County Judge. {Seal} E Wunder attorney for estate.
Church announcements list morning sermon on seeking the things that are above and an evening sermon with the theme tampered in youth ruined in crime.
Regular services scheduled at Endicott on Sunday August 26 with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. Rev. W. H. Clark of Alexandria to preach in Endicott morning. Rev. Dillon to preach in Alexandria. Evening Epworth League at 7:15 followed by 8:00 p.m. preaching. Steele City also lists 10 a.m. Sunday school and 7:15 p.m. Young People's meeting. Everyone welcome.
Jefferson County hosts a farewell reception for local soldiers bound for service in World War I. Events include a 2:30 p.m. film at Majestic, a 5:00 p.m. band concert on the courthouse lawn, a 6:00 p.m. basket supper at the park, and an afternoon program with addresses from local figures. Families are urged to bring basket dinners for a community gathering.
Fragmentary item from Spider Boy Lincoln Nebraska August 19 notes Mr. Alex Rough of Steele City Nebraska will scratch pictures to show the group is still present. The brief says all of them have been in.
A mock letter from Charles A. Wright of Co A 5th Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska warns of warlike threats by a German Kaiser figure. It references submarines and Edison patents amid a satirical call to unity. The piece reflects wartime sentiment and local era humor.
CORRESPONDENCE ROCKY HOLLOW notes Sunday visits by Frank and Maudie Price at the Malady home. Ruth Overalls of Pawnee City visits uncle Norman Fentiman and family. John Wilson of Steele City threshing for neighbors. Griffing Bowers Lang and Williams families spent Sunday at the Bowers home. Andy Belding and Paul Lytle traveled to Morrowville to see Earl Lytle. Steve Belding of Northboro Iowa visits brother Andy Belding. Cap Fairchild family and Will Garrett with Marie and Will Compton return from Thayer Kansas after two weeks with sister Fisher.
A number from Hollenberg Route 1 attended the event at Diller Thursday. The Embroidery Club met Wednesday with Miss Lizzie Kutch. Mrs. Miller and Claude visited Guy Henderson Sunday. Mrs. Bixby of Geneva Nebraska visits sister Mrs. Mowry. Frank Millers and Frank Alexas attended a picnic at Mr. and Mrs. Charley Justis for Colorado to visit Roy Justis.
An obscure OCR fragment mentions a center with references to a fatling and the term osey. The readable text lacks clear names, dates, or events to establish a concrete news item or context.
The Nebraska State Fair schedules the Carl Hagenbeck Great Wallace Circus for the fair week. It features the famed Hagenbeck trained animals in a sixty foot square arena with three other performing rings and twice daily shows. take place before crowds arrive later in the week.
President Wilson calls citizens to farm support and conservation. The Nebraska State Fair is billed as a Food Training Camp with demonstrations for both producers and consumers. The fair runs September 3 to 7, showcasing farming methods and practical patriotism.
The Midway will host a wide array of rides including The Whip Ferris Wheel Carry-Us-All Monkey Speedway Honeymoon Trail and more. The Carl Hagenbeck Menagerie offers continuous viewing with ample time to observe animals at a very reasonable admission during the State Fair from September 2 to 7.
In department H under Mrs E B Brown Central City the big domestic display shows housewives will can and preserve everything this year The exhibit aims to showcase skill with two premiums for best collection of canned fruits and vegetables and money prizes of 600 and second place The dates are December 3 7.
Two years ago I suffered a severe diarrhoeal attack lasting over a week and left me weak. A druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The first dose helped and within two days I was well again. For sale at all dealers.
An advertisement cites Mrs. Sidney Simmons of Fair Haven praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing her seven year old boy when an infant. It notes repeated use by family members and promotes the medicine as highly meritorious. For sale by all dealers. Adv. First publication Aug. 17. Aug. 3. Chattel Mortgage Sale notices follow detailing mortgages, dates, parties, and auction of farm machinery in Jefferson County Nebraska, September 6, 1917.
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