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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
8
PROBATE NOTICE issued August 34 1911 sets hearing for estate matters at 1 PM. Notice requires all interested parties to appear and show cause why the administration should not be granted. Publication to residents in Steele City Press for three consecutive weeks prior to hearing. C G Boyle County Judge.
Ordered that September 5, 1911 at 1 PM is set for a hearing on the petition in Jefferson County Court. All interested persons must appear and show cause why the petition should not be granted. Notice to interested parties to be published in City Press weekly newspaper for three issues. C. G. Bovis, County Judge.
The Steele City Press announces subscription terms with one year rate listed as one dollar if paid in advance. The note presents unclear OCR text but indicates a publisher and subscription details.
Ren of Barnes Kansas are visiting this week with sister Mrs. Fred Perkins. L C Wolf has house and barn painted. Ed Fahrenwald loses a horse to lightning Sunday night. Three horses belonging to Fred Perkins knocked down and cut up badly by wire fence.
Local notes report 2.10 inches of rain on Sunday night. J P Reynolds of Steele City and Earl Faris of Washington visited the city. Postmaster position expected to change. There is a big show at Hollenberg Thursday August 1. Hollie Algeo left for Fairbury for work. J T Lewis starts a new building south of his drug store. E V Moore ill from sardine ptomain poisoning. Anna Welton of Hanover visited. Musser family moved to Nebraska for work. H H Parks and son Irvin left for Denver for several months. Mrs T N Reiber and son Lawrence attended the Fairbury chautauqua. Dr Burnaman and wife returned from Fort Sump. Talcott Bros cleaning and repairing the schoolhouse as school starts September 4.
A dialogue among eminent citizens questions honesty in handling public funds. The speaker asserts integrity while acknowledging temptations and graft losses of about ten percent. The piece ends with a cynical note that the honest man of today is the rascal of tomorrow.
A reflective note on constant readiness to help others. It argues that able bodied people should not be forced to drop tasks for every request. The piece cites fatigue from overaccommodation and the strain on households and individuals. It includes a brief anecdote about Rosa and a man seeking money for spectacles.
A reflective reminiscence evokes an era of rural life with figures in a Montgomery setting. It recalls the old fashioned man with squeaking shoes, a girl in teal bonnet, a schoolyard bookshelf, and simple tasks around the home farm, hinting at shared community routines.
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