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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1918
Page
4
Public notice from Steele City Nebraska dated August 30 1918 references a market listing with price 4 and daily rate 5. Includes publisher D. Brough and wartime mail details from 1904. Anticipated post office location at Steele City.
A report on a Red Cross dance held at John Kennings barn shows proceeds donated to the End Steel fund. The document includes a note about a drill heating process for hard steel and details on heating and tip testing.
Sunday marks the close of the conference year with an 11 o'clock morning service focusing on year in review and future aims. Mr Boggess will preach the closing sermon at night. All are urged to attend. Sunday school meets at the usual hour. New stars will be added to the service flag after a short session and Epworth League meets at the usual time.
Reynolds Engineering Co of Moline purchases Brigel Hagins Manufacturing Co including plant and equipment for about 50000 dollars in cash. The deal adds site building and materials, with capital stock rising from 25000 to 200000 held by the four founders.
The article reflects on why familiar places are treasured by the Gocldiera. It highlights personal memories, sense of belonging, and the emotional value of shared landscapes in the community.
A wartime diary style note from a transport ship recounts crew chatter and discomfort at sea. It includes mock laments about torn portholes and missed comforts, humorous asides from sailors, and brief captions like The Censor's Contribution and Jiggles of daily life aboard.
The Board of Health reports improved scarlet fever conditions with four houses quarantined and fewer than six deaths. The mayor’s office rescinds the closure of schools churches and public gatherings on the condition of thorough fumigation and library book destruction for fever cases.
Local items report visits and gatherings in Rocky Hollow and surrounding areas. Activities include haying with Orville Belding and Charley Wilson, a Red Cross dance at John Kenning’s, school opening plans with Lizzie Bower as teacher, and several family visits among the Belding, Gustinson, Compton and Ma lady families. The piece urges wartime wheat production increases and community support for the national effort.
A man touts a lucky penny as the sole remedy for luck, recounting money gains after keeping a green penny in his coat pocket. A bystander asks to see it and the man reveals he may have lost it at the dry cleaners. Moral: prosperity partly psychological.
District Agent notes the government request for increased wheat acreage across Nebraska and other states. Despite partial crop failures and labor shortages, a strong effort is expected to meet the call as national defense and liberty underpin the sacrifice.
Citizens report the government urging a 17 percent increase in wheat screage as part of wartime policy. The fragment notes widespread public concern and debate over agricultural controls amid ongoing conflict.
William Whitelaw of Des Moines recalls a Kansas encounter about Chamberlain's Coke and Diar Thoe remedies. A gentleman shared how the remedy aided his family, though the full account continues beyond the excerpt.
At Fairbury County Court August 8 1916 petition for final settlement and distribution of the estate of John F Zoellin deceased. September 16 1918 9 A M set for hearing to show cause why prayer should not be granted with notice by three weekly insertions in The Steele City Press. Louis J Nutzman County Judge E A Wunder attorney for estate.
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