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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
4
County Supt Abrams visited lower grades this week. Normal trainers completed arithmetic and grammar reviews. Thanksgiving vacation closed school Wednesday. A high school mixer occurred Tuesday. Hoff and Holcomb vacationed in Lincoln, Epperson in Fairbury. Thirteen trainers passed teacher exams. Boys and girls basketball beat Harbine 35 18 and 28 2 on home court with a large crowd.
Mrs Hugh Cook of Scottsville New York recalls using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy about five years ago in Garbutt to treat two ill children. She says it promptly checked coughing and cured colds quicker than any other remedy. For sale by all dealers.
Statement of Farmers State Bank of Steele City Nebraska Charter No 623 at close of business November 17 1916. It lists loans overdrafts banking house currency gold coin silver and cents total assets and liabilities including capital stock profits deposits time certificates and cashier's checks. Certified by cashier R S Wilfley and directors J S Taylor Luther Bonham. Notary Allen T Phelps sworn November 24 1916.
Lindon Lodge No 146 K of P posts a 500 dollar reward for conclusive proof leading to arrest and conviction of those who obstructed the lodge hall steps on the night of November 7 1916. RT Garrett Chancellor Commander signs the notice.
Princess Mary questions the practicality of armor during a Tower of London tour. The queen shows a suit with spikes and asks for her opinion. Mary hesitates and notes the potential furniture damage from such armor.
Warren Clement of Millvale spotted his angora coon cat dive into a pond and return with a frog in its mouth. The cat made repeated plunges, surfacing with another frog each time, to the astonishment of onlookers cited by the Bangor Commercial.
The article recalls a famous Broadway figure who left his office under a theater canopy to travel abroad. He visited Rome and stood at the Capitoline, looking down on the ancient forum’s white ruins beneath the Italian moon, stirring vivid memories.
A fragmented OCR item notes quirky signs with phrases about a fashionable resort and a resident parroting foreign words. The text reflects garbled wartime talk and misunderstood captions.
Report from District No 58 shows 14 pupils enrolled with all present and on time. Students listed include Jmes Boettcher Eddie Fanders Anton Saathoff Walter Boettcher Theodore Fanders Clara Roseman Treentje Saathoff Helen Wehlinz Lloyd Boettcher Margaret Andrews and teacher noted.
The Prodigal a moral play about the evils of drink is billed for Saturday December 2 at our theater. Miss DeVere and Luminais star with special scenery and a notable third act featuring a snow storm on a country road by a church.
Mr Terrel and family moved into the Riley property. Co Supt Abrams visited in our schools Monday. Grandma Riggle has been seriously ill since Sunday evening. Miss Snyder visited relatives in Chester Wednesday evening. C W Slaughter and family spent Thanksgiving in Humboldt. Don’t forget the next Lecture.
L. R. Lambert and family with Miss Edith Lambert drove to Guide Rock on Wednesday after a Saturday evening course number 2nd event.
Mrs. Jim Bower improves as Anna Malady visits the Compton home. Mrs Malady called on Mrs. Cuthbert. Walter James and family stayed with the Noah Troxel family. Clarence Price visits the Jim Bower home with Mrs. Price. Frank and Clarence Price bale hay for Perry Cuthbert. The Chapman family from Fairbury spent Sunday at the A H Belding home. Charley Wells and family visited his brother Walter Halbert. People from this area attended a show at Steele City Saturday night. News from Mr Dade states they reached Rock Island Illinois safely. Will Adams from the Elmer Goca farm moved near Reynolds to work for Shoebotham.
Chester Manley and family visited Sunday at Chas Justis. Mr and Mrs F R Miller visited at Mr Whitney's Thursday. Ray Clapp is on the sick list. Bernard Correll is working for him. Mrs Price spent Monday with her parents, Mr and Mrs Osborne. Miss Emma Fielder visited her aunt Mrs Stone last week. Mrs Leitzen visits her mother from Hanover Mary. Carl and Frank Hrenneis were Washington visitors Saturday. Miss Mary and Miss Sophie Baker were business visitors in Washington Friday. Gladys Ellison’s birthday attracted many friends Sunday. Bernice and Rose Haverty visited Miss Mary Decker on Sunday. Ernie Wilt and family of near Clay Center Kansas visited Ed Justis Saturday and Sunday. Frances Fredricks and brother Lynn of Fairbury visited Friday to Sunday at Ed Justis.
The notice notes the passing of Charley Decker Sr of Washington County and funeral rites held there. It also mentions condolences for the bereaved family and reports burial at Washington cemetery. An employment ad seeks local representatives in Steele City for subscription renewals for Ladies' Home Journal and other publications with salary and commission.
An editorial compares a cough to a fire bell urges curing the illness causing the cough rather than suppressing it. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as effective for persistent coughing after colds and grip, with a testimonial from Mrs. Thomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana. Available through all dealers.
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