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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
4
An advertisement states Endicott State Bank closed five months ago and receiver R S Wilfley will begin paying depositors next week. After asset sales planned for Monday December 18 and deposit settlements, the bank's affairs will be settled. Wilfley is praised for a quick, prudent wind down.
Palmer schedules a community sale for Saturday December 16 offering cattle hogs and poultry items. He invites submissions for the sale and urges prompt listing to advertise on bills. Auctioneer is W F Scheutte. Call 44 or meet Palmer.
A box and pie social will be held at the Patterson school house southwest of Steele City on Thursday December 14. Proceeds will fund school activities and classroom needs.
A Great One Day Sale offers 2000 pieces of Aluminum and Pyrex ware at special prices on Wednesday December 13 starting at 1:00 PM. Glassware is genuine Pyrex Oven Ware and Aluminum is Quality Brand guaranteed 20 years. Stores advertise Christmas presents and household goods. White Hardware Co Fairbury Nebraska and Arner's Drug Store promote remedies and goods.
Five men and one woman are jailed in Jefferson county after raids on a Mexican colony in Fairbury. Officers seized liquor and merchandise valued around 2500 dollars linked to recent state robberies. Authorities plan charges for possession of stolen goods and violating prohibition laws as they pursue wider theft evidence.
County treasurer announces the start of issuing 198 auto renewal licenses and delivering new plates on December 12. Residents with 1922 licenses should renew after January 1, and new car buyers must present a bill of sale notarized after December 20, 1922. A form is provided upon application. EL Jenkins, Treasurer. The text also references fires in movement for employment and a bureau opened in England in 188% (incomplete).
The Hudson's Bay Company operates 155 fur posts across Canada from Arctic shores to the United States border. Posts extend from Fort McPherson to the Arctic River region, indicating vast reach and active fur trade networks.
Maj. Fuerey Gardner was longtime Mer ert Tree’s manager. The article recalls rumors about a famous actor, mentioning his home and voting habits and noting various incidents attributed to him.
A fragment describes an approaching traveler reading garbled signs in a town. The signs include shop names, products, and services such as fuller's garage beds clothes and a zoo. The narrator notes the traveler asks where the asylum is amid the sign clutter.
Village notes report Joe Hoxie building brick ice house and Joseph Nutter’s death in Fairbury Monday night. Frank Shults dies near Hollenberg eight days earlier. Lehring couple welcome daughter on November 2, 1922. Chas Hensarbgrenbern’s son Frank injures leg. recovering. District deputy secures fourteen RNofA applications. lodge initiates several new members and honors Mrs Cushman.
Family and friends meet for Thanksgiving with Mrs. Jim White on the sick list. John Malady helps John Wiebe cut wood. Clare Cuthbert begins drilling a well for a party in Odell Monday. many locals travel to Steele City and Jansen for dinner. Fred Kenning Jr. returns from Fairbury after braced collarbone treatment. numerous households share Thanksgiving with Will Compton and neighbors in Thayer County.
Miss Mary Baker shopped Saturday. Carl Brenners serves on the Washington jury this week. Mr and Mrs KR Simmons visited relatives near Hanover. Bernice Haverty entertained friends at dinner. Mr A B James and family visited with their daughter Mrs Abe Compton. Rose Haverty spent Thanksgiving with friends at Liberty Nebraska. Mrs Ametia Welch and son Harry visited several days.
A visitor from this vicinity spent a few days with his niece Mrs. Maude Bratten. Mr. Joe Marshall of Skidmore Missouri and Mrs. L Baker of Guthrie Oklahoma left last week after visiting the Frank and Joseph Brenneis families.
An old advertisement touts Fisher's Long Balm for colds and lung ailments aimed at infants and children with selling text and brand name Aener's Drug Store.
The Youth's Companion announces a calendar for 1923 sent to subscribers who paid 250 for the year. The red and black tablets show the current month with bold type and margins listing the preceding and succeeding months in smaller type, a standard, eagerly sought feature.
The Wildlife Service reports rising game numbers on government reservations under the migratory bird treaty act and Lacey act enforcement. About 1,000 alleged violators were apprehended and over 600 convictions were secured with fines from 1 to 500 dollars.
Fragmentary text hints at a literary dispute over a prize linked to Anatole France. It mentions Josephine and a house keeper who influenced a great novel and Therese of Le Crime de Gylvestre Rennard. The passage is garbled and difficult to parse.
An excerpt recalls the famous Cutty Sark clipper and its transition from sail to steam power. It notes her 64 1 Yeo tw 13 beers phrase and mentions Ferretra Gying the Porte queece Gog as a historic nod while praising the ship's enduring wooden hull amid changing propulsion.
A reflective meditation cautions against masking flaws with empty promises and quick fixes. It urges deep, honest self-examination to heal visible flaws and avoid superficial remedies.
A Kansas City Star oddity reports a bird described as a duck goose hybrid with teal features perched near a district south of Time Porta. The article notes a diesel inspection event, a hammer shaped object, and a strike noted during a busy season.
A fragmented draft blends a sharp London Opinion quote with estate notices. The text mentions a war profiteer addressing men at a golf club, then shifts to probate actions in Jefferson County Nebraska, including an estate settlement for Wm. H Harris and a receiver sale of Endicott State Bank assets.
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