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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
4
A cold morning with 5 below zero and penetrating north wind marks the coldest stretch of winter. The paper notes few seasonal events, urges unity in home Christmas observances, and explains the special Christmas edition is a community effort with added advertising to cover costs.
Richard DeVriea spent a few days here visiting friends. Mrs. Harry Jones came Sunday evening for a short visit with relatives.
The town team lost 14 to 12 to Diller on Monday. High school boys and girls games at Odell Tuesday resulted in S. C. 4 to Odell 14 for the boys, and S. C. 38 to Odell 20 for the girls. The high school boys played at Endicott on Dec 10, Endicott 8 to S. Cc. 6, while the Freshmen beat Endicott 8 to 3.
Fred and Emiel Kenning hauled corn from Steele City Friday. Mrs Ruster Troxel and child ren visited with her mother Mrs Cuthbert Sunday. Dorothy Curry spent Sunday at the View Nutter home. Mrs Art Lucky and children of Fairbury visited with Mrs Norman Fentiman and family Monday. A crowd visited Olen Nutter Saturday night for a surprise and dancing. Mildred Kenning weekend visit with parents. Art Kenning at John Janssen home Wednesday. District 3 program and social December 22, 1826 at eight o'clock. Everyone invited Miss Glazier teacher.
About 1 100 000 bushels of barley are projected to be fed to farm animals in the United States this year. Hogs receive the largest share at around 50 percent, followed by horses at 17.7 percent and cattle at 11.9 percent. Poultry account for 10.5 percent and sheep and other uses make up the rest. Barley competes with corn as livestock feed and is especially important in the northern corn belt and Pacific coast states.
A poker pendant is in this office for rightful owner to claim by describing the pin and paying for this advertisement. The finder reports the item and requests the owner to describe it to recover it.
A Christmas program and pie and lunch social will be held at Mandeville school Dist. 88 three miles east of Steele City on Wednesday night December 22. Plenty of popcorn and home made candy. Come and enjoy yourself. Irene Shanek, teacher.
Fragmentary OCR shows a notice about Steele City Markets and subscription prompts for a home newspaper. Details are unclear but indicate market listings and ad or subscription messaging.
The Seure-Reebuch Agricultural Foundation reports Americans consume about 2514 bushels of corn per person per year. This year weather conditions may raise total production, with roughly 2.85 billion bushels in use and distribution across hogs, horses, cattle, poultry, and sheep, while a portion is kept seed.
The editor argues farmers should pursue schooling rather than rely on neighbors. It notes crop rotation pest control and livestock care, plus familiarity with modern economical equipment. Experience helps but education saves time and money and boosts farming success. Christmas shop windows gleam with holiday decor and new displays.
Quotes on kindness and habit in daily life contrast with millionaire oppression notions. M. A. Kelly notes small acts amplify character more than talents, while a line from All Along: the Cine echoes class tension among the rich.
Ready to lay purebred pullets including White Leghorn and Brown Leghorn strains, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, and White Wyandottes. Five month old pullets, young cockerels, and dozen-pullet orders available. Baby chicks priced per hundred, with guaranteed quality and postage paid. Located in David City.
Data from Harr R Clark Chief Inspector at the Omaha Grain Exchange shows about 45 percent of wheat received in 1924 was graded down at least one grade. Reasons include excessive moisture over 15 percent, musty hot or sour kernels nearly 3 percent, heat damage and other kernels, rye mixing over 5 percent, weakness about 2 percent, and low test weight causing the remaining reductions.
H. M. Rainer of the Nebraska Wheat Improvement Association says wheat yields decline when grown on the same fields too long. He stresses maintaining organic matter and soil nitrogen, and not burning straw or trash, arguing that vegetation should be plowed under to improve soil.
Nebraska Wheat Improvement Association Director H M Rainer notes a key finding from agricultural stations that soil nitrogen from legumes improves wheat protein content. The result may raise both wheat quality and yield, encouraging wider legume acreage in crop rotation.
A copied newspaper fragment notes that weeds consume moisture at a rate comparable to wheat, implying irrigation or drought concerns. The passage emphasizes weeds competing for soil moisture, affecting crop yields and water resources.
A fragment notes trouble surrounding a second-hand car and a man involved. The brief hints at a single person facing mounting issues over a used vehicle. No clear outcome or names are provided in the readable text.
U S shipments of dairy products and eggs totaled 29,686,214 for the year ending June 30. Milk led exports, followed by eggs cheese and butter. Cuba was the top market, taking two-fifths of eggs, with the U K next for milk. Other buyers included the Philippine Islands Great Britain Mexico Germany China Japan Panama and Canada.
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