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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
1
Local items from Steele City cover residents and visitors, births, sales ads, and community meetings. Mentioned are Wm Pearson, Charlie Wright returning from Colorado, J Hoeft Jr in Fairbury, a new baby, windmill installations, and a literary society gathering.
Bracken receives word of return to San Francisco from a Pacific trip. Garrett Bros. sell three Duroc Jersey hogs to Harl Fisher Ed Zweifel and ship one to Coatsfield. Bendler of Oxford and Fairbury contractors visit town for school plumbing work. Cone Church ladies host annual supper and fancy work sale net a good sum. Mes Orr of Missoula renews Press subscription despite confinement. Waterfowl hunting trimmed. cotton tail remains unprotected. Ground work on the new schoolhouse proceeds with eight men and others aiding with teams and shovels.
Seed corn from Nebraska varieties Jorn Silver Mime and Yellow Dent is offered by W C Palmer with germination tests 97 to 100 percent. A Steele City AG meeting drew about twenty five volunteers to form an eighteen-member committee for instruments. A Baptist church gathering included Rev E M Amen from Tobias Rev J F Starr from West Virginia and Rev B F Farrar from Western. Starr will lead services next Sunday at 11 am and 7 20 pm with an open invitation to non worshippers.
Last Friday night the Steele City Commercial Club held its first regular meeting with many attendees from town and country. A key topic was a communication from J P Reynolds about brick clay pits in the area and the potential to supply high grade brick, with several clay banks identified as good investments for capable operators. A committee including F Crinklaw discussed the band question and club plans to unite for development.
An old note wishes readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year while reflecting that 1918 despite unmet hopes was met with kind Providence and general goodwill for the community during wartime and hardship.
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