06 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
1
Mrs. Fred Bower of Fairbury visited Mrs. C. C. Daugherty Friday and Saturday last week. Mrs. B. M. James, Mrs. Hattie Ostrander, Clyde and Roy Broads ton were passengers to Fairbury Saturday.
An essay decries excess slang in baseball reporting and notes how Britons struggle to parse American sports talk. It cites Arnold, Ren�, W. L. George and Crickett slang as muddled yet integral, and compares it to cricket phrasings in a London Sphere summary of an Eton and Harrow match at Lord's with evasive phrases about bats and stumps.
Born to Mr and Mrs Martin McCawley eight miles southeast of Steele City on Saturday January 31 a son. Louis Ellermeier and family of Swanton visited J H McCawley and family over the weekend. Mrs Wm Auld who had been visiting in town with her son Mina and family left Tuesday for Clay Center Kansas.
The piece urges a revival of Puritan sabbatarianism to strengthen the nation. It cites Sabbath observance as essential for worship and moral vigor, contrasting past restraint with modern busyness and needless amusements. It notes Saintly habits like Saturday meal prep freeing Sunday for worship and mercy.
Local briefs cover business visits and transfers in Fairbury and surrounding towns, preparation for a Commercial Club meeting dated Feb 11, and multiple travel, visits, and family notices. Reaction to weather, railway time changes, and a hospitality venture setup by A T Waters are included along with a serious accident near Henry Peters and community events at Wright's hall.
Readers spar over fashion and hygiene as women’s attire shifts from corsets to tailored outfits. The piece notes historic changes from broadcloth trains to modern skirts, arguing comfort and decency improve yearly despite sensational critiques.
Excerpt from Ganlic Monthly discusses how routine daily greetings dull the spirit. It notes the lack of personality in morning interactions and how familiarity has made the greeting automatic, leaving the table as if with strangers.
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