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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1923
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR indicates a February 9 1923 date with a public posting in Oly Nebraska under orders of March 1. 187 likely a legal or public notice. The legible bits mention a post and a time at 10 1.00 with unclear context.
Reports cover county spelling contest entries for March 10 and a busy school week. Notes mention Endecott game on Feb 9, sewing class progress, new members in Hi V, Silas Marner adaptation by Freshmen, and frequent absences due to grippe. Activities include South America map project, Quadratic equations, Story Hour Readers, and milk poster projects.
Fairbury News reports a burglary where robbers used a screwdriver to force the superintendent’s office lock and a crowbar to open the safe. They took $60 in cash and several checks but left the checks and most other items untouched. A candy sack was eaten during the break-in with officers pursuing clues.
Ray Thomas and others work and visit. several residents sick with grippe noted. Eva Breszeale to Mrs George Logan near Diller. families visitaries and car purchase mentioned. Fisher's Lung Balm advertised by Arner's Drug Store.
A Birmingham Age-Herald line notes a newly elected candidate praising the wisdom of plain people and declaring confidence in ordinary voters as a sign of living proof.
A curve cutting knife with a swiveling small pointed blade in the handle cuts scrolls rapidly in one stroke. Used on stencil board leather and oil cloth while laid on glass. The edge stays sharp as the point dulls, a minor concern for sustained use.
In cases of radius fracture Dr. BR Klapp of Berlin uses strong traction on the thumb and fingers separately and fuses the fragments with the wrist secured in a crescent iron standard for realignment.
An unclear text fragment suggests a call for a leader to step down. The readable portion hints at internal pressure within an organization or group. Specific names, dates, or places are not discernible from the fragment.
Lydia Ann helps her aging father take a vacation by funding a trip to his old home. A thoughtful daughter uses $150 from auctioned heirlooms to arrange a two week escape where the family relives childhood memories by a lake, stream, and meadow near the old camp. The tale reflects family bonds and small acts that grant respite.
Mrs Frank Ellison reported a well attended sale on Thursday where all items sold well. Mr and Mrs Frank Miller visited Fairbury with daughter Gladya. Mina Frances Decker spent Sunday with Misa Berstee Haverty. Henry Sands family attended a dinner Sunday for Mr Sands' mother at Hanover. Howard Listenberger family moved east of Hollenberg to the old Thompson place. Mrs Perle Welch returned from Hanover caring for Mrs Harry Veitch who was ill. Roy James and Ruth Keating were married last week and began housekeeping on Mrs Turner's farm.
The duke of Norfolk was executed in 1572 ending the line of English dukes. For over 50 years England fought Spain, subdued Ireland, circumnavigated the globe, built empire, and produced Elizabethan literature without ducal help, as Fram Pollard notes in History of England.
Della plans to cheer an isolated neighbor, the lonely old man, by quietly restoring his desolate hillside home. She brightens his sitting room with glass, a crimson rug, donated pictures, and books to offer comfort and welcome. Her tactful approach aims to ease his loneliness without pressuring him to marry.
In a rural scene, Jud and Delia clash over plans as Dad returns for the summer to work near an engineering project. Delia vents about years of feeding and sewing, while Judson Gordon the younger accepts the situation and asks about love. The household adjusts to a host of neighbors and a make shift housekeeper.
Fragmentary meditation on simplicity versus complexity notes the struggle to sacrifice and discern proper place for effort. It hints at a tension between expedience and thoroughness without clear person or event.
Fragmentary item notes an intellectual assessment involving a woman and dialogue about reaching the next town and a telale term. Readers should expect incompletely transcribed phrases and unclear references to event context.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy promotes natural healing by easing coughs easing lungs aiding expectoration and opening secretions. The ad cites thousands of testimonials and notes sales at Arnet's Drug Store.
Martin Guyan Blair aged 91 years 5 months 22 days died January 29 1923 at his son Dr F M Blair's home in Fairbury Nebraska Born August 7 1831 in Beaver County Pennsylvania moved to Ohio Lincoln County then to Nebraska lived in Clarinda Iowa Steele City Lexington and Fairbury He married Lucretia Wiggins March 26 1877 She died March 18 1918 Funeral held at home conducted by Rev Furman Methodist Church son Vernon Blair of Lexington attended with family
A brief note describes a display where five cri s grotpwd themselves from a single suspended sheet of pauper paper. The frame bears a weight of seven pounds to demonstrate strength.
The text notes fair weather with a white sky and approaching rain. It mentions a spot appearing on a barometer and warns that excessive moisture in the atmosphere turns the barometer red, signaling changing conditions.
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