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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
4
Notice dated February 12 1925 records second class mail entry at Steele City Nebraska under act of Congress March 1 1879. Informational government mail matter appears for the public record.
Jefferson county residents may attend a February 20 program in Fairbury headlined by Hon. Thos. A. Duffy national lecturer. The Modern Woodmen of America arrange a four reel film on their Colorado Springs Sanatorium and a Duffy lecture with no charge to attendees. Jordan MWA district manager promotes the event as beneficial to small towns and counties. Elmer Kester leads Jefferson county Woodmen and many local members will attend.
Local column lists neighbors visiting, hosting and working. Albert Meneefee helped John Goes the past week. Bert Greenwood threshed cane for John Goes. Various residents, including Clay Vaughn and the Hardenberger family, share farm tasks. Weekend visits include Clara Lawin to Washington and trips to Belleville. Social events at Rand's Wednesday night draw a harvest crowd and praise from guests.
Community snippets from Bari note Nutter aiding Orville Belding this week. Hilda and Vera Janssen spent the weekend with home folks. Opal Compton visits grandparents Mr Mind and Mrs Charney Compton. John Rogers of McCook Nebraska hosted last week. Distant details are fragmentary.
Alex Shepherd was taken to Fairbury hospital last Wednesday for a gall bladder operation after about two weeks of illness. The Grand Island and St. Joe depot was robbed last Thursday while Mr. Hargis was absent. about five dollars in female change was taken, with no suspect yet identified.
District 88 examinations last week show outstanding results with Dorothy Lampe achieving 100 percent in Mental Arithmetic. Paul Lampe, Charles Carter earned three spelling certificates. Calvin Nida, Mirian Nida, Percy Kurtz, Faye Nida, and Florence Zeibig earned two certificates. South attendance praised for Byron Brow and others.
Shelled corn deliveries and family health notes populate a rural update. Several households report flu and pink eye recoveries while others return home after visits in St Louis and trips toward Denver and Santa Claus.
Steele City School notes report a Diller boys and girls game Wednesday after school. Eight grade works hard for March exams while Fairbury reserves await next week’s county basketball tourney on Fairbury floors. Domestic Science Bake Sale earned 12.40 dollars and sewing machines were acquired for student garments. High School debate produced two for the negative and one for the affirmative with final team selections set to face Fairbury in a practice match next week.
A fragment notes Mak Read rising from a resting place in Faibury. The brief lacks context on cause or outcome and does not identify other persons or institutions involved.
Mrs Goes visited the area while Winona Chapman recovers from illness. Byron Henderson buys Geo Parks garage. Mr Campbell sends eighty eight pennies to Sunday school. The Weler Belts sell property to Wm Decker and plan to relocate to Fairbury in spring. Mrs Troxies class hosts another party Friday night as youth nostalgia grows. Timber clearing by Martin and Oswald workers progresses with most logs sawed and hauled away.
Regular services in German every Sunday at 10 30 a m. Sunday School one Sunday evening at 8 p m. The next English service will be held Feb 22. Pastor.
A concise note praising the press for printing the best bills highlights the role of printing houses in shaping public record and discourse. The statement emphasizes quality and reliability in newspaper production.
Admission is free for a February 20 meeting featuring Hon. Thos. A. Duffy National Lecturer. The event is hosted by Modern Woodmen of America and held at Feirbury, Nebraska, and Colorado.
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