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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1917
Page
4
A brief notice notes a collaboration between the Lincoln Journal and Ruralist, aiming to share agricultural news and farming insights with their readers across regions.
Sunday gatherings and visits across the community. Families from Odell and Stori City attended events and sales. Washington callers and local club meetings plus illness notes and a box supper near Hanover are recorded among neighbors and kin.
An advertisement extols Chamberisin's Cough Remedy with user testimonials claiming twenty years of use and success in curing coughs and colds. It notes the product is sold by all dealers.
Community greetings and small events feature in Fairbury area notes. Mr and Mrs Roy Schell welcome a daughter. Mr. and Mrs Harry Carmichael celebrate. Camp Fire Girls host a Valentine social. Boy Scouts observe their 7th anniversary with services. Nearest families enjoy Sunday visits and shared wood cutting and meals.
Clyde Williams spent Sunday with home folks. Gladys and Arthur Majors were on the ick list this week. Work on the Grand Island depot has commenced again. Several of our people went to see The Chair in Fairbury last.
W. B. Willey held his third annual hog sale drawing buyers from Minnesota Kansas Missouri Iowa Indiana and many states by mail. The sale of 58 bred sows and gifts brought 5145 total averaging 88.71 per head. A large crowd filled the tent and 243 meals were served during a dinner hour with Steele City orchestra music. The event boosted Willey’s reputation as a top breeder with buyers pleased by the offering.
Kenning Jr and Mrs Malady own twelve young chickens from thirteen eggs. Mr and Mrs Charles Compton Albert Zweifel visited with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Kenning. Judkins led church at Rocky Hollow school house last week with more services planned if weather permits. Will Garrett and his wife spent time with cousin Mr McWilliams and family in Morrowville Kansas from Friday to Sunday.
Public auction at the farmer’s home fourteen miles southeast of Steele City on Friday February 23 1917. Items include horses and colts with weights and foal status, twenty two cows and heifers with calves and a Polled Durham bull, hogs including a registered Chester White boar and brood sow.
Implements and farm gear including wagons, harness, disc harrows, a hay loader, mower, rakes, a disc seeder, a binder, and household items offered. Sale starts 10 a m with free lunch at noon. Terms cash up to 10 dollars, above that ten month credit on bankable note at percent interest.
A Weatherby reader recalls a December cold nearly laying him up and credits two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with a rapid recovery. He praises the remedy as very effective and says he will use it again for future colds. Sold by all dealers.
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