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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1923
Page
4
A brief sale at the G B Cassell farm near Steele City on Friday the 23rd offers a 30x34 auto tire and tube with ownership proof and ad cost. Ches ter Pearson advertises car parts from an Overland Model 90. Community items note mild winter, grain fire loss, illnesses, and local news.
The General Science class studies water power while pedagogy students prepare Jessin pians. Roy Phelps taught for Crinklaw with Miss Hoffman observing. The senior class toured with Mrs Sminia to view teaching opportunities. Room II did silent reading and a Caesar review is in progress.
Mrs Sisson and Mrs Dobbs clash over a line of gossip during spring cleaning as William Dobbs and Katherine Sisson plan to marry. The mothers spar over heredity and propriety while the couple defy the feud and press toward a union despite warnings.
A self moving motor finds an interesting application in the lawn mower. The machine rests on three rollers and demonstrates a novel approach to automated terrestrial locomotion.
A hopeful view of New Zealand as a nation where every household has a home and space around it, suggesting room for growth and new apartments. The piece emphasizes inclusive housing and the vision of spacious living.
A fragmented amusement piece shows a preacher on the links remarking that players with lower scores swear less. The exchange includes grumbles about a tragedian and a star of the movies, with garbled names and unclear references.
Jim White delivered hogs to Cap Fairchilds on Tuesday. Rose Maladhy visited with Mildred Kiskall on Saturday. Clare Cuthbert and family spent Sunday with the Jim White family. Bill Jones Sr bought a Ford at the Myers sale near Steele City last week. Fred Fuqua sawed wood for Henry Wiebe and the Beldings last week. Harry Bakewell and Geo Poffinbarger unloaded a car of corn at Endicott early this week. Eva Breazeale visiting from Mrs Geo Logan’s household spent the weekend with home folks. Mrs Bill Jones attended the wedding of her cousin Albertine Nutter in Fairbury last Tuesday night. Mrs Gus Emery spent Monday with Mrs Ray Thomas and helped care for a sick baby. Most neighbors have had the flu recently. Charles Crinklaw had the flu andmissed school Thursday and Friday. Roy Phelps of Steele City taught in his place. Ray Thomas of Endicott sold property to Elmer Barnhardt and will give possession March 1st. Thomas plans to move to Endicott and take over the restaurant of Mr Jones.
Lou Wolf shipped two cars of hogs on Wednesday. Frank Brenneis and Joe Alexa shipped four cars of stock to Kansas City Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Manley of Fairbury visited Justis' home. Miss Hilda Seitz spent the weekend at home. Henry With returned from a visit with the Sands family. John Meyer and Will Seitz visited Ernest Fielder. Mrs. Haverty and daughter Minnie Inez visited from Leavenworth. Leonard Foster called to Orleans for his grandmother Ellen James' death. Ellen James is staying with Mrs. Foster during his absence. Mrs. L. L. Decker’s sale was well attended and she will move to Plattsmouth after renting farm to Mr. Birdsly.
The text notes that most hybrids, including between hares and rabbits, are sterile though some exceptions exist. It also claims human intermarriage across distant races tends toward sterility, while unions between allied races remain fertile.
Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman of Newark, vice president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, urged that printing, gunpowder, steam, and the compass altered world fortunes through disciplined imagination rather than modern scientific aids. He spoke as chairman of the economics and social science section.
A Baltimore Sun quotation asserts the two greatest aids to virtue are a jail and the knowledge that the neighbors are watching. This pithy remark reflects social shaming as a deterrent to wrongdoing.
The Mansion House, official residence of London's mayor, was constructed from 1739 to 1753, reflecting the era's civic grandeur.
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