06 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1911
Page
1
Market notes show butterfat price at 20, spring chicks listed, wheat figures noted. The fragment references Seave and oil market terms with old weights and prices, but specifics are unclear.
A 1911 local notes column reports births, visits, medical issues, and community life. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Ben Royce on December 31. Wm and Allie Weddel visiting relatives in Kansas. J F Yellin convalescing. M E preacher family donations totalling about 10 dollars. A L Viette on a business trip. A J Coons elected director of Steele City Telephone Co. Chet Lambert back from Oklahoma with a farm purchase. C L Clark awaiting ice harvest of about 160 tons. Rev McVay returning from Fullerton after holiday visit. Miss Redeama Beaver vacationing at Barnes.
The article lists officers installed for a local organization with multiple roles and names. It notes refreshments served, a jeweler repair service, a new grammar room teacher, a local worker moving to Flint, and a defective hayrack accident with minor injuries. It also mentions weather impacts, a dance rescheduled for January 11, and trains halted on the G I road with cold snaps and a blizzard. It ends with hog price inquiries and passenger movements to Fairbury.
The Holiday season is over and business returns to normal. Daily he study of trade needs leads to better goods on our shelves. A new line of Gents Dress Shoes offers style and quality with only a small profit margin to keep them affordable.
A promotional note urges customers to record purchases, obtain Freceipts, and keep them. It touts a 21-2 percent discount on all cash purchases and signs off with “Yours Anxious to Please.”
An advertisement touts a Temple Sewing Machine on a drop head cabinet with a novel pattern and oak case. It emphasizes smooth operation, versatility on silk cotton or linen, automatic lift, side drawers, ball bearings, full attachments, and a ten year manufacturer’s guarantee. Price and contact listed in telegraph format.
Kansas Bank Commissioner Joseph N. Dolley said in a Wednesday address that in the last three months thirty banks were robbed in Kansas, averaging one every third day, with $100,000 seized and no robber captured. He cited two organized gangs on the state’s borders and a highly protected system that makes banking robberies less hazardous.
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