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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
4
The Steele City Press published weekly as a second class mail newspaper in Steele City Nebraska with a November 20 1904 entry date and copyright under the 1879 act.
July 5 1918 edition notes commitment to the war effort and calls for enlistment in support of America’s participation in the conflict. The brief item reinforces national mobilization and patriotism during World War I.
Dellerson County Abstract Office, established in 1886, announced by J Monroe Davis of Fairbury Nebraska. The notice lists butterfat quality, rooster counts, grain listings, and bonded abstracting services with reliable field records and accounts at reasonable rates through the 1st National Bank.
A. M. Berry declares candidacy for County Treasurer, subject to electors' will at the August primary.
E. L. Jenkins announces filing for the nomination of county Treasurer, contesting under the Republican banner and subject to voters in Jefferson County.
A series of candidate declarations for county offices including County Clerk Treasurer Sheriff Commissioner and County Attorney. Names mentioned include O R Jones H Nellis John G Rawles Wm L Wood and A Wunder with primaries set for August 20 1918. Notices indicate party affiliation and intent to seek nomination.
Fred Miller served as Maryeville caller on Tuesday. Chester Manley and family spent Sunday with Charley Justis. Mr and Mrs James Hannah visited Mr Howland. Wesley Rathbun and family visit his parents. Mrs Mowry visited sister in Geneva Nebraska last week. Carl Brenneis and Bert James arrived safely overseas. Misses Hathbun Haverty Brenneis visited Mr James Sunday.
Sunday gatherings at the Charley Wilson and John Malady homes feature the Belding Schmidt and Fentiman families. Norman Fentiman visits his parents in Liberty. Red Cross sewing in Endicott and War Saving Society events sparsely noted. Electric ice cream served at a Sunday evening gathering. local election of Charles Wingers as president and Mrs Anis Pelding as secretary.
A Jefferson County note from district agents discusses thrift Stamps saving for boys as well as larger youths. Miss Dickenson from Home Economics assists in demonstrating baking substitutes. Warm weather harmed gardens reducing perishable canning foods and the threshermen’s three-county organizations prepare for the season. S. E. Samuelson signs the report.
University of Nebraska Animal Husbandry Department advises sowing cane by mid July due to dry weather and anticipated cane scarcity. Seed quality is poor, so sow thick, about one bushel per acre, using field ends corners or other odd pieces as seed beds.
A historical discussion defines a criterion as an abstract standard used to judge facts and opinions. It notes that a person cannot serve as a criterion due to human variability and illustrates how a city like Paris has functions as a benchmark for fashions.
The University of Nebraska Farm Management Department has distributed 15 000 record books to Nebraska farmers. At a Chicago conference income tax officials said any consistent farmer record would be accepted to determine income tax. Farmers urged a primer and consistent inventories to aid tax determinations.
The University of Nebraska Department of Entomology states that potato bugs should be sprayed with arsenate of lead and water or Paris green and water. Details cover arsenite forms, paste and powder forms, mixing with warm water, and dilution rates for ten gallons of water. Also notes beetle prevalence and cautions on strength.
The text records an appropriation ordinance passed June 28 1918 detailing levy of 21 mills on taxable property for village funds including general funds light fund sanitation fund and sinking fund. It notes official attestation by clerk and chairman and states the ordinance takes effect after passage publication and approval.
A concise reflection on health as the foundation of enjoying life. Emphasizes that well being enables daily activity, vitality, and fulfillment.
The notice lists items the Red Cross must stock including foods wearing apparel hospital bedding surgical instruments drugs splints furniture farming equipment lumber portable tools and medical gear. It urges community help to supply these essentials for hospitals and relief efforts.
The article describes luminous tape and paint used to mark paths and signal at night. Soldiers dip their hands in the paint to spell letters or wigwag, aiding signaling up to a hundred feet away while the enemy cannot see.
A wartime hospital journal From Brondesbury Park publishes humorous definitions from Euclid in the Army. It quips that three sergeant majors equal any three brigadier generals and that a major keeps the shortest temper between meals. The London Globe notes the light spirit.
President John Grier Hibben of Princeton argues the nation cannot afford to lose capable men. He recalls a training camp question to a Princeton student about dying for country, noting a modern reluctance to die for others.
A European invention uses a gas based on gardenic and carbonic acids to spray mortar or finster onto walls speeding their setting. The device applies the mixture with a machine designed for quick bonding and rapid curing of construction surfaces.
A fragment notes a judge's remark about a lodge giving a vote of thanks and gratitude. It discusses whether the vote binds individuals, implying a formal gesture lacking legal effect. The text reflects on ceremonial language versus binding obligation.
A Savannah Missouri letter from October 12 1916 endorses Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The writer credits the product with curing flux and a later dysentery attack and says it has been recommended to dozens. The advertisement notes the remedy is for sale by all dealers.
Probate notice from Jefferson County Nebraska states final settlement and account for Phelps estate. The county judge announces hearing on July 5 at 8 a.m. in Fairbury and directs publication in Steele City Press for three weeks. Attorneys Frank L. Raitt represents the estate.
In Arctic waters a match up forms between walrus and polar bear. Juvenile walruses face bear attacks while mature tusks deter the bears. The scene centers on predator dynamics and defense in polar seas.
Coral reefs form through coral-building polyps that inhabit clear water no deeper than about twenty five fathoms and water temperatures above 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a playful clash of city papers, The Toledo Blade mocks the idea that physical exertion is needed after a flapjack meal while the Houston Post recalls a surreal image of someone lifting the sky with rainbows after a fourth flapjack and drifting into dreamlike reverie.
A fragment describes annatto cultivation in the tropics. Women and children harvest ripe capsules, extract the dye, ferment, and press it into a paste. The process yields a fragrant paste used in commerce, wrapped in banana leaves for shipment.
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