Steele City area notes and community updates
Local items from Steele City Nebraska include visits by Miss Ruby Schultz and others, appointments and meetings at the opera house to organize a home guard, and various travels to Kansas and Colorado. War Savings Society organized, community events, and local crime and accident notes accompany reports on politics, farming yields, and social gatherings.
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War Savings Society
A. G. Roelfs
B. A. Greenwood
Belvesta War Saving Society
Belvesta
Youngest of three boys bursts with news of baby sister
Frank, the youngest in a three boy family, excitedly tells a neighbor about the arrival of a baby sister. He rushes to share the happy news and proclaims it a girl.
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Frank
Will Organize Home Guard at Steele City Opera House
A meeting is set for tonight at the opera house to organize a Steele City Home Guard company. Volunteers aged 18 to 80 are eligible to join, joining a statewide movement seen in many towns.
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Opera House
Mary Ellen Line
W. C. Line
Diller
Boston
Paul
Steele City
School of Technology At
Home Guard
Steele City Home Guarda
Zion Lutheran Picnic Set Next Sunday in L Luehring Grove
The annual Sunday school picnic of Zion Lutheran church southeast of town will occur next Sunday July 14 in L Luehring's grove three and a half miles east of Hullenberg. A program will be rendered and refreshments served. All are invited.
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M. E
Moe
Zion Lutheran Church
L. Luehring
Hollenberg
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Carl McDonald
Pearson
Treating Eyestrain by Suitable Glasses
Treating eyestrain requires close study and experience. The field includes eye physiology anatomy optics and practical lens work from grinding to manufacturing. A guarantee of satisfaction at an honest cost is offered.
Fragmentary Memoir Notes on a Family Trip Abroad
A garbled OCR passage references a family member, a father’s kit bag, and a journey involving France and Canada. It hints at private correspondence, a son, a brother, a wife, and disrupted travel plans amid unclear narrative details.
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France
Lyterally
Hiss
Aden Cal
Heuel
Samnt
Canada
Canning Interest Soars as Women Register for Guidance
The eagerness of women to do their bit by canning is shown by the enormous number of registrants and calls for government instruction. The best seller among recent novels cannot compete for popularity with the Partners' Bulletin. The home canning methods are explained with free guidance, and perfect results are promised when cold-pack methods are followed exactly.
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Canning
Wenan
Candidate for Congress Promises War Support and Equal Law
A political ad states the candidate seeks the Republican nomination for Congress and pledges to support the administration's war measures. The candidate emphasizes a single guiding issue of winning the war and asserts belief in equal law for rich and poor, employers and employees, farmers and merchants.
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C. H. Denney
Fairbury
Congress
Fourth Congressional District
Lame Shoulder Relief Ad Urges Rest and Liniment
An advertisement claims lameness from rheumatic muscle ache improves with absolute rest and Chamberlain's Liniment. It recommends trying the liniment and notes it is sold by all dealers.
That Ancient Feeling Blobbs Exchange
A humorous exchange shows Blobbs declaring an aged sentiment while another character jokes about age. Heavier dialogue references a boy of sixteen, memories of youth, and retrospective observations. The scene muses on aging and perception across generations.
Had Supply in Reserve and a Neighbor Comment
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune recalls a neighbor admiring a woman's hair. Charlie comments suggestively from the scene, while the mother had just finished washing, revealing a casual domestic moment.
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Charlie
Chicago Tribune
Tattoo removal methods described as risky and scar-forming
The text explains two removal options: acid dissolution which harms the skin and causes scarring, or surgical removal with grafts from another body area. It notes both approaches damage tissue and may leave visible marks.
Rabbit fur replaces wool in Australian hat industry
Rabbit hair is supplanting wool in Australia’s felt hat making. Thirty factories currently operate using rabbit fur, claimed superior to fine marine fibers. Millions of rabbits are processed annually to supply the industry.
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Australia
Human Peculiarity and Child Development Observed
A newspaper excerpt cites a Journal of Meredity passage on the crushing power of a new-born Insane and notes the survival of a treetop survival trait. The author also comments on a touch-talked-about upright position, stating the human child sits up before it stands and the human stock sat up prior to standing.
Chamberlains Tablets Advertisement Notice
Chamberlains Tablets designed for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. If you suffer from these ailments try this first class medicine and see the difference. Price is a quarter. Available from all dealers.
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Clark’s Store
Federal and McGraw
FORD
F. V. Lowe
Ruby Schultz
Orleans, Nebr
James Whitney
Osborne
Kansas
Elsie Franzen
Inter
Steele City Telephone Co
O. N. Garnsey
F. Bryant
H. B. Rucker
Nannie Schumacher
Marysville
John Bugbee
Mrs. Wilfley
Enterprise
Mary Kennedy
Chicago
J. C. Applegate
Chas. Westling and
Thos. Keily
Myrtie Leibengood
Hiawatha
Colorado
Akron
F. W. Lowe
Omaha
Mrs. Lowe
J S. Taylor
Fort Riley
Riley
Camp Grant
Rockford
Ben Royce
Hastings
Russell Bryant
Dr. Hatfield
Near. Scottsbluff
Red Cross
Steele City Dramatic Club
Mahaska
Lester
Wayne Coons
Blaine
Warren Cook
Clay Vaughn
Schell
P. Schell
Mr. Schell
Will Eden
Effie Wilson
Ed Woods
Mr. Eden
Miss Wilson
Wm. Wioods
Mr. Woods
L. Lohr
Harry — Grider
Otto Bergfelder
Church Notes
Bessie B. Hoeft
Uncle Sam’s
Steele City Opera House
Vitagraph Films
Wilt Bros
Taylor’s Pharmacy
Blobbs
Chamberlain
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