28 Jul 1916
Page 1
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
1
Local items report additions to shops, repainting, and a busy social scene. Readers note chautauqua plans, political conventions, visits, travels, and family news from Fairbury and nearby towns. The column records weather impacts on crops and a shooting robbery in the area with no fatalities.
On July 22 at Fairbury county judge’s office Harry Carmichael and Goldie Luhm were married. The bride is W Luhm’s daughter and a Steele City graduate who taught primary grades and will return to teaching next year. The groom, G W Carmichael’s son, farms near Steele City and both are well regarded in the community.
A playful remark about a repast labeled submarine lunch grows from the joke of its principal items. The exchange centers on the pun sinkers as a nod to both the meal and its maritime flavor.
A playful exchange shows a hostess and Gest discussing imitation of Mary with the lamb. The fragment hints at nursery rhyme reference and performative humor amid a salon scene.
Charley and Marguerite Burkhardt six year old twins aboard the Centralia saved the frightened crew after 16 hours adrift off the Oregon coast. Their mother Mrs C Burkhardt Hoquiam was passenger as the steam schooner fought a gale with broken steering gear and pumps. The ship carried 200000 feet of lumber into the sea and lost much rigging before reaching a safe harbor.
Chamberlains Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy urged for all families during hot weather. Luther Roberts unloaded a threshing engine here Tuesday. Frank Manley injured his thumb while fixing a pump. no bones broken. Miss Evelyn Strawhacker left for Minoak Illinois for a month with relatives. Mrs Ed Carr and two sons Harry and Frank, and F Going and son also headed to Illinois and Ohio for a visit.
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