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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
4
Steele City Markets reports steady produce sales as regional supply lines stabilize. Local grocer notes improved availability of fresh fruits and vegetables from neighboring suppliers despite lingering transport delays.
The Steele City column notes 2000 bushels of wheat sold locally at 240 to 2.60 and three budget items. It records two new street lights on Main Street and a successful vote to install them. A hay loading accident injures Chas Gosser with no bones broken. It details treasurer Dade’s year’s receipts, disbursements, and a looming tax levy around 54 mills to fund the school. The article defends maintaining the high school and notes graduates can enter state university without extra work.
The Jefferson County Farmers Union annual picnic will be held at Fairbury Thursday, June 24. Good speaking forenoon and afternoon. Free ball game and other attractions. Bring your dinners. The Zion Lutheran church Sunday School picnic on the state line is next Sunday, June 20, in L. Luehring grove west of the church. Refreshments and a short program by school members. Otto Bergfeider, Pastor.
Last Sunday June 13 Mrs Chester Manney was treated to a birthday surprise with forty relatives and friends arriving in lunch baskets for a shaded riverbank picnic. Guests included Mrs Irvin Vining and family of Mahaska Kansas Mr and Mrs Jim Simmons Mr and Mrs Glenn Kobbe and Mr and Mrs W C Palmer.
A two and a half year old boy was severely injured at the Meyer home one mile east of town when a mower sickle struck as he slept near alfalfa fields. The right foot was lost and the left arm damaged to the bone. He was taken to town for treatment by Dr Pickett and later moved to Beatrice for care at the Fall Sanitarium.
A terse item notes ongoing bank closures and liquidity questions. Officials report frozen accounts and unresolved insolvency matters affecting customers and creditors. Local financial authorities monitor the situation for potential legislative remedies and funding plans.
Officials estimate short age losses near $200000 with about 60 percent to be returned to depositors. Efforts to liquidate assets proceed as notes are collected and payments accelerated. The bank’s bond of $10000 was filed for collection as rumors circulate about fugitive matters and local notices note Norman Fentiman’s family visit and a Monday Rocky Hollow schoolhouse meeting with Fred Kenning Jr as moderator for eight months of school.
Sunday visits and travelers populate the area as families host relatives from Idaho to Nebraska. Embroidery Club gathered with Miss Katie Brenneis while several residents, including Miss Francis Price, start new jobs.
Henry Wiebe and family attended church at Jansen Sunday morning and evening. Clara Cuthbert and family opened Sunday evening with Norman Fentiman and family. Mrs. Tom Anderson is visiting several days at the home of her Orville.
A convoluted dialogue about Johnnie's father and his mother hints at a hidden locale and misheard names. After contemplation, the speaker asks if certain figures are present, signaling a riddle within a distant setting.
Dream Marden in Chicago writes of steady, harmonious growth and a balanced development approach. The piece envisions progress across faculties and a thoughtful evolution of the city’s built environment.
Estate of Harriet S Reynolds seeks a decree barring claims declaring heirs at law George E Reynolds G Dwight Reynolds Fred E Reynolds John P Reynolds Walter Reynolds Le Roy Reynolds and May Dunford Amy E Justis owners in fee simple of Lots 4 5 6 7 8 Block 2 Pursell & Thompsans subdivision Jefferson County Nebraska hearing set July 12 1920 at 9 a m in Fairbury Nebraska before County Judge Lewis J Nutzman Heasty Barnes attorneys for petitioner.
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