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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1928
Page
6
Mrs Otto J Grver of Manchester South Dakota reports she was weak and run down on a farm with five in the family. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength and weight and can now handle both indoor and outdoor chores without a helper. She offers to answer letters from women seeking advice.
An old advertisement copy promotes Musterole as a home remedy for colds. The jumbled text suggests applying mustard salve for warmth and comfort, invoking grandmotherly wisdom as a soothing aid.
A Philadelphia physician asserts knock knees cannot be cured and, worse, they cannot be concealed.
A garbled fragment praises a remedy for a mother’s health, noting it gave strength and courage and was a wonderful help and benefit to the speaker. No clear names, places, or dates are readable.
A humorous exchange notes a man unable to raise money on government bonds because he did not possess the bonds, illustrating strained financial times with a witty remark attributed to the Montreal Star.
Nebraska reports show 24 000 retail stores statewide. Lincoln country club awarded a water system contract for fairway and green irrigation. Columbus church planned by Protestant Evangelical congregation. Culbertson to gain German Evangelical church home. Chadron Hay Springs line under construction linking Chadron to Gordon. Western Public Service buys Ogalallala municipal lighting plant, assumes debt. Gering Valley Hyde Electric district election for 80 000 in bonds enjoined by non resident landowner. Creighton Masonic lodge to move into new post office space on ground floor under government lease. Mary Knight 240 acre farm sold near Beatrice for 20000 to James Steckman. McCool High School expansion urged for capacity. North Platte to host combined packing plant cheese factory creamery cold storage summer project. E B Woods York holds Lincoln letter from 1858 to Carlville Illinois traced to Abraham Lincoln and debate with Douglas. Carlinville abolition society formed with Woods presiding. Lincoln era debate platform mentioned. Nebraska recreation grounds acquired by state to be improved with trees this spring. 26000 seedling jack pine to be planted near Rat and Beaver lakes. saplings sourced from local forest reserve. Two thousand trees ordered for Sandpit lakes west of Fremont. Western Nebraska potato shipments total 268 cars week ending Feb 4. near record for year with projections to near 5500 cars. Prices low. no sign of larger movement. Ors and eblanes of Neligh discussed among Cedar Creek farmers. large area likely to be posted. This is a proposition.
Groundwork begins ahead of a $250 000 Saline county courthouse. The old jail is razed and prisoners moved to Lincoln. An east wing and a 1877 brick section are torn down for a center elevated new building. Swanson and Son of McCook are contractors. Separately, Prof. Schram of Nebraska briefs on oil prospects noting no oil yet found despite deep wells and near Chadron Agate Cambridge Table Rock and Union study.
The Electrical World reports Congressman Shalenberger introduced a bill to appropriate 20 million dollars for an irrigation and power system in Gosper county fed by the Platte river. It would join the rivers and harbors appropriation and serve flood control. Senator Howell pledges support, though engineers have not all approved the site.
Dean T. J. Thompson continues investigation into regulating ownership of automobiles at the University of Nebraska. The study will extend through the second semester as 1,204 students were found to drive cars, including 765 Lincoln residents and 629 from other cities.
The Nebraska fish and game bureau expands transport capacity with a large high mileage truck with air pump for main highways and a smaller side road truck to supplement fish stocking efforts. The state road program for 1928 will total about two million dollars, with grading and gravel additions planned by June 30, 1929.
Submarines can cross both oceans and have done so repeatedly. The average cruising speed is about ten miles per hour, meaning roughly 28 days to travel from New York to Liverpool, a distance of 3 578 miles.
The new home of John Hays Hammond Jr under construction at Hesperus Point near Gloucester Massachusetts will be lined with secret passages to hide the inventor when entering or leaving his laboratory.
Quote captures a sharp reply about hiring a servant girl with qualities such as honesty sobriety industry and neatness. The speaker suggests hiring four to meet the demand. The line reflects social expectations and humor in domestic service discussions.
A recipe fragment describes making a strawberry omelet with four eggs and water, salt, and baking powder. Beat until thick, fold into stiff egg whites, fry, finish in a hot oven, then spread strawberry jam on top and serve hot.
A lighthearted exchange between a father and son about exams highlights a humorous forecast as the son notes tomorrow marks his fourth failure. The jokey dialogue reflects school pressures and parental teasing in a playful tone.
Lan caster Dairy January records show average butterfat 28.6 pounds per cow. High herd produced 46.7 pounds while low herd produced 17.8 pounds. Feed cost per cow in high herd was triple that of low, yet profit rose 260 percent above the low herd. January also shows exceptional productions.
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