Spring hopes and school notes from the district
The column records desire for school yard improvements and a playground, notes new Drake and Marsh students in multiple grades, and mentions missing primary pupil notices. It asks for physiology help and a wire cat trap to study digestion. It reports Mr Mowry's passing and a fire at Ernest Funk's home with severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Boyd
Joe Alexa
Mrs. Mowry
Clara Howland
Katie Brenneis
Mr. Mowry
Ernest Funk
Mrs. Funk
Earl Rathbun
Belding Family Moves Dominate Week's Rural Shifts
Orville Belding moved onto the Andy Belding place earlier in the week. Charney Compton plans to occupy the John Hicks property southwest of Steele City. John Malady and Frank Price helped Belding move during the weekend and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Belding
Andy Belding
Charney Compton
John Hicks
Steele City
John Malady
Frank Price
Belding
Letter from H W Challis to W E Willey on Tennessee prospects
In Nashville on February 18 H W Challis writes to W E Willey about sales in Tennessee near Memphis and a proposed sale 150 miles east. He describes hog breeds Poland China and Duroc, light market weights due to a short corn crop, Jersey cattle, and a promising stock country. He notes the Gallatin and Lebanon pikes to a government powder plant with $85 million spent, unfinished buildings, a $100,000 school, 2,800 residences, and 36,000 workers once employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
W. E. Willey
Steele City
Walter
Steele City Paper
Here
Memphis
Poland
China
Nebraska
Kansas
Gallatin
Lebanon
H. W. Challis
Clemenceau’s Best Epigram in L Homme Libre
The tiger of France Clemenceau, a newspaper editor, offers epigrammatic wisdom in L Homme Libre. His noted line says it is easier to descend a hill than ascend it but the view from the top is worth the climb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preampet -Clemenceau
L’homme Libre
Clemenceau
Eggs at Eighty Cents a Dozen Shocks Shopper
A discussion in a shop centers on the price of eggs at 80 cents per dozen. The dealer remains unfazed as a customer expresses disbelief at the cost.
Doctor Patient Billing Anxiety Quip Cited
A Toronto Telegram quip features a doctor urging patients to mix worry with relief about paying medical bills, framing anxiety as a healthful counterbalance to passivity. The remark highlights tensions between care and cost in healthcare discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Telegram
Socrates Express Surface Talk Sparks A Memory
Fragmentary lines reference a chat with Socrates and a remark about appearance. The snippet hints at a playful exchange among friends, with lamenting nostalgia and a distant urge to express belief or truth. No clear event or location is established.
Army Battery E men dine on captured German pantry
Whitaker of Irvington writes Indianapolis friend about Battery E of the 150th field artillery retreating through icy countryside when they found a three room German shelter with a kitchen and plenty of flour and pancakes. After three days the officer returned and they moved on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwis
Whitaker
Irvington
Indianapolis
Sone
Battery E
One Hundred and Fiftieth Field Artillery
Indianapolia News
Cold dangers and a wartime savings drive notes
The article warns that colds weaken lungs and enable germ diseases, urging prompt treatment with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It also describes a Nebraska probate hearing for Alonzo J. Cons and details a state war savings quota campaign, school role, and a testimonial for Chamberlain's Tablets aiding digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain's
Tavior's Pharmacy
War Savings
War Savings Society
Nesdium
Persom
Rehool Boarde
Eheh Die Iwlet
Ditertar
Trifort
Also Mentioned on This Page
Steele City Press
Estor Mae
Papell Gwtetty
Beste City
Maren
Steele City Markets
Ors
Grace and
George Duvall
Physicians and Surgeons
Depot
Savage
Jefferson County
J. Monroe Davis
Fairbury
Nebr
Jonded
Farmers’ State Bank
Washington
Brown Shoe Co
White House
McLaurin & Son
J.S. Faylor, M. D
Fairbury, Neb
Globe Pharmacy
Drake
Hollenberg
A. B. James
Pat Haverty's
Otto Brenners
Funston
Rocky Hollow
Sunny Tennessee
Socrates
State of
Fratter
Alonzo
J. Cons
Harry C .Cogns
Harry C. Coong
Louis J Natzman
A C, Hartigan
W.S.S. Now
Sanford
Fenmore
Mich
Chamberlain
Taylor's Pharmacy
Ws.s
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