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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1928
Page
4
Last Sunday March 4, thirty seven friends and relatives gathered at the A Kersting home to honor him and Carl Barbour on their birth days. After dinner a birthday cake and ice cream were served by Mrs Barbour.
A public notice stresses that youth eye health is often overlooked and abnormal conditions are common. Parents with schoolgoing children are urged to seek eye examinations as children's cases require close attention to prevent long term handicaps.
A Bureau of Information ad urges readers to plant Bermuda Onion plants to earn up to 500 dollars per acre. It emphasizes choosing the right plant type, preparing ground before weeds and frost, and invites readers to discuss options for successful onion growing.
Local oblique ad notes guaranteed monuments and reasonable pricing from F A Moon & Son in Fairbury since 1886.
Articles of Incorporation for G D Follmer and Son Company filed in Nebraska. G D C Follmer Harry B Follmer and G C Thompson form a real estate and insurance brokerage with capital stock of 25000 dollars, 260 shares at 100 dollars each, to operate in Fairbury Jefferson County. Board of Directors to be three. initial directors listed. President vice president secretary treasurer roles defined. meetings per bylaws. Established July 19 1927.
The text describes how in Indo China and Asian tribes women initiate marriage and divorce, often keeping children and property, while husbands surrender rights. It notes maternal kinship groups where wives propose and divorces favor women, plus a harsh Bonda Porjas test where a suitor endures pain to win a husband role. In Kalabit tribes of Borneo, women drive courtship.
12 inch gang plow by Janssen for sale in fair shape. Disc sharpening service offered. Team of mules aged five years, weight 2520 pounds, also for sale. Watch for American Legion picture show date to be announced. Broad sows, horses and one mule listed for sale. Custom hatching services available. Farmers Union shipped a carload of mixed stock to St. Joe market Monday. Leona Staley and Jennie Hardesty weekend guests of Miss Stancliff at Alexandria. Pearl Renydols and Mr. Ellis of Marysville Kansas visited Sunday. G W Mowry of Mahaska Kansas spent Sunday with his mother. Miss Rachel Albright, former Steele City teacher now Diller grammar instructor, re-elected for another year.
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson entertained guests for dinner including Harry Wilson and family from Marysville Will Eden and family from Fairbury Frank Franken and family from Hollenberg and Carrol Wilson and family.
Francis Clark and his wife traveled from Beatrice to take C. I. Clark home. They then drove to Lincoln to see Mrs C I Clark who recently had an operation and is reported to be recovering satisfactorily.
A correction notes an error in last week's Press item about the Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs. Carl McDonald. The correct report should have stated the Steele City Woman's club meeting instead.
Trau m Funeral Parlor operates ambulance service in Fairbury Nebraska with phone contact 108. This OCR fragment notes local funeral and emergency transport provider details.
The American Legion post will hold a meeting in Steele City on March 14 with members invited to attend and discuss community service plans and upcoming events.
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