18 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
1
News from the community notes several local gardeners already having gardens plowed signaling spring. The K. E. Phelps family reports all members recovering from illness.
Local items report a caucus tonight and a range of village news. Mentions include dogged by losses of horses, dental and farming updates, chicken supper at the opera house, and careful recollections of homes under remodeling.
Nebraska article details a plan to split highway care into three patrols across Fairbury Plymouth Diller and nearby routes. Each patrol operates a 14 foot drag on federal and state roads with two men per crew and one truck dragging 1000 pound maintainers. Patrols also assist stranded travelers and clear snow after storms. The approach costs $1250 for a trial week versus $37.50 with manual drag and team methods.
A Nebraska college invites rural residents to ship graded eggs for extra payment and delivery to Grand Island Crete Omaha Lincoln and central points. Details explain simple grading and opportunities to earn extra money. readers urged to write the College for information. John Burroughs quote about country roots appears as moral context.
Farmers Union Elevator boys returned from the Lincoln state tournament and described a hard fought 9 to 8 defeat to Clatonia. Steele City relied on field goals while Clatonia scored mainly on fouls as the first half stood 5 to 4. The team blamed waning pace and overconfidence for letting Clatonia steal the late rally before time expired.
Sudan grass is growing in popularity in central and western Nebraska as an easier to handle hay crop. The College of Agriculture notes it yields slightly less than sorghum but adapts to many soils, excluding cold wet or alkali ground. County Farm Bureau offices can provide free publications on Sudan grass and other forage crops.
Otis Allen offers about 12 tons of early cutting prairie hay in stack for sale. The hay is described as No 1 good shape.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions cremation and migration with scattered uppercase letters and stray terms. Limited readable entities include no clear person, place, or date. The text lacks coherent facts to form a full news-style item.
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