28 Mar 1919
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
1
Mrs J C Wilson departed Wednesday to visit her daughter Mrs Will Eden in Marysville Kansas. The trip is planned to continue through Sunday.
We express profound gratitude to all who assisted at our husband and father’s funeral. Your help and kindness are deeply appreciated during this difficult time.
Mrs C T Whitney and her daughter Mrs F Manley visited in Fairbury on a Tuesday, part of local social engagements. The brief mention notes their call on acquaintances and participation in community circles.
A fragmentary note discusses mares and market timing amid crowds leaving ventures. The text hints at a cheap horse value now but implies uncertainty about future returns and personal plans.
Local brief lists upcoming election day and urges residents to vote for men who will look after town interests. Notes many community movements including new car deliveries, house painting, travel, and social visits. Mentions a town clean up period set for April led by council chairman E. E. Schultz.
Village council met in regular session Tuesday evening. After reading prior minutes, judges A T Phelps W C Palmer A E Weddel and clerks A D Rough G I Wright were appointed. Bills totaling 290.29 were paid. one bill over 100 was tabled for further investigation. Citizens requested electric lights, and a motion to have the city electrician purchase them was carried.
Editorial urges consolidation with Steele City districts to share a larger better equipped school. It notes the one room school no longer meets efficiency tests and cites possible Smith Hughes Act integration for agricultural instruction. Calls for a meeting and next year planning before federal funds exhaust.
Jefferson county district court clerk Charles Hughes, 57, was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. Clifford Holmes in Fairbury. He died at the scene after a skull fracture as he stepped into traffic near the northeast square. his wife and two daughters survive.
Notice to drivers in Steele: any automobile over the state prescribed speed will be arrested and fined. To protect the public, the Village Board directs strict enforcement of this law.
A mother is told by a boy that babies cannot speak until about twelve months old because they come from heaven with secrets they would reveal if they spoke earlier. The child explains God delays speech until they have almost forgotten those secrets.
The K of P lodge holds its annual banquet and ball in the opera house tonight with invitations sent to all members families and some guests Fred Perkins reports the seed sale of 200 pounds Sudan grass and a little early amber cane seed vender.
The Providence of God is invoked as Edwin ley a member of our Camp No 1685 M W A Steele City Nebraska has been removed. Members extend heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and resolve to record the resolutions in the camp minutes send copies to the bereaved and to the City Press for publication.
H. B. Racker will relocate with his family to a 13 acre tract with improvements near Marysville Kane sas next week. Steele City residents express regret at their departure but wish them well in their new home.
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