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Newspaper

Steele City Press

Location

Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1928

Page

5

County Judge Candidacy Announcement on Primary Ballot

A candidate announces intention to run for the office of County Judge on the non political ballot. Support is requested for the primary on April 10th.

McFarland of Ohiowa Seeks State Senate Nomination

Elmer W. McFarland of Ohiowa, Republican candidate for state senator in the Fillmore Thayer Jefferson district, was born October 6 1861 in Illinois. He runs McFarland & Sons general stores with roots in Hubbell and Ohiowa and has served on the village board and school board.

Elmer W. McFarland Ohiowa McLean Co Ill Nebraska Hubbell Thayer County Fairbury Carleton, Bruning McFarland McFarland & Sons W. McFarland Ohiowa Board of Education Fillmore, Thayer and Jefferson

School Losses and Class Projects in Busy Week

Absentees listed for sickness include Max Bundy Dorothea Kaspar ek Patty Shultz Harold Martin and Harry Weber. Reading class works on Legend of Sleepy Hollow booklet while others study spring scenes map drawing Civil War and Spain. Health notices include Fifth grade Food booklets and posters. telephone installed for George Banahan.

Max Bundy Dorothea Kasparek Patty Shultz Harold Martin Harry Weber Sleepy Hollow Ara Cassell Helen Sampson Luther Sampson Lorraine Cassell Dorris Kasparek Dwight Lowe Spain

For Sale Listings and Local Event Notices

For Sale Mammoth Black Diamond Raspberry Plants 25c per dozen. Gladiola Bulbs 10c per dozen. Senator Dunlop Strawberry plants 50c per 100 and taking orders for strawberries. Big World War Pictures shown April 21 at Steele City community hall by Campbell-Cline Post American Legion. Family news: C Pearson and family with Mrs Wm Pearson and Mrs R T Garrett visited Villisca Iowa March 17 18 with Mrs Carl Miller and family.

Mammoth M. E. Shultz Senator Dunlop C. McCurdy Steele City Campbell-Cline Post American Legion C. Pearson Wm. Pearson R. T. Garrett Villisco Iowa Carl Miller

Steele City Chickens Confined From March To October

Village of Steele Cityسس residents ordered to pen up all chickens within village limits from March 15 to October 1 to protect gardens. By order of Village Board of Trustees.

Steele City Village Board of Trustees

Funeral Parlor and Ambulance Service in Fairbury Neb

Trau m Funeral Parlor offers ambulance service in Fairbury Nebraska with contact 108. The advertisement notes disc sharpening as a specialty and mentions The New Blacksmith.

Traum Funeral Parlor Ambuance Service Fairbury, Nebr

Vernon Adee Visits Chicago Home Folks This Week

Chicago resident Vernon Adee is visiting his hometown area this week, stopping to see relatives and friends and share news of his travels.

Vernon Adee Chicago

Local Musings and Murky Nightlife References

The passage notes noise from bottles under windows as milkman or bootlegger, mentions new Jazz records, Daisy song lyrics, and odd song titles. It includes a burglary alarm motto and Edna James quip about sanitary drinking cups and drinking habits in a village setting.

Lowe

Ring Finger Tradition and Wedding Ring Placement

For centuries rings were worn on the thumb and later moved to the fourth finger. Ecclesiastical cautions ended the odd custom of removing the ring after the ceremony. The belief of a vein to the heart is incorrect. practical reasons favored left-hand wear to protect the ring from wear.

George

Aunt Bee Shoots Off Her Face in Last Night’s Incident

Bess reports that Aunt Bee killed herself last night after her father heard from him that Aunt Bee was seen alive. The mother doubts the claim and questions the report of a facial injury from a gunshot.

Bess Aunt Bee

Bottle Message Found Aboard Row Boat

A beach crowd watches as a bottle floats on the waves. A party retrieves the bottle and reads a note asking the finder to send it to a brother in Aberdeen and deliver two pence to the Pig and Whistle, per London Answers.

Aberdeen London

Pepper for his mother joke echoes through ages

Norma, seven, recalls a grandma joke about a boy who buys pepper for his mother and finds it half peas. She replies with a sharp punch line about a pepper being half pep, reflecting a child’s quick play on words.

Norma Grandma

Reading glasses advised for age forty five and up

Advice urges early use of reading glasses after age forty five for close work. Emphasizes eye aging and encourages preventive care to conserve sight.

Almond Harvest Tells Of Majorca Crops And Labor

Almonds are the island’s main crop in Majorca with many varieties. As olive trees die they are replaced by almonds and ripe nuts are knocked from branches by bamboo poles. Women and children dry and pick the nuts, shells are broken by hand or machines, kernels are extracted.

Majorca

For Sale Horses Mules and Brood Sows Trade Sows for Hogs

Classified item announces sale of horses mules and brood sows with an offer to trade brood sows for stock hogs. Includes contact C. C. Andrews and a prompt line about subscription payment.

C. C. Andrews

Also Mentioned on This Page

Edward E. Good Supreme Court Fifth Judicial District The Miss Kuper Miss Wehling Miss Deems C. N. Pickering Endicott W. O. Bundy George E. Banahan Betty Cassell Earnest and Wilma Fuqua Evelyn Hyslop Willard Pethoud Betty Jo Arner Edwin Hyslop Lavaughn Staley O. E. Cassell Mary Anderson Optometry EDW B. Ackerman Optometrist Fairbury, Nebraska V. C A. A. Gretzinger S. C E. E. Shultz Lyric Theater Pants Phillip Howell Lumber Company Steele City, Nebraska Steele City Press
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