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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1917
Page
4
A damaged notice from Sterling City Nebraska dated November 6 1984 outlines a subscription deadline and advance payment details for a periodical tied to the Congress of March.
Mr. Hoover proposes fasting this Thanksgiving rather than feasting and asks for public reaction on the idea at Steele City Markets. Local readers are invited to weigh in on the suggestion.
Ray Harber left for Central City to husk corn while Geo Crane visited St. Joe. Mrs. Rich, visiting E Hamley, returned home to Wakeney. Liberty bond sales in Steele City exceeded five billion asked. Teachers Drew Genoa trip home due to scarlet fever. Several residents travel, sales and farm notices appear, with market and funeral details.
Everett Payne, 14, of Endicott near Steele City Kansas, died Friday after being run over by a car near Greenleaf five days earlier. He attended Steele City High School as a tenth grader and was described as quiet and well liked. Funeral services were held at his home on Sunday, with six Steele City students as pallbearers, burial in Fairbury cemetery.
A 12 year old girl near Ed Kelley’s Southeast town corridor was terrified when a man forced open a chicken house door, fled, and vanished into a corn field after her scream. Mr Kelley chased him but the suspect remained at large, leaving the girl shaken for weeks.
Next Wednesday evening Wilt Bros will show the first installment of The Fatal Ring in motion pictures at the opera house. Pearl White stars as the lead in this Pathe company production praised as one of the best in its class. For Nov 7 only one lady with an adult ticket goes free when accompanied by another adult.
Cash Babcock sold his farms last week Ed Correll served as Washington caller Tuesday A girl born Oct 28 to Mr and Mrs Art Keating Ira Harper and family visited Bun Justis Misses Bernice and Rose Hayes visited Jos Bren The Embroidery Club met with Mary and Sophia Baker Mrs Weaden of St Joe visiting old friends Mr and Mrs Osborne visited with daughter Mrs Price A party at Joe Alexa home Saturday forty attendees report a fine time
Miss Emma Allen on the sick list. The first Lecture course number set for Oct 7. Will Bennett and family visiting in Kansas City. Kellie’s store improved with a new coat of paint on ceiling and walls. Miss Gladys Craig was a Camp Epworth League event.
Wednesday evening activities include a Halloween social while the Telephone Co plans pole upgrades. Miss Minta Ridder returns to school after illness as Fairbury workers reorganize the Red Cross. Visitors T Wagoner and wife from Des Moines stayed at Puffin barger home Saturday to Monday. Leonard Payne arrives from Camp Deming for Everett Payne funeral at the family residence. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walburn host a reception north of Endicott with many gifts for Willard and Eva Walburn. Hazel Poffinbarger hosts a miscellany shower for Eva Shephard prior to her wedding to Willard Walburn with about twenty five young ladies attending.
Mildred Kenning has the chicken pox. Charley Compton visited Sunday with the Malady family. Rosa and Minnie Malady spent Saturday with Sylvia and Lydia Belding. Olen Nutter returned home Friday from Colorado. Osborne family visited Frank Price’s home Saturday night and Sunday. Will Bowers and A C Griffing families spent Sunday at Clarence Price’s. Norman Fentiman and family drove to Liberty Friday night and stayed with Frank Fentiman’s family. B E Hicken of Prairie Hill attended Thomas Malady’s funeral Wednesday. Mrs Kate Johnson and John O Neil of Dunbar Nebr attended the funeral by auto. Alva Belding and children returned home Saturday after a two week visit. Orville Belding and Willard Anderson will shuck corn in Iowa for about six weeks.
A property is offered for sale with contact details referencing Mrs Bertha Carr for interested buyers.
A Rocky Ford Colorado watermelon reportedly set a record as the largest grown, tipping the scales at 200 pounds and reaching nearly five feet in height.
A clerk questions the office boy's tired look while the cashier jokes about whether he needs medicine or soap. The dialogue captures a mundane exchange reflecting workplace humor.
A boarder protests a meal, calling the hash an insult while a second insists the guest swallow it. The exchange captures the brisk, comic tone of the scene and hints at social teasing within a boarding house setting.
In a sharp exchange, Briggins is called liberal with money yet terribly stingy with cash. The remark frames a public perception of his spending habits amid scrutiny.
A nationwide deal keeps The Youth's Companion price steady at $2.25 for 1918. The package includes 62 issues, remaining 1917 issues, The Companion Home Calendar, and 12 McCall's fashion numbers, with new subscriptions handled at Commonwealth Ave Boston.
The St. Joseph News-Press remains the only major local paper not yet raising its annual subscription price from three dollars. Other papers in the region have hiked rates from two to six dollars, while the News-Press continues to offer current news and features without increasing the rate.
A lively burlesque matinee headlines a near sellout with shows every Wednesday and Saturday. Audience members are invited to bring friends as the theater promises playful entertainment and a bustling venue.
Reading unclear ad promises extra income with a six hour plan for men or women. Mentions sending information to a New York address at 146 N Times Square Station, NY. Provides vague instructions and urges prompt action before vacancy is filled.
In the matter of the estate of Lorenzo S Peterson deceased creditors meet the administrator before the county judge of Jefferson Nebraska at the county court room on November 22 1917 and January 23 1918 at 9 am to present claims for examination adjustment and allowance Three months are allowed from October 22 1917 for claim submission Claims not filed by January 22 1918 will be forever barred Notice published in Steele City Press for four weeks Dated October 22 1917 Janis Notrzmas Clerk of Court
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