Local happenings mix with fairs and travel notes in town
1909 tax list at the Exchange Bank is noted. Dr. T E Barron moved here from Hollenberg. Mrs. L S Peterson and Mrs Henry Harris are illness cases. Visitors include Ellsworth Crocker and W C Palmer. Rural mail leaves at 8:30. Schools closed for State Teachers Association in Lincoln. Royal Neighbor Lodge recruits. Hallowe en events and local social dozen details appear. Land lottery entry noted for Jos Stewart and Guy Stewart. Festive Halloween party at E Roderick residence described. Weather described as fine fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rathbun
Oak
Nebr
Ona Cassell
W. C. Palmer
University Place
Wm.Pearson
Hazel
Lincoln
State Teachers Association
Ida B. Kennedy
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Hallowe’n
Lodge
Walter Reynolds
North Dakota
Cleaver
Diller Lodge
Jos. Stewart
Guy
Aberdeen
S. D
Uncle Sam
E. Roderick
Anias
Public School Monthly Report Steele City October 22 1909
Monthly school report for Steele City ends October 22 1909 shows four rooms with enrollment and attendance figures. Primary lists 30 students with 25 average attendance and names in the unattentive/tardy list. Intermediate records 26 enrolled, 24 present on average with a long list of named pupils. Grammar room 17 enrolled, 16 attending with pupil names. High School has 26 enrolled, 23 averaged in attendance with named seniors and staff ABA Comstock listed as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodre Zoellin
Winnie Carr
Bethel Hoeft
Wallace
Hester Gillette
Ardis Reynolds
Ralph Luhm
Frances Cox
Ormia James
Elma Bloom
Lyle Bryant
Nellie Coons
Earnest Wilson
Roy Vandeman
Jennie Cook
Mildred Andrews
Harry Brown
Elsie Babcock
Vern Bracken
Lloyd Callander
Earnest Emery
Paul Hoeft
Easter James
Gracie Strawhacker
Genevieve Strawhacker
Blanche
Vandemen
Carroll Wilson
Marie Wilson
Vevia Wyland
Lloyd Wyland
Opal Campbell
Nannie Rucker
Sherman Bryant
Roe Campbell
Clay Peterson
Francis Clark
Gail Strawhacker
Gladys, Brown
Hazel Cox
Irma Harris
Vera Reynolds
Stella Whitney
Goldie Luhm
Margaret Andrews
Beulah Babcock
Nellie Bracken
Frank Manley
Rupert Andrews
Dale Bugbee
Ruth Bugbee
Leora
Cole
Linnie’ Cook
Ethel © Hoeft
Flossie‘Luhm
Eve Strawhacker
Ora Strawhacker
Lloyd Taylor
Harry Weddel
Chester Wilcox
Winnie Wilson
Aba Comstock
Town backs Main Street gas lamps for night lighting
Citizens urge Steele City to install street gas lamps on Main Street at intersections. They argue lamps would aid travelers and late workers across the year, noting current darkness along night trains and stormy nights. Local leaders urged to act promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Steele City
1909 Tax List Available for Collection Delinquent December 1
County Treasurer John Simpson announces the 1909 tax list ready for collection. Personal taxes become delinquent December 1, 1909, and incur a 10 percent interest from that date. Citizens are urged to pay early to aid county finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simpson
Family illness and sewing noted in Lincoln
One of Mrs. Oscar James' children, Easter, has scarlet fever. Miss Lelia Walker is at Lincoln doing sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar James
Easter
Lelia Walker
Lincoln
Countywide Republican Ticket Wins By Narrow Margins
Election results show the entire republican slate carried Newton precinct with majorities from 200 to 700. Officials elected include Assessor J. F. Ankrum, Justices A. H. Phelps and Wm. Crane, Constables S. S. Babcock and Richard Clark, Overseer Edward Wood, and others such as Clerk Frank A. Houston and Sheriff James Chirnside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Frank A. Houston
W. E. Chamberlin
Bete Po
Nelson Collier R
Ae Jarchon R
J. F. Ankrum
A. H. Phelps
Wm. Crane
Dolly Reynolds Hurt In Runaway Buggy Incident
Four year old Dolly Reynolds, daughter of Fred Reynolds, fell from a runaway buggy after horses bolted on a street. S S Babcock rescued her and she suffered bruises but no serious injuries. The rig toppled near J P Reynolds home after the horses pulled free from a hitch rein near a telephone pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
Fred Reynolds
S. S. Babcock
J. P. Reynolds
Elmer Campbell
Died of Illness in Kansas Mrs. Morgan Wilkins Passes
Mrs. Morgan Wilkins aged 76 died at her daughter Mrs. Chas Phillips home near Thayer Kansas after a six week illness. The remains were brought to Steele City with Mrs Phillips and Alonzo Ketcham, interment in Steele City cemetery beside her husband. Born in Illinois she married Morgan Wilkins in 1850 and moved here about 20 years ago, later living in Steele City. She accompanied the Phillips party to Kansas last year and was noted for her religious mind and kind heart with many friends.
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Morgan Wilkins
Chas. Phillips
Thayer
Kans
Phillips
Alonzo Ketcham
Steele City
Tryphena
Tryphena ® ‘Ketchum
Illinois
Here
Cars Bring Voters From Country To Polls
Automobiles have been nearly as common on the streets as farmers wagons the past week. They were used Tuesday to bring in voters from the country.
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the Steele City Press
The
Exchange Bank
O. L. Schumann
T. E. Barron
Hollenberg
Henry Harris
Ellsworth Crocker
Emma Kelly
Beatrice
C. I. Clark
I. W. Hicks
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