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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
4
Local correspondents report residents visiting relatives and attending events. Families from the Meinenburg and Fentiman circles joined at multiple homes near Fairbury and Steele City for gatherings and a stock show last week.
Literary tonight at the opera. Various residents travel, visit, or relocate including Clay Peterson R. S. Wilfley Cletus Bugbee and M. H. Coons. Red Cross sewing 10 members, depot foundation work, side track rails unloaded, and a man injured but stable after a corn binder incident.
The gathering commences on the 16th as a final five day reunion of veteran soldiers from the North and South. Mr. Schultz plans to stay in the South through winter, while Mrs. Schultz visits relatives in Minnesota during his absence.
Small heating stove in good condition offered for sale at a low price. Inquire at this office for details and purchase.
White woolen garments turning yellow can be bleached by soaking in a hot solution of hydrogen peroxide and borax. Prepare a solution with one part hydrogen peroxide ten parts water and one tablespoon borax per gallon. Remember the moving picture show at the opera house Saturday night. A Blind Man's Luck a five reel feature will be given. Don't miss it.
The first meeting of the literary society is at the opera house tonight with a prepared program. Everyone is invited and urged to attend if they wish to continue through the winter.
The Washington Post Office issues instructions for a new postage schedule effective after the second of next month. From Nov 2 postmasters must collect 3 cents per ounce for letters and first class matter, 2 cents for drop letters, and 2 cents for postal cards. 1 cent postal cards require a 1 cent stamp.
A large group of Nebraskans will join an exclusive circle of income tax payers as thresholds rise. Many earning around $2,000 yearly, plus others earning about $1,000, and even some farmers, will now contribute. The shift widens who must pay income tax and expands the base beyond prior limits.
Dr J S Taylor has been commissioned as captain in the medical reserve corps and may report at an army headquarters soon. He is a leading physician in Jefferson county and friends regret his possible departure but praise his high professional standing.
A joint Nebraska body fixes six cents per bushel for husking corn in good corn. poorer corn to earn higher wages. The rural schools are urged to extend holidays into November. A drive to close state universities during the vacation to aid harvest gains momentum with state and other colleges asked to join.
ATTENTION FARMERS The price of horses will be high soon, so raise a colt from Pure-Bred Stallions at old prices. C. C. ANDREWS. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is urged for families. Sudden colic and diarrhoea require prompt treatment. medicine can be obtained locally from dealers.
An advertisement urges readers to keep bowels regular and liver healthy to look and feel younger. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for constipation and biliousness, describing them as easy to take and agreeable and noting they are for sale by all dealers.
The St Joseph News-Press remains at $3.00 per year by mail while other metropolitan and regional papers hike prices due to higher paper costs. Editors highlight strong world news coverage, market reports, and patriotic editorial stance. no price increase announced yet, urging subscriptions at the old rate.
In the matter of the estate of Larenne S Peterson deceased Jennie L Willey petitions to grant administration to Walter E Willey as administrator. The hearing is set for October 22, 1917 at 9 am in the county court in Steele City. Notice will be published in the Steele City News for three consecutive weeks.
Legal notice to non resident defendants and numerous heirs seeking to quiet title to lots 15 16 17 in block 2 Persels Thompsons Subdivision seen in Section 19 Township 1N Range 4E 6th P M Jefferson County Nebraska. Plaintiffs include Jon H Vinton George A Vinton David M Vinton Mary Johnson Jeanie Crusin. The action dates September 17 1917 and involves multiple estates and claimants across several names and widows spouses.
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