Change of town name debated by post office patrons
Last week the Postmaster in Washington asked Miss Bessie Rucker to survey patrons on whether Steele City should be renamed Steelberg. C E Hedrix of the St Joe and R R asked for the change, but readers show opposition. The department will wait for local opinion before any action.
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Steele City
Steelberg
Bessie Rucker
P.O. Department
Washington
C. E
Hedrix
St. Joe
R. R
Stock Show Exemption: No Entry Fees on Animals
A committee announcement states there will be no entry fees for horses cattle or hogs at the stock show. The order specifies exhibitors are not charged for any animals entered in the event.
School Gets New Basketball Goals and Fall Activities
County Superintendent Abrams visited the school last Monday. New basketball goals arrived and are being installed. Parents are urged to visit to see student progress. Girls team began practice with Mise Holcomb as coach. Howard Deems elected boys captain. Chorus training books arrived and music work begins under Miss Kellen Barger. Library additions include reference and lower-grade reading books. A basketball game with Odell is scheduled for Friday October 20, inviting visitors to view the gym and enjoy the game.
School District Reports for Sept 29 1916
District No 22 reports 19 enrolled 16 average attendance 10 tardy cases 12 neither absent nor tardy with Hallie James as teacher for month ending Sept 29 1916. District No 58 reports 15 enrolled 13.7 average attendance 3 tardy cases 8 neither absent nor tardy with Margaret Andrews as teacher for same period.
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Hallie James
Margaret Andrews
Take Chamberlains Cough Remedy For Cold Relief
A dated advertisement urges the average man to treat a cold seriously. It promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a proven, long used solution to shorten illness and prevent progression to more dangerous diseases.
Regular M E Church notes and old snowbound travelers
Regular services are announced for the M E Church in Steele City with Sunday school at 10:00 a m and services at 11:00 a m Epworth League at 6 45 p m and a preaching service at 7 30 p m Everyone is welcome A note recalls a Marysville paper from 1876 by traveling men snowbound between Kearney and St Joe and lists contributors including Jenkins Shoup Deutsch Toler Coffee Dimmitt Blakemore and Triplet
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M. E. Church
Steele City
M. E
Epworth League
Marysville
Hanover
Bazoo
Kearney
St. Joe
Jenkins
Shoup
Deutsch
Toler
Coffee
Dimmitt
Blakemore
Triplet
Hanover Democrat
Correspondence From Endicott and Nearby News Items
Endicott note says Irving Grady has pneumonia. Gerald Rise of Hollenberg attends school here. Camp Fire Girls served an evening supper Wednesday. Mrs A W Lambert of Yuma Colorado visits relatives here. W F Bonowitz moved into the section house this week.
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Endicott Irving-Grandy
Gerald Rise
Hollenberg
A. W. Lambert
Yuma
Colorado
W. F. Bonowitz
HOLLENBERG ROUTE 1 COMMUNITY NOTES
Mrs. McMahon is sick. Miss Rose Haverty visited Miss Katie Brenners. Embroidery Club met with Mrs. Cook. Fred Justis visited relatives in Minden. Joe Alexa and Byron Henderson were Washington callers. Republican meeting held at Liberty. Clarkson Davis of Washington visited the Havertys. A large crowd attended the Walter Hayes dance. Will Moore visited relatives near Lincoln. Farmers Union held a meeting Saturday night with Henry Zweifel and Ames and family noted.
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Rose Haverty
Katie Brenners
Embroidery Club
Cook
Fred Justis
Minden
Joe Alexa
Byron Henderson
Washington
Liberty
Clarkson Davis
Teetos
Henry Zweifel
Local Social Roundup Spans Families and Travels
Miss Anna Malachy works for Mrs. Compton this week. Co Supt Abrams visited Rocky Hollow school Monday. George Schmidt visited land in Colorado last week. Numerous families spent Sundays with relatives at various homes including the Price, Huthbert, and Bundy households. A large group attended a Saturday dance hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes.
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Lydia Belding
Anna Malachy
Norman Fentiman
Anna
Rosa
Minnie Malady
Belding
Charley
John
Fred Kenning
Art
George Kenning
Henry Bundy
Richard Brown
George
Timmerman
Emma
Carrico
Frank
Clarence Price
Russell
Henry Troxel
John Lockhart
Lincoln
Fred Whittington
Miller
Addie Pangborn
Maquoketa
Iowa
P. A. Carrico
Los Angeles
Calif
John Malady
Prairie Hill
Malady
Ownership Statement for Steele City Press 1916
The Steele City Press owned and published in Steele City Nebraska lists A D Rough as owner editor managing editor and publisher with no bondholders or other security holders. Sworn before Notary Allen T Phelps on October 3 1916.
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Steele City Press
Steele City
Nebraska
Congress
A.D. Rough
A. D. Rough
Allen T. Phelps
The Other Man's Wife at Steele's Opera House
This week Steele's Opera House presents The Other Man's Wife under Gaski and Mac Vitty with Miss Ann Hamilton headlining. The drama explores the double standard of morals amid comedies and is promoted as their best offering yet in Fairbury on Monday October 16.
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Steele’s Opera House
Gaski
MacVitty
Shepherd of the Hills
Dan Matthews
Udells
Ann Hamilton
Bartlett
Opera House
Fairbury
How Catarrh is Contracted
Mothers neglecting their children's colds can cause inflammation of the mucus membrane leading to chronic catarrh. The article notes many sufferers recall frequent colds at onset and urges early use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to prevent lifelong burden, sold by all dealers.
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Adv
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Steele's Opera House
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