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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
4
October 27, 1916 markets report from Gresle City notes unusual terms like gear ee and herd ho ZX whe Ks wee ak referring to goods and cattle. The brief entry captures local trade jargon of the period without detailed prices.
The Steele City Ladies Aid served meals and the church reports improvements including electric lights and plastering. Upcoming Beatrice M E Church events on October 29 include Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. with the Lord's Supper, Epworth League at 6:45 p.m., and a 7:30 p.m. sermon after a 15 minute song service. Reverend B F Gaither and others hosted quarterly conferences and prayer meetings with Bible study on Tuesdays.
A few household articles are offered for sale at low prices if taken at once. Mr C Musser and Mrs A Miller are mentioned. Mrs R L Babcock is visited by Mrs Bobt James of Tecumseh, while Mrs John James hosts another guest.
Frank Price and family spent Sunday at J Osborne s. Charley Wells and family at the Compton home. Frank Price was a Washington visitor Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Crusie of Fairbury visited daughter Mrs John Kenning Monday. Mr and Mrs Henry Williams to Beatrice Wednesday on business, returning Friday. Mrs Frank Fentiman of Liberty came Saturday to visit sons Earl and Norman. Clarence Price and family moved into Mr Belding s house. Orville and Sylvia Belding left for Iowa. Mr and Mrs Fielder held a surprise party for Nellie Saturday night. weather kept attendance lower than expected.
Sunday visits and Monday callers mark a quiet week as Bratten Listenberger Osborne Cook Moore Fielder and Willaford families share time. A stock show in Steele City attracts few due to bad weather while about one hundred attend oyster supper hosted by the Farmers Union with remarks by Wilson and Dr. Jacobs of Washington.
Partial timetable notes show planned departures from Endicott at 3 p.m. and from Steele City at 8 p.m. with a later 50 mile reference to Diller, indicating a local travel or routing update.
A letter endorses Charlies F. Stark as a qualified candidate for County Assessor. It notes 25 years knowledge of Stark, eight years as precinct assessor, real estate and insurance experience, auctioneering across the county, and strong clerical skills.
A county treasurer details expenses for the year ending 1915 including payments to State School Districts and cities, road maintenance, and automobile license fees. He notes office introduction and concerns over assistant salaries while reporting fund balances and refunds to the county general fund.
Political advertisement letter from D B Cropsey County Treasurer trading on tax collection credibility. It discusses 1915-1916 levies, assistant costs in Jefferson Saline Thayer counties, and a state examiner’s report praising balance and records. It urges voters to reelect the treasurer amid opposition.
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