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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
4
A fragment notes mail service advances and congressional act references for Steele City Nebraska dated November in 1904. The text cites an act of Congress and mentions month details with limited clarity.
The record lists teachers for 7th to 1st grades and a substitute, totaling 119 students. Enrollment by room and grade is given as High School 32 with highs and lows broken into 12th to 9th grades, plus rooms 4 to 1 detailing 23 20 and 2B as sub totals. The dialogue includes a teasing line about walking versus riding with a father figure named George.
Tommy-Pa speaks in verse to Mr Gotrox the fortune hunter about what follows a million in wealth and ambition. The dialogue hints at greed, luck, and the bets people place on fortune.
Mr and Mrs John Malachy spent Sunday at the Ed Fuqua home. Frank Price and family were at the J Osborne home. Fred Kenning Jr and family visited the Rob Garrett home. Charley Compton and family visited Dave Sullivan. Will Garrett Will Compton and family appeared at Cap Fairchilds. Norman Fenti man and Andy Belding planned a Liberty visit with Frank Fentiman.
Mary Endicott and McCreight in central office last week. A son born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Ivan Cusie. L R Lambert and family drove to Yuma Colorado. Stanley of Denver visiting Levi Vaughn's. Swiggart and wife of Chase Nebraska visited F H Wells and C J McCreight. Levi Vaughn family called to Lincoln for death in Vaughn family. Mr and Mrs C J McCreight Garfield McCreight and family drove to Wayne Kansas Sunday in a Ford.
A man hides a cat in a bag to satisfy his wife and send a boy on a bike with a bill of lading to dump it far away. The cat returns, prompting a comical plan to release it tail first to mislead the feline.
A terse sports note mocks a player described as soft and lacking courage, calling out a lack of a “yellow streak.” The piece contrasts a supposedly tough junior football rooter with a critic’s claim that bravado defines a true athlete.
Mr. Funk sent stock to St. Joe last week while Vern and Bon Justis attended the Lincoln fair. Sunday visits included Misses Anna Willaford Edna Seitz and Mrs Katie Seitz. Four threshing machines on the route last week left most threshing finished as a large crowd enjoyed cake and ice cream at Mr and Mrs Woods and others gathering.
A short, witty passage notes George moving from finance roles to prime minister as war unfolds. A convict released after twenty years meets a friend at the gate, who jokes that war, a new king, and George’s ascent have reshaped the land. The exchange ends with a nod to George’s enduring luck.
The article reviews long running serialized works in 17th century France. It notes the As tree saga by Galle published in parts years apart, Mile de Scudery as early female novelist, and her episodic octavo format. It mentions Malherbe's delayed consoling poem ending with the friend’s remarriage and death.
The Southern Clinic asserts alum can prevent poison oak symptoms with early application on affected skin. A warm-water alum paste or small crystallized alum cake is suggested. Sponging suspected skin with chloroform benzol or gasoline may also prevent symptoms, while chloroform eases pain and itching if symptoms appear.
The Solomor and Casadepaga area thirty miles east of Nome yields good dredge gold. The tundra belt lacks timber and moss veiling bedrock complicates geology. USGS surveyed and published Geology and Mineral Resources bulletin 433, available from the Survey director in Washington.
Colonel Roosevelt's hunting companions Clifford Fuller and Kenyon Painter plan another hunt for lions in Africa once war measures ease. Fuller spoke at the Northern Ohio Fish and Game association convention in Cleveland noting Germans and British fighting has left lions to multiply rapidly.
An American inventor claims a cheap substitute for flexible leather belts used in light machinery. The method uses ordinary friction insulating tape twisted on itself so no coupling is needed. ends join and twist together.
A Chicago Post opinion notes that Solomon urged the sluggard to learn from ants and thrift, while a modern Washington health service bulletin writer warns workers to study animals for industry, thrift, and resilience. The piece contrasts ancient wisdom with contemporary government guidance.
Uncle Bill Bot notes a virtue of Methuselah, one of the old fellows who lived past a hundred and never boasted about using liquor and tobacco his whole life.
The passage notes a shift as a father watches while his young son demonstrates starting the family motorcar, illustrating a change in hands on expertise and responsibility.
A playful exchange features a talking bird and a puzzled human as they riff on identity and whimsy. The scene centers on a comical misunderstanding and lighthearted wordplay.
A fragmentary OCR item mentions a date and events with unclear details. Names and places are unreadable, but the text hints at a brief public notice or social item within a local newspaper page segment.
In a brief dispatch an elderly woman asks whether her automobile is fit for use. The note records her question and the assessor’s preliminary impression of the vehicle's condition.
A garbled mutter shows disjointed phrases about smoking and a shaky complaint. The text is fragmented with interruptions and stutters suggesting an anxious or disordered speech pattern.
A wartime style advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for every family. It claims quick relief from sudden colic and diarrhoea and urges prompt treatment before a doctor arrives, noting the product is sold by all dealers.
In Fairbury on August 21 1917 the County Court set September 18 1917 at nine oclock AM for hearing Lydia Wings petition administratrix to finalise and distribute the estate of Mary A Wing deceased. Notice given by publication in the Steele City Press for three weeks prior to the hearing. County Judge Louis J Nutzman seal C H Denney attorney.
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