Local Brevities From Steele City and Surroundings
Local notes report E R Dade family moving to Lincoln, a rain shower, multiple visits by area residents, and farm sales. Mentions include Pear Shuitz teaching in Lawrence, W F Wehling twenty fifth anniversary, a Fairbury fair opening, and a September 12 marriage of Franken and Wilson. Fire destroyed a farm separator and wheat stacks near Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Wehling
Frank Franken
Lanham
Gertrude. Wilson
Steele City
Nutzman
Fairbury
Hanover
Church aims for growing numbers as fall weather returns
The church reports rising Sunday School and service attendance with a goal of 150 in Sunday School and a full house in church. The Young People lead evening worship while nine or more joined the Christian Endeavor society, led by Howard Deems before he returns to Nebraska University. The pastor notes stewardship themes and urges participation in worship study and service as the community seeks godliness. A recent drought ended with a 0.40 inch rain last Saturday followed by cooler temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Society
Howard Deems
Nebraska University
C. E
Falls City
Not Becoming Perhaps No Woman Is So Angelic
Fragmentary quotation notes that no woman is angelic enough to prefer four bales to four bats, reflecting a dated proverb or editor’s aside with unclear context.
Price List Meats 25c Picnic Hams 45e
A compact 1920s style price listing shows meats with unit prices including picnic hams at 45 cents and 20 cents and 10 cents. The fragment suggests a grocery or butcher advertisement noting low cost per pound for assorted cuts.
True sayings and quips from old papers
A press office advertises old papers at 5 cents per bundle. Quotations attributed to Edgar Sallus and fHemleo reflect on love, life, and pleasant company with a mix of charming misprints and archaic phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Sallus
fHemleo
Subscriptions Offered for State Journal at Discounted Rates
The State Journal offers daily and Sunday delivery for 1.00 until January 1st and 75 cents without the Sunday paper. An accompanying note jokes that even millionaires feel oppressed by others with wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clark’s Store
McCormick
International Harvester Company
F. V. Lowe
Rexall
Skeeter
Kodak Films
Talcums
Lambert
Arner’s Drug Store
E. R. Dade
Lincoln
Dr. Leach
F. & M. Bank
Ross Coons
Wallace Sisters
O. G. Savage of
Daykin
G. H. Newton
Fairbury, Nebr
Miss Pearl Shuitz
Eva Thrapp
Will Garrett
Dade Farm
C. R. Bracken
J. Pulec
W. O. Bundy
Fr. Crinklaw
Beatrice
Frank Miller
Hollenberg
C. Babcock
Wealtha Babcock
Lawrence
Kansas
Knauer
Nebraska Presbytery
Falla City
A. G. Townsend
John Pulec
C. McDonald
Missouri
Ozark Mountains
F. W. Lowe
Tranna Taylor
Ivan Meyers
R. H. Kerr
Mahaska
Jennie Morehead
Elm St
Nebr
E. W. Kendall
Earl
Mr. Kendall
A. T. Phelps
M. E. Church
Chappell
Maude Willey
DeWitt
Hiawatha
Myrtle Leibengood
W. E. Purdy
Texas
Bruce Harris
Fort Collins
Colorado
Bruce
The
State University
Jefferson County
Geo. Hughes
Omaha
Feldsmere
Florida
Roy Edgington
A. E. Southwick
Raleigh
Estes and Pingree Parks
Loveland
Denver
Danbury
Minden
Nebraska
Fairmont
Hebron
Meridian
Golden Rod
George Hughes
United States
Church News
F. G. Knauer
T. W. Zoellin
General Merchandise
Bracken
Shank
Steele City Meat Market
E. N. Hewitt
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