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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1915
Page
4
A fragment notes a mailing detail dated November 24, 1904 in Steele City Nebraska. The text references a Congress of Mareb and postal context.
Mr and Mrs Eli Shultz returned Tuesday from a trip to northern Iowa visiting Omaha where they heard Billy Sunday. They planned meals at the tabernacle two hours before services and found it full. They mention DeVert near Bower and note his long history of rides on trains and street cars with his age given as about years old.
The article notes Theodore L. Shaffer as Superintendent Amy M. Holcomb as Principal and Bessie E. Van Dusen as Assistant. New subjects American History Physics German and Normal Training expand the course offerings. The Ladies Aid hosts an ice cream social at the church on Thursday evening Sept 23 with all invited.
This Sunday closes the Conference year with gatherings across services. Sunday school starts at 10 a m sharp. at 10 30 the Temperance Superintendent leads the last half hour. Myrtle Kelly arranges an excellent program with songs, invocations, and a Temperance talk. The program includes a youth reading and songs titled A National Pirate and Old Bill Booze the Graveyard Kid. The pastor will preach a Temperance sermon in the evening.
A notice invites lovers of truth to join a Sunday service with the Epworth League at Tiss Yours for Christ. E. H. Hinkle endorses the choir’s excellent work and says the song service will lift hearts and push the battle for good.
The 1015 Nebraska state fair drew 174 376 visitors over six days, beating 1018 crowds by 6 000. Livestock poultry agriculture horticulture automobiles beef and honey displays set records, with Nebraska made products showcased as the standout.
A moral exhortation condemns gossip as ruinous to character and careers. It insists on tolerance for others beliefs in politics religion and morals, noting that gossip spreads harm and hypocrisy while attributing virtue to restraint and kindness.
Community notes record visits by Mr Simmon and family to Geo Rathbun and by Alfred Andrews to Orlando Cook. Otto Brenneis and Gilbert Brenneis attend the State Fair in Lincoln. Mrs McMahon and niece visit Mrs Smith near Hanover. Mrs Van Coleman from Orange, California visits Geo Baker. Wealthy-Babcock departs for Lawrence for next term. Liberty schoolhouse cleaned. Otto Lianneis begins term as teacher. Jedaliska learns her brother Wenke in Hanover had an arm crushed at a threshing machine requiring amputation.
Edwin Miller and Hazel Chancellor visit. Tom Majors returns from Peru trip. School opens with Principal Walter Lenker and teachers Mamie Jones Ruth Epperson Lewis. Eleventh grade added this year amid new assignments.
Mrs. Savage hosted a Tuesday afternoon miscellaneous shower for Maud Slaughter as she nears marriage to Dr. H. H. Kirschner of Humboldt Nebraska on September 9. Attendees included Mrs. Walburn, Mrs. Albert Pelser, Mrs. Pearl Vaughn and several Misses including Pansy Swett Hazel Poffinbarger Mary Steinmetz Ruth and Edith Lambert Lucile Fairchild Delilah Bonowitz. Also elected at the Sunday school board meeting were S. T. Savage as Superintendent W. Wella Assistant Superintendent Mary Steinmetz Secretary and Treasurer Hazel Riggle Assistant Secretary and Treasurer Ethel Haig Pianist Mrs Slaughter Cradie Rail Superintendent Edith Lambert Home Department Superintendent Emma Allen and May Reynolds Librarian.
Rocky Hollow notices list residents and visitors across a week. Alva Belding travels to Tarkio Missouri while Ed Fuqua remains ill and Raymond Fielder and Walter Lenker help with farm tasks. Neighbors Countless visits unfold including Fielder Perkins Stolting Packard and Kenning households with weddings and family gatherings.
Thomas Carlyle cherished his early affection with intense personal sentiment described from 1818 era reflections. The note outlines the lasting impact of youthful love on his later writings and character.
Advertisement extols Chamberlain's Linment for relief from pains and soreness in muscles and joints. Claims strong, speedy soothing properties and broad usefulness for rheumatism and sciatic discomfort.
The U S Department of Agriculture forecast for the week starting September 15 1915 calls for generally cool weather with a chance of frosts in the first half of the week across the middle northern plains and the extreme upper Mississippi Valley.
An advertisement urges travelers and home occupants to carry Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for relief. The note claims widespread thanks from users and recommends purchase from all dealers. It cites JWH Houghland Eldon for endorsements.
Notice states at a August 10 1915 stockholders meeting the Articles of Incorporation were amended to rename the corporation The Farmers State Bank Article 4 fixes authorized capital stock at 10000 dollars in 100 dollar shares and limits transfers until entry in the books signed by President J S Taylor and Cashier R S Wilfley.
An ordinance prohibits selling or exposing for sale or giving away fireworks with an exception for public exhibitions with a written permit from the village board chairman. Violators face misdemeanor charges and fines from 5 to 25 dollars plus costs, with the ordinance effective after legal publication. G. E. Wright is chairman and Frank Crinklaw is the clerk.
Ben festivity runs September 29 to October 9 as the booster group marks its 21st year. The coronation ball ends the season and the den’s larger size now accommodates 660 active members, 100 more than last year, while still denying late applicants.
Crowds are expected to number in the hundreds of thousands for the September 29 to October 9 festivities. The carnival grounds will be set this year on Fifteenth Street between Howard and Jones.
The State Journal announces a big reduction to entice new readers by offering a one dollar trial for the Daily and Sunday to January 1, 1914, plus the Weekly Independent Farmer. The move promotes Lincoln’s morning paper and Nebraska’s farm paper as a matter of public access.
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