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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1924
Page
4
Publication line indicates weekly issue published on Thursdays with advance pay, legal postal registration dated November 26, 1904, and mail service through Steele City Nebraska under the 1879 act.
Rocky Hollow updates show several residents on sick lists and working commands. Cars and hay deliveries are reported among neighbors including John Byron, Olen Nutters, and Earl Nutter with remarks on improving roads and local labor on baling and plowing.
Hollenberg Route 1, Kansas resident visits uncle A B James. Mrs Beller of Elk County and Mrs Mowry host a club gathering with a large crowd and refreshments. Mr and Mrs Frank Miller return from a summer trip across Wyoming Utah Idaho and Oregon. Otto Brenneis and family, J Brenneis, Wm Wehling, and Frank Miller visit Frank Brenneis. Rawls host a Saturday party at Geo Baker home with ice cream cake and popcorn balls.
Beatrice area residents visited over the weekend with numerous trips mentioned. Names include Majors Price Coussins Chancellor Rose Davis Wiley Blough Wells Bakewell Light Cottrell and Hardenberger. Activities cover rodeos Beatrice Venetian Pageant fairs sermons and travel to Lincoln Ogallala Marysville and Chester. Several households share family visits and illnesses like whooping cough.
L. W. Schallar and C. W. Wilson promote a north south Sunshine Highway from Canada to Texas. The big S marker will guide drivers along a route from Brandon Manitoba through Yankton Aberdeen Mitchell Tripp to Fairbury Nebraska, then through Hartington Laurel Pilger Schuyler David City Seward Dorchester Western and Fairbury with a southern Kansas leg to follow once a route is chosen. Steele City could gain a place on the highway with active effort.
Public safety notice from the Village Board of Trustees urging motorists to park only in designated spots avoid blocking streets and keep to the right while driving. Drivers are instructed to load at curbside, move to a marked park area, then park, and to drive slowly toward intersections to prevent serious or fatal accidents.
Troxel of Rose Hill completes the foundation for Glen Nutter's new modern bungalow. The three print calls for a 28x80 five room house. Ed Kelley Will Bennett Oliver Kelley and Clarence Prite work the roads from the John Malady corner to Endicott. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Albert Williama Sept 3 1924 at Fairbury Nebraska. They were former residents of this community.
Fragmentary note lists numbers and names with unclear order. Readers cannot determine exact market items or dates from the readable text and no coherent event is described.
The Steele City Village Board met in special session on September 14 1924 in M O Sampson's office. Charney Sitkett and Conrad Kiskall were sworn in as street commissioners. Chas Silkett and W C Bundy were elected to fill vacancies. The board approved publishing minutes and ordered concrete intersection blocks at the Illinois and Main streets center. Street light installations were authorized on Illinois street and Ida street alleys south of Main. The meeting adjourned.
The Jefferson County Fair in Fairbury this week drew heavy attendance with well arranged exhibits. Fireworks Wednesday night impressed attendees and many traveled from nearby to enjoy multiple visits.
An advertisement promotes a simple eye mixture claimed to help weak or sore eyes. The copy mentions a free aluminum eye cup and is attributed to Arner's Drug Store.
A brief exchange reflects on how a leaf falls to the ground and connects to seed growth. The dialogue questions whether a leaf is part of a seed’s future, hinting at nature’s cycle.
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