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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1927
Page
4
The 1927 W C T U Convened at Steele on September 13 adopts resolutions to combat tobacco use and gambling devices. It pledges loyalty to the cause, launches a tobacco campaign, condemns intoxicating amusements, and extends appreciation for support.
The three Junier Sunday School classes host a carnival in the cleared basement on the night of September 30 inviting everyone to attend.
Farmer Corntos el recalls a visit on Christmas Eve when Josh returns with a brand new automobile and explains how he can arrow enough money to pay for it, contrasting with old family business.
A short vignette recalls a four year old boy Willie and a visiting married woman who speaks of someday adopting a girl and a boy named Russell and Caroline. The piece shifts to Chinese pilgrims at Nan Yoh Shan with tens of thousands traveling to Hunan temples, kneeling with their stools and incense as prayers and thanks for recovery or mercy.
The Crier explains its goals to inform students and parents about school activities and progress. It notes September 17 as the 140th birthday of the Federal Constitution and reports Civics class discussions led by Mr. Melton with Roy Fisher Lucille Taylor and Edna James sharing insights and questions.
Usher at State Fair Wells Andrews Charles Lowe and Virgil Bugbee represented the Hi-Y club of their school at the Nebraska State Fair. Boys traveled under YMC A auspices for sightseeing trips to the University penitentiary State Capitol and other prominent sites while listening to talks from ex Governor McKelvey E L Jackson and other leaders.
Odell High School reports seventy two students enrolled in the high school and eighty two total in the grades. The freshman class of twenty was initiated at a party last Friday. Fifteen pupils are in the Training class. About three dozen Odell boys practice daily as candidates for Coreh Campbell's football team.
The High School enrollment reached fifty seven, the highest ever. Last year’s count was fifty three. Orville Bundy enrolled this week to make a senior class of nine, while the juniors total nineteen, the largest class. Class officers were elected at a meeting held Monday.
Eliza Goldsberry was absent due to her grandfather's death. Harry Weber missed school Monday because of illness.
The Primary class makes gingerbread boys this week. In Miss Wehling’s room Intermediate pupils bring caterpillars to observe cocoon spinning at school.
Last year’s biology class earned first prizes at the Jefferson County Fair this fall. Virgil Bugbee Wells Andrews Cyrus Waranke and Lewis Asch prepared a Barberry display. Roy Fisher Genevieve Drake Blanche Strain and Virginia Hardesty won on biology notebooks. Vir will survey Fall Web Worms found on town trees destroying webs.
A record notes the assembly of military and civic figures of the era, detailing ages and roles within the community. It highlights key leaders and their standing, reflecting the period’s organizational structure and public service.
An advertisement invites readers to attend a Saturday night performance at Steele City with admission priced at 10 cents for adults.
Optometrist Ed B Ackerman of Falrbury Nebraska explains that the perfect eye is rare and most eyes imperfectly focus light. The resulting imperfect focusing forces eye muscles to work hard, causing persistent strain and fatigue.
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