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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1896
Page
2
A chaotic gathering described as Weedaen's New Year ends with property damage, loud merriment, and neighborly apologies. Reportedly Lambert toppled a washbow, another guest broke a window, and dining room chaos ensued over oyster plates.
A fragmented notice citing editorials from the Louisville Courier Journal and New York Bulletin mockingly questions gravity and public figures. It jokes about William Jennings Bryant and cosmic events, noting disbelief that any action could affect the earth’s center or gravity.
Readings from Psalms twenty seventh and thirty seventh appear in a devotional fragment. The text includes garbled lines and stray phrases suggesting a page copy with missing sections. The fragment references Psalm numbers and a brief biblical context amid evident transcription errors.
A proposed act authorizes the Interior Secretary to place surviving officers soldiers sailors and marines on the pension roll for confinement in Confederate prisons between 1861 and 1865. They would receive two dollars per day and twelve dollars monthly for life, with limits preventing duplicate pensions and allowing increases from other acts.
The Stanpakp thanks for a copy of the Journal Almanac and encyclopedia praising its general features and usefulness. It notes the work contains Nebraska material and deems it a mighty clever reference for Nebraskans. It was mailed for 25 cents by the Nebraska State Journal in Lincoln Nebraska.
A newspaper notice promotes a free book on fancy work with 50 illustrations including Sofa Pillows Mats and Rags. Readers may obtain the volume by sending ten cents for a threepart offer, with two books to be mailed free to select respondents.
Recorded for the week ending December 30 1895 including property transfers and bonded abbreviations. Names such as Monroe Davis as well as Dorothea and Asa are noted among entries with amounts and locations partially readable in this fragment.
The St Joseph and Grand Island Railroad offers tickets to all points at lowest rates. Direct connections at Grand Island for western points and at St Joseph Union Depot with all lines to North East and South. For rates and information contact your local agent or 8 M Apsir Genral Passr Agent St Joseph Mo.
A Topeka Kansas pamphlet titled Lucifer the Light Bearer proclaims advocacy for freedom against slavery and censorship. It promotes freethought free speech free trade and equal rights including motherhood. Published at 116 East Fourth Street for one dollar yearly with a three month trial.
The Omaha Bee promotes low prices to bring the Weekly Bee to every farmhouse in Nebraska and adjoining states. It details four equal offers with the New York Tribune and Cincinnati Enquirer, aiming to provide high quality news at an uncommon rate.
The Daily State Journal offers a $450 piano as a prize to subscribers who guess the number of women who will be cast for supreme judge this fall. Contest closes October 31. Send for a free sample copy. subscription is 50 cents per month without Sunday or 65 cents with Sunday. Lincoln Nebraska.
The Nebraska State Journal in Lincoln offers a two-a-week subscription for one dollar through January 1, 1897. Readers receive market reports, telegraphic news, illustrated stories by famous authors, and farmer focused content twice weekly, with delivery by mail in Nebraska.
St Joseph property shows light taxes and steady value growth. Two bargains available for speculators. No 1 features a brick house of ten rooms in a favorable investment area.
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