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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1898
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR reveals a post office time table with arrivals and departures. Mentions 11:55 a m westbound, 2:00 and 3:00 to 4:30 pm windows, and references to Sikes and Trenon with unclear roles in the schedule.
Uncle Charlie Hood ill again this week. Boots and Shoes line at A. D. Hedges attracts attention. Weather summary notes by a Shaeek. Capt Chester Andrews involved in six dollar matter. A. A. Graged’s son to be operated on. Mrs Felia hosted by sister Mrs Phelps. Lodge cards on standard notice. Sheriff Jake Zook in on business. Train engine dead eastbound causing delay. Mikige Galt arrival at A. D. Hedges. Miss Mamie Johnson returned from Colorado. Swear oath with Fowler & Ankran for legality. Uncle Shade Scott chats with Adem Flury. Extra stock train passes daily. Caution about populist rhetoric. Thirty milch cows for sale via Andrews. Grandpe Sutherland’s accident with buttermilk. Week shipments include hogs to St Joseph and Kansas City. Schoolbowen eruption incident injures Ralph Fowler. Dr W G Patrick seeks creamery separator interest. Trade 40 acres land for Endicott house and lots. Chester Andrews renewals and Home Journal sale noted.
Advertiser endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as best cure for coughs colds and bronchial issues. G O Taylor druggist Steele City Neb offers 25 and 5 cent bottles. Mention of Moon at New London and a school mischief tale follows with humorous local vignette. Odell typewriter touted for ease of use with sales letters and sample work offered from Chicago.
A mix of local notices and advertisements. The Standard reports a pamphlet from the Department of Public Instruction proposing Lincoln’s birthday observance with school involvement, suggests observing February 12 and possibly no classes, and praises Lincoln’s legacy. Nearby items mention grain prices, furniture sales, and local social news including church meetings and a jeweler’s ad.
The Semi-Weekly State Journal seeks 5 000 new subscribers in 30 days with a special offer: one dollar gets a full year of the Semi-Weekly Journal delivered Tuesdays and Fridays and three months free of the Great Sunday Journal sixteen pages each Sunday. Send to The State Journal Lincoln Neb not via an agent. One Dollar.
The Sons of Veterans schedule a Saturday evening program in R hall with reception for old soldiers and families. Highlights include War Reminiscences by Comrade William H. Crane, duets by Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Fowler, recitation by Miss Agnes Crane, and a benediction. All Sons over eighteen and their veterans are invited.
A fragment advertises Kilmer's Stam relief claiming comfort from pain in the back kidneys liver and bladder and throughout the body. The text suggests a general health claim without medical endorsement.
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