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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1896
Page
3
A fragmented page of local items details mail procedures and office hours, yard and shop notices, a wedding cake kiss of good wishes, mischief at a lodge door, snowy weather, and a runaway team near Partlow’s blacksmith shop. The scrambled text preserves人物 and places like Steele City and Emporia references.
The Standard reports a bustling mix of local ads and notes from Fairbury Nebraska. Boots and shoes on sale at C OC Andrews with French calf stock. snow boosts crop planning and alfalfa soil warming. cider vinegar at J W Stares. a sleigh ride mishap with a broken nose. corrections on a fire rumor about Charlie Utiru h. soapstone interest and coal prospecting near A Hauschel. County school superintendent Atkinson writes to district No 22.
Esquire H D Lucas 76 a longtime Steele City resident and former justice of the peace died unexpectedly at his home four and a half miles northeast of town after saying he felt as if something broke inside him. Born in Ohio and a veteran of the 34th Iowa Infantry he was buried Wednesday at Steele City Cemetery with G A R honors. He leaves a wife one daughter and three sons and was preparing to move to Washington with family last fall.
Mrs Susan Lucas and family express heartfelt thanks to those who aided and sympathized after the death and burial of their husband and father, promising the aid will never be forgotten.
An Atlanta Looking Glass correspondent reports about five thousand colonists at Fitzgerald Georgia living in swampy sand, without money provisions or shelter beyond rough shacks. Many came from the North by wagon and camp in their make shift dwellings while land is exhausted for agriculture and no quick relief is visible.
A.M. Wilcox’s horse pulling a road cart dropped small cart fragments around town last Saturday afternoon. The animal paused and then moved on, with no one injured and the route clearly marked by the scattered pieces.
Mrs Fahrenwald died after a lingering typhoid fever illness on the 25th at Steele City cemetery burial with the Degree of Honor ceremony. She lived in Sheboygan Wisconsin and Nebraska before settling on a farm with a large family. Her husband and ten children survive, along with many friends.
The text notes the South Pe ers Association meeting scheduled for March 26 to 28 and lists attendees including Doctor Eae sey Chancellor G. E. Molen. It also presents a school report for February 28 with enrollment 62, attendance 46, and a roster of pupils and teachers across departments.
A note of thanks from F. W. Faurenwaxp expresses deep appreciation for the generous support shown to him and his family during recent afflictions. The writer promises to remember the kindness throughout life.
Steele City Lodge 24th Degree of Honor passes resolutions expressing condolences on the death of Mrs Wilhelmina Fahrenwald. The record notes entry of the resolutions into lodge records and publication in The Standard. Signed by Mus J F Anxrum Mars D T Gantt Mas A H Peters Com.
The Semi-Weekly State Journal of Lincoln is recommended for Nebraskans in 1896. It covers stirring national and foreign events, state news, and earlier delivery, with strong Washington and foreign service. Readers get 104 papers a year for 31.00, two weekly issues, and agents can earn cash prizes and commissions.
The St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad has opened a city ticket office in the Corby Block at 5th and Edmond Streets. A lobby for street car passengers is provided and patrons are invited to use the office as headquarters. Information on rates is cheerfully given by General Passenger Agent M. Aperr.
The St ae and Grand Island Railroad offers tickets to all points at the lowest rates and provides direct western connections at Grand Island and at Joseph Union Depot with all lines for the North East and South. Agent: Joseph. Mo.
An advertisement urges readers to use Fowler and Ankram for selling and listing farm and town property in Steel City. It promises low commissions, protection of interests, and insurance policy services to handle risks and rent or sell properties.
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