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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1896
Page
1
The Steele City Standard, a Saturday paper from Fairbury in Adams County, advertises six and twelve month rates and local notices. The fragment mentions advertising mates and prices such as 25 and 18 cents, with references to county officials and representatives.
A Sunday at Greathaven unsettles the Bowyer circle as secrets surface. Colonel Severn confronts Mrs Pride with a poison confession link to Ellen Warde, while a plan to expose the truth prompts a formal written confession for transmission to Mr Levison.
Disjointed passages recount personal reunions and upheavals as characters reconnect with family and invest abroad. A daughter reconciles with her father while others face medical, legal, and financial concerns. Notes mention an asylum patient’s relapse, a county fair, and a planned gathering at Hinton Park.
Fragmentary OCR shows county court listing regular terms on April 7 June 15 and October 7 1896 with names partly garbled. Readable elements indicate court scheduling and procedural notes without full context or outcomes.
The message records a cordial welcome to attendees at a gathering led by D. A. Chancellor and W. M. Lak, noting a time and location for a monn gathering.
Steele City Love, No. 151, meets Fridays at 7 30 p m in the G A R hall with visiting brethren invited. Steele City Lodge No. 116 A C U W meets in the G A R hall. Recording officers invite brethren to attend and cordially invite members.
A E Rice Post No 14 and Steele City Camp No 168 of the G A R hold their regular meetings on the second and fourth Saturdays each month at 7 30 p m in their respective halls. Adjutants J F Kenlap and C L Fowxys preside with marching comrades often entertained.
Lindon Lodge No 146 K of P meets Thursday night weekly in G A R hall with W Lamerin C C L B Train K of R. Steele City Lodge No 4 Degree of Honor meets on first and third Tuesdays in G A L E with D L Turner H Mus. Sylvia Pickering, Recorder.
Freedhing every alternate Sunday in each month at Ham and 128-i Rev A Ho Law pastor Ladies Aid Society meets the second Thursday in Syargnooh Cow. naitime Ung on the Saturday proceed the first Sunday in each month. JX at 10 a.m. N M TRWick Superintendent. J Ro Fowlkys Superintendent. Mov ing every Friday at 7 43 0 pm.
The Congregational Church schedule lists Sunday services at 11 a m and 7 30 pm with Pastor HH VanY. A prayer meeting occurs on Thursdays at 7 30 pm with Rev Wenn and Sunday healing services are mentioned.
A detective traces Bowyer misdeed leads to a late hour scene at the Dower House. Elaine faces a painful choice as Colonel Severn cautions patience while Bowyer’s bankers and a solicitor prepare a will. A plain black clad woman with a blue bag signs the document under tense watch.
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