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Newspaper
Steele City Standard
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
3
Fragmented text indicates ticket sales and travel details in the United States and Canada. Names mentioned include W. P. Rosixson Jr, A.M. Apert, and W. 8. Hall. Details about dates, times, and accommodations are incomplete due to damaged OCR.
Post office timetable shows trains or vehicles arriving at 15 minute intervals after arrival of every eastbound connection. Eastbound times listed as 19 05 p.m. Going west open on Sandars from 11 17 a m to 11 7. L. Fowus-r.
Readable fragments name county attorney and public officials, including commissioners and a superintendent. The text references election matters and a county ledgers context with partial names and roles such as W.F. Bonawitz, W. Watton, and Carmony, indicating a local government record of candidates and offices.
Allen Board meets every Tuesday evening with trustees C L Fowler J A Hicks John Barlow B B Haines and Wm Wagoner listed. District Court holds terms on April 7 June 15 and 16, 1899, indicating local governance and legal proceedings concurrent with governance meetings.
Societies item announces Steele City Lodge No 107 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 30 pm in the A R hall all members invited secretary C L Fowler and W M J B Tartor note unclear names but location Steele City referenced.
Lindon Lodge No 146 K of P meets Thursday night weekly at G A R Hall with C C We Lamener and Steele City Camp No 168 Modern Woodmen of America meeting second Tuesday nights monthly at G A hall Coleman V C and Marvin Evans clerk listed.
Streleity Lodge No 116 4 0 A W meets every Monday night in G A O chamber hall at 7 20 p m Visiting brothers cordially invited B Waite A W W. Patatser Recorder.
Steele City Lodge No. 151 I.C.C.F. holds meetings every Wednesday at the G A R hall. Visiting brethren are respectfully invited to attend. J. W. Peress N.G. D.A. buGaee, Sec.
The Stable City W. C. T. U. holds a program on the second Saturday of each month at 1:00 PM at Congregational Church. Emma Be Graves is listed among the organizers or speakers.
Steele City Lodge No 24 Degree of Honor meets on the first and third Tuesday evenings. E A Rice Post No 14 G A V R meets on the second and fourth Saturday nights at 7 20 p.m. marching comrades notified. Allen Fowler and Nek, Stare listed as officials for the groups meeting in their hall. Fowler Camp No Veterans meets on the fourth Saturday night at 4 30 o clock with Nek as Captain and Stare as First Sergeant.
Covenant meeting on the first Sunday each month. Ladies Society meets every second Thursday afternoon. Worship services held Sundays at 108. Pastor and superintendent names partially legible. Frida events and church notices appear in the fragment.
Preaching every other Sunday at 11:00 a m and 7:20 a m. Prayer meetings every Thursday night at 7:30. Rev F B E Smits, Pastor. Sunday school every Sunday at 10:00 a m.
Preaching every Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Rev H H Avery, Pastor. Mayer meeting every Thursday at 1:38. Ladies' Aid Society meets every Wednesday. Sunday School every Sunday at 12 noon. A T Phelps, Superintendent.
Fragmentary note records meetings every Sunday evening at the Methodist and another venue. Names A. T. Phelps and Lape Mamuusi Weaver appear in the text among attendees or organizers.
The record lists Henry J Wing as principal and references the intermediate department with mentions of Clarence Deane in the primary department and Vida Chancellor. The note notes a schedule or cadence for June July and August, implying a school term or activities across summer months.
Weekly market quotations directed by A. H. Phelps show price ranges including $0.60 to 3.15 and $2.00 to 3.00, with a notable range of 3.75 to 4.25 at a location on Real Avenue by G. A. Hamley.
Community notices list trades and services, local visits, school reports, and upcoming events. People including Rev F B Smith Mrs J S Orr and Walter Converse are mentioned with dates around May. Prominent items include sales bills, milling offers, a May festival, and shore news about shipping cattle and a new school year principal.
On the Kline farm southeast of town a dispute between Lew Kline and Edward Hayes escalated when Kline grabbed a razor and slashed Hayes in the breast back and head. Hayes wrestled away the blade and seized a revolver. Copeland intervened and separated them. Hayes was taken to town for treatment and is hoped to recover.
A narrator recalls wild weather events in a small town including a cyclone lifting a straw stack and moving it a mile before setting it down, and a twister drawing sixty gallons of molasses from a store to share with households. He also notes a twelve day wind in western Kansas driving a sheep to starve beside a barn.
W J Cuyler of Red Creek New York reports great relief from rheumatism using Chamberlains Pain Balm and commends it as a useful household liniment. Editor W C Phippen notes Cuyler as a leading village merchant and prominent local figure. G O Traylor sells the product.
Memorial Sunday and Memorial Day events are outlined with assembly at E A Rite Post Headquarters. A M E Church sermon by Rev E Cressman, choir songs, uniformed veterans, and a cemetery procession with an afternoon program including an oration, talks, recitations, sales, and singing. Information available from A Auten or C L Fowzer.
Fragmentary text mentions followers of a beneficent fondle and others returning home. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR. No definite events, dates, or identifiable entities can be confirmed.
Clapp and fellow workers walked along a line when Clapp stepped as if into a hole and fell. He later found no hole, only a puncture in his trousers. A bullet had lodged in the bone of his leg requiring removal in a painful operation.
Agnes Crane and Lena Wilcox of the Tenth grade visited Fairbury Tuesday. Minnie Stewart of the Ninth grade was absent Monday and Tuesday. Examinations for seventh through tenth grades are set for the first of next week. Myrtle Kelly, sidelined by eye troubles, visited the high school room on Wednesday.
W M Terry of Elkton Kentucky, in twelve years in the sawmill business, testifies that Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the most satisfactory to the people after trying many cough medicines. He has hundreds of bottles and believes Chamberlains is best. For sale by G C Taylor.
Black and white ad describes G B Steadman of Newark Michigan bitten by a lath during the Civil War as suffering ulcers for twenty years. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve reportedly cured him and is advertised as a remedy for cuts burns bruises boils felons corns skin eruptions and piles at 250 a box with a cure guaranteed and sold by druggists.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mighty health booster. It claims sugar coated globules convert weakness to energy and listlessness to vigor, promising mental power and renewed vitality for 50 cents per box sold by druggists.
The proprietors of Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Col_ds have given away over ten million trial bottles. The medicine is claimed to cure asthma bronchitis hoarseness and all throat chest and lung diseases. Call on druggists for a free bottle. regular sizes cost 50 cents and 1. guaranteed or money back.
Brave men suffer stomach liver and kidney troubles and feel loss of appetite back ache and fatigue. J W Gardner of Idayville Indiana recommends Electric Bitters claiming they restored his strength and appetite and improved his health. Available for 50 cents at druggists with guarantee.
Report states insurgents are driven from San Isidro the rebels capital as latest Philippines updates describe upheaval and military actions in the region.
Beginning in July the night trains between St Joseph and Grand Island will offer Pullman Palace Cars with reclining chairs and free seats. Agents will assist with reservations and information. S M Adsit General Pass Agent St Joseph Mo W S Hart Agent Steele Caleb listed.
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