23 Aug 1929
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Newspaper
The Steele City News
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1929
Page
1
M. J. Wilson wife and granddaughter left Tuesday morning for their home at Moriarty New Mexico after a ten day visit with brother Di Cy Wilson and other relatives. Nell Drake takes two week vacation from duties at the Farmer’s Side to Bank visiting Beatrice.
Local notes show M J Wilson selling his farm to F W Hansen and multiple residents visiting relatives and attending events. Individuals include W W Gumner moving to Fairbury, Mrs Glenn Riddle in Omaha, Frances Crinklaw visiting Beatrice, and many business trips and family gatherings across Steele City, Endicott, Diller, Milligan, and nearby towns.
Charles Kasparek of Fairbury and Frank Brick of Haddam Kansas visited Steele City on Monday. Mrs K B Phelps and her son Claude left Sunday for Seldon Kansas to be with her ill mother. Jake Hartell, en route from Fairbury to Topeka, stopped in Steele City Monday to handle business.
Presbyterian Church notes welcome all to morning and evening services. Thanks given to Mrs Sampson for Sunday School items. Missionary Society met at Mrs A Greizinger home. Boy Scouts depart for Camp Jefferson. Sunday School picnic planned at Fairbury. John Gretzinger’s death mourned. condolences extended to the Crookmyers family. Church seeks wider community participation in services.
Prairie Hill residents Carl Hickens and family attended at the John Malady home from Friday to Monday while en route to Colorado. The Malady Compton family hosted a sixtieth birthday celebration for John Malady, with many relatives visiting and sixteenth helpers listed among attendees.
A Fulham resident known as Mr. Joly Death lived under a lifetime of ridicule from practical jokers. Calls to his home were monitored as pranksters teased about his surname, leaving him plagued by the fixture of his Christian name.
A garbled note recalls sixth century disaster tests on Rome's grand edifices. It mentions lightning, earthquakes and quarry activity causing damage to the Colosseum and other large structures, with fall of walls and buried conditions.
Mrs Geo MecGlaclin and children of Lincoln stay with R Arner in Steele City. F W Lowe buys assets of failed Otego State Bank in Otego Kansas. Frank Manley and family return from Beatrice camping trip. Osborns visit from Lincoln after Diller picnic. Elmer Kersting recovering from shoulder operation Odell. Abba Roelfs and Leta visit Hastings Adams County Fair. Frank Michl Tobias visits Steele City trading farm for Tolias land. Local officials visit Ed Fuqua recovering at Odell hospital. Wilsons visit Hastings with family. Rupert Andrews and Wells Andrews plan Denver mountains trip. Rev RE Kendall returns from Holy Land trip. Kendall family visits Fairbury. Mary Andrews to visit before returning to Steamboat Springs. Heavily garbled end notes with unclear text.
Ed Fuqua underwent surgery at Odell hospital last week. Neighbors attended a Diller area picnic. Will Banahan and Wayne Hensley spent Sunday in Beatrice. Charley Gerht is building a new tile chicken house. Ed Thrapp and wife visited Joe Hanahan's home. Mrs J Weber visited Hanover Kansas. Vera Weber visits relatives in Hollenberg. Rev Filinger and wife returned from a conference in Colorado and resumed duties at the local Presbyterian church.
A garbled text fragment suggests a requester seeking proof and a shift toward questioning conclusions. Names and concrete details are unreadable, leaving the core idea as a pursuit of justification and dawning skepticism.
The article traces Virginia Dare as the first child of English parents born in the Roanoke settlement. It notes the location shifted from Roanoke Island, Virginia to North Carolina as historical boundaries evolved.
The Fort Worth Record Telegram remarks on conversation tempo and the challenge of finding topics to discuss. It hints at a casual, everyday chat without strong dramatic events or clear names or places beyond the city context. The piece reads as a brief commentary rather than a report.
A quirky line notes nine different vowel sounds in a 12 syllable phrase. It mentions Steven and a playful claim about making "urooches" and toys for a child.
A fragmented note hints at a debate over a red idea versus a cone idea. Mentions Poatm and Nireside as possible related names or places within the discussion. Unclear full context limits precise details.
Fragmentary lines describe Earth's joys and stone, hinting at nature and substance. The terse wording suggests a reflective mood with minimal context and unclear full subject.
A correction states W R Nance did visit a farm west of Gilead but has no plans to leave the Stevie City vicinity. The erroneous note about moving to a Nelson area appeared in last week's News.
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