Osceola Area Sees Dry Vote Sweep and Local Happenings
In Polk County on April 7 1910 Osceola and surrounding towns voted dry with the anti license ticket winning by about 40 percentage points in Osceola. The drys gained council seats while the wets held the mayoral post in the town and Shelby voted against saloon, and a barbershop opened in Osceola. A flood of local notes covers a new baby born to Tom Dolan, a court case, a school concert, a moving picture theater, a fatal illness of Judge Snider, a cemetery association meeting and various visits and travels among residents including Morris Morse and Miss Iva Jarmin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Dolan
Polk County
Osceola
Stromsburg
Shelby
E. N. Benedict
Shaw’s
Matt Miller
David City
Cummings
Chicago
Ran Ware
Gothenburg
EB. C. Goerke
E. R. Danielson
Manzer Goerke
U. P
J. L. Heald
J. R. Gray
Ross Lowe
Minden
Ross
Moving Picture
J. N. Jarmin
Ernest G. Jarmin
Hordville
Iva, Jarmin
Fremont
Ernest Jarmin
P. J. Refshange
Anaron Bloomquist
Iva Jarmin
Lester
Eva
Harold Jarmin
Nels
John Wisely
Lawson Shaw
Mr. Shaw
A. M. White
Mgr. Trulson
Lyric
J. W. Snider
Gospel Ridge
Osceola Note On Local Moves And Returns
In Osceola this season Ran has many friends glad to see him back. Will Austin will occupy the Query property in the east part of town and the Query family will go to Colorado for the summer. Tom Levi's pension increased by $2.00 per month. Mrs. L. B. Pitzer will open a duress making shop over A. P. Mickey's store in a few days.
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Osceola
Ran
Will Austin
Query
Colorado
Tom Levi
Tom
Buick crash on Main Street injures rear wheel loss
A Buick sedan crashed into the curb on the east side of Main Street near its south end shortly after a shower Friday afternoon. It lost a rear wheel and caused minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Ladies Aid Society and district meetings announced
The Ladies Aid Society plans a Wednesday meeting at the hall with Mrs. E. L. McCormick hosting. The joint Omaha and Lincoln District meeting will be in Fremont on Tuesday and Wednesday with Dr. Walter Aitken presenting An Hour With Famous Authors at 3 p m on April 10. The bishop and other speakers are expected and laymen are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
E. L. McCormick
Omaha
Lincoln
Fremont
Walter Aitken
Valley Community
E. B. Maxcy
Card of Thanks and Osceola School News Highlights
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to church groups and neighbors for sympathy and help after a death. Osceola school notes cover kindergarten to senior class activities, attendance milestones, birthdays, visits, and county exams. includes Shorthand and Typing class awards, a senior class party, and church notices from St Pauls Lutheran Church with upcoming services and a chorus visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Altar Sodality
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Maple Leaf Club
Emil Schott
Osceola School News
Gerald Kennedy
Jack Rogers
David Melin
Freddie Adelson
Leah Powell
Mrs. Braithwaite
Billy Norton
Dale Knapp
Arline Pearson
Sunday Cantata Draws Great Attendance at Church
A sunny Sunday boosted attendance as the parish reached its Sunday School goal with 25 attendees. Miss Ruth Miller directed the cantata with organist Ruth Cornish and soloists praised. next Sunday closes the series with a communion in the morning and a Good Fellowship Night luncheon at 6:30 hosted by Pastor W. H. Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Miller
Ruth Cornish
W. H. Wright
Swede Home Club Hosts Birthday Surprises
Mrs. Ansel Fredrickson underwent an operation at Immanuel Lutheran Hospital in Omaha. Mrs. Oscar Fredrickson and daughters and Mrs. Oliver Johnson were business callers in York. The Swede Home Luther League will present a program Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones welcomed a baby boy Friday at Osceola Hospital. Swede Home Dorcas Society meets Friday in church parlors with hostesses Soline Anderson and Edith Johnson. The Swede Home Club surprised Mrs. Sward for her birthday Tuesday. Bertha and Clarine Johnson, employed in Omaha, visited their parents in York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel Fredrickson
Immanuel Lutheran Hospital
Omaha
Oscar Fredrickson
Oliver Johnson
York
Luther League
Walter Jones
Osceola Hospital
Fred Fredrickson
Sheriff Sale In Polk County Nebraska On May Seventh
Notice states that The First Trust Company of Lincoln sues Leonard Nelson and others in Polk County District Court. Sheriff W Roy Vanhossen will offer for cash on May 7 1934 at 2 PM the W half of SE quarter of Section 4 Township 13 North Range 2 West containing about 80 acres in Osceola Nebraska. Stewart Stewart and Whitworth represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Msg
Polk County
Nebraska
District Court
First Trust Company
Lincoln
Leonard Nelson
Osceola
Polk
W. Roy Vanhoosen
Stewart, Stewart and Whitworth
Splinter S- Girls and a Home Improvement Pitch
A compact column of old-time ads and quips promoting insulation, roofing, home goods, and local business tricks. It threads humorous vignettes about marriage, money, and everyday life with calls to buy Mule-Hide roofing and plaster products while lampooning high prices and scams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright Billy
Satan
Praecer
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. M. McDonald
Record
Walter J. Herbes
Dodge
Buzz Schmoker
Hendrickson
Fairview
Osceola Cemetery Association
D H. Kunkel
Frank Anderson
W. F. Kepner
J. D. Hartman
Vida Reckmeyer
Alverta Buchta
Rodolph Valentino
Rajah
Wanda Hawley
Richard Barthlemess
Dorothy Gish
Lee Green
H. C. Beebe
Columbus
Cal Younger
Big Springs
Calloway
Julesburg
L. R. Israel
Kansas City
Bess Vance
Orpheum
Fairview—Valley Churches
Sven Waller
Glenn Hennings
Silver Creek
Hissh School
Bess Shelmadine
Lila Knapp
Ruby Wieseman
Lowell Hanson
Ruth Zang
Alberta Anderson
LaVerne Peterson
Fred Green
Ralph DeLand
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Egnar Hultman
Carl Cederberg
Harmony Society
Ruby Carlson
Luther College
Wahoo
Paul Melin
Bie
RCA Victor
de Luxa Re Neivone
Cebianat
Aoe Ca
HCA Victor
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
John Deere
Chevrolet
International
C. F. Rystrom
Mer. Osceola
West Side
Colgate
Sam
Osceola Lumber CO
Goodrich
Silvertown
Goodrich Gold & Black
Silvertown Tube
Reed Bros. Motor Co
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