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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1924
Page
5
Friday and Saturday April 11 and 12 audiences will see Gloria Swanson in The Impossible Mrs Bellew a drama of a mother whose child is lost to scandal The cast includes Conrad Nagle June Elvidge and Robert Cain with comedy and news segments promised in the program.
Katherine MacDonald stars in White Shoulders a drama praised as new and different with a plot of a girl offered in wife sale to two men and sought in love by a third. The story centers on beauty sald to save a loved brother and a Virginia girl who wins wealth through desire. Bryant Washburn and Tom Forman headline the film alongside a regular comedy.
Local Osceola items record shifts of workers to Schuyler and Polk, shipments of hogs to Omaha, class reunion in Lincoln, and a moved Lincol n Tel Co manager. Community mentions include church sidewalk work, sales at W O Johnson's, farm trades, travel to Shelby and Des Moines, and several social visits and illnesses.
The document lists officers and monthly hostesses for the Baptist Missionary Society with names for president vice president secretary treasurer and visiting committee chair. It notes an August Picnic Day and assigns hostess duties by month throughout the year.
Sunday visits fill Osceola and surrounding towns with guests. Local residents including Miss Ruth Glasser, Miss Zola Koehler, and Miss Anna Newman host and travel, while Deputy Hespen faces a no fund check case. Cattle shipments to Omaha and several social visits mark a busy weekend in Polk Stromsburg and surrounding locales.
G T Ray is taking orders for Easter Lilies and potted plants. The article notes Lincolns hospital visit of Walter Hern bloom and family from Lodgepole Polk county relatives visits with Wm Hern bloom and his mother in Stromsburg. Additional items include sign changes at H C Duncan Produce Co and a bake sale by the M E church Fellowship Class at Farmers Union Store.
Miss Florence Atwood, extension worker, leads a class on ATR Balanced Day's Rations as part of the Food Calendar at the Farm Bureau office. Petitions circulate to support the Farm Bureau program in Polk County. Tubercular retest work starts April 21 in Polk County and runs through April 25.
St Pauls Ev Lutheran Church announces 10:00 A.M. Sunday School led by Superintendent N Nelson and 11:00 A.M. Divine worship. Swedish evening service at 7:30. Ladies Aid gathers at 2:30 Thursday at Mr. and Mrs J G Carlson. Luther League meets Thursday 8:00 p.m. at the church with hosts Mrs L J Johnson Mrs Albert Anderson and Miss Thelma Johnson. Harmony Society event set for April 17 at 2:30 p.m. at Otelia Johnsons home. Delegate to conference to report after morning service next Sunday. Pastor Adolf Serenius extends a cordial welcome.
The Presbyterian Church announces Sunday School at 10 00 A M Morning worship at 11 00 A M School of Missions at 6 30 P M and Evening service at 8 00 P M Pastor Thos E BARR leads the services.
The ladies held a strong program last Sunday drawing a full house. An offering of 112 dollars was received. Special services before Easter are stressed. all services will occur at both churches Sunday. Delegates report after Sunday school. J. A. Klein is pastor.
Maple Leaf Club met April 3 at Mrs. Helen Wamsley home with eighteen members and four visitors. Nellie Benson and Ethel McCormick gave a detailed food nutrition and carrot cooking demonstration in seven variations while all enjoyed carrots prepared by delegates. Next meeting set for April 17 at Mrs. Dora McCormick home.
Two community meetings are scheduled for Thursday and Friday evenings. The first will be held by school district No 11 on the west end of Island, followed by a second gathering at another local venue to discuss neighborhood concerns.
Lincoln extension specialist N W Gaines will speak on community organizations. John Ernst will discuss his tour of Switzerland. The event, organized by a local committee and county agent, includes Adair presenting the program and Professor Caines showing implementation. Four musical numbers and a lunch follow.
The Chapel unfit met with Mrs. Louis Johnston on Tuesday afternoon with 19 attendees. Under the food nutrition plan carrots were prepared in seven ways. Mrs Lois Grossnicklaus was elected president, Hazel Cunningham vice president, and Mrs Dawes secretary. The next meeting will be with Mrs Thelma Gibbons. The church Aid met Tuesday evening and decided to purchase a bell rope. Forty two dozen epuss were collected for the Methodist hospital in Omaha. Farmers are marketing corn this week.
Veach and Berggren assume all wiring work including repairs to sockets and fixtures and will handle guaranteed General Electric lamps. Call 77 for service. Nebraska Gas and Electric Co. and H. S. Latsch issue the notice stating they continue appliance handling and repairs as usual.
Three investigations by agricultural groups and dairy journals show De Laval cream separators far outnumbering competitors. Data from Indiana Iowa Cornell Ohio Penn State Tennessee Minnesota and New York readers indicate 64.8 percent favor De Laval, with 80 percent of Minnesota farms using one and 41.18 percent of Finnish? 41.18 percent? De Lavals cited as the leading choice for efficiency and longevity.
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