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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
3
The advertisement extols Black Cat Hosiery as the most satisfactory brand gained through long experience. It details Women’s cotton and silk risble hose with four-ply construction, garter tops, spliced heels, and prices from 25 to 35 cents. It highlights the Comfit line as a unique American feature.
Lot X18 features children’s lightweight stock ing with risle ribbing and reinforced knee and heels, price 25 cents per pair. Lot 415 offers medium weight two thread ribbed hosiery with heavy triple knee and reinforced heels and toes, value price five cents per pair.
Light weight boy’s stocking with high reinforced heel and toe in black with Irish linen. Fine gauge ribbed hose designed for dress, pair Lot X55. Additional listing notes silk lisle ribbed hose from fine mercerized yarns, 7 ply silk finish, dressy appearance, priced at 25c per pair.
A store owner urges customers to compare goods with any shop in the United States and to choose quality, material, workmanship, and price. O. B. Osceola stresses the aim to improve and expand with customer trust as the foundation, warning that reduced business would force smaller assortments and slower upgrades. The letter is signed A. O. Monson Co.
Hosiery item details describe women's seamless silk stockings in two lots. Lot X 470 features black fine gauge pure thread silk boot silk risle top high spliced heel double sole and wearproof toe and heel. Lot 477 in white BW shows similar construction and listed pair code MC.
A catalog item listing 28 pairs of children’s hose described as fine gauge light weight cotton ribbed.
Miscellaneous village items recounting visits and travel across counties. Names include Culbertsen family heading to Aurora with Burlington work, Celumbus workers, Lindholm in Shelby, Hansén passenger to Wahoo and Lincoln, Merrick and Stanley from Staplehurst, and Mrs Mickey traveling to Omaha. Regular WCTU meeting planned April 20 at Mrs Moody and Mrs Merick's home.
Long column of brief hometown items lists residents visiting relatives in Lincoln Omaha and Seward. It notes new postal clerk Ruth Bull at the Osceola office and Ruth Smith returning to Lincoln with her father. Social calls span Rising City Central City Shelby Stromsburg and Denton Montana with weddings visits and farm work.
Samuel B. Richmond files April 15 1910 petition in Shelby Nebraska to sell malt and intoxicating liquors for the 1915 municipal year. Petition to be presented to the Village Board after three publications as required by law. Official notice certified by Village Clerk L N Nelson and witnessed with seal.
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