Local social notes and an injury report from the area
Local residents gathered social visits include Vance and Virgil Meacham with a new Whippet car purchase last week. An accident left Geo Creemen with two fingers amputated after buzz saw contact. he was treated in Columbus. Several families hosted or visited in Central City Lincoln Peru York and Osceola over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance
Virgil Meacham
Harvey Wisely
Ollahoma
Wil Wise
Harve McCormick
Virgil
Lincoln
Sundcy
Pete Hedlund
Central City
Geo. Creemen
Walter Creemen
Columbus
Guildford Bryan
Mina Buehta
Valley Missionary Society
Maxey
Peru
Harold Hudson
Baby
York
Heitzman
Julia Wallace
Elva Norris
Vida Beckmeyer
Osceola
Wm Dake
Helen
Hugo DeBere
LeRoy Rhodes
Ancient fears cling to open scissors in superstitious lore
Across many cultures open scissors are seen as omens of doom and death in the family. The myth links the tool to Atropos and the Parcae, suggesting severing threads of fortune and life when left open, a superstition still provoking chills for a farmer’s wife today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tron
Atropos
McClure
Sale of Land by Referee in Polk County Nebraska
By order of the District Court of Polk County Nebraska and case 2385 Anna M Kunkel and David H Kunkel filed against Susan V Hartzell et al a sale of partitioned real estate is ordered. The referee will auction the property to the highest cash bidder at the south front door of the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
Anna M. Kunkel
David H. Kunkel
Susan V. Hartzell
Easter Program at Valley Church in District 5
District 5 notes an Easter program at Valley Church on Sunday morning with a welcoming invitation. Mrs Bond and Mr Bond visited York relatives. Ferris announces birth of a baby girl on April 13. Hastings and Horst families noted visits and hospital trip. Wiseman siblings are Osceola exam takers.
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the Valley Church
Earl Bond
York
Wm. Ferris, Jr
Hazel Hastings
Elmer Horst
Owen Horst
Cedar Rapids
Emily Horst
Florence Timm
Arthur Timm
Obituary gratitude from Peterson family for father’s passing
The Peterson family thanks friends for sympathy after the death of their father. They especially appreciate those who sang and the many floral offerings. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Gunnard Peterson and others named within the family.
Card of Thanks for apron contest fund drive
Mrs Mina Buchta thanks friends who helped her group win the apron contest and raise funds for the community hall. The note mentions wall paper from Steeple Variety Store at discounted prices.
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Mina Buchta
Ges
World’s Largest Telescope at Mount Wilson Opens
The Observatory on Mount Wilson California was built for 22000000 dollars and houses the world’s largest telescope with a 190 inch reflector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Wilson
California
Greek Echoes in Old Sayings on Brevity and Wrath
The passage traces origin of common phrases to ancient sources. It notes that Greek thinkers and later authors like Sophocles and Pliny the Younger influenced proverbs about wrath and brevity. It suggests Shakespeare borrowed ideas reflected in brief speech and sharp rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophocles
Pliny the Younger
Sale of Farm Land in Osceola Nebraska 1930
City of Osceola in Polk County Nebraska schedules a May 19 1930 sale at 2 PM for the east half of the southeast quarter section 17 township 14 range 1 a 80 acre farm with no improvements. Cash at sale with at least 15 percent earnest money. owner’s share of crops goes to the buyer under a share rent until March 1 1931. Abstract of marketable title to be provided. Sale open at least one hour. Referee C A Frasier. Campbell Campbell attorneys. April 16 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Paint & Varnish Co
Osceola
Polk County
Nebraska
C. A. Frasier
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American Poultry Association
White
Wyandottes
S. C. Buff Minor
Simplex
Spear Brand
O. K
Osceola All-Electric Hatchery
L. E. Backlund
Osceola, Nebraska
F. C. B. Lincoln
Vester
Combined Harvester
Lincoln Road Equipment Co
9Th Street
Lincoln, Nebraska
Penn
Osceola Produce CO
Goto
THE
Walter J. Herbes
Fairview
H. Irving King
H. C. Wncan Produce Company
W. F. Kepner & Son
Gunnard Peterson
Aldie Peterson
Joe Lindeblade
Richard Peterson
William Larson
Elvena Peterson
Ernsted Peterson
August Mellgren
Jess Williams
of Coors
Caos Prt Vonanng
Cook
Ders Ares
Campbell & Campbell
Humphrey
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