Rhubarb Pie and Wooster Woes in Central City
A rural column laments seasonal rhubarb cravings and teeth with rhubarb pie imagery. It then recaps Central City gossip: Charley Wooster in trouble over cruelty claims, an ill-fated ticket gift, and a custody/divorce dispute with Mrs Wooster, now in Columbus. The piece teases sympathy for Charlie and notes possible legal action over transport funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Charley Wooster
Silver Creek
Charlie
Wooster
Grover Cleveland
Osceola Local Notes and Livestock Sales Update
Local notices list seed potatoes from Oberg and Johnson and a Short Horn bull for sale at $60 two miles south of Osceola. Residents Mrs. Grace Lind, Miss Birdie Renquist, and others visit Stromsburg friends. Raymond Anderson injured by a horse. horse sale at Gubser’s barn April 24. Lincoln Baseball Club opens Western League season April 29 in Topeka. G. F. Nelson travels to Seattle for Alaska mining improvements.
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Oberg & Johnson
Misses Grace
Hulda Lind
Stromsburg
Osceola Friends
Mary Shaw
C.0 Johnson
Birdie Renquist
H. L. Swanson
Raymond Anderson
C. 8. Anderson
Joe Gubser
Lincoln Baseball Club
Topeka
South
St Joe
Greenbackers
Clarksdale
Missouri
Nortonville
Kansas
Military Cow Guarded by Henry’s Tactics and Gear
A quirky tale describes Henry arming a cow with a shoulder carried gun to deter milking, turning a farm animal into a mock recruit. The scene blends affection for military precision with humorous exaggeration about battlefield gear used on a cow.
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Benory Hughes
Henry
Haleory
Deaths of Mrs. Chas Scudder and Osceola Base Ball Opener
Mrs Gertrude Scudder formerly Miss Gertrude Engelke of Polk died in Chicago after a brief illness. The body will be shipped to Osceola for burial. Osceola and Grand Island met in baseball with Osceola winning 3 to 2 as Grand Island led early before Osceola rallied. Legislation spoof on shoe law promotes Foot Schulze shoes from Oberg and Johnson Osceola Neb.
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Chas. Scudder
Gertrude Engelke
Polk
Chas
Scudder
Chicago
No. 1
Central City
Osceola
Oberg & Johnson
Public Sale Of 80 Horses And Mules In Osceola
Eighty head of horses and mules will be sold at a public sale at Gubser s barn in Osceola on Saturday in April. The Fraternal Order of Eagles threatens to move its national convention from Omaha due to the eight o clock closing law, affecting Lincoln s baseball club which has three games in Omaha during the convention on September 8, 19, and 28, with management hoping the threat won t be carried out.
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Gubser
Osceola
Order of Eagles
Omaha
Lincoln Baseball Club
Lincoln Club
Lucy
Eagles
Raise Your Own Chickens Ad Offers Sale of Chicks
During the season the advertisement offers selling chicks with or without the mother. For further information call Mrs. Wm Shrader at P. C. 163. The notice is a brief classified style item.
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Wm. Shrader
P. C
Card of Thanks from Mr and Mrs O H Anderson
We thank kind friends and neighbors for help and sympathy during our daughter's illness and death. We also thank you for the beautiful floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Anderson.
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O. H. Anderson
Osceola Osceola News and Local Updates
Local notices promote trees and plants from L A Beltzer nursery with fruit trees and hardy roses. Town updates mention residents traveling for business, theater lectures, and road improvements by Union Pacific section force adding a foot bridge and brick walks from depot.
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Union Pacific
Hutson
Wm. Crisp
Osceola
Perfect Stock Powder for Livestock Health and Worm Control
Advertisement touts Perfect Stock Powder as a livestock remedy to remove worms and impurities, regulate the system, and restore health. Claims worms cause 90 percent of hog diseases and urges trial, noting it is for sale locally.
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Goodby
Barbinger
Charlie Wooster
Merrick County
Sage Justice
Anderson
Phonue
Orilla Bennett
T. E. Richmond
Wm. J. Herrmann
Route 5
Palace Market
A. L. Scholz
Scholz
F. L. Dunn’s
The
Merry Workers
Old Fellows Dining Room
C. E. Nelson
Swan Matson
Matson
O A. Johnson
Susie Tilley
Colorado
Nebraska
Hastings Bros. of
Henderson Bik
G. F. Nelson
Seattle
Mr. Nelson
Alaska Mining Company
Illinooi
Christofferson
Alaska
Manzan Pile Remed
Dr. L. M. Shaw
Shaw
D. J. Smith
Physicians and Surgeons
First National Bank P. C
Osceola, Nebraska
Grand Island
Grand Island High School
Park Grounds
Caceola
Allen
Hall County
Earl Baum
Alien
Lovell
Vieregg
Karr
Baum
Dr. Gray
State of
Josephine M’chesney
Office North First Nat'l. Bank
Osceola, Nebr
Monson
Beebe
Sidelades
L. A Beltzer
Osceola, Nursery
W. O. Johnson Co
J. B. Crabill
St. Joe
W. E. Pratt
David City
Edith Peterson
E. A. Ennis
Nels’ Pierson
Stromsbure
City
Ed Deland
Durham
J. W. Matson
Stromsbury
King
P. A Lund
Fred Wyman
Lutheran Church
Giles Cole
Charlotte Hanson
Lincoln
Alma
Conservatory of Music
F. D. Fillman
la Junta
Hastings Bros
Polk County
Frank and
Oswald Kropatsch
Peter Akesson
Allie Benson
Jobn Knerr
Knerr Bros
Pleasant Home
John
South East Quarter
North East Quarter
Nez
Corporation of Osceola
John G. Rhodes
J. W. Meacham
Silver Creek, Neb
Wera
AGM
Maxwell Automobiles
Maxwell
H. Maxwell
Jorgenson & Opper
York, Nebraska
the First National Bank OF
U. S
General Blacksmith
Gaylord
GT Ray Co
Foley
G. T. Ray Co
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