Days Gone By July 31 1902 Local Notes
The column reports Charles Rathbun selling his billiard hall to Billy Illmore of Shelby who will run it tomorrow. L W Peterson travels to South Omaha with fat steers earning over 2000 in cash. Fred Hossner claims the neighborhood’s champion potato field with three large potatoes. Ed Kane sells the Karney Ridge property to Oscar Deputy with crops stock and tools for 3000, then plans to move to California. A Wayland item notes rain damages wheat, oats near half a crop, Dr M W Byers loses a colt. campers release horses, colt is kicked and breaks its leg. Finnie Hotchkiss will move to Fremont for a new position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rathbun
Billy Illmore
Shelby
L. W. Peterson
South Omaha
Fred Hossner
Ed Kane
Karney
Oscar Deputy
Kane
California
Wayland News
M. W. Byers
Fair Grounds
Finnie Hotchkiss
Fremont
Ten Years Ago July 31 1930 Highlights
A barn fire at Mrs Emma J Mills home caused total loss though insured. City council granted a 25 year gas franchise to Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Co. 17 year old Wallace Stromberg drowned in a sand pit near Hordville. Oats yield 95 1 2 bushels per acre reported by W G Herrmann. Andrew Nuquist Jr now in Berlin after leaving China, plans time in Paris and London. Auditorium week programs feature Men Without Women and The Trespasser. Osceola market prices listed: wheat 72, corn 66, oats 25, hogs 8.50, eggs 11, hens 12, springs 15, cream 32. County filings include Koehler for sheriff, Anderson for Clerk, Minnick for State Rep, Newcomer for Clerk, Gunnard Peterson for sheriff, Grace Pheasant Johnston for Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma J. ‘Mills
Iowa-Nebraska ‘Light and Power Co
Wallace Stromberg
Polk
Hordville
Oscar Stromberg
W. G. Herrmann
Phil Campbell
Andrew Nuquist Jr
China
Frank H. Anderson
R. L. Minnick
Stromsburg
Chas. Newcomer
Gunnard Peterson
Grace Pheasant Johnston
Immigration trends and royal visitors surface in wartime note
The report on immigration for the fiscal year ending June 30 1940 shows 70000 new arrivals versus 82000 the prior year and a drop in visiting foreigners from 185000 to 138000. Royal guests include Archduke Otto and Empress Zita with family, King Zog and others, while barriers such as papers and ship scarcity slow entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Immigration and Naturalization
State Department
Atlantic
Europe
Archduke Otto of
Austria
Zita
Ilife
Zog
Geraldine
Albania
Prince Consort
Luxembourg
Canada
Holland
Julianna
Baron Edouard de Rothchild
Maurice Materlinck
Henri Bernstein
Portugal
Leon Feuchtwanger
Germany
United States urged to prepare defense amid war outlook
A wartime analysis warns America cannot gamble on British seapower as Europe falls. It lists dates of battles from May to June, notes Paris air raids, French collapse, and Italy’s entry, urging immediate defense readiness and detailing forces and equipment in service and reserves.
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United States
Low Countries
France
Europe
Africa
Asia
Western Hemisphere
U.S
Rumania
Senate
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
House
James W. Wadsworth
New York
National Emergency Committee
Military Training Camps Association
Esident
Secretaries of War and Navy
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Osceola
Polk County
Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
Carl Curtis &4
Union Station
Washington
Cactus Jack” Garner
Garner
House of Representatives
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Jack Garner
Uvalde
John Garner
England
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Capitol
Congress
Presbyterian Church
Kensington
ST. Andrew’s Parish
Virginia
Vern Wilson
Jersey
Mayfair Brand
Graham
Prunes
Newan
Oleo
Frankfurts
Old Trusty
America
Blitzkrieg
Poland
Britain
Warsaw Falls
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Sedan
Dunkerque
Paris
Italy
Paris Falls
Petain
Armise
British Isles
Hina
Philippines
Guam
New Guinea
Panama Canal
Lal Mar
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Bahamas
Puerto Rico
Martinique Dre
SAIC
Pacific
V.gary
National Guard
U. S
U.S. Army
N. G
U.S. Navy
U. S. Army
Ony
St. Lowis
Wwe
Midway
Intel
Brasil
A. Pe
Japan
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