06 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
1
The Osceola McKinrey Club meets weekly in the old Blue Front with planned ice cream sodas and social events. Local residents attend lectures, travel to York for finance discussions, and news covers births, visits, and public notices across Osceola and nearby towns.
Hurrah for McKinley and Hobart. David Hernbloom and Sam Parsons plan Iowa work. McKinley girls attend York rally. Farmers greet potential heavy corn crop. Stephen Stafford visits Kansas relatives. Neighborhood folks attend Stromaburg rally. Electa Carlsen returned home from visiting Abbie Brown. Albert Anderson left for the northern part of town last Tuesday. They go in bear s of work.
Beulah reports Mrs James Miller's illness and visits from Joe Meachum's father. Citizens attend a Republican rally. Shiloh holds Sunday meetings. Abbie Carnine and Florence Seward suffer rheumatism. Locals plan ball games. fishing is good in the Platt. A Kingfisher, Okla. resident acts as a summer ice supplier. A lightning strike kills a horse with Heitzman’s team. A Beulah bee keeper suffers a sting, likened to a baseball bat mishap. Local trades discuss silver and gold standards and bi metallic trade effects.
The Bryan and McKinley clubs of Osceola pass resolutions praising President McKinley and condemning harsh campaign remarks seen at Stromsburg and Osceola. A committee will draft a united stance, urging leaders to oppose abusive tactics and keep politics fair. The report notes teachers’ reception and a public lecture at the M E church, with sixty seven listed in the roster.
The Polk county teachers opened a two weeks term at Osceola under the charge of the normal school staff. The start follows a recent assembly and outlines new instructional plans for the period.
An 1896 gathering set for August 8 at J. W. Benson's grove nine miles northwest of Osceola and five miles southeast of Silver Creek invites all. Noted speakers include Rev Mrs Perkins of Hastings with war battlefield insight. Activities feature ice cream lemonade coffee and hard tack served by veterans and the W R C.
Miss Hagar of Bellwood visits Miss Carrie Hahr. H J Bonner and family called on Mahlon Monday. Graping parties are popular as fish have all been caught. Heavy rain last Thursday night damaged Wm Fife’s windmill.
When you want lumber or coal, let the seller figure on your bill, implying a convenient charge plan and credit terms for customers seeking building materials.
The column records illness improvements for Mrs. Calmar McCune and deaths from apoplexy. It notes Republican rally attendance, a town visit by Dr. Drum of Omaha, religious preaching, telephone line completion, and hiring moves at a law firm. It also covers baseball results, public speeches, and a long excerpt debating currency policy with references to Macaulay and coin clipping.
BEGas' Tropical Oil markets a positive guarantee liniment promising to fulfill all label claims. It is pitched as powerful for deep seated diseases such as rheumatism and neuralgia. D. H. Kunkel is listed as the keeper.
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