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Osceola Record

Location

Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1903

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Dress Goods in Town Noted as High Priced Item

Fragmentary report notes high priced dress goods in town and mentions a MUS note of concern about who will hold the sale or account for the purchases.

Osceola News Items Highlight Local Life and Events

Osceola dates show a bustling mix of births weddings and community updates. local visits from doctors professors and merchants mix with fair preparations school board actions and upcoming attractions including a large county fair and a regional baseball tournament.

Millinery Store Sale To Save Local Stock From Closure

Health forces sale of My Millinery Hair Good and Racket Stock. Citizens urged to buy several dollars of goods to keep the store in town. A 10 percent discount is offered for purchases of three dollars or more, aimed at reducing stock within ten days or until a purchaser is secured. Mrs EF Ei Griggs signs the notice.

For Sale Yearling Hereford Bulls From Mickey Farm

15 good yearling Short Horn bulls offered at low price for the next weeks. They should weigh 800 to 900 pounds. Visitors welcome to inspect whether buying or not at 1 H. and C. E. Mickey.

H.& C.E. Mickey

Call For Caucus Osceola Precinct Meeting 1903

The republican electors of Osceola Precinct are called to meet at the Court House on Friday August 14 1903 at 4 30 p m to select delegates to the County Convention and nominate a precinct ticket. Gilbert Johnson Commissioner

Osceola Court House Gilbert Johnson

Sheep and Greyhound Speed Goes Beyond Belief

A Scots laird jokes of sheltering with sheep in a storm and a shepherd replies that if he were a sheep he would lie in the shelter. The tale pivots to a greyhound racing claim noting a top speed near twenty yards per second and about a mile per minute, rivaling a carrier pigeon.

King of Italy Keeps Noted Stables of Fine Horses

An old chronicle notes that the King of Italy owns a vast stable of about 200 horses. The stalls line a double row, forming a street like passage. Each animal bears its name in large white letters above the manger, highlighting a prized horse once known as Humber.

Italy Ao “Ette Kieg Humber

Lengthy Methodist Church Growth and Wealth Figures

Lincoln Star details the Methodist Episcopal Church’s vast properties and finances: 3 million members, 28 000 buildings, 12 500 parsonages, total wealth about 146 million dollars, annual running cost 24 million, 225 educational institutions, and 50 000 in attendance last year. It notes Freedman’s Aid Society with 43 seminaries and colleges, Civil War history of training 200 000 colored people, and 2 million dollars spent on benevolence. It lists press and publishing milestones, 17 500 preachers, global missions, and a 21 million bank offering in the twentieth century movement.

M. E. Church Freedman’s Aid Society Ohio River New York Cincinnati Chicago Kansas City Europe Asia Africa North South America Australia Islands Joyce Lincoln Star

Lightning Rods Claim Honest Service Despite Public Skepticism

An experienced lightning rod salesman denies public fraud stereotypes about rod men, insisting integrity after thirty years in business. He promotes seven strand steel cable rods, claims rust proof and durable, and offers ready materials for immediate installation on houses or barns.

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