Grant City approves Maryville Electric Light franchise
In Grant City Missouri on August 17 the town voted 224 to 55 to retain the Maryville Electric Light franchise over a local plant proposal. The company has operated a transmission line since 1917 under United Light properties with links to Nebraska Gas and Iowa Service.
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Grant City
Missouri
Maryville
Maryville Electric Light & Ower Company
United Light Property
Nebraska Gas & Electric Company
Iowa Service Company
John I Anderson Hosts Merchants Week In Omaha
Local notes report John I Anderson attending Merchants Week in Omaha this week. Rev and Mrs Ralph A Jensen and family from Chicago visited the Andersons Tuesday. Jensen formerly preached here and now serves Eden Baptist Church in Chicago. Mrs Henry Schmoker and Mrs Albert Schmoker with children visited Omaha relatives Saturday. A household sale is announced for August 28 as the family moves to California.
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John I Anderson
Omaha
Edith Malm
York
Ralph A. Jensen
Chicago
John I. Anderson
Jensen
Eden Baptist Church
Henry Schmoker
Albert Schmoker
Phil Johnson
Calhoun Family Visited Relatives in Cedar Rapids
S. W. Calhoun and family were guests of relatives at Cedar Rapids Sunday. Mrs. Calhoun remained for several days.
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S. W. Calhoun
Cedar Rapids
Emil Hosner
Omaha
G. T. Ray
Herman Jones
Earl
Harvey Green
Ed Green
Lincoln
J. Walrath
JS. Currens
LeRoy
Scotts Bluffs
Walking as an art to save the race from degeneracy
The New York Sun extols walking over wheeled transport, arguing that walking or running preserves physical development denied by civilization. It praises women who carry loads on foot and laments the modern tendency to rely on wheels, urging people to use their own feet for health and finances.
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New York Sun
Local notes from Osceola area and surrounding towns
Long column of society and hometown news lists visits and trips among residents of Osceola, Shelby, Lincoln, and nearby towns. Families visit Omaha and Columbus, birthdays, health updates, and local events including Polk County Fair dates, school roof work, and a reshingle project.
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Polk County
Ssceola
Fair Society
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Lee
FORD
Hudson
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California
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Osceola Auto Wrecking CO
G. L. Johnson
Calif
Polk County Fair
Lew Rosenthal
J. G. Saacon
M. A
Brainard
Eldena Johnson
Lydia Addison
Osceola Produce Co
Johnny Ireland
T Party
C. L. LeMar
Carol
Edwin Anderson
Stromsburre
Myr
Robert Inness
Marjorie
Shelby
W. F. Kepner
John Ogden
Jefferson
Riverside
Vermont
John Wieseman
Kanorade
Kan
Robert G. Anderson
Vaile
Iowa
Louis Oxden
G. E
Cummings & Miller Electric Co
W. J. Herbes
Columbus
Maxine
Iona
Humphrey
Chas. Dye
Walter
Constock
Nebr
Geo Matheson
Des Moines
Harry Henning
Baby
Sask
Canada
Jacob Amandher
Rudolf Urban
Eva Dunn
Minneapolis
Minn
Effie Rutter
York Hospital
John Urban
Rudolf
F. A. Schott
Joe Hanks
Joe Koziel
Mr. Kozial
John Gabriel, Jr
Emma Hartman
Lewis Dunn
George Miller
Fred Dunn
Rutter
Janes Dunn
Osceola
Geo. Gilbert
Wrooming
Fred Duan
Walter Morys
la Mickey
Little Rutter
Christ Weisemen’s
U. S
Polk CO. Fair
Veach & Berggren
Willys-Overland Dealers
Nebraska
Howard Yates
D. C
First Nat’l BE
Osceola, Nebr
Kohler Automatic
Ever
Burgess
Cunningham
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