Rebekah Lodge officers elected for half year
In days gone by report notes Rebekah Lodge elected Noble Grand Mrs J W McDonald Vice Grand Mrs Nels M Johnson Secretary Mrs A G Stewart Treasurer Mrs John Miller Financial Secretary Mrs H T Saunders Installing officer Mrs C G Gylling A O Monson hires N O Nordstrom as tailor in his store. Prestonarger of Holdrege Neb passed through Osceola visiting Miss Daisy Powers en route to Wray Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand
J. W. McDonald
Nels M. Johnson
A. G Stewart
John Miller
H. T. Saunders
C. G Gylling
A. O. Monson
N. O. Nordstrom
St. Paul
Prestonarger
Holdrege
Nebraska
Osceola
Daisy Powers
Wray
Colorado
Ww. A. Brazee
Lewis
R. R. Genge
Lincoln
Josephine Loteridge
J. J. Buel
Hee
Ohio
Lot Bull
Shelby
Illinois
George Dimick
Platte Precinct
Georg
Marriage and market notes echo 1914 Osceola life
Miss Susie Farris wed Harry E Brauer in a November ceremony. Wheat prices stirred Osceola traffic as 8 000 bushels arrived at Farmers Elevator, checks totaling 5 517 42 issued. Local sports and church events, a Thanksgiving dinner, and a Commercial Club meeting on Belgian relief fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Farris
Harry E. Brauer
Sutton
Polk County Telephone Company
Osceola
David City
New Church
Walter Hernbloom
Commercial Club
A. F. Nuquist
Osceola Gathers Christmas Film Show and Snowy News
Osceola Auditorium showcases Christmas specials with John Barrymore in The Tempest, Clara Bow Richard Arlen and Charles Rogers in Wings, and Under the Tonto Rim plus The Crowd. A minor crash blocks a rural mail car on route 3. A baby girl born Nov 27 to Mr and Mrs Walter Nyburg. Bulldogs fall 6 0 to Central City amid snow and fumbles. Mrs George Craven suffers a broken leg Thanksgiving morning. Chevrolet ramps up for a record year as 15 factories begin production slated for December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Auditorium
John Barrymore
Clara Bow
Richard Arlen
Charles Rogers
Virginia McBeth
Nelson Brown
Louis Morys
Chevrolet Motor Co
Walter Nyburg
Near Polk
Osceola
George Craven
Mary Brian
Tonto Rim
King Victor
Stoner P T A To Meet At Dist 64 School This Friday Night
District 2 and 64 Stoner P T A members will gather Friday at Dist 64 school for December meeting with Christmas emphasis through white elephant exchange. Several local families and residents are mentioned in Thanksgiving and holiday visits across Fullerton Lincoln and Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist
Horace McKeag
Fullerton
Walter Russel
Elmer ‘Allinder
Oberg
Allinder
Byron Kier
Fort Morgan
Colorado
E. J. Brown
Eldena Johnson
Bayard
Gilbert Johnson
Will Watts
Loup City
Ed Watts
Albin Anderson
Butz
Lincoln
Charles Young- Youngstrom
Strom
Will Davis
Silver Creek
Charles Massie
Norfolk
J. A. Thompson
LeRoy Brown
John Erks
Gresham
Charles Hastings
Larry
Bernice
Lillian
Martin Scholz
Shelby
Martin
Reuben Timm
Ervin Grossnicklaus
Leo Albers
Lyle Hopwood
Tony Heimer
Gratitude Note From Hendrickson Family
Acknowledges condolences and kindness shown during illness and after the death of the husband and father, Mrs. Frank Hendrickson and Glen express thanks to friends and neighbors for support and ministrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hendrickson
Glen
Local Bridge Parties and Thanksgiving Visits Highlight Week
Miss Marian Hulquist entertained at a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Carl Timm with bridge prizes won by Merle Peterson and traveling prize to Kenneth Cornish. Dr. H. S. Eklund hosted Forty Niner club. Norton pair won high score and Herman Anderson took traveling prize. Several residents spent Thanksgiving with relatives in Lindsborg and Omaha, including Wiselys, Herrmanns, and Nuquists, with other visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Hulquist
Carl Timm
Merle Peterson
Kenneth Cornish
Herman Anderson
Edgar Wisely
Darlene
William Wisely
Silver Creek
V. J. Johnson
Lindsborg
Kansas
W. E. Thompson Twila
Billy
Lyons
Nebraska
Joe Nuquist
South Dakota
A. F. Nuquist
Darene Wisely
Wm. Ferris Sr
Esther Herrmann
Lincoln
John Herrmann
W. J. Herrmann
Kenneth Smith
Omaha
Albert Jones
Thanksgiving Gatherings Tie Wesley Chapel Community
Families from Wesley Chapel and nearby towns shared Thanksgiving visits and dinners. Notable attendees included the Gabel, Shively, Rinke, Augustine, and Burns families, with trips from Almira Columbus Denver Fullerton and Fairbury. Friends celebrated anniversaries and remembered long time residents at Columbus and Fremont events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Gabel
Claude Shively
Almira
Wash
Paul Rinke
Charles Augustine Jr
Edmund Gabel
Shelby
Shively
David Boyd
Columbus
Harry Schiffe
Denver
D. C. Burns
Boyd
Schiffe
Mabel
Gladys Getts
Osceola
Neil Dawes
Marvin Vaughn
Fullerton
Alfred
Emory Kuehnal
Joe Gabriel
C. E. Sauter
Clyde Miller
Lew Miller
Arthur Miller
Clarks
R. J. Richmond
Margie
Washington, D. C
Mildred Richmond
Fremont
Fred Huggler
J. R. Méller
Syracuse
Louis Schott
H. B. Benson
Fairbury
Alvin Merrick
John Huggler
George Minnick
Rising City
Chapel
Harold Cockson
Birthday and Thanksgiving Gatherings Around Polk Area
A series of social visits and dinners took place across Polk region households. Guests included families from Osceola, Havens, Eugene, Hayes Center, York, Davenport, Davenport, Stromsburg, Swede Home, Hampton, Hamp ton, and Benedict. Attendees joined to celebrate birthdays and share Thanksgiving meals with local hosts and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Adelson
Walter Green
J. F. C. Green
Eugene
Oregon
Everett Green
Hayes Center
Max Quick
Hardville
Harold Green
York
Glenn Green
Oliver Bush
Davenport
Iowa
Hennie Seymour
W. T. Seymour
Benedict
Eli Johnson
Stromsburg
Willard Adelson
Adolph Forss
High Prairie
Harold Johnson
Raymond Johnson
John Johnson
Swede
Carl Dose
Hampton
Emil Meekatz
Carl. F. Juergensen
Rhine Klute
Henry Smith
Marie
Alvin
Art Dose
Arthur Kohtz
Red Cross Volunteers Aid War Veterans and Families
Red Cross workers in chapters hospitals and posts of the Army Navy Coast Guard and Marine Corps assisted 122 355 active service men or veterans or their families in the past 12 months. They provided letter writing shopping and recreational reading plus financial aid locating missing relatives and helping file pension disability pension hospitalization or discharge applications. The monthly average number assisted was 18 790.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Disasters Strike 41 States During Year
A Red Cross year of disasters covered 129 domestic events in 247 counties across 41 states. Relief aided 420000 disaster victims while volunteers and cooperating agencies supported operations and preparedness for future emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Norman JA. Davis
Red Cross Disaster Relief Service
Mr. Davis
Davis
Red Cross Nurses Reach One Million Patient Visits
Red Cross public health nurses conducted over one million visits to the sick during 1937-38. They also inspected 559,187 schoolchildren with physicians, and educated 58,754 mothers and young girls in home hygiene. Join the Red Cross during the Bell Call from November 11 to 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Public Health
Red Cross
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha Market
Union Stock Yards Omaha November 28 1938 receipts of cattle at Omaha Monday were 15000 head Desirable steers yearlings and heifers sold steady with last week Best steers reached 12 00 lighter cattle and stockers and feeders showed steady to higher demand Feeders steady 775 8 00 Fat lambs quoted 15 25c under $8 75 9 50 per cwt Aged sheep held steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Hog Receipts and Prices at Omaha Market
Receipts of hogs at Omaha Monday totaled 12 000 head. Bids and sales were 15 to 25 cents lower than last week across most grades. The top butcher hogs sold from 7.40 to 7.50, with medium and mixed lots at 7.25 to 7.40 and down. Sows traded mostly 7.25 to 7.35, with the general close around 7.40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Lamb market in Omaha shows softer prices for fat lambs
Receipts of sheep and lambs at Omaha Monday totaled 11 000 head. Trade opened slow and demand was indifferent. Fat lambs sold largely 15 to 25 cents lower than last week, bringing prices from 9.00 to 9.50. Feeder lambs were in good demand and steady around 7.75 to 8.00. Aged sheep remained virtually unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Market Prices Snapshot for Livestock Natives and Culls
Readable fragment shows bids or price quotes with categories Natives and Culls. Values listed include about 9.40 to 9.65 for good to choice natives and 9.00 to 9.25 for similar grades. Culls priced around 5.75 to 7.75.
Feeder Lamb Price Report From Rangers Sale
Feeder lambs priced at Rangers margin from good to choice $8.15 to $8.50 per unit. Medium to good quality range $7.40 to $8.15. Feeder-yearlings listed at $5.00 to $6.25, reflecting bulk market indicators in the regional cattle and sheep trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambs Rangers
Rangers
Notice of Sale in Polk County Nebraska Court
Notice of sale by order of the Polk County District Court in two cases. The first assigns a real estate lien on NW NE and NE NW in section 25, township 15, range 4, with a parcel carved out for Blanche Peterson, to be sold at public auction January 3, 1939, at 3 p.m. The second sale involves NE of section 20, town 15, range 2, at 1 p.m. both in Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
John Buchta
William Wisely Et All
Court House
Osceola
Blanche Peterson
Gunnard Peterson
Sheriff Sale Notice in Polk County Nebraska
A sheriff sale is set for January 3, 1939 at 2 PM at the Osceola court house South front door. The property is the South Half of the Northeast Quarter and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 19 in Township 14 North Range 2 West with specific metes and bounds. The action arose from a foreclosure involving Charles E. Brown and later J. T. Stanton as plaintiff, with defendants including David B. Hultquist, et al. Notice published November 28, 1938 with citation to December 1-29 publication dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
5Th Judicial District of
Nebraska
Polk County
Charles E. Brown
J. T. Stanton
David B. Hultquist
Osceola
Gunnard Peterson
Notice of Probate in Polk County Nebraska Estate
In the Matter of the Estate of Frank D. Hendrickson Deceased a petition to appoint Laura L. Hendrickson as Administratrix was filed and set for hearing December 23 1938 at 10 AM before Merrick County Judge. Publication dates December 1 8 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Frank D. Hendrickson
Laura L. Hendrickson
L. M. Merrick
Rupture Shield Expert Demonstrates in Columbus
Chicago expert H. M. Shevnan will showcase the Zoetic Shield at the Evans Hotel on December 7 from 9 am to 6 pm. He claims the device stops rupture immediately, strengthens surrounding tissue, and closes the opening in about ten days without straps, medicines, or medical treatment. Demonstrations are free. contact 6441 N. Richmond St., Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Shevnan
Chicago
Evans Hotel
Columbus
Shevnan
Richmond St
F. H. Seeley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
TFN
Stoner
Lincoln Nebaska State Journal
the State Journal
Wesley Chapel
Polk
Red Cross Nurses Aid
Shelby Sun
Polk Progress
Suguroe
Mills & Mills
M. A. Mills
William T. Hartman
Roge M. Hartman
Ana Seltzer
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