Osceola Family Hurts In Iowa Car Crash Near Hampton
While returning from a weekend with relatives in Mason City Iowa C M Humphrey and party were in an auto crash on Highway 65 near a hill bottom. Mrs Humphrey Helen Florence and Jean suffered internal pelvic hip and head injuries while children were spared. The Hoyt couple from Wells Minnesota also went to Hampton hospital with bruises and cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Iowa
Mason City
C. M. Humphrey
Hampton
Humphrey
Hampton Hospital
Florence Humphrey
Lincoln
Helen Humphrey
Jean Humphrey
James Hoyt
Wells, Minn
Many Odd Fellows Attend Meeting in Osceola
More than 150 Odd Fellows from the region gathered in Osceola to attend a lodge meeting. Grand Master Roy Butler from Gering and other officials including E. S. Davis North Platte Grand Secy and W. J. Kelly Grand Instructor joined Rev. W. D. Hamilton Osceola Grand Chaplain in addresses. A 6:30 banquet preceded a program of speaking and singing at the Methodist church, followed by the Junior Degree team demonstration at the lodge hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Odd Fellows Hall
Order
Roy Butler
Gering
E. S. Davis
Grand Secy
North Platte
W. J. Kelly
Grand Island
Edith Lancaster
Home Board of York
W. D. Hamilton
Rebekahs
Methodist Church
Organized Agriculture Meeting Planned at Nebraska College
Plans are completed for the annual Organized Agriculture meetings to be held at the Nebraska College of Agriculture December 6 through 10. Printed programs are available in Osceola at the Farm Bureau office. Delegates from Polk County include J. E. Renner of Stromsburg and Mrs. Arvid Peterson of Osceola with alternates Art Deeter of Osceola and Mrs. Rex Brigham of Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Farm Bureau
Organized Agriculture Farm
Nebraska College of Agriculture
Agricultural Society
Nebraska
Polk County
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
J. E. Renner
Stromsburg
Arvid Peterson
Art Deeter
Rex Brigham
Shelby
Patrolmen to Conduct Driver Examinations In December
December dates set for state patrol examinations by a patrolman at the Osceola courthouse. Applicants failing to qualify by December 1 may take tests on December 8 and 21 with Sundays and holidays excluded. A $1 license fee applies to all applicants after December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
W. W. Norton
Elsie Gillbank Chapman Dies at 39 in Nebraska
Elsie Gillbank Chapman born February 15 1898 in Shelby died November 27 1937 at her home near Gresham aged 39. She joined the Methodist Church young and was active. She married Milo Chapman of Osceola February 4 1919 and lived mostly in Nebraska. She left husband father two sisters and a brother. Funeral services were held at the Kepner Funeral home Monday afternoon with Rev Albrecht presiding.
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Elsie Gillbank Chapman
Elsie ‘Gillbank Chapman
Shelby
Gresham
Methodist Church
Milo Chapman
Osceola
Nebraska
Kepner Funeral Home
Albrecht
Will Backlund Polk County Pioneer Dies in Stromsburg
Will Backlund a Polk County pioneer aged 78 died at his Stromsburg home after several weeks illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 10 a.m. from his home and the Baptist church with Rev. Gust Carlson presiding. He was born in Illinois moved to Polk County at thirteen and farmed between Stromsburg and Osceola. Survived by wife, three sons Theodore Albin of Burlington Colorado and Victor of Omaha, a daughter Mrs E C Swanson of Stromsburg. Numerous local social notes follow about visits, Thanksgiving activities, and club meetings in Stromsburg York and vicinity.
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Polk County
Stromsburg
Will Backlund
Baptist
Gust Carlson
Illinois
Backlund
Osceola
Theodore
Alvin
Burlington
Colorado
Victor Backlund
Omaha
E. C. Swanson
A. E. Otoupal
Seward
David V. Peterson
Clair McCormick
Mr. Peterson
Bladen
Nebraska
Max Shrike
Methodist Hospital
A. D. Anderson
C. A. Anderson
S. B. Samuelson
York
Norris Crosby
Long Beach
California
A. B. Lind
Crosby
Gertrude Lind
Lind
Harold Colson
Oscar Stromberg
Polk
H. Christensen and Sons
Fred Guggenmos
Dorchester
Betty Marshal
Arlington
Richard Christensen
Kenneth Christensen
Schuyler
A. V. Ejelson
Walter Baer
Doris Ericson
Minden
E. G. Ericson
Women’s Club
Scott Hall
Wesley Chapel Club
Shelby
Faithful Workers Club
A. F Nuquist
W. D. Rystrom
Lincoln
Miss Eva Olson
Robert McNeely
Loma
Elwood Sandell
N. E. McNeely
Harry Carlson
Ed Johnson
Hordville
R. M. Bailey
Baptist Church
Ralph Upton
Ida Henderson
Palmer
Fortieth Wedding Anniversary Celebrated in Boelus Church
The Fellowship Class of the Methodist Church hosted a Thanksgiving evening gathering in the church basement honoring Mr. and Mrs. George E. Berck on their fortieth anniversary. Rev. John Herrmann, who married the couple, spoke and prayers were given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
George E. Berck
S. W. Calhoun
John Herrmann
Boelus
Nebraska
Monkman
George Berck
Thanksgiving Guests Visit in Shelby and Nearby Towns
Shelby and nearby communities saw a flurry of Thanksgiving visits. Omaha, York, Fremont, Grand Island, and Lincoln area residents spent the holiday with relatives across Nebraska and in New Mexico, while a New York couple welcomed a baby boy to the Dunning family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Hastert
Omaha
Ellen Wills
Arthur Rollins
Exeter
Shelby
Wills
George Wills
Jalie LaMunyon
York
Mary Louise Thelen
Midland College
Fremont
Karl Thelen Sr
Mamie Carroll
Charles
Charlotta
Grafton
Wm. Augustin
Silver Creek
Polk County
Peter Thelen
Herman Kuntzman
Grand Island
Sutton
Magdalena
New Mexico
Thelen
Kuntzman
Leigh
Frank Cunningham
Emporia
Kansas
Council Bluffs
Iowa
H. M. Smith
Gretchen
Broken Bow
Mary Gehrt
John
J. W. Goetz
A. C. Dunning
Harry Blevins
Prof
John R. Dunning
New York City
Charles Wright Dead In Odd Fellows Home
Charles Wright 78 of the Odd Fellows home died Tuesday morning in the state facility. Born in Baltimore Maryland he came to this state years ago and joined the Shelby lodge before entering the home. Survived by sister Mrs Lizzie Jones of Metal Pennsylvania burial in the Odd Fellows Lot in York cemetery.
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Charles Wright
State
Odd Fellows Home
Balltimore
Odd Fellow Lodge
Shelby
Lizzie Jones
Metal
Odd Fellow
York Cemetery
Notable Medical Figures and Rheumatoid Arthritis Facts
This piece surveys Thomas Sydenham’s contributions to clinical medicine and his bedside observational method. It covers his descriptions of diseases, his approach to epidemics, and his influence on modern practice. It also discusses rheumatologic care, noting no specific diet cures rheumatoid arthritis and endorsing balanced nutrition, vitamins, and cautious use of vaccines and drugs.
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Polk County Medical Society
Thomas Sydenham
Sydenham
Thomas Sydenhem
Dorset
England
Thanksgiving Day Guests At Alli Residence
Dr and Mrs George T Alli entertained a list of guests at their home on Thanksgiving Day including Mr and Mrs E R McCoy and son Dick from Omaha Mr and Mrs Arthur Young and children and Mr and Mrs Gail Young and son from Atlantic Iowa and Mr and Mrs G L Lindberg and two daughters from Council Bluffs Iowa
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George T. Alliband
E. R. McCoy
Omaha
Arthur Young
Gail Young
Attlantic
Iowa
G. L. Lindberg
Council Bluffs
Obituary and Thanksgiving Notices From Wesley Chapel
The Wesley Chapel community mourns the sudden passing of Edmund Gabel. Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings are noted across the area, with multiple families hosting, traveling, and sharing meals in Osceola, Columbus, Fremont, and surrounding towns. Ben Schmoker recovers from a wood chopping accident. several relatives plan or resume travel and hospital visits. Burial news includes Mrs. Elizabeth Wisely of Pomona, California.
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Wesley Chapel
Edmund Gabel
Chris Huggler
Lena Schmoker
Tom
Albert
Ben
Hugh Schmoker
John Huggler
Charles Cook
Henry Cook
Bellwood
Charles Huggler
Christy Henry Schmoker
Osceola
Alvin Merrick
Merrick
Claude McKelvie
Columbus
R. J. Richmond
Mildred
Fremont
Edith Richards
Ross Richards
Mark Gustafson
T. D. Richards
Marian Hayhurst
Wheatland
Wyoming
Dale Richards
Stromsburg
Fred Huggler
Syracuse
Cockson
Mayo Clinic
John Albers
Hubert le- HeNeer
Glenn Richards
Elva Taylor
Kenneth Richards
Roy Cox
Chester Shockey
Elizabeth Wisely
Pomona
California
Fairview and Valley Churches Sunday Services
Sunday School at Valley 10. Fairview hosts 11. Rev Hamilton speaks at Fairview 10 and Valley 11 20. W D Hamilton pastor.
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Fairview
Valley Methodist
Hamilton
Valley
W. D. Hamilton
Polk County News Highlights Land Sale And University Reach
Mr and Mrs A Isaacson sold eighty acres of Clara Brock estate to Stanford Anderson of McPherson Kansas. Osceola Stromsburg and Shelby students attend University of Nebraska with 31 Polk County students, Osceola contributing twelve and Stromsburg twelve, Shelby seven. University enrolls 6587 students with wide geographic representation including foreign countries.
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Polk Kansan
Polk County
A. Isaacson
Donald Johnson
McPherson
Kansas
Mr. Isaacson
Clara Brock
Stanford Anderson
Anderson
Brock
Isaacson
Johnson
Manhattan
University of Nebraska
Osceola
Stromsburg
Lincoln
Shelby
Mary Ruth Rhodes
College of Arts and Sciences
Ellsworth Robert Thelander
College of Engineering
Wallace Fritheof Monson
William Adam Herrmann
Herrmann
Teachers College
R.O.T.C
Dawes
College of Agriculture
Nils Paul Monson
Margaret Ann Anderson
Delta Upsilon
Mr. Monson
Miss Anderson
Phi Mu Social Sorority
Home Economics Association
YWCA
Vesper Choir
College of Law
Robert Edgerton Nuquist
Phi Alpha Delta Professional Law Fraternity
Allen Bernard Peterson
College of Medicine
Omaha
Roy Pierson
Laura Lucille Burke
Stanford Staley
Arnold Frederick Detmer
Sears-Roebuck
Donald Oliver Sundberg
Margaret Eileen Olson
Richard Oliver Freeman
Rachel June Ericson
Sandbrg
Miss Ericson
Miss Olson
Mr Freeman
Engineering College
Paul Marcus Lindstedt
Richard R. Rystrom
Lindstedt
Sigma Tau
Chemical Engineering Society
Palladian Literary Society
Willard Scott Jeffrey
Kappa Sigma
Bernice Floy Bolton
Axel Edward Altberg
College of Business
Eleanor G. Scow
Willard Owen Kumpf
Della Marie Ingalls
Kumpf
College of Business Administration
Miss Ingalls
Miss Scow
Richard Louis Yordy
Virginia
Eleanor McBeth
Ronald Jay Taddiken
College of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Club
Gerald Gilbert Bachman
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Nebraska
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Puerto Rico
France
Canada
Germany
Lutheran Ladies Aid Christmas Meeting Preview
The Ladies Aid at the Lutheran Church is to be entertained by Mrs Bard and Mrs Hedlund with program leader Mrs Elmer Johnson on Thursday December 2 at 2 00 pm for a Christmas meeting. Sunday School and Bible class begin at 10 00 with no worship service and a 730 vesper service led by the Luther League. On Thursday December 9 at 530 pm the Luther League will sponsor a Swedish supper.
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Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Bard
Hedlund
Elmer Johnson
Luther League
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