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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1883
Page
3
Osceola items describe residents visiting Stromsburg and Polk County events. References include church activities, a Christmas oyster supper, a musical convention, fire engine demonstrations, and a Swede Home wheat shipment to Rock Island College. Local business notes mention insurance partnerships and nursery canvassing.
Reports from Wayland note Scarlet fever at C Wilsons and at Mrs J Bowser s family. G W Moore lost a valuable horse. Jas Matthews Osceola has his farm house painted. A church meeting to discuss a Christmas tree is planned for Dec 4. The festival by G A R boys drew laughs and good times. The paper mentions county officer installations, a deputy treasurer bid, and absentee G A R members. Corn pickers are in demand and a new bank building works slowly. Thanksgiving ball drew eighty three couples. a new druggist Bartholomew tired from his new buckle.
R Wheeler of Osceola Nebraska advertises multiple farms near Osceola and Stromsburg with prices from 1600 to 8000 dollars, including 220 acres eight miles north of Shelby and 320 acres seven miles west of Osceola. Also offered are lots, goods, and services from local stores and merchants with sales, loans, and various goods for sale. Bargains urged and free land showings promised.
The County Treasurer announces the legal duty to collect all delinquent taxes including 188k and 1882 taxes before January 1 1881 to settle with county commissioners. If unpaid, taxes will be turned to collectors on December 1 and costs may be charged. L. J. Boowens County Treasurer cites 1883 laws page 280 Sec 156.
Local ads tout TLunter Cobb druggists and a trial bottle of Dr Bostinko’s Cough and Lung Syrup. The notice invites readers afflicted with coughs colds or consumption to try the remedy and mentions attractive photographs at A E Clark’s store in Osceola.
An oyster supper is planned for next Friday evening at the G. A. R. Hall in Osceola. Proceeds will fund the purchase of a bell for the school house.
The notice expresses sincere gratitude to neighbors and friends in Shelby for kindness during illness and burial of Freddy Matter. Special thanks to Rev. Mr. Wells of the M E Church for kindly giving up his pulpit for the funeral. Pater Marrer Josephene Matter.
Lookout Mountain News reports a lengthy service at the German church where a lamp exploded causing excitement but no injuries. Philip Schmidt reports 2531 bushels of small grain this year amid local corn complaints. T H Saunders and his wife visited Lookout Mountain last week while Charles F Sultzer of Kewanee Illinois handles farm business. David Harman’s grass burn on his farm spread to hay, prompting cautions to avoid fires.
An Osceola advertisement notes druggists Hunter and Cobb back Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup offering a free bottle to local residents in need. It also highlights the Blue Front furniture store as Polk County’s best place for furniture and promotes Mrs. Hurst’s expanded millinery and brass-making shop offering sewing and dressmaking services.
A historic Osceola hotel property is offered with flexible terms. The owner proposes either selling the entire site at auction or leasing the building to a suitable operator. Interested parties should contact the estate representative for details and bidding timelines.
crowds gather as Hun ter & Cobb's offers Dr. Busanko's Cough and Lung Syrup samples free. The popular remedy targets coughs colds consumption and bronchitis with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
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