Christmas Eve at the Old Soldiers' Home
In a 1929 Western Newspaper Union dispatch, pension lines loom as Ben, near seventy, jokes about spending his fifty dollars and romances among residents emerge. A Christmas eve party at the captain’s home unfolds while word spreads of a drug theft. Ben later returns with a small package for the captain and Doctor Brown, earning praise as a potential spy for the next war.
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Ben Jannary
Ben
Joe
Brown
School Notes Department News and Activities
Rev Melin spoke to grades on Citizenship and Protection with engaged pupils. Supt Hansen greets students Fridays with a surprise package. School radio entertains and informs, while the Commercial Department reports typing awards for Cole Sailor Peters Newcomer Shelmadine Steeple Hulquest. GOSS planned waffle supper and initiation. Sophomores win basketball tourney. Osceola five letter men head into season with Seward Academy as opener.
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Melin
Rev. Melini
Joel Hanson
Maurice Cole
Marvel Sailor
Nina Peters
L. C. Smith Typewriter Company
Lara Newcomer
Dorothy Shelmadine
Arlene Steeple
L. C. Smith
Marian Hulquest
Ispeed
G. O
Appointment of S G Pheasant as post master at this place
News from twenty four years ago reports S G Pheasant chosen post master to succeed H H Campbell. Also noted are a new born daughter to Mr and Mrs Blevins with celebration for Grandpa Silas Miller, property sale by Dr L M Shaw to C F Brazee, patrons Ray Wilson and Will DeLand, F A Rasmussen clerking for the weekly sun at Shelby, Fritz distributing sunbeams, and Mrs A O Monson hosting Degree of Honor with supper and a pleasant gathering.
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S. G. Pheasant
H. H. Campbell
Pheasant
Oscar Blevins
Papa
Mama Blevins
Silas Miller
Silas
Mr. Wilson
F A Rasmussen
Sun
Shelby
Fritz
Demand for Nebraska flax spurs acreage and revival
Demand for flax in Nebraska has risen leading to expanded planting and a potential crop revival. Sheridan county dominates production with over half the state’s flax, yielding about 9 bushels per acre from 9005 acres for 81045 bushels valued at $243125, as imports supply U S manufacturers.
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Nebraska
U. S
Minneapolis
Sheridan County
Federal
Division of Agricultural Statistics
Barnyard fertilizer study notes rock phosphate sulfur boost
Georgia experiment station findings show barnyard manure value rises when 190 pounds of rock phosphate and 20 pounds of sulfur are added per ton and manure composted for three months. Sulfur reduces ammonia loss and forms an acid that mobilizes rock phosphate’s phosphorus.
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Georgia Experiment Station
Good seed corn and waste reduction in farming
Good seed corn grows vigorously and farmers should fight waste in field, barn, and shop. A ton of sweet clover adds 50 pounds of nitrogen to soil. Try cooking potatoes for dairy feed similarly to table quality. Tenant farming on share holds value for beginners. Roads occupy space for 112000 farms of 160 acres. Wilt resistant flax has been developed at the Minnesota station. Cleaning and grading seed wheat prevents smut and pays next year. Do not delay ordering forest trees for idle acres. order now.
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Osceola
Western Newspaper Union
Department News
Santa Claus
Supt. Hansen
Rogers
Anderson
Johnson
Joy
Headlee
Sewards Academy
A. O. Monson
U S. Department of Agriculture
Apia
A. P. Witthuhn
Miles
Iso
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Crete
NEBR
Frost King
Osceola Produce Co
United States
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station
Osceola and
A. Hugh
E & M Style Shop
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