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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
4
The veteran writer Christopher G. Hazard recalls a lonely elderly woman by a dim hearth. She gazes at a treasured valentine from a vanished lover, Cupid and roses decorating it, a symbol of enduring love amid age and memory. The piece closes with Christmas cheer carried by memory.
A reflective note from 1926 celebrates Christmas as the day of days bringing hope, faith, and memories across generations. It speaks of joy at home, greetings from friends, and the continuing message of Christ as years pass, with children embodying delight and adults treasuring the season.
A grateful observer recalls Mary Graham Bonner describing Santa Claus as needing assistants for a joyful Christmas. She notes a girl and boy once gathered a tree and asked for help to trim it, while a family faced hardship and illness.
Slightly used high grade piano and a player piano offered for sale to a reliable party in repayment of a balance due. Written inquiry should include price terms and full description. Hastings Nebraska.
The custom of hanging evergreens during yuletide believed to confer blessings. Holly was thought to bring good fortune and victory, while laurel imparted beauty and poetry to those who passed beneath its boughs.
A seasonal note recalls Christmas as a time of goodwill with reflections on festivity and gratitude. The verse evokes holiday joy and the tradition of sharing cheer during the annual celebration.
Red Feather Poultry feeds are linked with H. C. Duncan Produce Co. details unspecified in the fragment but indicates a business connection between the poultry feed and the Duncan firm.
Rose explains how she can give meaningful gifts to family friends and colleagues without seeming charitable. She lists items for Collin Eleanor, Bobby Green, Flo, Bessie the stenographer, school friends, and the caddie, aiming to balance appreciation and practicality.
The piece reflects on the English ballad linked to a medieval castle tragedy and the mistletoe’s lore. It notes 76 mistletoe species, its Anglo-Saxon name origin mistletan and the plant’s parasitic nature, linking folklore to Christmas customs.
A nostalgic, rough-edged reminiscence recalls bygone leaders like Bill Alfem, Si Holcomb, Marsh Rider, and Tom Majors. The speaker laments the loss of statesmen, notes crooked figures, and recounts political battles in Clay County as the region reflects on past glory and present decay.
The piece recalls late 19th century elections with figures like McMullen, Charlie Bryan, Richards, John H Powers and Jim Baid. It mentions pressure from the Omaha Bee and a poplist proposal for a maximum rate on carp and wheat, noting a dissident who vanished and a disputed law.
The narrative recalls Dan Nettleton as capable and plain spoken, equal to Harsh Helder in dealing with state affairs. It mentions Clay County, Henry, and Tom Majors as opposing pitchers in 1894, with Jack McColl pushing to pitch.
In Nimnaha County Tom Majors chaired the delegation and cast a pivotal vote that swung Ed Rosewater’s nomination over Norris Brown. The close roll call at the convention left Nimnaha with leverage to decide, leading to a controversial payout described as a “nice litter débri” and interest.
An advertisement for W. E. Pierson Flour & Feed Co promotes Raven Pig Meal with ingredients listed including dried milk, oil meal, oat flour, bean and cocoa bean meal, peanut meal, cottonseed meal, honey feed, blood meal, yeast, calcium carbonate salt. A note mentions a photographer in town, Peterson’s.
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