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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1877
Page
3
Reading on Christmas tales and village updates. Inland items include sales of school lands, county funds, local church and lyceum notes, personal moves, land transfers, sales at Bonner and McLean, and expected paper mill progress near West Point Nebraska with local remarks on residents and events.
District Court sessions extended longer than usual. Cases heard include Wavenaugh v Kinnan debt action with judgment for plaintiff for full amount. Mrs Francisco Schlemm er v Schlemm er divorce decree granted. Roberts v Swearingen confirms a $1 540 judgment. a second Roberts case confirms $800. third equity suit to set aside a deed. fourth contract suit to compel West to execute notes and mortgages and accept a deed with county clerk. Defendants filed demurrer. decisions reserved on some matters.
An assortment of Christmas items and seasonal merchandise is advertised. John Sisco and L A Beltzer stock groceries and toys, J M McLean advertises cheap goods and accepts furs, poultry, and hides for top market prices, and C H Lee solicits turkeys and chickens with a flour price noted at 250 per cwt.
Dr. Wright visited Clarksville for a second time last week. his first lecture drew many new listeners. The hog trade has risen, eclipsing wheat, while turkeys remain active from Morse George's. A lively dance at Chas George's Hall drew attendees from Loon Valley Central City and Silver Creek. A beaver-catching youth near Clarksville reported six caught in two weeks. Dr J N Hopper plans a singing class in town. A serenade led to a firm parental rebuke. A. W. Smith of Omaha visited town. the Red Ribbon club now has about two hundred members. Roy.
An auction item listing notes Sugars- 8fb standard A offered at 100 with a price tag of 1.00 and a mention of yellow color. The entry references Centennial as the event location or venue for the sale.
For sale a yoke of oxen. Apply to THoac as Clark in Valley Precinct.
The Clarksville notice states that bridge notes must be paid immediately or be collected by law, signed by Joan McLean.
Notice announces a closing out of a splendid clothing stock at wholesale prices due to space limits. Read as a resident or passerby bargain alert offering nice goods cheap from C H Lr.
D C Brannan inaugurates a new general store in Stromsburg offering drugs groceries nations and stationery. He advertises low cash prices and invites the public to inspect the stock.
Board divided Grant Blaine Jackson Mills Valley Stanton Morton Lincoln Norton Platte Osceola towns into two road districts each, detailing district numbers and river channel boundaries. Appointed highway overseers for each district and approved warrants totaling 5176 for Edmund Strang’s bond. Adjourned to Dec 7.
A large stock of Christmas goods is advertised as cheap as the cheapest at C. H. Lees. The sale emphasizes low prices on seasonal decorations and gifts.
A finder is asked to return a missing top box end gate from a Bain wagon. Please leave it with the undersigned or at the Centennial store in Osceola. C. R. Clark.
A loan offer for first class improved farms in Polk county. Five year term at 9 percent annual interest. Moderate commission for terms. Written by GC. C. Coox. 1atf. David City Neb.
An event titled Shooting Match by the undersigned takes place in Osceola on Christmas day, starting at 10 o clock A.M. Ep. Marker.
Rock Springs coal offered with a steady supply and pricing of 11.50 per ton or 60 cents per hundred, delivered in Osceola. The notice is signed by H. Pulver.
One hundred sixty acres of land in Carter county Missouri offered for land in Polk county Nebraska with title guaranteed. Contact J T BonxEn for details.
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