Shelby Gossip and Wedding Bells Brighten Holidays
Shelby items record numerous visits from relatives across towns such as Osceola Minden and York with young folks traveling from Lincoln and Omaha. A wedding at Susie Miller's home unites Vera Miller and Dr Ray Leibee, with a Mendelssohn wedding march and a four course dinner, before the couple makes Shelby their home after February first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Miller
Miss Vera
Ray Leibee
Shelby
Mendelssohn
Vera Zang
Reverend Johnson
Wahoo
A Woman's Back and Doan's Kidney Pills
Osceola resident Mrs Grace S Joy recalls serious kidney trouble three years earlier with back pain and dizziness. After using two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills as directed she says she has been free of trouble since. Fifty cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Osceola
Grace S. Joy
S. State St., Osceola
Doan
Mrs Lawrence Visits in City on Christmas Day
Mrs D O Lawrence of Sixteen Montana arrived in the city on Christmas day for a visit at the home of Mrs William Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. O. Lawrence
Mont
City
Wm. Campbell
Osceola Record Subscription Notice and Rates
Notice to stop this paper will be promptly obeyed. Subscriptions continue until subscriber notifies publisher. Official paper for Polk County Nebraska. Advertising rates include display ads 15 cents per inch. blackface locals 10 cents per line. regular locals 5 cents per line. resolutions of sympathy 78 cents. card of thanks 60 cents. professional cards 6 dollars per year. candidate announcements 5 dollars.
New Bowling Alleys Arrive for Osceola Installations
The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. alleys arrived from Michigan and will be installed in the Rathbun and Record office buildings after Omaha mechanics arrive. Overhauls will follow to create runways unmatched in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Omaha
Rathbun
Record ‘Office
Brunswick-Balke- Collender Co
Osceola
Polk County Commission Adjourns In Dec 1916 Session
Osceola Nebraska December 18 1916 Polk County Board of Commissioners met in adjourned session with present members Pike and Branting and absent Hennings. County Treasurer John Lees sought allowance to retain 1000 annually for deputy hire next term. Numerous claims audited and allowed across General Fund Road Fund Special Bridge Fund and various road districts totaling numerous small payments to individuals and firms. The minutes note repairs lumber nails and labor fees and adjournment to January 1917.
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Osceola
Neb
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Pike
Branting
Hennings
John Lees
G. O. Johnson
Same
Henry Shostrom
Tracy Nelson
Arieson Ard ‘Ericson
C. F. Donelson
H. Kindberg
Walter Rystrom
Adolph Allison
A. Peterson
L. Hennings
Gilbert Colson
Will Youngland
Claude Cook
S. I. Law
G. E. Samuelson
Came
H.W. Berggren
Herman Richter
Holm
E. J. Krumbach
J. W. Law
County General Fund
T. A. Carlson
Co. Theas
Amelia Rasmussen
Girls and Boys Club
Alex Scott
Sundberg & Son
Homer Fellows
General Road Fund
Sundberg: & Son
Harry Blevins
Charles Carlson
Smith Brothers
B.T. Roberts
B. F. Lindstedt
Ernest Kerker
Gilbert Johnson
Smith Bros
Uumber
Janu Stampps
eXpress
Freish
Special
T. J. Skidmore
George Island
Jesse Cook
A. D. Dover
J. Skidmore
Auctioneer Seeks Local Listings in Osceola Nebraska
An auctioneer based in Nebraska offers services for farms livestock and property with contact through John Roper and Surety Investment Co. Also notes local social updates including ill residents and visiting relatives across Osceola Geneva Beemer David City and Polk with extended family events and guests over Christmas.
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Nebraska
Sid Hyatt
Osceola
Neb
John Roper
Mer. Surety Investment .Co
J. F. “Ayres
City
Fr. J. Ayrés
Helen
Mrs. Roper
Bertha Heiner
David City
J. J. Roper
Grace Stowe
Nadine
G. &. Milks
Port of Damariscotta and the Cajun Alewives Trade
The Damariscotta coast town, famed for its long name, ships about 6000 barrels of pickled alewives yearly. Haitians consume the product, linking the small town to an unexpected international market and illustrating niche industry dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xlaine
Haiti
Cambridge
Mass
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Christian Science Monthly
Height of Trees and Shadow Measurements
A method to estimate a tree’s height uses a vertical stick and shadow length. If a 244-foot rock casts a 3-foot shadow, and the tree’s shadow is 18 feet, the tree’s height is six times the stick’s height, giving the tree’s height as 1464 feet.
Money and life values in a reflective essay
In a Pittsburgh Gazette-Times piece the author argues money is valued mainly to spend and live well. The essay questions whether wealth brings happiness, warns that easy money tempts waste, and contemplates humanity’s place amid indifferent natural forces and mortal needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Campers Hear Sweet Songs Under Buttonwood Tree
A nature vignette by Richard Le Gallienne recalls camping beside a buttonwood as birds perform and cheer spirits. The scene features a swamp blackbird, veery thrush, song sparrows, jenny wren, chipping sparrow, bobolink, phoebe, and the rhythm of water and plants shaping a tranquil, lyrical moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny
Bobolink
Ike
Phoebe Bird
Richard le Gallienne
Bread Price Control in Georgian London Ashows 1813 Measures
The article recounts 1813 Lord Mayor actions against bakers for high flour prices and mentions a broad campaign to curb bread consumption. It notes summonses and fines, vigilance to enforce equitable flour prices, and a 1800 proclamation restricting pastry eating and limiting bread rations to a quarter loaf per person weekly.
Evolution of Poetry Mirrors Individual Voice in Modern Times
The passage argues poetry has shifted from epic communal themes to intimate individual expression. It notes contemporary verse voices public events through a specialized personal lens with sharper, partisan insight, suggesting modern poetry’s strength lies in this inward direction for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Party Ponffician
Women Use Power-Driven Auto Equipment Weekly
Every week of the year 35,000 American women are using automatic electric or power driven devices. The statistic highlights growing adoption of electric powered tools among women and reflects evolving domestic technology use.
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Litttle
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D. A. Brazee
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Mmma Bennett
York
John D. Johnson
Nate Cunningham
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Pete Sommerstedt
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John Houderscheldt
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Polk
Chris Cullum
D. A. Burritt
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Colo
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M. E. Church
T. B. People
Lincoln
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Norval Pierce
Coraé
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R. C. Griffith
A. C. Dunning
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Boy Scouts
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Mr. Abbott
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Ina Hotchkiss
Helen McMeekin
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Kenneth Cornish
Rollie Miller
Henry Needum
Frank Leibee
Omaha Medical College
Muro Eby
Ann Hamilton
Ray’s Drug Store
W. O. Johnson's
C. G. Gylling
Osceola and Vicinity
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Osceola Record
Ernest.g. Johnson
Usola
Commissioner's Proceedings
Joel Hanson
Entenad AL
Record Office
Tilden
Benedict
D. Stoner
Alex McCormick
Claus Franz
Hazel
Geneva
Beemer
J. A. Jackson
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