Telegraphs now working fine in Osceola
In the Osceola item from December 28 1899 residents report telephones in operation and functioning well. Local news notes Noris Mickey back at F L Dunn hardware, Dr Shaw and family en route to Des Moines, a property purchase for a Lem Cunningham gallery project, marriages and deaths, and Osceola merchants enjoying strong holiday trade in what may be the town’s best season since 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noris Mickey
Osceola
F. L. Dunn
Dr. Shaw
Des Moines
Iowa
Western Surgical Association
Shaw
al Jones
McKinley
Platte
Paul
Lem Cunningham
E. Clark
Omaha
Lem
Clarks
Mollie Hindman
John SG. Mickey
Arthur Boatright
Hastings
Ida Kerr
Stranger In Town Christmas Story from 1914
A lone worker Jim Sheridan, a stranger in a big city, meets Joan Siegfred after a stumble with her packages on Christmas Eve. He returns her belongings, helps decorate, and to share dinner with Joans family, finding companionship and holiday peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Jim Sheridan
Dubuque
the Times
Joan Siegfred
Joan
Christmas A Year Late Returns to Family After Disappearance
Barbara Bond and her two children face Christmas without their vanished husband until a surprise reunion. Tom, presumed lost after Christmas Eve, explains he wandered, recovered his identity, and tracked them to their hovel. He vows a fresh start for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Santa
Tom
Barbara
Jack
Babs
Osceola Polk County Approves Claims in 1938 Session
Polk County Commissioners audit and allow numerous claims across funds including Sheriff, Clerical, and Treasurer salaries. Bonds for precinct assessors and overseers approved. January 3, 1939, meeting scheduled.
Sheriff Sale Notice in Polk County Nebraska 1939
Sheriff's sale under a foreclosure decree in favor of The Union Central Life Insurance Company against William H. McBeth et al. sells NE quarter of Section 12 Township 14 North Range 2 West at Osceola on Jan 10 1939 for cash. Also notice to creditors in the Frank D. Hendrickson estate with April 24 1939 hearing and April 22 1939 claim deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
County General Fund
Gunnard Peterson
Saaty
Orecete Ceneccesesesen
BSA
Jamey Cook Night Watch
Roy W. Erickson
Gertrude Reece
T. A. Reece
Clk
Dist
SANAY
Stevens
O. F. Branting & Sons
Ruth ‘Stewart
Carl G. Anderson
Augustine Company
Lincoln Tel & Tel Co
K-B Printing Company
Carleton Anderson
BOE -Casedesreys Cecedbany Pstenagezion
S. J. Harless Co
John I. Anderson Co
Osceola Lumber Co
BUC
Iees
Food Center
Forslund ‘Grocery Co
Stromsburg
Emil Hosner
R. M. McDonald Clothing
J. E. Steeple Food
C. W. Moon Food
C. G. Eksstrom Food
P. J. Garten Food
City Market & Grocery Bold Es Qcatce Typ Netsloopeyraudl
Maurice Island Labor
Jim’s Service Station Bubb Snnecy Abogserbegaasse Uhepoe Sandee
E. Hastert & Son
W.P.A
Strand-Ray ‘Lumber Co. UE
A. O. Lieber
John W. ‘Oberg Black- Smeg Nnn
Scott & Anderson Lumber Cope Vecens Pensar Dover Deauaepinilieit Uate
Marion Thomas Labor & Fre Dali
Cesahcteens Gcioe Pieccesuteannrey
Special Bridge Fund
Harper
Henry Abbott
TYREE
S. J. Harless
Art
Farmers Union Co-Op Oil Ass
M Gas
Sinclair Oil Company Gas GC. Eee
Roy W. Yell
Ernest M. Carlson
Capital Bridge Co. Culverts
ALF
District Court
Union Central Life Insurance Company of
Cincinnati
Ohio
William H. McBeth
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation of
Washington, D. C
Frank D. Hendrickson
State of
Sheriff Sale Notice of Polk County Lands in 1939 Auction
Public auction set for January 3 1939 at 2 PM at the south front door of the Osceola Court House Polk County Nebraska. Lands include the south half of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter section 19 township 14 north range 2 west with a described parcel starting 31 rods south of the northeast corner etc. Sheriff’s notice published December 1 to 29 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
5Th Judicial District of
Nebraska
Polk County
Charles E. Brown
J. T. Stanton
David B. Hultquist
Osceola
Gunnard Peterson
Christmas on the Highway Traffic Toll Drops in Holiday Drive
In December 1936 traffic deaths rose with the Christmas rush, totaling 3,890 fatalities. A National Safety Council campaign reduced the toll by 400 lives, though pedestrians and motorists remained blamed for the holiday season danger on American roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Safety Council
Popular Christmas Carols Through History
The text notes Adeste Fideles composed in 1790 and used in Roman Catholic churches, adopted in England in 1841 and sung as O Come All Ye Faithful in Protestant churches. It mentions While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night Christians Awake and Hark the Herald Angels Sing as popular carols and cites St Ambrose as author of an early Christmas hymn in 340 A.D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
St. Ambrose
Notice of Probate and Public Sale in Polk County Neb
Notices in Polk County Nebraska announce probate for John P Allinder with Carl W Allinder named as administrator and a hearing set for January 13 1939. A separate sale under a February 1938 judgment lists property described as NW 1/4 NE 1/4 and NE 1/4 NW 1/4 of section 25 township 15 north range 4 west with a 7 by 28 rod carved parcel. sale at Osceola Court House January 3 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
John P. Allinder
Carl W. Allinder
L. M. Merrick
Notice of Judgment Satisfaction and Sale in Polk County
Notice is given that in the District Court action M A Mills Trustee et al versus William Hartman et al, a judgment of 11943 dollars with 10 percent interest and costs, and a cross petition in favor of Rose Hartman for 4122 dollars with 10 percent interest, will be satisfied by sale of NE 1/4 Section 20 Township 15 North Range 2 West in Polk County, Nebraska. Sale at 1 pm on the date described. Witness my hand this 30th day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Polk County
Nebraska
John Buchta
William Wisely
Court House
Osceola
Blanche Peterson
Gunnard Peterson
M. A. Mills
William T. Hartman
Rose M. Hartman
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Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
Marion Vance
Fairbury
Marion
Phil
Harold Campbell
Lincoln
H. B. Newton
Leo Karrer
Arthur Nelson
Myron James Brown
Fort Ann
New York
Ora Markwell
Clay Center
Os- LeGia
Mont ‘Sterup
Cacker
Clara Bow
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Richard Arlen
Gary Cooper
Kess
Johnny Burke
Sally Hilers
Matty Kemp
John G. Hansen
South Sioux City
Nebr
H. E. Fleming
D. H. Kumkel
Nadine Stowe
H. H. Campbell
Los Angeles
Calif
du Vall
Delaware Place
Helen
Daddy
Mrs. Bond
OF County Commissioners
Chester Larson
LeLand Harless Same
O. F. Braniting & Son
C-Co
A. C. Twarling
Marion Abbott
LeLand Harless
Capital Bridge Co
Culvelis
Scott & Anderson
Moise
Will Wright
Clifton E. Johnson
Lawrence Twarling
David Cole
Virgil Johnston
Csce
Phil B
Campbell County
John I. Anderson
Wm. W. Graham
Phil B. Campbell
Philip H. Nyberg
Sheriff's Sale
Mills & Mills
ETO
Department Bf Roads and Irrigation
State House
York-Os'ceola Fedee i
Farth
Department of Roads and Irrigations
Department of Roads and Irrigation
A. C. Tilley
Emil Carlson
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