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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1900
Page
1
A local notice asks patrons owing one or more years of subscriptions to pay promptly. The organization states 1500 subscriptions are overdue and that timely receipts would greatly ease present debts. Readers are urged to settle on or before January 10.
Fire early yesterday morning damaged John J. Gaylord's blacksmith shop in Osceola. Two water streams quelled the blaze. loss estimated at 1200 with tools 350 stock 600 and building 250. Insurance of 750 covered by Mutual Insurance Company of Seward. The origin remains unknown and nearby John Miller's shop escaped by four feet.
C F Bennett, 20, unmarried, shot himself in Shelby last Friday evening after a week of fruitless canvassing for the Ken Hur order. He died about 2 am. A note cited incurable bowel trouble and business discouragement. He wished his body sent to Omaha Medical School. his brother A A Bennett went to Ravenna.
The Daily Bee salutes Mrs MaKeever of Stromeburg Nebr for her poetry. Her second edition Prairie Flowers and Meadow Grass includes Nebraska themed pieces and dialect poems praised for their life like touches and authentic voice. The piece notes the opening poem Nebraska was well received at the Transmississippi Exposition and underscores the author s local relevance and literary merit.
In Polk County Nebraska the County Court sets Friday February 16 1900 at 10 o clock A M for hearing the petition of A H Berggren administrator asking final settlement and allowance of his final account filed January 26 1900. Notice ordered by publication in OscEola Record for three consecutive weeks prior to the hearing. F H Batt County Judge.
Travel advice urges securing information on personally conducted excursions VIA before finalizing plans for trips to the Pacific Coast.
The undersigned will sell at public sale at his farm two miles north and two miles east of Osceola and four miles west of Shelby. Horses include a Roan six years old 1300 pounds a Bay seven years old 1250 a Sorrel twelve years old 1200 a Black ten years old 1400 a Brown seven years old 1100 a mare five years old with foal by Karneys jack. Also six cows fresh in March, cows fresh Feb 25 and March 1, six shoats, miscellaneous items, two sets work harness, saddle and bridle, one dozen chickens, and 150 bushels Early Ohio potatoes. Terms: sums of $10 and under cash. over $10 to be paid in one year with note at 8 percent from date, with approved security. 3 percent discount for cash on sums over $10.
Polk County agents seek hustlers to canvass for The Life and Work of Dwight L Moody by Willem R. Moody and Ira D. Sankay. Its authentic edition promises free outfits for eager workers, targeting Swedish and German communities before spring work starts.
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