Fire destroys John J. Gaylord blacksmith shop in Osceola
In the early hours, a blaze gutted the upper part of John J. Gaylord s blacksmith shop with no chance to save the building or its contents. Pleasant Home and Platte precinct residents advocate a railroad and plan a bonds election. Pete Christenson seeks work in York by train. Osceola electric plant changes hands from O P Heald to Clarence Miller. Social circle gathers for Mrs. Beebe s surprise. Essie Gardener leaves Pratt hotel for Lincoln. Charlotta Saunders resumes duties at Omaha Business College.
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John J. Gaylord
Pleasant Home
Platte
Pete ‘Christenson
York
Osceola Electric Light Plant
Lst
O. P. Heald
Clarence Miller
Osceola
H. C. Beebe
Shelby
Essie
Pratt Hotel
Lincoln
Charlotta Saunders
Business College
Omaha
Ten Years Ago in Polk County News February 7 1929
A long memory column recaps events in Osceola and Polk County including the Samuelson store opening with new lines in apparel and shoes, Nellie Benson named to the Board of Control, officer elections for the Polk County Ministerial Association, Girl Reserves conference in Hastings, local civic donations, a basketball game loss by Osceola to Stromsburg, and local notices about Lincoln Memorial exhibits, farm policy debate, Dies Committee printing, and visits from state figures.
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Samuelson
Polk County
Nellie Benson
Weaver
Board of Control
Polk County Ministerial Association
Handel Collier
Osceola
G. T. Lavery
Shelby
E. R. Peterson
Polk
Miss Goodrich
Yantzi
Miss Currier
Hastings
Anna Anderson
Orpha Sward
Lord Newcomer
Nadine Richmond
Clara Bell Hayhurst
Ruth Hastings
Carol LeMar
Osceola Bulldogs
Stromsburg Quintette
Zane Grey
Jack Holt
Richard Barthelmoss
Wesley Chapel Network News Briefs
The Wesley Chapel group will meet at D. C. Burns home this Friday evening. Several local residents moved, visited, or returned to Polk County schools from Alma Nebraska and Omaha. Families hosted dinners with relatives from Lincoln Grand Island and York while visiting Shelby. Jester Davis returned to work in Humboldt after a ten day home vacation with Floyd West.
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Church
D. C
James Treadway
Ernest Lees
Shelby
Hugh Schmoker
Paul Timm
William
Lincoln
Paul Schmoker
Grand Island Business College
A. J. Herrman
Walter Heiden
York
Paul Pliefke
Jester Davis
Humboldt
Floyd West
Marie Curie Pioneered Radium Science and Cancer Therapy
A 1867 Warsaw birth is misdated here. Marie Curie, famed scientist, drove radium research with Pierre Curie. She won two Nobel Prizes, led the Radium Institute, and advanced cancer treatment via radium, x rays, and surgery she helped perfect.
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Warsaw
Poland
Skodowska
Marie
Paris
Sorbonne
Lippmann
Pierre Curie
University of Paris
Henri Becquerel
Roentgen
Madame Marie Curie
Pierre
Pitchblend
Madame
Radium Institute
Madame Curie
Henri ®Ecquerel
A “Curie
Hunters Find Moose Are The WWariest of Animals
The Montreal Star describes moose as capable of great speed and endurance though awkward in appearance. They migrate with food availability, feed on maples and birch, and can crash through underbrush. Hunters should use still hunting or drives when terrain allows, with moose calls aiding in swampy areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Norton
Montreal Star
Nicknames of Kings Charles Lead Royal Nickname Parade
A London Weekly notes manyCharles nicknames across history such as Charles the Bald Charles the Simple Charles the Handsome and Charles the Good. It also mentions beliefs in fairies with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s photographs and a Kent Fairy Investigation Society pursing evidence of the little people.
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Charles
France
Pearson
London
Charles the Bald
Louis the Kind
Charles the Simple
Louis the Stammerer
Charles the Handsome
Philip the Handsome
Charles the Wise
Charles the Victorious
Charles the Fat
Swabia
Italy
Charles the Bad
Navarre
Charles the Bold
Burgundy
Charles the Warrior
Savoy
Europe
Tit-Bits
Arthur Conan Doyle
Eire
Wales
Kent
Fairy Investigation Society
Local Want Ads Highlight Property, Pets, Jobs
Classified notices list items for sale including an electric vacuum cleaner and a large tillable farm tract near Shelby Nebraska. Also promotions for Polled Hereford cattle, chicken plans, Rawleigh’s products route openings, and local electrical service contacts. Multiple individuals and businesses named across Polk County and Osceola regions.
Flows From East to West
A historical feature of the Columbia River is its east to west course, flowing south through Washington before turning west to the ocean for over 300 miles. Jefferson knew the river as east west during Lewis and Clark’s 1803 expedition, unlike Mississippi, Hudson, Colorado, and Tennessee rivers which run north to south.
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Columbia River
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
United States
Mississippi
Hudson
Colorado
Tennessee
Frederick Douglass Son of Slaves and Leader
Frederick Douglass born 1817 died 1895 rose from slave heritage to become a renowned leader for African Americans. He was the son of a slave mother and a white father and championed abolition and equal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass
Hoihes Frederick Douglass
Steady Work Good Pay Main Wanted to Call on Farmers
Wanted to call on farmers in Polk County. No experience or capital required. Earn up to 12 a day. Write McNess Co. Dept S Freeport Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
McNess CO
Dept.s
Freeport
Ilinois
Bath waters in Jamaica praised for health uses
In St Thomas Jamaica the Bath spring is the island's hottest with fountain head temperatures of 126 to 128 degrees F. The waters are sulphuric and cited as beneficial for gout rheumatism skin affections and fevers. They drop about nine degrees by the time they reach the baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
St. Thomas
Jamaica
Fountain Head
New 1939 Congo Leum Patterns Arrive at Kepner's
New Congo Leum fabric patterns for 1939 have just arrived and are on display at Kepner's. Visit to see the latest designs and colorways available for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kepner’s
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Osceola, Neb
Nebraska
Lincoln Memorial
Ford Theatre
John Wilkes Booth
Semper
Booth
Broad
Potomac
House of Representatives
Dies
Department of Agriculture
E. B. Perry
5Th Judicial District of
Supreme Court of the United States
Fourth Congressional District
Dana F. Cole
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Wesley Chapel
Aapitol
Carl T. Curtis
M. C
The
Polk County Medical Society
Careon
Nebr
H. G. Eichhorn
RFD
Peoria
Illinois
Hereford
Honnell
S. F. Baker & CO
Keokuk
Iowa
Mickey Produce
Roscoe Hill
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Ill
Harry Clement
Sandyva
Pes
Islar
Oline
Lamouce
Mendota Meriden
Earlville
Ssomonauk Sanowich
Wlingis City
Edgington
Taylor Ridge
Professional Directory
Geo. T. Alliband
M. D
Court House Square
A. A. Wurtz
First National Bank
H. S. Eklund
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Harley Eklund
Auaviuner Alkaseltzer
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