Nebraska Poultry Fame Growed From Home Conditions
Nebraska breeders rely on local climate abundant home grown grain and By-products to raise top quality stock. Judges find finest Buff Orpingtons in state and cattle hogs and sheep similarly sourced at state fairs. Local civic updates note meetings births deaths and community visits as Polk residents prepare for March revival and bank depositor meeting.
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Indiana
New York City
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Visiting families and local changes in Osceola
In Days Gone By notes Polk County figures, including CL Johnson's return from Oregon with his wife and daughter, Rev Knox Beade resigning for health reasons to move to California, J Locke's Oklahoma departure after nasal hemorrhages, and property transfers involving Frank Fox, J W Ireland, Keene Ludden, and Frank Miller heading to Wheatland Wyoming with an irrigated 160 acre farm priced at $60 an acre.
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CL Johnson
Polk County
Willamette Valley
Oregon
H. F. Bease
C. L
Kansas
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Johnsonshas
West
Knox Boude
Presbyterian Church
California
Beade
Beeade
Osceola
J. Locke
Oklahoma
Manicure Machines and the Push for Scientific Staffing
A reader notes fascination with automated factories from liver pills to razor clinics and imagines a future nail manicure machine. He observes high rates of unproductive motions by a manicurist and muses how scientific management could streamline routines, while joking that some prefer personal attention anyway.
Age of Combines Stirs National Debate Says Local Economist
A Detroit News columnist quips about a merger becoming a national issue while a local economist jokes during a casual meal about a pear pineapple cheese and walnut salad highlighting the comic side of economic talk.
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Detroit News
Love Understanding Across Genders, A Quotation
A dated quote notes that women grasp all of love while intelligent men will only know half of it. It attributes insight to a Madame Yee and reflects gendered views on emotion and intellect.
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Madame Yee
Weather Woes Highlight Scattergood Baines Motto
The American Magazine quotes Scattergood Baines saying people are ready for anything until rain reveals a roof leak. The remark contrasts public cheer with practical flaw, using wit to critique preparedness and resilience in daily life.
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Scattergood Baines
Pot and kettle remark in Fort Wayne News Sentinel
The Fort Wayne News Sentinel cites a proverb about hypocrisy and vanity noting the pot calling the kettle black and a man with false teeth laughing at a toupee wearer in a humorous quip.
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Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Onions and Orchids Prompt Thought in Journal Citizens
A witty Lafay ette Journal and Courier line notes that youths who overanalyze life tend to meddle with delicate matters, using humor to comment on growing up. The remark blends stock life observations with playful philosophy.
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Lafayette Journal and Courier
Wealth does not bar heaven says Caird
A quotation attributed to Caird states that it is not wealth itself that blocks entry to the kingdom of heaven but riches holding sway over a man. The idea emphasizes moral restraint over wealth.
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Heaven
Caird
Osceola Nebraska City Treasurer Annual Statement 1929
City Treasurer D R Byers presents the Osceola Nebraska annual financial statement for the year ending December 31 1929 including balances warrants paid and available bank deposits along with improvement district figures. Notary A F Inquist swears to the statement on February 12 1930 with commission expires 1933.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Co. Treasurer
Beech Bic. Light
Co. Treas
Osceola Bank
Sceola Bank Aere
Farm sale and social notices from Osceola area
Reports of a farm sale in Osceola on Tuesday and several social visits and gatherings in nearby towns. Names include Obrist, Graff, Gudgels, Hoffer, Bond, Brantz, Hylton, Thomas, Rosenberry, Heinier, Query, and others from Osceola Gresham and Shelby with events at homes, church social, and farewell party.
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W. L. Obrist
Gerald
Osceula
John Graff
Grestiam
Steve Gudgels
Austin Hoffer
Stromsburg
Lawrence Hoffer
Elmer Carter
J. @. Bond
C. A. Bond
Harry Hyltons
Gresham
Roy Thomas
Oscar Thomas
Ernest Brantz
C. B. Hoffer
Osceola
Mirage of luck and a giant statue moved in Florence
A newspaper note recalls a superstition about a baseball team’s luck and mentions Michelangelo’s David statue in Florence. About 40 men worked four days to relocate the sculpture from the Cathedral square to the Piazza della Signoria.
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Aires
Issman
McCiure Newspaper Syndicate
Michelangelo
David
Cathedral Square
Florence
Piazza Della Signorie
Headstones Rise for Civil War and Spanish-American War Veterans
Headstones for Civil War and Spanish-American War veterans stand 18 inches above ground while markers for World War I veterans rise 25 inches, noting height distinctions for graves indicating service era.
Lady Driver Questions Backwards Hill Run
A reader asks George which side of the road to keep when driving backwards up a hill. The Border Cities Star presents the humorous inquiry as a quick Q and A about safe driving stance.
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George
Border Cities Star
Rubber Socks Hint In Auto Ad Chief Mention
An Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ad notes women becoming tire patching experts and asks readers about a new type of rubber socks as possible product ideas.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Great Stone Face and Old Man of the Mountain Landmark
The Great Stone Face stands in New Hampshire with the Old Man of the Mountain overlooking Franconia Notch above Profile Lake in the White Mountains.
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New Hampshire
Franconia Notch
Profile Lake
White Mountains
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Omaha
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Warrick
R. J. Allison
Anna Beckman
Stromtsburg
John Falk
Raymorth Cox
York
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Chappel
Jessie McNeeley
Brady Island
Sturday
Lee Davis
Grand Island
Albert McNewley
Scotia
Lillian Brown
W. B. Stebbins
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V. Lint
Albert Peterson
Odd Fellows
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Wurtz
Chevrolet
C. R. Peterson
Carter
Sutton
Frank Anderson
U.S.W. Hospital
Kansas City
Donald Haggart
Grand Itand
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I Parker Aker
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Fern Myres
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Hugh Mcdaffin
P. E. Barnhart
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Jennisen
Zora Shafer
Dave Carlson
Garten
Pollock
Fremont
Melba Ann
Sam Wall
Brighton
Colo
Viola Brauher
Missouri
Bank of Polk
Viking Theater
Belshaw
North York
Poland
York Livestock Commission CO
Roy Tucker
Edgar Thompson
Mgr
RED Bartorx
Rae Yen
Lovejoy
Fisher
Phaeton
Flint, Michigan
D. R. Byers
A. F. Inquist
Hackberry
Maxwel Blevins
J. R. Rosenberry
Tony Heinier
Shelby
Donald
Sue
Bill
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