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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
4
The Osceola Record of Polk County Nebraska, the oldest local newspaper, was officially entered at the Osceola post office in March 1879. The notice confirms its status as the community’s longstanding publication and its recognition by postal authorities.
A triad of local notes records births, marriages, land sales, and business moves in Osceola. Entries mention Harlan Mickey and Emma Schneider wedding timing, Dimick property sale, Crabill meat market transfer, and licenses for Carl Frederickson and Peda Ahlgreen. Also noted are theatre opening plans Rivoli, sports results, and county events.
A Nebraska column recalls Tudor Hall on the Maryland Peninsula, home of Phillip Key, cousin of Francis Scott Key, author of The Star Spangled Banner, visited by presidents and later owned by the Knight family. It notes George Washington’s seed wheat purchases there and mentions Key’s historical writings and Nebraskan defense contracts. The piece also covers Lend Lease debate and Colonel Lindbergh testimony, plus university notes on Nebraska’s investment in buildings, defense hiring, and paleontology plans.
Public sale announced mile south of Osceola by the Fair Grounds lists livestock farm machinery and household goods. See bills for particulars. Henry H Olson signs the notice.
All shows at the Shelby Theatre begin at 7 30 PM with adults charged 20 cents and children 10 cents.
A public auction will be held on the farm 1 mile east and 1 ¼ miles north of Polk Missouri starting at 12 o'clock noon Monday February 24. The sale features four horses and seven cattle as the owner relocates to Missouri.
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