Looking Back Looking Back 1954 Osceola records nostalgic column
A retrospective glance highlights events from 10, 20, and 40 years ago. Notable items include obituaries for Monroe Swanson and Mrs. Keene Ludden, marriages such as Elsie Cleveland and Harold Mace, and community notes on local births, relocations, and anniversaries. The piece also records university alumni officers, local sales, and sports results from earlier decades. It preserves a snapshot of Osceola life across decades with names, places, and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Richard Mills
Albion
Denver
Mills
Finance
General Motors
Donald D. Jenson
Janet Kepner
Bad Krueznach
Germany
Bartlett Richards and the Spade Ranch Saga in Nebraska
Bartlett Richards helped found the Spade Ranch near Ellsworth after moving from Wyoming amid a blizzard year. He and partner William Comstock faced legal fights over fencing public land, were indicted in 1898 and 1905, pleaded guilty to illegal fencing, then later were convicted of fraudulent entry and jailed. They served at Adams County Jail, Hastings, where Richards died just before release. The piece also mentions York debate plans and local family ties in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett Richards
Nebraska
Richards
DeForrest
United States
Wyoming
Jarvis
Bartlett
Nebraska State Historical Society
End
Adams County
Bennett Irwin
New Ellsworth
Nebr
Spade Ranch
William Comstock
Theo
Dore Roosevelt
United States Marshall
United States Dist
Comstock
Hastings
West Side News: Students Tour Nuclear Plant
West Side News reports Donita Conkling among students touring the Hallam Nuclear Plant on Saturday. The piece lists numerous weekend and Sunday visits to Osceola and nearby communities including anniversaries and birthdays among local families and church events. Names include Ahlquist Sundberg Rudeen and Knerr, with multiple households hosting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side News
Homer Green
Donita Conkling
Hallam
Arthur Ahlquist
Rudolph Gissler
Lutheran Church
Osceola
Carl Sundberg
Carolyn
Warren Rudeen
Delwin Rudeen
Omaha
Walter Rudeen
Osceola Hospital
Byron Johnson
LeRoy Johnson
Jnel
Schuyler
Robert Baker
Irvin Anderson
Lloyd Knerr
Wyoming
Glen Knerr
San Peterson
Don Pierpont
Grand Island
Walter Binford
Beulah Gustafson
Lloyd Hahn
Polk
Forrest Anderson
Cheryl
David Sundberg
Anderson
Arthur J. Larson
First Covenant Church
Howard Sundberg
Richard Boyd
Ricky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gene Cole
Bill Norton
Army Reserve Air Corps
Fred L. Calkin
John Henning Anderson
Wm. Henning
Port Lavaca
Tex
Werner Claude Timm
Clair Emmons
Janice Hutchinson
Silver Creek
Belleville
Kan
John Wesley Richmond
Canada
Alex Whitehead Friay
Nebraska University Alumni Association
Polk County
Stromsburg
C. R. Peterson
Grayce Stevens
Sec’y Treas
A. Isaacson Polk
A. A. Wurtz
Alumni Council
Keene Ludden
North Platte
Coe Brown
E. F. Ready
Jack Malek
York Hospital
Waco
Grace Pheasant
Anne Ludden
Mary Campbell
Oscar Gilson
Shelby
Harry Pike
Flossie Hartman
Raymond
Moore
York
Glen Willits
Beulah
John Hanks
Marcia Zooner
Columbus
Walter Watts
Floyd Frizzell
Maurice Watts Sr
Bruce Picketts
Frank Picketts
Kent Perrys
Rex Watts
Ronnie Watts
Roger Watts
Harry Lees
Frank Malek
Oscar Johnson
Lee Browns
Gerald Mentinks
Kenneth Mentink
Leonard Mentinks
Ray McBeth
John Matticks
Roswill Johnson
Lincoln
Rickey
Randy
Robin Perry
Bill Houdersheidt
J. Cindy
Ralph Watts
Harvey McKeags
David Campbell
James Harless
W. B. Arschbacher
Mireceer State
David City
Central City
Aaste Ot Charter
Corn Palace
Bernt’s
Nebraska Motor Coaches of
Greg
Gere
Reasen Implement CO
Ene Implement CO
Ta Teen Vi Cae
Jack & Jill
Hunt’s Catsup
Gerber
Arizona Marsh
Wilson’s
Supreme Crackers
Nabisco
Morton House
Grist
Gosch
Ellis Convenient Foods
Chile
Lydia Gray
Aurora
Dupont
Rinso, Blue
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