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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
8
160 acre farm in Polk county offers level land, well improved and near market priced at 5600. 160 acre stock farm in Polk county on Platte valley well improved priced at 3600. 480 acres improved land in Platte precinct Polk county may split and sell part. inquiries welcome for prices.
Office advertises the Governor's Oklahoma crop statistics report with yields per acre and other data. It invites readers to inspect the document in person at the office or request further details by mail from Kine e Brrnner in Osecola Nebraska, noting alternate Tuesday access to Guthrie.
Fragmented OCR lists grain prices and livestock values with unclear labels. Entries mention Wheat Oats Rye and Cattle with assorted numbers and letters, resembling a pricing table from a historical market page.
Governor Savage pardoned Joe Bartley the former State Treasurer from the penitentiary Tuesday evening December 31. The disclosure appears in yesterday’s dailies.
The report notes Boostrom’s $78.75 refund after the Board of Equalization reduced his tax, prompting a critique of whether the Board acted within its authority. The piece argues redress was only proper during June’s Board of Equalization and warns such actions could seed broader corruption if unchecked. It cites Governor Roosevelt Platt power dynamics as a comparative aside.
A County Board dispute over timber disposal and misapplied funds prompts criticism of alleged improper handling. The Record urges reform, questions authority, and urges harmony among Floodman and other board members to follow proper procedures.
The narrative recalls tense talks between Theodore Roosevelt and party leaders, with Platt resisting and the governor testing loyalties. A dramatic breakfast scene ends with the governor yielding, highlighting battles between the reforming executive and the entrenched machine. The piece props the crisis as emblematic of future party conflicts and the executive’s courage against machine rule.
The Osceola Nebraska county board met December 17 1901 to open bids for a steel bridge across the Blue River south of Stromsburg. C G Sheeley’s bid was accepted for the superstructure and tubes at 925 plus 450 per final foot. Other items include refunds to Boostrom for protest valuation and various road and bridge expenditures.
Osceola Nebraska December 18 1901 officials approved bonds for J P Luft Elijah Bump H8 Campbell P E Ericson and others County clerk JW Filman deputy clerk C M Grosvenor and assessor August Fickel Island precinct Campbell and road overseers R D No3 and No17 plus P C Ard a precinct road bonds listed with amounts including 1000 500 and 200 SE Blevins 10 000 and 5000 for various offices
County board meeting in Polk County Nebraska lists officers and bonds for Abram Edinburgh Geo Mace Albert Kummer CE Burritt and payments to numerous vendors. Transfers from general to bridge and road funds authorized along with 1901 election use of school house and various official services equipment and materials expenditures. Meeting adjourned to January 6 1902 with approvals by J B Gilbert and W O Johnson.
Troubled digestion belching sour stomach or dullness after meals prompts a local ad for Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets priced at 25 cents. Free samples available at G I Pas Co and Ray & Co drug stores. the product touted as the best physic curing stomach disorders biliousness and headache. Standard Food fed cattle topped the South Omaha market last week Wednesday December 11 at seven dollars per hundred.
A Missouri pastor testimonial claims a six year old girl with a sore throat and persistent cough improved immediately after using White Wine of Tar Syrup. He and Mrs. Groves recommend it to others as the best medicine in use.
Cedar Chips and Rev Lemon made calls in the county. Mrs Remi Miller stays with her son Ed. Otto Hasselback bought Carl Albers store at Mahlon. Smith moves to Rochon and plans a Main Street store. Walt Powell’s sell farm to Berthold Benda and move to Oregon. Tensendorf family leaves for Idaho on Christmas Eve. Hubert Seberger builds a new dairy house granary and hen house. Ball’s retool hour Christmas tree deemed genuine. Mr and Mrs Guy Funkhouser return from wedding trip. open air concert enjoyed. Albert Hahn hosts a New Year’s Eve Mask Party it will be the season’s event.
Seeley Mre Smith and daughters and other local residents visit Weston and Lincoln for business and family matters. Mitchell reports property sales near Lincoln. W D Thompson returns from Iowa for his mother Ada Burtreane's funeral. Shelby hosts visitors Sue Johnson and H C Perbe. Rolly Miller buys Kumbich farm near Shelby at 415 per acre. Eyler relocates to Fall River for barber work. Mont Zion Lodge 161 holds a ball with twenty candidates joining. Osoeo’s crest watchers visit town December. D R Leard visits Nebraska City. County Attorney Beeche orders machine removals in Shelby.
All through the valley residents share holiday visits and gatherings. Lewis Timm and Christopher’s family celebrate Christmas together. Miss Helen Timm visits relatives. several couples visit Ed Llaze and D. Jamin households. Ruth Walker wins chapel prize. Leona Shore visits Olive Curtis. Jarmins, Hewitt and West family members attend dinners and calls. Alice Walker returns to school. local young men Gordon Porter Bibee make neighborhood calls. health notes mention Helma Anderson and Myrtle Skelmadine’s illness.
Poem urging kings to lay down weapons and seek peace. Contrasts dawn wind of war with promised peaceful future where enemies become allies and all living things thrive. Ends with assurance of a radiant, lasting peace for all creations.
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