Polk County News Highlights and Social Notes
Villages report residents Tom Mills Nellie Pheasant Janie Pulver Caroline Potter O Sullivan and Della Powers leaving or visiting. Meetings, dances and a large wedd ing at Osceola with Robert McBeth and Mae Lewis. Government station plans for Beulah Farm. Week of Prayer events at Presbyterian Church January 7 14 with nightly services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie Pulver
Crete
Doane College
Caroline Potter
Lincoln
Osceola
M. M. Sipherd
Miss O'Sullivan
Robert McBeth
Mae Lewis
Lydia Strang
L. F. Smith
David City
W. R. Adams
J. W. Swan
Polk County
Wm. McBeth
McBeth
Presbyterian Church
Local notes mix teaching visits and travel across Kansas
Miss Zola Swan returns to Eskridge to teach. Miss Bessie Harvey visits Miss Zena Pyle in the area. Dr Hart and N F Peterson travel to Lincoln for business and pleasure. Families depart for Meade and Boanders counties. Barber shop advertises 15 cent haircuts. Several locals head to Lincoln, Chicago, Sheldon, and the state University. Deals, visits, and school notes fill a day of small town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zola Swan
Swan
Eskridge Kansas
Polk County Agricultural Association Meets January Sixth
The annual meeting of the Polk County Agricultural Association will be held at the Court House on Saturday January 6 1900 at 1 o'clock sharp. Every person interested in the welfare of the society please attend. Respectfully C D Stoner Sec y
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Agricultural Association
Court House
M. E
Epworth League
Amos Wietmann
Adam Hermaon Jr
Josee Horst
Paul Timm
Phillip Wiesman
Henowh C. Uni
Hannah M. Timm
Roga Mermaon
Ellen Schmoker
M. Bitner
J. M. Hermann Jr
W. F. Brandt
C. Behle
Treas
Bertha Timm
Bertha Behle
Mrs. Herman
Helen Timm
Nettie Behle
From Omaha to Hartford City A Gas Region Journey
A reader recounts a December rail trip from Omaha to Hartford City. He notes a slow start behind a small engine, a rapid 825 mile stretch in six hours, and arrives amid Indiana’s gas boom. He describes Hartford City’s mills and shops, local politics, and hopes to share more on great gas wells and regional industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Campbell
Polk County
Osceola
Mice and Men Gang
Reco Np
Omaha
Hartford City
Missouri
St. Louis
Indiana
John Fosher
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Bro
Cincinnatti
Indienepolis
Richmond
J. Wayne
A Sure Cure for Croup A Mother's Choice
The article warns that hoarseness signals impending croup in children and describes a rough cough as the follow up. It claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, if given at first hoarseness or after the cough appears, prevents the attack and has a 25 year record of effectiveness. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Kunkel
Nebraska
Mercury
Ladies
Pratt Hotel
E.L. Kirg
Mr. King
Adams
H. A. Scott
Evan 8
Mickey
Victor Hugo
Herman Welch
South Africa
Welch
Hag
Chamberlain
Thomas C. Bowes
Glencoa
Nellie Tealey
Newnmn
Gyp
Fairport
Shaw Albert Miliot
Alice Shaw
Judge Getts
Hackberry Precinct
J. E Elliot
Freeman Shay
Lem Cunningham
Annie
Clarks
Lem
Clarke
Jefferson Co
Lowa
Fire destroys Stromsburg Baptist Church on Sunday night
A watch night service at the American Baptist Church in Stromsburg ended when a gas explosion from an acetylene gas plant blew out the foundation. The pastor Rev. John Hedbloom and J C Cowan were badly burned but not critically. Loss estimated around $3,000 with $1,800 insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Baptist Church
Stromsburg
John Hedbloom
J C. Cowan
Public Sale at Osceola Farm and Herman Estate
The undersigned schedule public sales for Monday Jan 22 1900 at 10 oclock. George Seefus sale at his farm north of Osceola followed by Julius Herman estate sale. Items include cattle shoats bees lumber fencing farm implements and household goods. Auctioneer W A Ingalls. Administrators provide cash on small sums and credit terms over 1000. Local notices include community updates and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Seefus
Osceola
Julius Herman
W. A. Ingalls Auctioneer
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A. O. Monson
Tom Mills
State University At
Suiss Nellie Pheasant
the Wesleyan
Fred Hernbloom
George Ward
August Johnson
Della Powers
Gospel Ridge
New York Tribune
Osceola Record
Nebr
Wm. Whitefield
Neb
D.H. Kunkel
J. L. MaKeever
Big Beulah Farm
Platte Precinct
Agricultural Department
Harriet Davidson
T. J. Bonner
J. F. Campbell
Abbie McCray
Torica
Christ
Church
The
Church Universal
Foreign Mission
Home Missions
Oli Uyu
Chinchilla
Frieza Ulsters
Beaver
Black Dog
Astrakhan
A. C. Monson
Geo. R. McCoy
Ghoo.r. Mcco
Bessie Harvey
Utica
Zena Pyle
Dr. Hart
Osceola Bank
N. F. Peterson
John Miller
Meade
Ryan
Jos. Miller
Beatrice
Albert
Arthur Stull
Morphy
Chicago
John P. Johnson
Boanders Co
Wm. Richards
Bussey Iown
R. R Genge
Sheldon
Clinton Arnold
the State University
Fred Snider
Laura Whaley
Arthur Welch
M. E. Sunday Schools
Valley Sunday School
Maud Sixberry
Pilgar
Tom Daniel
Daisy Powers
Sam Kepner
Dell Stull
W. WH. Clark
Hallie Karrer
Shelby
C. D. Stoner
Apam Herman
Heman Welch
Mary Wilson
Sioux City
Geo. W. Gregg
L F. Smith
Dayvid City
May Lewis
Anna Adams
Freda Mytinger
Fr. Donny
A. P. Mickey
Odd Fellows
Ulyases
Germano M. E
J. M. Herrmann
Mies
Eva Hazelwood
State University
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