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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
4
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Display ads priced at 15 cents per inch with readers 25 cents per inch for blackface locals. Regular locals cost 5 cents per line. Resolutions of Sympathy 75 cents on yearly contracts. Card of Thanks 50 cents. Professional cards six dollars per year. Candidate announcements five dollars.
In a wartime reflection the piece questions Allied and German aims, notes Lloyd George’s rising power, America's neutral stance, and US submarine policy while commenting on Denmark selling the islands and Henry Ford's reaction to Germany. It contrasts public talk of reparations with a cautious view of peace prospects.
Detroit area notes describe a Rome set film The Eternal City starring Pauline Frederick at the Gem theatre. The piece highlights Frederick strong in dramatic roles and the film’s visual Rome imagery including Coliseum scenes. Cast includes Thomas Holding Fuller Millish Frank Lescoe George Majer one Macy Harlan. Showtimes and local notices follow with community items.
The record catalogs church socials, visits, and gatherings last week including the OKO social at the choven, Upstreamer party in the church basement, Young Hustlers and Beacon Lights activities, and various family visits. It notes New Year celebrations, illnesses, school returnees, and a community dinner with large attendance.
A brief rundown from GSCEOLA MARKETS shows grain and dairy prices for wheat corn and oats per bushel and eggs butter and chickens per dozen or pound. Figures read 77 80 46 26 27 across the listed items with date January 3 7317.
Sunday school and Bible classes next Sunday at 19 c elsci k in the morning. Services at 11 am and 730 pm in Swedish. The Luther League annual business meeting will be in the church basement on Thursday January 11 at 8 pm. All league members are requested to attend.
The National Farmers Equity Union chose Omaha Nebraska for its annual meeting, marking the third consecutive Missouri Valley host city after Kansas City St Louis and Chicago. The cooperative plans to buy mines, operate them and establish a central packing plant in Omaha as membership exceeds 2100.
Omaha's 1916 business surge reports bank clearings of 1.25 billion and record gains across sectors. Live stock receipts exceed seven million head with cattle hogs sheep and horses all rising. packing output climbs to 149 million, manufacturing plus 28 million, and wholesaling up 32 million as every industry expands. The piece credits higher volumes prices and intensified work for the prosperous year and wishes a Happy New Year to the trade territory city neighbors.
Osceola residents report improved health after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. City marshal Wim Courtney says his kidney troubles eased after trying the remedy, noting a noticeable betterment over several years and urging others to test the product.
Nebraska farmers and wives travel to the University Farm in Lincoln January 15 to 20 for the annual Organized Agriculture week. Associations across the state join in discussions on farming and home making, with anticipated attendance above 6,000. Highlights include the dedication of a new $200,000 dairy building and a corn show awarding $300 in cash prizes and premiums.
Government designates Omaha Neb as central site for a Federal Land Bank serving Nebraska Iowa South Dakota and Wyoming with long term loans up to forty years and under six percent interest. A parallel good roads district covers Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Kansas with eight million dollars to be spent over three years, totaling seventeen million nine hundred thousand dollars for the region.
In Polk County Nebraska the estate of John Quick deceased has a petition filed for Ida Quick to be appointed administratrix. A hearing is scheduled for January 28, 1917 at 10:00 A.M. Dated December 28, 1916 by County Judge F. H. Ball.
Cattle receipts for Tuesday near 7,500 head with steady to firm values for good to choice beef, and hogs selling around 9.65 to 9.90. Sheep and lambs saw lower bids and a 15 to 25 cent drop feared, with 79 loads totaling about 20 000 head reported in.
A fragment discusses sickening headaches and constipation as signs of stomach and bowel issues. It promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for natural bowel relief and mentions a general wellbeing aim. A note about yoga tonight appears, possibly as an event.
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