Village Board Passes Shade Trees and Occupation Tax
A 1901 Osceola item notes village ordinances requiring shade tree planting along streets and an occupation tax affecting traveling peddlers with dentists and doctors obliged to seek work locally. Ed Danielson resigns as assistant station agent to move to Georgia. Polk County Fair Association elected officers. Household moves and local deaths and events follow, including a county clerk deputy change and a near fatal injury to Ole Christenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Danielson
Georgia
Polk County Fair Association
Lawson Shaw
Albert Berggren
C. D. Stoner
Peter Nelson
Clarks
Ole
Tihbey
U. P
J. W. Crabill
J. B. Crabill
Gust A. Peterson
L. J. VaniHoosen
Stanley
Ten Years Ago January First Personal Notices
Mrs Johanna Olivia Boden born 1860 in Sweden died December 28 at age 69. Survived by four children. January 1 marked the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Mike Horst with about 160 guests at the Methodist church. Mr and Mrs Wilber Jackson welcomed a baby girl December 31. Dr Elwood left for Havens to resume practice. Fritz Schuman flew in Omaha to qualify as licensed pilot. Miss Gladys McMeekin and Marion Treadway married See Ells Kansas December 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johanna Olivia
Boden
Sweden
Mike Horst
Methodist Church
Horst
Wilber Jackson
Wilber Jackson Welcomed A Baby Girl To Their Home December 31St. ‘Dr. Elwood
Havens
Fritz Schuman
Omaha
Gladys McMeekin
Marion Treadway
Ells
Kansas
Cattle Beauty Contest Impresses Chicago Agricul tural Club
A five year old brown Swiss cow from Savage Marydale farms Kane county Illinois won a beauty contest held by the Agricultural Club of Chicago. Second place went to a Borg farms cow from Delavan Wisconsin and third to a Holstein. The piece notes livestock judges worry little about such contests and that beauty in animals is judged differently by farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Club of Chicago
Marydale
Kane County
Illinois
Borg Farms
Delavan
Wis
Atlantic City
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Osceola
Polk County
Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
Eliza J. Youmans
Orville Miller
Tremonton
Utah
Lois Burgess
Little Zola Koehler
Sam Guard
the Farmers’ Forum
Jesse Holley
Edenton
North Carolina
Jesse
Haberdasher
Polk County Medical Society
Common Garden
Sam
York
Polk
Hordville
Hampton
John Deere
J. Deere Gang
Join Deere
Minnesota
Great West
Dai
Fairbanks Morse
Stromsburg
Gresham
Benedict
Hampshire
Farrow
Harrow
McCormick
Ford
Geo
I. Myers
Roy Heiden
Austs
Citizens State Bank
Hesler Cleaning Works
Ue Gillette
Ree Reerie Sa Ie mC
Tig
Eres
Et Wa
Ladies OF Green’s Chapel
Russell Kreis
E. C. Nordlund
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