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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1923
Page
1
The Home Forum announces its first meeting January 18 at 7:30 PM in the Court House Community Room. Three speakers will discuss whether schools make good citizens and what schools are doing. The forum aims to involve nonparents and nonteachers in civic education and to coordinate with Parent Teachers.
Judge L S Hastings on the Fifth District bench sentenced Gerald Logan to a two year term in the state penitentiary for the Beebe automobile theft last September. Logan remains in the county jail due to penitentiary overcrowding. indeterminate sentencing was not used, so the exact term is fixed.
Shelby man E Reece was short fifteen dollars after two strangers offered a check signed by Pearl Spalding of Hackberry drawn on a Gresham bank and endorsed Frank Miller. Reece cashed the check but it bounced and the bank later flagged the forgery due to misspelled Spalding, preventing further cashing.
Harm Shank was sentenced by Judge Munger in Lincoln to two years at Leavenworth and a $200 fine for violating the prohibitory act. The offense occurred in York last September. The defendant has 36 days to arrange his business affairs before starting his term.
Rev and Mrs C G Nelson left last week for Red Cloud where he will become pastor of the Christian church. The Nelsons have served the Wayland community for many years and are leaving amid the community’s regret. No new position for Mr Nelson has been secured at this time.
News reached here of the death of Mrs Joel B Calkins at Chula Vista California from heart failure last Thursday January 4 She was the mother of Fred Calkins of this city and a sister of Mrs D B Hewitt of Shelby Her death will grieve many Polk County residents
The city purchased 600 feet of fre base from the Farmers Union after comparing costs with outside suppliers. Officials say buying locally yields savings, emphasizing the advantage of home procurement over sending purchases elsewhere.
The Farm Bureau Board met December 16 and organized. Officers elected: Mark Timm President Mrs F E Merrick Vice President H A Jones Secretary Petrus C Nelson Treasurer. Resignation of Agricultural Agent Sheldon accepted. Budget set at 2900 for office maintenance and 1100 for tuberculosis work. Delegates elected J N Norton and F E Merrick to the convention in Lincoln January 2 to 5. Bids opened for county Farm Bureau News with Osceola Record awarded the job.
Plan outlines: expand livestock industry and animal clubs, tuberculosis and livestock disease control, promote dairying and poultry production, encourage legumes pasture crops and crop rotation, gas engine course and farm buildings plans, continue Home Health and Hygiene and baby conference, support women’s clothing and clothing clubs, develop home orchards with pruning and spraying.
The county eyes a two year plan to build a long term agricultural program. It aims to address soil fertility decline, prevalence of rented farms, crop rotation, diversification with legumes, pasture and livestock use, and year round labor utilization to create a stable, profitable farming system. Each year will adapt to growing needs and develop key work phases.
An OCR fragment lists prices and items including cook stoves and a furnace part with price references. It also contains stray letters and unclear terms suggesting a damaged classified-like snippet from a local page. The readable items indicate household heating equipment and related components in a commerce section.
Correspondence lists numerous movements including Tony Kumpt shipping hogs to Omaha and Andy McGimpsey sending stock to Omaha. Several people visit Lincoln and Omaha for business, family illnesses, and hospitalizations. Obituaries note Mrs Clara McClung and Mrs Zollars. Woodmen hold initiation and oyster supper. Farmers Association meets with director elections and dividend.
An unnamed four year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank McMeekin was operated on for appendicitis at Shelby hospital Monday night with Dr Smith of Osceola assisting Dr Myers. Sebastian Schmid, formerly of this vicinity, died at his Berwyn home in Custer County age 44. Interment followed in the local area. funeral held Monday. He was brother to G M Schmid and Henry Schmid, both once from this vicinity.
Polk figures Lindburg McClure and Johnson travel to Omaha as Farmers Union delegates this week. Rev Stromsberg from Omaha returns to conduct the Jonas Peterson funeral in Stromsburg. Andy Sundberg visits Polk friends from Omaha where he recently worked for the Union Pacific.
Five month old child of Mr and Mrs Henning Garlpon died last Thursday and was buried Sunday. Oscar Rystrom attends the National Auto Show in New York with Dodge dealers. Miss Ethel Hubbert, daughter of Wm Hubbert of Kearney, visits uncle Henry Hubbert and family. Mr and Mrs John Pike of Shelby Mo plan to return home after visiting their parents Mr and Mrs BE. Pike’s Sunday visit featured a gathering of about twenty five friends at Henry Hubbert’s. Gilbert Colson reports an ice house full with a fine ice crop. Leonard Fusby sold his 120 acre farm south of town to Harold Beckman of Polk for 25000 with possession March 1. Mrs AT Wilson. Arcadia visits J A Burke and relatives. Emil Anderson and Fred Ahlgren and crew rebuilt the Knerr barn replacing with a 40 by 48 structure. lumber from Moore and Hunsaker yards. G H Presson attends a telephone managers convention in Lincoln. Laura Hugins of David City visits Mrs S I Moore and Miss Moore. George Tilden returns from Fairfield due to Mrs Tilden’s illness.
Mrs Clara McClung died at her home two miles south of Shelby on Tuesday January 9 1923 at age 63 years 7 months 3 days She was born in Upper Sandusky Ohio married to Robert McClung in Des Moines Iowa and moved to Nebraska in 1893 later living in Butler and Polk counties Three sons survive Irvin Omaha Owen and Archie Shelby a brother George Lott Danville Illinois and a son Owen who served in the late war Funeral services will be held at the Shelby M E church this afternoon with Rev C E Ruch conducting
Work in the Carson Auto Co salesroom and office has enlarged the private office and added glass for lighting. Wall shelving and greater counter space improve display and access to repairs, greatly enhancing interior utility and appearance.
The fine new residence built and equipped by Rufus Walker in the city’s southwest is now completed. George Koehler occupies the home, which started from the Ed Sam Johnson house, features a full basement and modern conveniences, and ranks among the best in the city.
Fred Merrick suffered painful scratches and bruises after a wagon sideboard broke during a hog delivery at the stock yards. He and Frank Walker were riding in the wagon when they fell near the railway crossing. Merrick was pinned beneath. Walker escaped serious injury.
Philip Gustafson of Oneida South Dakota has spent several weeks visiting his parents Mr and Mrs A Gustafson and his brothers in Platte precinct. He will return home tomorrow.
Unable to determine readable facts from the fragment. No clear persons, organizations, places, events, or dates are identifiable in the text provided.
Mrs Mariah Hardy widow of H R Hardy died at her son Frank Hardy’s home in Stromsburg on Friday January 6th. The funeral was at Eden Baptist Church in Stromsburg on Monday January 8th preached by Rev Hal P Fudge. Born Mariah DeGraff March 4 1840 in Rock Island County Illinois she was 82 years 10 months and a day old. She married H R Hardy March 17 1866 and moved to Polk County Nebraska in 1872 settling in Pleasant Home precinct. Survived by one son Frank and five brothers and five sisters Chas DeGraff of Muscatine Iowa Frances Mechlin of San Diego California and Mary DeGraff of Rock Island Illinois. She is remembered as a pioneer woman who helped settle the western frontier.
Editorial condemns France for threatening to repudiate Versailles by moving into the Ruhr and Rhineland, argues the League of Nations remains inert in the crisis, and praises U.S. isolation as the safer path to avert a new world war. It claims French fears drive the move, with Germany not uniquely indebted, and warns of broader European entanglement.
A historical analysis explains the deep clash between organized labor and farmers. It argues no shared aims exist beyond opposing capital oppression, detailing how labor seeks higher prices and wages while farmers push for lower costs, contrasting nationalist farmer views with internationalist radicals.
John C. Larson died at his Stromsburg home yesterday at age 69. Funeral services will be held next Sunday from the Free Mission church conducted by Rev. Lindquist. He is survived by his widow four sons Albert Arthur Henry and Frank Larson and one daughter Mrs Ray Fellows all of Polk County.
A M Hulquest died Tuesday January 9 in Stromsburg. Funeral at Swedish Free Mission Church Friday at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev Lindquist. Survived by widow and five children David B Henry Hulquest Mrs Albert E Johnson Polk County Mrs Nellie Cook Wausa Mrs Dr E B Fleetwood Lincoln. Obituary next week.
Jonas Peterson aged 81 died at his Stromsburg area home last Saturday. Funeral held Tuesday conducted by Rev. K. G. Stromberg. Burial was in Stromsburg cemetery. He is survived by two sons Frederick and John Peterson and two daughters Mrs. John H. Anderson of Polk County and Mrs. Rd Anderson of Wyoming. His wife died in 1913.
The funeral for 24 year old Mrs. Hilda Spong occurred today in Stromsburg. She died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs. Chrs Dahlstroms Grand Island home. Rev Lindquist of the Free Mission church led the services and interment was in Stromsburg cemetery. She had lived with her daughter for several years.
Polk County farmers are noted for the Polk Farmers Grain and Stock Co with a meeting announced at Polk on January 16. Additional notice to Polk Farmers Store Stockholders due January 26. References to Osceola farmers union stock and stockholders meeting appear with Mire Sicek as a readable fragment.
The Isador Olson farm home two miles south and one west of the city burned after Frank Linstrom lit a match to check a gas leak on the upper floor. A ladder救 assisted Mrs. Linstrom in saving a child from the upstairs window. the house burned rapidly and only a few lower-floor effects were salvaged. Insurance stood at 1800 with the Scandinavian Mutual of Swede Home.
The First Methodist Church lists Sunday school at 10:00 am and morning worship at 11:00 am with Epworth League at 6:30 and evening preaching at 7:30 led by Pastor W. W. Hull. Joel Hanson returns as superintendent as the new year begins and plans for a semi centennial Jubilee from January 25 to 28 are announced for next week.
Second Sunday after Epiphany prayer service held nightly this week except Saturday. Luther League meets Thursday evening January 18 at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Branting. League resumes work on a pipe organ. Ladies Aid focuses on installing a church bell. Adolf Serenius, Pastor.
Rev Thomas Barr pastor leads Sunday school at 10:00 a m and morning worship at 11:00 a m with Christian Endeavor at 6 36 p m no evening service Mr Barr to preach at the People's Service at [location missing] in the report
Fragmentary sale notice lists random terms about horses and care with garbled pricing and locations. No clear buyer, seller, or complete item description can be extractable.
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