Forty Years Ago Boxed in Osceolans and Local Notes
In January 1898 Andy Nuquist arrived with guitar and socks and joined the Osceolans. Miss Grayce Heald started a position in her father’s real estate office. A. P. Mickey’s delivery rig blocked Rev. L F Smith’s residence as children recess caused a frightened horse to spill coal oil along the way, damaging spokes of a wheel. Mackie windmill factory cornice work proceeds slowly due to weather. J H Colman of Stromsburg Headlight injured his right wrist at the depot after slipping on ice. Si Locke’s colt and wagon toppled during a turning mishap, bruising him. Hon C H Morrill of Lincoln named Surveyor of Customs for that city. a Polk County resident.
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Andy Nuquist
Grayce Heald
A. P. Mickey
L.F. Smith
Si Locke
Locke
C. H. Morrill
Lincoln
Morrill
Polk County
Notable Local Obits and Events Mark 1914 Debut
In a Jan 14 1914 column, Henry W Hartwell known as H W Chase dies in Florida after years in Jamestown New York and Polk County community ties. Ex Governor Chester Aldrich visits to discuss affairs with Grand Island attorney. Jessie Pearl Island wed Everett Clemmer of Rising City and the couple will live near Rising City farm. Osceola Commercial Club elects Nuquist as Pres Monson as Vice Pres Milks as Treas Ray and Anderson as Directors. Emmett Beebe’s death is announced from Saskatoon Canada after Beebe family moved to Canada. Grand Army Post and Women’s Relief Corps install new officers including Blake Brown Shore Bond Locke Burkart Crisp Timm Hoffer Klassy Pratt Bond Brown Courtney Timm Benge Gregg Fridenstine Van Hoosen Crisp Davis. Wilbur M Johnston to open Central Meat Market near Eklund shoe store next week.
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Henry W. Hartwell
Jamestown
N. Y
Florida
Polk County
H. W. Chase
E. G. Chase
Jessie Pearl
Everett Clemmer
Rising City
Osceola Commercial Club
A. F. Nuquist
Ww. A. Monson
Treas
C. E. ‘Milks
H. L. Bond
J. Locke
Chas. Burkart
Wm Crisp
Fred Timm
Major M. Hoffer
Tom Klassy
L. M. Pratt
Luella Bond
Lucia Brown
Luella Courtney
Minnie Timm
Della Benge
Estella Gregg
Katt Fridenstine
Eulalia van Hoosen
Eliza Crisp
Almira Davis
Wilbur M. Johnston
Aip
Eklund
Ten Years Ago Osceola Filling Station Planned by Eastern Firm
The Record reports a large eastern oil corporation will build a filling station this summer on the Byers property opposite Araven Lumber Co. office in Osceola. Also noted are county committee picks, building improvements by Hotchkiss and Wells, marriage licenses totaling 34 in 1927, a 19th wedding anniversary celebration for I and Mrs Joel Hangon, Buddy Schnasse’s 8th birthday party, and upcoming Auditorium program featuring The Understanding Heart with Joan Crawford and Mr Wu with Louise Dresser.
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Osceola
Eastern Oil Corporation
Byers
Araven Lumber Co
C. Edwin Johnson
Lee Campbell
Hotchkiss and Wells
Understanding Heart
Joan Crawford
Rockliff Fellows
Caramel Myers
Zon Chaney
Mr. Wu
Louise Dresser
Osceola High School 1895 1908 Graduates Roster Project
A campaign seeks updated Osceola High School graduate names and married names for a 50th anniversary booklet. Readership asked to send name, graduation year, married name, current address, and thoughts on a published roster. Includes extensive class lists through 1908 with gaps.
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Osceola High School
Postoffice
Osceola
Nebraska
For Rent Park View Station at Stromsburg
Rental listing for Park View Station in Stromsburg advertised by owner Arthur W. Carlson. Details incomplete in fragment. Street and rental terms not provided.
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Park View Station
Stromsburg
Arthur W. Carlson
Lincoln Star subscription appeal for Nebraska and North Kansas
The Lincoln Star invites readers to subscribe with yearly rates in Nebraska and North Kansas. Options include daily, daily with Sunday, and shorter terms. The paper promises full state national and world news plus features and comics for home readers.
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Lincoln Star
the Star
The
Star
Nebraska
Kansas
Italian Village Mourns for Ousted Compatriots
The Condino community recalls a 1630 plague tragedy when 40 workers fled to Mount Melino to escape disease. After isolation and deaths, lilies bloomed on their graves, birthing a 300 year old pilgrimage to the chapel above Condino.
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Condino
Italy
Mount
Melino
Trento
United Press
Venice
Mount Melino
Hospitals of India Use Heat For Centuries Past
The article traces Indian hospital origins back to 1000 B C among Aryans in the west, with major growth by Buddha’s era in Benares and peak in the third century B C. It notes continued expansion until the sixth century A D, cites Sanskrit records on contagion, and mentions maternity hospitals using steam-cleaned sheets over 2000 years ago to prevent disease.
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India
Benares
Buddha
B. C
New York Herald Tribune
Simpson Sand Dunes in Australia Hold Hidden Water
The Simpson dunes stretch 50 to 100 miles parallel to the wind. Beneath a clay layer, a vast underground reservoir stores billions of gallons of water. When drilled, water erupts with a roar, offering future potential to irrigate the desert.
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Simpson
Simpson Sand Dunes
Australia
Washington Post
Elihu Yale Life and Legacy in Colonial Service
Elihu Yale, born near Boston in 1648, rose as English colonial official and governor of Fort Saint George Madras from 1687 to 1692, later leading the East India Company in 1699. Yale College bears his name from a 1745 charter. he funded the institution and bequeathed money and books, dying in 1721 and buried in Wrexham Wales.
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Elihu Yale
Boston
Mass
England
America
Fort Saint George
Madras
East India Company
Yale College
Saybrook
Wrexham
Wales
Six Ohioans in Garfield inaugurations ceremony
James A Garfield’s 1881 inauguration featured six Ohio natives on the platform. Hayes, Sherman, Sheridan, John Sherman served in federal roles, while Morrison R. Waite, though not native, was a long-time Ohio resident and administered the oath.
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Garfield
James A. Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
William T. Sherman
United States Army
Philip Sheridan
John Sherman
The
Treasury
Morrison R. Waite
Supreme Court
Waite
State
Osceola City Council Appoints Acting Clerk Dates Pay Rules
Osceola Nebraska City Council on January 6 1938 confirms Fred W Schuman as Acting City Clerk due to City Clerk Guy Ball’s incapacity. Council approves monthly pay warrants for elected and appointed officers on the first of each month and approves a Police Magistrate salary of 25 dollars per year with bond funds. A Davis Creek project committee is formed, and multiple claims are read and allowed.
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Osceola
Nebraska
Fred W. Schumann
Guy F. Ball
Fred W. Schuman
Harry W. Pratt
R. M. McDonald
Robert R. Sigler
W. S. Wells
Arthur E. Scholz
Wells
Sigler
Deager
R.R.R
Cscs
National Bank
D. R. Byers
K. A. Cornish Notary
McDonald
Scholz
W. A. Cummings
Davis Creek
Councilman McDonald
Councilman Wells
C. J. Sargent
Water Department
J. F. Jackson
Iowa-Nebrat & Pr. Co
Town
Nebr
Lt. & Pr. Co
W. A. Cummings Same
Erpsnee Neeee
Asagne
Polk County
Democrat Pyimeim
Osceola Record
James Gibbons
Hotchkiss & Wells Supplies
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co
John Schneider Gravel
W. W. Norton
S. K. Rapp
Nebraska Municipal Review
Nebraska Prison Industries
Yoshqms Cccce
Farmers Oil Co
Grand Island Daily Independent Rural Zioruing Edition
The paper unveils a rural subscribers edition with morning delivery four hours later than other papers. It promises national and state news from AP and UP, extensive Polk County coverage, final market news, eight pages of colored comics on Saturdays, sports, and other features with introductory rates for subscriptions.
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Nebraska
Grand Island Daily Independent
Grand Island
The
Independent
Associated Press
United Press
Polk County
A. L. Hedbloom
Stromsburg
Nebr
Frisians Tale Of A World Shaped Like A Ship
An old legend describes the world as a great ship with mountains as masts. Sailors rise as boys and become old men. The vessel shrinks yet stays vast and once lodged in the Straits of Dover where a soap smeared port side allowed passage, leaving the white cliffs as a reminder.
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Straits of
Dover
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Walter J. Herbes
Osceola, Neb
Fred Karrér
Blanche Mills
Charlie Campbell Henry Zang
Ada Bense
Eva Hazelwood
Mattie Anderson
Nellie Campbell
Grace FE. Pratt
Jessie Jeffrey
Daisy Kunker
Edna King
Edward F. Kelley
Tom Mills Norris Mickey Grace McDonald
Gladys Baum Lillie Cole
Arthur Welch
Charlotte Saunders
Amelia Rassmussen
Clara Wientz
Clinton Arnold
Amanda Anderson
Ada Courtney Grace ‘Heard
Zena M. Pyle
Clarence Heard
Florence E. Detweiler
Ray L. Pheasant
Lara Hotchkiss
Myrtle Mack
Charlie Jeffrey
M. A. Mills Jr
Grace Pheasant
Alice Arnold Ammanda Kannon
Harry F. Anderson
J. Lindlie Heald
Arthur D. Baum
Della Powers
Maud Reagan Lass
Olive Curtis
Grace Leal Croizer
Joseph Horst Enid M. Conklin
U. Flint Croizer
John E. Pulver
William Anderson
Carl Baum
Bertha Behle
Ralph Bittner Chell Croizer
Ora Hamilton
Chas. Kunkel Ross King
Myrtle McCray
Flora Miller
Victor Conklin Hazel Whitehead
Walter C. Chauner
Mildred Morse
Wm. Sudden
Eva Gushee
Francis Walker
Florrie C. Weeden
Samuel C. Stoner
Bertha Crouse
John N. Schwab
Helen Brown
Walter Bittner Hallie Baum Lyle Dunn
Dr. Edgar Dieseman
Margaret Kunkel
Mary Holcomb
Eva M. Cottrell
Harry Schwab
Eva M. Dunn
Lillie I. Behle
Hjalmer E. Johnson
Alice L. Gray Wallace Kinney Nettie Behle
Sun Theatre
Shelby Stuart Erwin
Jean Muir
Sat
Sun
Automobile Row
Buick
Flint, Mich
Flint
Mich
General Motors
Roy E. Hartson
Shelby
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