Osceola News Roundup from January 1904
Miss Jennie Dearing marries Eli Williams at the Presbyterian parsonage and plans to move to Oklahoma. Obituary notes Samuel S. Snell’s death after a stroke. City plans electric plant upgrades to 125 HP. Osceola Auditorium Company elects officers Keene Ludden presiding. Medical society features insanity facts and treatment emphasis. Stoner News reports club meeting plans and local social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Dearing
Eli Williams
Presbyterian Parsonage
Oklahoma
Samuel S. Snell
H. P
Osceola Auditorium ‘Company
Court House
Keene Ludden
H. M. Powers
Treas
O. E. Mickey
Secy
S. A. Snider
Nels M. Johnson
C. H. Campbell
Clarks
New filling station planned by Coryell & Son in Osceola
Lincoln oil firm representatives arranged for a new Osceola filling station with W. E. Pierson to handle products. The local scene also notes a Shelby OSSceola marriage, Papilllion ceremony in 1931, and the Eastern Star officers installed. Osceola basketball defeats Genoa 28 to 23 led by Headlee and Knott. Polk County reports 51 marriages last year, 40 births, 27 deaths. 1932 license plates are blue and white with 503 sold. K A Cornish buys 80 acre farm southeast of Osceola from Albert Blevins for 8100. Blevins gains residence property in town.
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L. L. Coryell & Son Oil Company
Lincoln
W. E. Pierson
Doris Gondringer
Shelby
Hollie Grossnicklaus
Osceola
Papallion
Nebr
Eastern Star
Alice Frasier
George Campbell
Joselyn Byers
Frank Anderson
Grace Hanson
Daisy Anderson
Floyd Headlee
Bud Knott
Genoa Indians
Polk County
K. A. Cornish
Albert Blevins
SAD MAN By Edgar A Guest
The poem portrays a man with no tasks or purpose, contented by comfort yet consumed by emptiness. He observes others busy about work while he sits idle, resisting any effort or plans and finding loafing unfulfilling. His loneliness grows as days stretch without meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
Subscription Drive Mentioned For World-Herald Or Journal
A brief note promotes submitting a subscription for the World-Herald or Journal. The item emphasizes mail or delivery options and hints at reader engagement with hometown papers.
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The
World-Herald
Journal
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Csceola Record
Herbes Ecitor and Publisher
Neb
Albert Brent
Bernts
George W. Gregg
Indiana
August Senn
France
Tenn
D. H. Kunkel
J. W. Hartzell
Riverton
Wyo
Campbell Farm
Pauline Fredrick
Wallace Reid
Polk County Medical Society
Dic
Stoner News
Stoner Club
Della
Johnson
EB. J. Brown
Stanley Harris
J. H. Macken
Alma
Glen Hendrickson
Ralph Watts
Virgil Rosenberry
Ed Rosenberry
James McKeager
Howard
James Mdoggett
Hastings
Mauree Watts
Lynn Brigham
Elmer Burke
Greeley
Elmer Allinder
Grand Island
Vivian Dunning
Janet
Si Cook
George Anderson
Grace Burnham
York
Della Johnson
Maurice Watts
iHollie Grossnicklaus
Ervin
Shelby Theatre
J. D. Jarmin
Propr
Sun
Ginger Rogers
Geo Murphy
Tom
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Consumers Public Power District
Hesler Cleaning
Nebraska
Treasury
Leroy M. Smith
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Rm Ee Gee Tae
Capitol
Insane Fundert
Eaves
Agriculture Society
Ewreeree
Eee Pe Eerste Ee Sone Redemptions
Stromsburg City
Osceola City
Shelby Village
Polk Village
Stromsburg
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Osceola Park
Polk
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Shelby Sewer
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