Temperance Notes and Local Lodge Meetings
Regular lodge meetings in Osceola Nebraska are held biweekly on Wednesdays at 7 20 pm led by F Beaty and 8 C Sarrmann. Red Ribbon Club in Osceola meets Mondays every other week at the M E Church with L A Bevvers as president and Lexa Wasmbury as secretary. Polk county remains without licensed saloons, Hebron is no license town, Belvidere forms a Temple of Honor with 95 members, four Peru physicians vow not to prescribe liquor, and The Daily State Journal reports no intoxicants offered to callers on New Year’s Day in the city.
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F. F. Vogel
W. W. Logan
Knights of Honor
LODGE
H. Osceola
Neb
H. J. Bond
King
Osceola Neb
F. Beaty
W. C.T
C. Sarrmann
Bec
Red Ribbon Club
Osceola
M. E
L. A. Bevrers
Lexa WasmBury
Sec
The
Daily State Journal
Mrs McLean Wins Damages From Olney Saloon Keeper
Circuit Court awards Mrs Mattie McLean fourteen hundred dollars in damages against Henry Blatter saloon keeper at Olney NL for selling whiskey to her husband.
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Mattie McLean
Henry Blatter
Olney
Ulysses Petition Denies Saloon Licenses
Citizens of Ulysses petitioned county officials against granting any saloon license. the measure received broad signatures and was approved by the commissioners.
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Ulysses
Saloon Keeper Case Jury Awards $225 Damages
The jury in the case of Mrs. Wilson against a Clear Creek Saunders County saloon keeper for selling liquor to her husband awarded $225 to the plaintiff.
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Wilson
Clear Creek
Saunders County
Convicted Texas Liquor Dealers Hired Under Convict Act
The liquor dealers of Galveston, Texas, convicted of violating the Sunday law, have been hired out under the county convict act at the rate of $2.50 per month.
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Qalveston
Tex's
Temperance pledge gains citywide signatories in Denver
The temperance movement expands as the wave reaches Denver with three thousand residents signing the blue ribbon pledge and the campaign continuing.
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Denver
Dr Edwards Warns of Beer Drinkers Health Dangers
Dr Edwards states beer drinkers have dangerous diseases and cannot endure even minor operations. they nearly always die under such procedures.
Temperance Lecturer Seeks End to Alcohol in Medicine
Dr. Henry A. Reynolds cites 600 leading physicians who report better success after dropping alcohol as a medicine. The Record urges Polk county doctors to stop prescribing alcohol for medicinal use, hoping the patient will fare better without it.
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Henry A. Reynolds
Polk County
University Weekly Report Shows Progress and Plans
The Osceola community notes a prosperous week at the university with Prof Makeever and Prof Washburn reporting classes, a bone lecture by Dr Logan, and planned weekly physician lectures. President Fieharty nears resignation from ministry to devote himself to college growth, urging local support. Mrs. Bealls and Mrs. Offill visit, while townsfolk are urged to drop in and show interest.
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J. A. Makeever
Washburn
Logan
J. M. Offill
David City
Bealls
Osceola
Fieharty
Wayland 1879 Precinct Fund Raising Figures
In Section 80 Hackberry Precinct the 1879 funds raised total 11861 with 125 acres of the section unbroken. The piece notes lively preachers, protracted meetings, and gough medicines in demand, while ending with a teaser about a preacher and a poor girl and a continuation on the last page.
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Hackberry Precinct
Judge Edwards Scudder Denounces Liquor in New Jersey
Tren ton judge and Monmouth county circuit court presiding official, Judge Edwards Scudder, argued that over half the county’s crime stems from drinking and tipping and that court costs are driven by patrons of taverns. He contended drinks fuel fights and quarrels that feed crime that the court must address.
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Edwards Scudder
Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Monmouth County Circuit Court
Illinois Liquor Law Spurs Broad Damages Liability
The article describes a sweeping Illinois liquor enactment where any seller of alcohol becomes liable for damages to a drunkard’s wife and children if injury occurs during intoxication. It extends to the drunkard’s landlord and allows multiple suits by the drunkard’s widow and children after recovery, imposing broad financial risk on sellers and landlords.
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Illinois
Nebraska items from 19th century clipping
Nebraska figures show diverse notices including Grand Island daily paper state of affairs seven hundred sixty four Omaha buildings in 1879 and postal receipts rising from sixty one thousand eight eighty eight in 1870 to two hundred fifty four thousand eighty three in 1879. A man in Washington county harvested 125 bushels of corn in a day and won fifty dollars. O M Druse buys half interest in Nebraska Farmer. Passenger fare on U P bridge in Omaha cut by half. Columbus proposes tapping Loup river power. Internal revenue in Nebraska totals 90105.52 for the year. Des Moines Register cites these notes from the era.
Nebraska Year in Review Highlights Growth and Projects
Nebraska gains about 120000 residents and cereals hit 26000000 bushels. Bonds approved for U P extension from Belvidere to Kansas via Hebron. Colfax school board levies 3 dollars per quarter for church district use. Lincoln hosts golden wedding for Mr and Mrs Van Dorn. Immigrant boom predicted for 1880 by B M Land Co. Seward rail traffic rises with L N W services. Lincoln festival planned by Congregationalists. German paper soon to launch. Dr. Livingston to report for fish commission. 200000 salmon hatched at Komine’s fishery to be distributed when weather allows.
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Dr. Livingston
Plattsmouth
Fish Commission
Komine’s
South Bend
Cass County
Corn loading by new sheller speeds shipments
Lieutenant Carns on the C and KR V Branch of the U P is loading one hundred corn cars for shipment east. The sheller, set near the siding, drops corn directly into the cars and can fill ten to twelve cars without extra switching, saving labor. Report from Omaha Kansas, January 11.
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U. P
Carns
Corr
Omahakep
Nebraska Divides State Into Two Census Districts for June
Nebraska is split into two Supervisors districts for the upcoming census to be taken next June. District One includes Cas, Saund ers, Butler, Polk, Hamilton, Adams, Kearney, Phelps, Gosper, Frontier, Hayes, Chase and counties south of the dividing line. District Two covers Sarpy, Douglas, Dodge, Culfax, Platte, Merrick, Hall, Buffalo, Dawson and additional counties north of the line.
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Nebraska
Cas
Saunders
Butler
Polk
Hamilton
Adams
Kearney
Phelps
Gosper
Frontier
Hayes
Chase
Sarpy
Douglas
Dodge
Culfax
Platte
Merrick
Hall
Buffalo
Dawson
Incely
Reith
Revenue
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Osceola Record
H. C. Bittenbeexpen
C. H. Bort
Bittenbender & Buell, Publishers and Proprietors
Official Directory
Albinus Nance
Lincoln
E. C. Carns
J. Alexander
F.M Liedtke
G. Barniett
J. Dillworth
BR. Thompson
H. M. Dawson
H. P. Mathewson
Maxwell
Femont
Geo
B. Lake
Omaha
Amassa Cobb
Guy A. Brown
Algernon
Paddock
U. 8
Beatrice
Alvin Saunders
HE. K. Valentine
West Point
Fourth Judicial
Geo. W. Peat
York. M. B. Reese
Wahoo
Land Office
J.B. McDowell
C. N. Baird
U. B
Lorenzo Crouse
W. F. Kimmel
T. R. Clark
I. F. Kelley
L. J. Blowers
J. W. Snyder
J. 8. Mitchell
G. Pheasant
J. N. Skelton
O. W. Barnes
John VanHorn
Ckey
L. G. Berggren
Livenin
Osceoa
Commissioners’ Court
R.V
R.R
Stomaburg
lAreave
Arie
Oxecrala
Strainsbur
Union Pacif
Valley
Post Office Directory
Mail East
Mail North and West
Maln South
Dennar
H. Maban
Methodist Feptscopal
U. J. H. Mickey
P. Vandoozer
L. P. Norcross
M.E
J F
Reynold
B. Mitchel
Adjt
W. F. Kimm
Com
Rerree Eee
W. F. Louger
Sceola
D. P. Cummings
Public Square
JOHN @. HIGGINS
Hiseixs & Crites
A. W. Crites
Columbus
A. Nance
R. Wheeler
H. G. Thurman
Ance
Wheeler & Thurman
Attorneys AT
Fours Square
N. A. Connish Notary Public
Ornish & King
E. L. Knee
Scott's
H. Bettenbender
Pork County Bank
W.A. Langworthy
Iowa
Kansas
England
France
Germany
Stillman
JF. Monson & Bro
Notary Public
Office—Record Building
Mills
Attorney Atlaw
Naw
Osceola, Polk Co., Neb
Snider's
J. Lord
Rocond Floor
Sceola, N
JL. Gould Q
Wagon & Carriage Maker
Osceola, Neb
Westness and Dispatch
Sunderland
Temperance
Hebron
Belvidere
Peru
Jke D. Neihardt
Washington
German Insurance Company
Freeport
Whaley
Osceola, Polk County, Neb
Harles Engstrom
Boot & Shoe Maker
Oscroa, NJ
Fyeeanen
Court House
J. B. Mitchell
H. Mills, M. D
Main Street
R. W. W. Logan
Snider’s Building
Eo, P
Waller, M. D
Jefferson Medical College
Phila
Sackson, M.D
Medical College
Sweden
Eola
N. E. Saaien
Pos M. Bell
John Hammond
L. Robinson, M. D
Silver Creek, Neb
Gpiece & North
General Land
Polk, Platte
Butler Counties
Platte County
Age University Meeting
University
Wesley Chapel
Jacob Wirth
Wayland
H. Tompson
Bushela
A. Locke
H. L. Bond
Tompson
H. L. B. A. Locke
P. Locke
J. Locke
Big Locke
J. Locke Bond
A. L. Bona
CITY
McCarty Bros
Reasona le Terma
Oschrola Bane
J. H. Mickey
Bank of Deposit, Discount and
General Real Estate
Omaha National Bank
Chemical National Bank
New York
Obokola, Neb
State News
Grand Island
Douglas County
Loup River
O. M. Druse
Nebraska Farmer
Washington County
Internal Revenue
Mr. Denon
Des Moines Register
Thayer County
Colfax County
Rouse
Mrs. van Dorn
Wm. Baxter
Linwood
Butler County
Bonnell
B. & M. Land Company
Seward
Congregational Church
Waogue
Omahsa
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