Osceola News Bits From 1900 and 1915
In January 1900 news items note land sales, a new bus horse, a burial of D. D. Bramer near Osceola, stock purchases, local agency appointments, and marriages of George W. Smith to Ednad Grace Goldsmith and Milton Henderson to Caroline Arter. By January 1915 couples celebrate anniversaries, political satire laments legislature delays, and local officials change posts while the Polk-Butler Farmers Insurance Co holds its twenty-third annual meeting with officers elected and a $6240 treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Wientz
A. O Monsa
Nels Johnson
Pratt
Charlie
D. D. Bramer
David City
Mr. Bramer
Polk County
Osceola
O. F. Hotchkiss
G. W. Murburger
C C. Clark
RJR
Mr. Clark
Capt. Warren
The
Independent
Wm. Cox
W. R. Adams
George W. Smith
Ednad Grace Goldsmith
G. B. Johnson
Smith
Wyoming
Milton J.henderson
Caroline Corilla Arter
Adams
Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Henderson
Denver
Colo
Mr. Henderson
Richard Lundgren
Bert Lewis
Collins
Pearl
O. N. Michener
Plainview
City Light
Polk-Butler County Farmers’ Insurance Co
Shelby
I. J. Merrick
A. A. Jones
C. D. Stoner
Sec’y
Chas. Krumbach
Treas
M. L. Kennedy
Marriage Announcement and Local News Capsule
The report notes Elmer August Anderson and Mary Hart La Follette wed in Chicago on August 8, 1928 and later sailed to Cuba on December 22 for Elmer as an agricultural engineer with United Fruit. Other items include a 12 to 7 Osceola Bull Dogs win over Stromsburg, a Central City debate trip by students, a birth of Helen Elizabeth Olson January 1, 1929, a Swede Home burial for Mrs. Lewis Swanson, and Joyce Ibson's elbow fracture at school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer August Anderson
Mary Hart la Follette
Fairmont
West Virginia
Chicago
Cuba
Anderson
United Fruit Company
Osceola Bull Dogs
Stromsburg
Miss Rasp
Central City
Hollis Dolan
Kenneth Miller
John Oberg
Edna Pratt
Louise Frasier
Robert Nuquist
Henry H. Olson
W. E. Pratt
Angleton
Texas
August Tenn
Helen Elizabeth
Lewis Swanson
Joseph
Louisiana
Joyce Ibson
W. S. Austin
Correcting Mistakes in a Sage of Chinatown Reflection
The quote discusses how every man errs and must accept deeper blunders when attempting to amend past faults. It uses a Chinatown sage as a figure to explore caution in self correction and the cost of reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Id Hi Ho
Chinatown
Promising The Impossible and the Congress Debate
The piece argues that cures based on panaceas will fail and tax hikes drain purchasing power. It urges Congress to favor practical measures over grand promises to support recovery and sustained progress for American voters and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
America
Various Local Visitors and Family Visits Noted Across Nebraska
Hackberry visitors include Mr and Mrs Mervin Carlson of Omaha while Mrs Russell Anderson attended a funeral in Chicago. Lincoln visitors include Mr and Mrs Alfred Larson and Lynette Larson. Osceola, York, Aurora, Stromsburg, Benedict and Polk residents are listed as guests with local hosts on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervin Carlson
Omaha
Russell Anderson
Chicago
Alfred Larson
Lincoln
Frank Rystrom
Lynette Larson
Mabel McKeag
Beverly Hennings
York
Nina Burke
A. T. Burke
Ernest Salcho
Benedict
Frank Hendrickson and Son
Andrew Hanson
Albert Dover
Polk
J. F. Knerr
Stull Corner Beef Club Set Meeting In Wesley Chapel
The Stull Corner Beef Club will meet at the Joe Schott home on February 3. Mrs. C. J. Augustine and son Richard of Shelby and the Engel bert Gabel family spent Sunday with the Ed Schott family east of Osceola. Audrey Swan, a District 40 teacher, visited Lincoln over the weekend. George Minnick of Rising City, father of Mrs. John Huggler, has returned home and is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stull Corner
Joe Schott
C. J. Augustine
Richard
Shelby
Engelbert Gabel
Ed Schott
Osceola
Axel Anderson
Ernest Nyquist
Osceola Sundsay
Audrey Swan
District 40
Lincoln
T. D. Richards
Lula Burns
Columbus
W. G. Herrman
Walter Koehler
George Minnick
Rising City
John Huggler
Jill
Lester Davis
Humboldt
Floyd West
Community Socials and Visits Highlight Nebraska Gleanings
Eugene Ruff of Kearney and Donald Pickett of Overton Nebr spent Sunday at H A McCormick home. Columus visitors include Mrs Alice Lohr and Mrs Edith VanAlstine at Wm Dake home. Get Together at Riverside Friday night well attended. Sunshine Shower in Osceola for Mrs H Beckmeyer. Happy Hour Club ladies met at H A McCormick home with Mrs W B Dake assisting. McCormick and Dake visits to Clair McCormick in Stromsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Ruff
Kearney
Donald Pickett
Overton
Nebr
H. A. McCormick
Alice Lohr
Edith VanAlstine
Columbus
Wm. ‘Dake
George Heinemeyer
Dake
Riverside
Miss McBeth
LeRoy Rhodes
Osceola
H. Beckmeyer
Happy Hour Club
W. B. Dake
Clair McCormick
Stromsburg
Largest star sapphires listed by Jewelers' Circular Keystone
The Star of India at the American Museum of Natural History in New York tops the list as the largest star sapphire at 563 carats. Following is the King sapphire at 392 carats, about the size of a small egg, and the Star of Artaban at 316.85 carats. The Star of Artaban is named after the Other Wise Man who bought jewels for the Christ Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Collection
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Henry van Dyke
King Ferdinand's Besotted Statue on Naples Main Road
A century ago in Naples a colossal stone statue of King Ferdinand stood on the main highway with soldiers guarding it day and night. Every passerby was required to doff his hat to the mighty monument as the king reigned through the era before his death in 1825 after 66 years on the throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand
Naples
Edinburg Castle A Grim Sentinel On Its Rocky Peak
A historical portrait of Edinburgh Castle perched on its rocky rise. The piece recalls its siege by catapult and Zeppelin in 1916, the 1100s origin by Malcolm Canmore, and the castle’s royal ties from Malcolm to Mary Queen of Scots, underlining its austere Scottish symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh Castle
John Knox
Bruce
Wallace
Douglas
Comyn
Moray
Montrose
H. C. Garrison
Detroit News
Malcolm Canmore
Macbeth
Shakespeare
Malcolm
St. Margaret’s Chapel
Scotland
Holyroodhouse
Mary Stuart
Notice to Creditors in Nebraska County Court
In Polk County Nebraska creditors of the estate of John P Allinder deceased are notified of a hearing May 15 1939 in the County Court to hear adjust and allow all filed claims. Claims must be filed by May 13 1939 or be barred. Dated January 13 1939. L M Merrick County Judge. John S Anderson County Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
John P. Allinder
L. M. Merrick
Polk County estimates 1939 expenses from county board
Osceola Nebraska January 10 1939 Polk County Commissioners meet in regular session to set the expected expenditures for the year 1939 The General Fund is estimated at 45000 Special Bridge Fund at 12000 General Road Fund including Road districts at 13000 Mothers Pension 0 Court House Interest and Bond Interest perhaps County Fair Association 8500 0 0000
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Farm Bureau
Osceola
Arthur C. Twarling
A. S. Nelson Owen McClung
John I. Anderson
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Nebraska
Court House Interest and Ibomnis
Cesseeeseeeseees County Fair Ass’n
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter J. Herbes
Official
Osceola, Neb
Lincoln Nebaska State Journal
the State Journal
By Raymond Pitcairn
Hackberry
Tree OF Life
South Windsor
Conn
Lawrence Tenney Stevens
Wesley Chapel
Fairview
Edinburg Castle
Iowa-Nebraska
Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co
Alkaseltzer
Deers
Alka-Seltzer
Alkaeltzer
Trylka-Seltzer
Norway
Shelby Sun
Polk Progress
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